Easter Offensive

[Sarge]

Since you do not specify, I can only guess that you mean the Easter Offensive of Mar 1970. That being the case just what the hell do events in 1967/68 and 1972 have to do with it???????
And for your information I have "Close Up and Personal" experience with some of those events.
I was wounded Easter Sunday morning when NVA sappers attacked the Special Forces A Camp I was at. Before they got me I was able to kill a large number of them with an M60 MG. How many I don't know because they always carried off their dead and wounded. In this instance they were hurt so bad that they left 8 bodies in the wire and along the east berm. Since I was the only one in that area they are my kills!
Sarge

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Hi Sarge. These posts cover the North Vietnamese 1972 Easter Offensive, which begins on page 1 of this thread. Events from March onward are linked to in chronological order. Nixon retaliated against the North Vietnamese offensive by increasing U.S. air support and coining the name Operation Linebacker for the increased bombing campaign, hence the subject name change in the posts. ... The mention of 1968 was to point out that 1972 Presidential candidates Nixon, Humphrey, and Wallace also ran in 1968. This also provided a pretext to get in a link on General Curtis LeMay, Wallace's running mate. ... Here's a couple of links to the 1970 Easter period:

3/30/1970, North Viet Troops Strike Firebase Near Cambodia, Killing 13 Americans, Wounding 30; 74 Enemy Killed

Note: Part 2 of the above story unlinkable.

3/30/1970, Communists Strike U.S. Outpost from Cambodia, Heavy Mortar Attack Precedes Infantry Assault, Part 1

3/30/1970, Communists Strike U.S. Outpost from Cambodia, Heavy Mortar Attack Precedes Infantry Assault, Part 2

3/30/1970, Cambodia Moving Closer to Civil War, Viet Cong Whipping up Village Sentiments for Overthrow of New Gov't, Part 1

3/30/1970, Cambodia Moving Closer to Civil War, Viet Cong Whipping up Village Sentiments for Overthrow of New Gov't, Part 2

3/30/1970, North Vietnamese Troops & Pathet Lao Communists Assault General Vang Pao's Guerrilla Army Hq. in Laos

General Vang Pao

The Honorable Phagna Norapamok General Vang Pao, Father of the Hmong People

Note: In California, production supervisors in general prefer Hmong employees.

Map of Laos with North Vietnamese Supply Sanctuaries Highlighted

3/30/1970, Syrians Lob Mortars at Israeli Positions Across Golan Heights Ceasefire Line, Israelis-Egyptians Exchange Fire Near Suez

3/30/1970, S. Viet Units Pulled from Cambodian Border to Reinforce Mekong Delta Outposts Battered by N. Viet Assaults, Part 1

3/30/1970, S. Viet Units Pulled from Cambodian Border to Reinforce Mekong Delta Outposts Battered by N. Viet Assaults, Part 2

3/30/1970, U.S. Soldier Found Guilty of Manslaughter by Military Court in S. Vietnam for Shooting a POW

3/30/1970, Two Soviet Diplomats Kidnapped in Bueno Aires, Kidnappers & Soviets Wounded by Policeman, Part 1

3/30/1970, Two Soviet Diplomats Kidnapped in Bueno Aires, Kidnappers & Soviets Wounded by Policeman, Part 2

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Nothing in those covers the attack on the A Camp I was at. I was at Chi Lang close to the Cambodian border and we were attacked by the 93rd(?) NVA Sapper Div. The ground attack was proceeded by a mortar attack.
When the action was over and the NVA withdrew I would bet that they were no longer combat effective. A couple of days later our guys followed the blood trails and found the graveyard where they burried the dead. I'm sure someone told me how many bodies they found, but I don't remember. Then of course there were the wounded, some of which undoubtedly died later.
All in all it was a clear defeat for the NVA. They didn't kill but one (1) of us and only wounded about 8 or 9.
Sarge

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Thanks Sarge. News reports from the era are vague. The big newspapers are not available yet on the internet. The following link does mention Chi Lang, saying it was the largest training center in the Delta, it had been shelled by the NVA, and scores of casualties had been inflicted on the enemy.

