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Four Newsmen Killed in VC Attack Survivors Tell Tale
Australian journalist Frank Palmos recounts a Viet Cong ambush near Saigon that killed four newsmen including John Cantwell Michael Birch Ron Laramy and Bruce Pigott while a survivor crawled to safety. The same dispatch notes the Yawl Reveille sinking near Sand Shoal Inlet with no injuries.
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Frank Palmos
Associated Press
Mekong
Saigon
John Cantwell
Time Magazine
Michael Birch
Ron Laramy
Reuters
Bruce Pigott
Bruce
Cantwell
Laramy
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