 | The Cavalier daily Thursday, October 5, 1967 |  |
Marines Win Con Thien
Con Thien, whose name means
"a place of angels," is the focal
point of the blistering border war
between Americans and about
30,000 North Vietnamese troops
armed with bigger and better guns
than they have anywhere else in
the country.
About 11,000 Marines and
South Vietnamese soldiers backed
by fleets of warplanes have been
facing them in a situation unlike
any other in Vietnam where most
of a soldier's time is spend looking
for the enemy.
In the past two and a half
months about 300 Marines have
died defending Con Thien and
another 3,000 have been wounded.
U.S. Military spokesmen said
yesterday that the battle of Con
Thien has been won and the North
Vietnamese were pulling back their
guns in the face of massive
American bombardments.
They withstood the bombardments
for about 10 weeks with
camouflage, mobility and persistence
as their chief weapon.
When and where and in what
force they will strike again is not
known.
| The Cavalier daily Thursday, October 5, 1967 | |