3/30/1970, S. Viet Units Pulled from Cambodian Border to Reinforce Mekong Delta Outposts Battered by N. Viet Assaults, Part 1

3/30/1970, S. Viet Units Pulled from Cambodian Border to Reinforce Mekong Delta Outposts Battered by N. Viet Assaults, Part 2

1972:

5/13/1972, Agnew Explains Haiphong Blockade to Japanese P.M., Okinawa Returns to Japan Monday, Antiwar Protests Scheduled

5/13/1972, Drive-by Shooting in Belfast

5/13/1972, James Reston: Moscow Playing it Cool & Cozy with Nixon

5/13/1972, East & West German Initial First State Treaty

5/13/1972, Dow Jones Index Gains 7.00 Points to Finish at 941.83

5/13/1972, Church Services on Sunday

5/13/1972, Movies on TV

5/13/1972, Texas Town Flooded by 12-Inch Rainfall, Muddy Guadalupe Riv. Heaves 18-Foot Wall of Water, Whole Families Missing

5/13/1972, Sunshine Silver Mine Violated Fire Standards

5/13/1972, Supreme Court Blocks Press Interviews with Federal Prison Inmates

5/13/1972, State Revenue Department Seizes 78,690 Packs of Untaxed Cigarettes in April vs. 18,670 Packs Seized in April 1971

5/13/1972, Bus-Truck Crash Kills 14

5/13/1972, U.S. Prepared to Negotiate Orderly Transfer of Panama Canal to Locals

5/13/1972, George McGinnis Scores 30 & Snags 20 Rebounds as Indiana Pacers Defeat New York Nets 114-108 for 2-1 Series Lead

5/13/1972, Mets Defeat Giants but Mays Not Seen

5/13/1972, Orioles Bats Still Silent, Baltimore Bows to Chicago White Sox & Wilbur Wood

5/13/1972, Boston Bruins Shut Out New York Rangers 3-0 to Win Stanley Cup, Part 1

5/13/1972, Boston Bruins Shut Out New York Rangers 3-0 to Win Stanley Cup, Part 2

5/13/1972, Cubs' Bill Hands Blanks Braves 2-0

5/13/1972, Don Sutton Improves W-L Record to 5-0 with Efficient 4-Hitter Against Phils, Frank Robinson 3-Run HR, Dodgers Win

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5/14/1972; S. Viets, Flown in by U.S. Marine Choppers, Open Counterattack on Northern Front; Da Nang Under Rocket Attack

5/14/1972; U.S. Warplanes Conduct 150 Bombing Raids on N. Vietnam, Blasting Petroleum Facilities, Bridges, Rails, & Roads

5/14/1972, Mines Sown by U.S. Navy Around Haiphong Designed to Turn Off During Nixon Trip to Moscow

5/14/1972, Moscow Radio Discloses Eight Soviet Merchant Vessels Steaming for Haiphong, U.S. Destroyers to Warn of Mine Danger

5/14/1972; John Ehrlichman, Head of Nixon's Domestic Council, Promises President Will Pursue Tax Simplification if Reelected

5/14/1972; Fairchild Air Force Base (West of Spokane, Wa.) Ordered to End Night-Flying Restrictions & Begin 24-Hour Operations

5/14/1972; Women Teachers & Government Workers Paid Less than Men, Idaho Commission Told

5/14/1972, Funeral Services Underway for Sunshine Silver Mine Victims

5/14/1972, Denver-Based Chicano Political & Community Leader Wants More Easy-Money Jobs for Mexican-Americans

5/14/1972, Sunday TV Schedule

5/14/1972; Twins-Brewers Split Marathons, 37 Innings; Friday Game Delayed After 21; Brews Win in 22, then Lose in 15; Part 1

5/14/1972; Twins-Brewers Split Marathons, 37 Innings; Friday Game Delayed After 21; Brews Win in 22, then Lose in 15; Part 2

5/14/1972, Viet War Again Presidential Issue, History of Political Debates, Can Air & Sea Power Halt Communist Takeover? Part 1

5/14/1972, Viet War Again Presidential Issue, History of Political Debates, Can Air & Sea Power Halt Communist Takeover? Part 2

5/14/1972, Generally Uneventful Antiwar Demonstrations Staged in About a Dozen Cities & College Towns, Part 1

5/14/1972, Generally Uneventful Antiwar Demonstrations Staged in About a Dozen Cities & College Towns, Part 2

5/14/1972, Sec. of Defense Melvin Laird Says 35,000 Men Will Be Drafted in Last Half of Year, U.S. Men in Uniform at 2,385,194

