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THE BATTALION
Thursday, February 25, 1971 College iStation, Texas Page 5
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SAIGON <AP) — Sharp fighting
was reported Wednesday at two
South Vietnamese bases inside
Laos, where the U. S. Command
said air strikes have knocked
holes in the enemy supply lines
on the Ho Chi Minh trail.
Field reports said six more U.
S. helicopters were shot down or
damaged in the fighting around
the bases.
Officers in the field on the
northern front told correspond
ents that the two bases had come
under heavy rocket and mortar
fire.
Ground fighting was reported
around the bases, but no details
were available. Both bases were
said to be about 10 miles inside
Laos, one on the north side and
the other to the south of High
way 9, the main route into south
ern Laos.
Field reports said four Ameri
can helicopters were hit Tuesday
and two more Wednesday at one
of the bases, a new installation
that was being set up.
These reports, from helicopter
pilots, said the six aircraft were
shot down or damaged, but it was
not clear how many were lost.
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THE ROCKPILE, Vietnam <A>>
Pfc. Terry J. Johnson killed his
first North Vietnamese soldier in
the shadow of the rockpile, a
mountain of stone inhabitated by
chon pert% c ghogts of GIs who died whi , e
DepartiMt Johnson was in high school<
"I saw movement and went to
ward it,” said the 19-year-old for
ward observer from Chicago. “I
found myself face to face with
this little guy pointing an RPG—
rocket-propelled grenade launch
er — right at me, and I heard a
click.
"That Dink would have blown
me away if he hadn’t had a mis
fire, Instead I cut him in half
with my machine gun.”
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buddies in the 2nd Platoon, C
troop, 3rd Battalion of the 5th
Armored Cavalry killed three
more enemy, captured a weapons
cache and took some incoming
mortar rounds.
“More action than we’ve seen
in months,” enthused Lt. Joe
Megginson, 23, of Appomattox,
Va.
Others aren’t so enthusiastic
about this “new” war near the
Laotian border.
“They’re chewing us up out
there,” said a platoon sergeant
whose outfit was ambushed north
of Khe Sanh. “I came out here
with 38 men three weeks ago
and I’m going back to Quang Tri
with 16.”
Most of his casualties were
wounded. “Charlie’s running cir
cles around us,” he said “Our of
ficers just don’t know how to
fight these guys.
“They put us out there 25
klicks (kilometers) from nowhere
and when we get hit and ask for
air support or artillery they say
“What’s your situation out
there?” And a lot of other stu
pid questions.”
The 9,500 American troops sup
porting the South Vietnamese
invasion of Laos on this side of
the border have not been involved
in any big-unit battles. But small,
sharp firefight, ambushes and
harassing attacks have frayed
tempers and nerves.
Since the South Vietnamese
drive into Laos began Feb. 8, the
U. S. Command has acknowl
edged the loss of 18 helicopters in
Laos with 25 Americans killed,
11 missing and 16 wounded.
Headquarters has reported 11
more destroyed on the Vietna
mese side of the border with 15
Americans killed, 10 wounded
and 4 missing.
Command spokesman said Wed
nesday they had no information
on the reports of six more heli
copters hit Tuesday and Wednes
day in Laos.
Spokesmen for the South Viet
namese command again reported
no forward movement by the
main body of the 16,000-man
government force pushing into
Laos. They said forward ele
ments remained about 16 miles
inside the country.
On the northern front, Brig.
Gen. Pham Van Phu, commander
of the 1st Infantry Division, told
Associated Press correspondent
William Barton that Highway 9
still is not open inside Laos for
supply missions because of North
Vietnamese ambushes.
The U.S. Command said Amer
ican air strikes against the Ho
Chi Minh trail network had re
sulted in major destruction to
enemy supply facilities.
Spokesmen estimated that 800
tons of ammunition, more than
120 supply and weapons caches,
330 vehicles and four fuel pipe
lines had been destroyed.
The United States has been
providing full air support to the
South Vietnamese drive, and has
mounted some of the major raids
of the war in its strikes against
the Ho Chi Minh trail.
U. S. authorities have main
tained that no American ground
combat forces would enter Laos.
About 9,000 American troops in
support and blocking positions on
the Vietnamese side of the border
have come under increased, al
though so far small, enemy pres
sure.
The big U. S. Army combat
base at Quang Tri was hit Wed-
neday night by an enemy rocket
attack. Seventeen 122mm rockets
crashed into the base, but dam
age and casualties were reported
light with no fatalities. It was
the first time Quang Tri had
been shelled since last June.
While no major fighting was
reported in South Vietnam or in
a push by South Vietnamese
troops into Cambodia, there were
the usual sporadic engagements.
South Vietnamese headquarters
said a government marine bat
talion killed 32 enemy in an area
six miles southeast of Phnom
Penh, the Cambodian capital.
Twelve more enemy were said to
have been killed near the Cam
bodian town of Kampong Trach,
and 15 near Kandol Chrum. Cam
bodian and South Vietnamese
were given as one killed and four
wounded.
KENTSTATE
The campus PAMPIK call in the Guard?
score: 4 students ^ Here is what truly
dead, 11 wounded. UNDER happened — and
Now Pulitzer Prize flPF why. Including
winner James Mich- portraits of key
ener reconstructs, hour people who have re-
by hour, the events that
led to the bloody climax.
He answers such ques
tions as: Were outside
agitators involved in the
riot? Was it necessary to
mained obscure — until
now. Condensed from
Michener’s forthcoming
book. One of 41 articles
& features in the March
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