HomeMy WebLinkAboutVietnam newsletter tale of alamo 1966 Ed Hetherington (2)eadl s
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Saigon, July 23 (AP) --Another flag was raised Saturday on the
Allied side in Viet Nam with the arrival of the first contingent
from Thailand.
The 27-man group is Victory Squadron 11 of the Royal Thai
Air Force, Thailand is the fifth nation to join the Allied side
In aiding the South Vietnamese,
The advance force of the sixth country --The Philippines --is
due here within the next two months. The Philippines plans to
bend some 2,000 engineers and security men.
Thailand is sending two air transport contingents and a
Coastal shipping patrol --a total of 180 men,
Danang, July 24 (AP) --A sudden rain of communist mortars Saturday
night wounded 22 Americans and damaged 16 helicopters and light
observation planes.
The burst of shells fell on a Marine helicopter strip and
an adjoining Navy }�ospital, Five of those wounded were already
p3tzents in the hospital. Twelve of those wounded are staff
Personnel at the hospital,
hn''t by flying fraHost of the wounded were only slightly -r? glients only lightly damaand almost all of the aircraft were
ged,
The surprise burst of mortar S l2q,7, I e.11 on an area 1nclucling
the helicopter strip, a Navy construction battalion and
400-•bed hospital, the
The same area was attacked with mortars last M43ch and at that
-ae 40 helicopters received hits,
New York, July 24 (AP) --A former official at the World War Two
war crimes trials at Nuremberg proposed Saturday that the United
Nations take charge of all prisoners -in -the Viet Nam war and also
Investigate charges of war crimes.
In a letter to the New Y orlr Times, Morris AMchan, Forme r
deputy chief counsel for war crimes at Nuremberg,
such a move would reduce chances of mistreatmentgandaid�he felt
the belligerents of the expense of maintainingalso relieve
He said: "I venture to Suggest United
Nations
consider negotiating with the belligerentsewithtadviewitoJ„cttin
Up a special commission to take custody now of all prisoners_of-g
war; to investigate all complaints of commission of war crimes
and to recommend prosecution where warranted."
Danang, July 23 (AP).-U.S, Marine sources said Saturday there
are indications that at least a few Communist Chinese soldiers
may be taking part in the Viet Nam war.
A Marine spokesman said the posibility for Chinese involvement
r the conf" et
i--long suspected but never proven -_has main
arisen in C eration Hastings.
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Marines na Sou"rrMa_d_se troops in the operation are
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fighting what is believed to be a North Vietnamese Army division
South UVietnamof ,the demilitarized zone which separates North and
The spokesman said that one prisoner taken during the operation
this week reported his unit had Chinese advisors.
Another report which is undonfir�ned quoted a iJorth Vietnamese
prisoner as saying that his battalion had at least one company of
Chinese in it. mhe prisoner, identified as
was quoted as saying that Chinese were beingaintegratedld draftee,
in North Vietnamese units.g steadily
A spokesman said recent Marine operations have turned ul�
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