5/14/1972, The History of Problems Between the Soviet Union & U.S. Since Stalin Annexed the Baltic States

5/14/1972; Ty Cobb & Vida Blue: A Tale of Two Holdouts

5/14/1972, Wallace May Take Michigan; Lesson of Wallace Phenomenon Shows that Gov't Should Be More Responsive to Citizens

5/14/1972, Youth Employment Agency Starts Second Year of Operation in Shoals

5/14/1972; Gov. Wallace Denies He's Racist; Wallace Must Run as Racist in Alabama, but Live Down Record Nationally

5/14/1972; List of Names of Victims of Vietnam War from Colbert & Lauderdale Counties, Now at 58, Updated for Local Memorial

5/14/1972, South Vietnam's Early May Military Defeats Rooted in Nguyen Van Thieu's One-Man Presidential Race Last Year

5/14/1972, Hazardous Conditions Along U.S. Highway 11-A Contributed to Bus-Truck Crash Killing 14 in Mountainous East Tenn.

5/14/1972, Veteran Southpaw Relief Specialist Steve Hamilton Accidently Released by Giants now Pitching for Cubs

5/14/1972, Blyleven & Longborg Relieve in 22nd Inning of Suspended Game Saturday, then Start Scheduled Brewer-Twin Game

5/14/1972; Nets, Pacers to Play Mon. in Game 4 of ABA Playoffs; McGinnis—Jammed Finger; Brown—Bronchitis; Lewis—Sore Ribs

5/14/1972, 'Bad Boy' Alex Johnson Building New Image with Cleveland Indians

5/14/1972, Coffee High School Teacher Mrs. McDonald Ends 44-Year Career, Reminisces About Students Lost in WWII

5/14/1972, Evangelist Magazines Thriving

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The ARVN training camp was west of the A Camp, don't remember how far.
I heard that the NVA did a job on those guys. When it was all over I'd bet that the NVA wished they had not bothered us, but stuck to attacking a largely undefended group of trainees!
Sarge

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Here's some more links to the Easter 1970 period:

3/29/1970, S. Viet Columns Enter Cambodia Probing for Viet Cong Sanctuaries, China Offering Help to Sihanouk

3/29/1970, Ray Cromley: Prince Sihanouk & Cambodia

3/29/1970, Conservatives Win Finland

3/29/1970, Nixon Wants Better Standard of Living for Africa

3/30/1970, Viet Cong Near Phnom Penh, China Broadcasts Sihanouk Appeal for Uprisings in Cambodia

3/30/1970, Cambodia Situation Grave, Civil War Looms, Violent Protests Erupt, Viet Cong Backs Overthrown Prince Sihanouk

3/30/1970, North Vietnamese Troops & Pathet Lao Attack Gov't Base Near Thailand & a Laotian CIA Base at Long Chen

3/31/1970, At Least 115 N. Viet & Viet Cong Slain in Battle at Base of 1,600-Foot Nui Cam; U.S. Navy Jet Shoots Down MIG, Part 1

3/31/1970, At Least 115 N. Viet & Viet Cong Slain in Battle at Base of 1,600-Foot Nui Cam; U.S. Navy Jet Shoots Down MIG, Part 2

3/31/1970, Vietnamese Communists Are in Cambodia to Stay, Cambodian Bases Essential to Victory Over South Vietnam

3/31/1970, Overthrow of Sihanouk Gives Peking & Hanoi Pretext for Cambodian Intervention, U.S. Reluctant to Commit Infantry

3/31/1970, North Vietnamese Clash with Two U.S. Fire Support Bases Near Cambodian Border, Bomb Kills Nine in Saigon

4/1/1970, Missionaries in the Congo Live on Little Convenience & a Lot of Faith

4/1/1970, Japanese Boeing 727 Airliner Hijacked by Armed Student Radicals Wanting to Go to North Korea

So this Is Korea, 9/15/1950

Eighth Army Confirms Chinese Communists Are Fighting in Korea, Chinese Massing Troops in Manchuria, 11/6/1950, Part 1

Eighth Army Confirms Chinese Communists Are Fighting in Korea, Chinese Massing Troops in Manchuria, 11/6/1950, Part 2

Communist Partisans Begin Reign of Terror in South Korea; U.S. Troops Guard North Korean Capital, 11/6/1950

Truman Wants World Peace, but Warns of Hard Fighting Ahead in Korea; 11/6/1950

Greenland Warming Up, Sea Water Temputure Up, Seals Retreating, Mosquitoes & Codfish Advancing; 11/6/1950

Peking Establishes Rail Links with Hanoi & Sponsored Communist Revolutionaries Led by Ho Chi Minh, 11/6/1950

4/1/1970, Earthquake in Turkey, Numerous Aftershocks, Death Toll May Reach 3,000

4/1/1970, Department of Health Accused of Sheer Inefficiency, Part 1

4/1/1970, Department of Health Accused of Sheer Inefficiency, Part 2

4/1/1970, U.S. Admits Arms Sales to Israel

4/1/1970, General Vang Pao's Clandestine 7,000-Man Army Halts N. Viet Threat to U.S. Base in Laos

4/1/1970, Soviets Complain About Chinese Troop Concentrations Along Border

4/1/1970, Radio Phnom Penh Broadcasts Manifesto Abolishing the Monarchy & the Proclamation of a Republic

1972:

5/14/1972, Johnny Bench Confident He'll Break Slump

5/14/1972, Shirley Povich: Pro-Football Players Lowest Paid

5/14/1972, Baseball Standings

5/14/1972, Rod Carew Slaps Eight Safeties in Twin Marathons

5/14/1972, Major League Baseball Boxscores

5/14/1972, Tony Perez Drives Three-Run HR in 3rd Inning, Reds Pounce on Cardinals 11-2

5/14/1972, Dodgers Top Phils 3-1 Behind Osteen (4-1) & Brewer, Carlton (5-2) Gets Loss

5/14/1972, Roberto Clemente's Two-Run Triple Highlights Buc Five-Run 12th in 6-1 Victory Over Astros, Moose Hurls 11 Innings

5/14/1972, Mets' Rookie Capra Outduels Giants' Marichal (1-6) 1-0; Capra (Hitless in 61 ABs in Minors in 1971) Singles in Only Run

5/14/1972, Mickey Lolich Improves Record to 6-1 with 3-1 Win Over Royals, Bill Freehan Drives in all Tiger Runs with HR & Single

5/14/1972, Alex Johnson Clubs Three-Run HR in Six-Run 3rd to Lift Tribe Over Texas

5/14/1972, Red Sox Down A's 9-6 in Oakland; Kennedy 3 Hits, HR, 5RBIs; Reggie Smith 3 Hits, HR; 3RBIs; Reggie Jackson 2 HRs

5/14/1972, U.S. Blacks Hold Fewer Skilled Jobs

Note: Even today U.S. Black unemployment remains high due to a labor glut from open borders and the redistribution of wealth-creating jobs away from America. ... Competition for Labor would result in more efficient management, as happened in the labor shortage of WWII. ... Less Blacks unemployed would also leave less available time for profiling whites as racist.

5/14/1972, Bomb Rips Belfast Bar Crowded with Catholics, Sniper Kills Four Outside, Shots Come from Protestant Area, Part 1

5/14/1972, Bomb Rips Belfast Bar Crowded with Catholics, Sniper Kills Four Outside, Shots Come from Protestant Area, Part 2

5/14/1972, Donald Bremner: China Also Walking Tightrope in Vietnam

5/14/1972, David S. Border: President's Opponents Unsure of the N. Viet Blockade Impact on Nixon's Reelection

5/14/1972, San Francisco Giants Recall Veteran Jim Ray Hart from Minors; Hart Was Hitting .301 for Phoenix this Year

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5/15/1972, Nearly 60% of Americans Support Nixon's Decision to Mine North Vietnamese Harbors

5/15/1972, New China News Agency Reports U.S. Bombing Not Disrupting Hanoi Supply Lines

5/15/1972, Viet Cong Guerillas Torch Village of Rung Khung & Kidnap 300 Occupants

5/15/1972; S. Viets Recapture Two Miles on Bloody Highway 13; U.S. Advisor Says S. Viets Celebrating Like Winning Championship

5/15/1972, Neat, Pink-Covered Briefing Book on S. Viet Army Looks Good, but N. Viet Offensive Unmasks S. Viet Army as Myth

5/15/1972; N. Viet Army, Led by Tanks, Launch First Major Attack on Kontum City in Central Highlands; B-52s Disrupt N. Viets

5/15/1972, News Photo of U.S. Battleship Oklahoma City Bombarding North Vietnamese Coastal Areas

5/15/1972, North Vietnamese Fulfilling, in Textbook Style, Injunctions of Chairman Mao on Conduct of Revolutionary War

5/15/1972, Nixon Trip to Moscow Hangs in Balance as 10 Soviet Merchant Ships Approach U.S. Blockade of Haiphong

5/15/1972; About 200 Warriors at New Guinea Highland Show, Angry at Not Winning First Prize of Cow, Shoot Arrows into Crowd

5/15/1972, U.S. Warplanes Destroy Bridge 80 Miles South of Hanoi; N. Viets Ready to Launch Third Phase of 46-Day Offensive

Photo, U.S. Jet Bombing North Vietnamese Bridge

Book Author Believes Khmer Rouge Mass Murder of 2,000,000 Was Due to Nixon's Bombing of Cambodia

Note: Actually, Nixon's strategic objective in continuing the Indochina War was designed to halt the spread of standard Bolshevik policies of intimidation by mass shootings, i.e., Communist expansion technics generally adopted during the Russian Revolution and improved upon in China, Korea, and Vietnam. ... Stalin himself in the early days of the Russian Revolution often rode into outlying regions on commandeered trains with Cheka security police and firing-squad detachments to establish order in the civil war. Eventually, in the 1930s, Stalin used firing squads to liquidated most of the original 'Old Bolsheviks' whose radical left-wing views proved unproductive.

5/15/1972, Terrorist Bombing of Catholic Tavern Results in More than 24 Hours of Gun Battles in Belfast

5/15/1972, U.S. Marine Choppers Airlift S. Viets to Fire Base Bastogne, More U.S. Navy Firepower Arrives in Gulf of Tonkin

5/15/1972, Sirens Warn Hanoi of Approaching U.S.A.F. Jets, Posters Show Maps of South & Keep Score of U.S. Planes Shot Down

5/15/1972, Senator Scott Tells CBS Show "Face the Nation" that U.S. Should Avoid Bombing Chinese Laborers Rebuilding Vietnam

5/15/1972; Dan Blocker, Who Played Hoss Cartwright on TV Western Epic "Bonanza," Passes Away at 43, Part 1

5/15/1972; Dan Blocker, Who Played Hoss Cartwright on TV Western Epic "Bonanza," Passes Away at 43, Part 2

5/15/1972, Thirty U.S. B-52 Stratofortresses Lay Protective Carpet of Bombs Around Kontum to Frustrate N. Viet Probes, Part 1

5/15/1972, Thirty U.S. B-52 Stratofortresses Lay Protective Carpet of Bombs Around Kontum to Frustrate N. Viet Probes, Part 2

Photo, B-52 Being Armed; Note: The Yellow Lift Was Called a Jammer

5/15/1972, Pennsylvania Revenue Department Officials Expect Avalanche of Income Tax Returns Mailed Before Midnight Deadline

5/15/1972, Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, & Sally Struthers Win Emmys for "All in the Family" at TV Annual Awards, Part 1

5/15/1972, Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, & Sally Struthers Win Emmys for "All in the Family" at TV Annual Awards, Part 2

5/15/1972, Singer Arlo Guthrie Packs Heinz Hall; Guthrie Played Catchy Folk-Country-Pop with High Degree of Professionalism

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5/15/1972, Open House at Fairchild A.F.B., 35,000 Attend, Weather Warm & Sunny, Jets on Display, Drill Teams Perform All Day

5/15/1972, Nixon Outsmarts Congressional Doves by Proposing Internationally Enforced Ceasefire in Vietnam Before U.S. Leaves

5/15/1972; Okinawa Returned to Japan After 27 Years of U.S. Rule; Ships' Whistles, Auto Horns, & Fire Sirens Join Celebration

Grim Fighting on Okinawa, Japs on the Run in China, Invasion of Japanese Homeland Will Cost 3,000,000 Lives, 4/12/1945, Part 1

Grim Fighting on Okinawa, Japs on the Run in China, Invasion of Japanese Homeland Will Cost 3,000,000 Lives, 4/12/1945, Part 2

Conquest of Okinawa Imminent, Tokyo Firebombed, U.S. Marine Gen. Vandergrift Says Japs Never Willing to Surrender, 5/12/1945

5/15/1972, U.S. Says Ships in Haiphong Completing Offloads, 42 Vessels in N. Viet Ports When Mined, 8 Leave Before Activation

5/15/1972, U.S. Mine Warfare Experts Believe Disarming Mines Would Be Risky Work for Soviet or Chinese Minesweepers

5/15/1972, Mining of Red Ports—Is It Legal?

5/15/1972, Soviets to Provide Syria with More Armaments

5/15/1972, Washington State University Declines Request by 'Citizens Mobilization Committee to End the War' to Criticize Nixon

5/15/1972; Gov. Wallace Favored in Michigan, Maryland; McGovern Buoyed by Enthusiastic Crowds

5/15/1972; S. Viets Recapture Fire Base Bastogne (12 Miles W. of Hue on Northern Front) After 36 Hours & B-52 Saturation Raids

5/15/1972, Democratic Politicians & Labor Unions Step up Anti-Wallace Campaigns in Maryland, McGovern May Win Rich Suburbs

5/15/1972, Bus Issue (Busing Kids to Different Schools for the Purpose of Racial Integration) Puts Wallace in Michigan Driver Seat

5/15/1972, Jury Fails to Reach Decision in Harrisburg Seven (Antiwar Radicals) Case Alleging Plan to Kidnap Kissinger

5/15/1972, Rescuers Search for 12-20 Missing from Floodwaters Crashing Through South Texas Town, 15 Confirmed Drowned

5/15/1972, General Maxwell Taylor Says Public Must Back Nixon or South Vietnam Will Have Communist State Imposed on It

Maxwell Davenport Taylor, General, United States Army

5/15/1972, Jack Anderson: Nixon's High-Risk Moves in Vietnam Undermine Russia & China's Desire to Ease Tension with U.S.

5/15/1972, Prosecution to Wrap Up Circumstantial Case in Activist Angela Davis's Trial, Davis Charged with Murder & Kidnapping

5/15/1972, White Sox Earn Praise from Oriole Manager Earl Weaver After Completing Sweep of Baltimore in Chicago

5/15/1972, Malagasy Rioting Kills 12, Injures 100 in Two Days

Madagascar, Satellite View

Madagascar Massacres; Terrible Atrocities; Men, Women, & Children Butchered, 3/21/1891

5/15/1972, Willie Mays Gets Standing Ovation in First Met Game, Hits 647th HR to Break 4-4 Tie in 5th, Mets Edge Giants 5-4

5/15/1972, Two Reporters First U.S. Correspondents to Visit North Korean Capital Since Korean War

5/15/1972, Antiwar Protests Fizzling Out

5/15/1972; For Every Dollar Spent on Informing the Public, the U.S. Spends Two Dollars on Keeping Secrets

5/15/1972, South Africa Sees Population Explosion of Wild Animals

5/15/1972, James Reston: Moscow Setting Trap for Nixon by Being Nice While Troops Are Being Withdrawn from Vietnam

5/15/1972, Nixon to Visit Iran After Moscow, Iran Is Dominate Power in Persian Gulf & Friendly to U.S., Nixon Visited Shah in 1953

5/15/1972, Call for Nixon Impeachment at Mother's Day Peace Rally Gets Largest Response from Crowd

5/15/1972, Perez Powers Reds to Doubleheader Sweep of Cards in Cincinnati

5/15/1972, Darrel Evans HR in 9th Wins at Atlanta, Braves Edge Cubs 2-1 in Milt Pappas-Phil Niekro Pitching Duel

5/15/1972, A's Beat Red Sox 6-5 in Oakland; Jackson, Epstein, & Josephson Homer for A's

5/15/1972, Haiphong Coalition Coordinating Committee Making Plans for More Antiwar Rallies Next Week

5/15/1972, Major League Baseball Standings

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5/16/1972; S. Viets Retake Firebase Bastogne; Kirivong in Cambodia Falls to N. Viets & Red Khmers, Opening Corridor to Delta

5/16/1972, Nixon Felt U.S. Was Stabbed in the Back When N. Viets Launched Offensive During Peace Talks in Paris with Kissinger

5/16/1972, Banzai! It's Ours Again; Okinawa Returned to Japan After 27 Years; Hirohito Gives Speech, Leads Banzai Cheers

Furious Fighting on Okinawa, Jap Navy Preparing Suicide Mission, Suicide Planes Batter U.S. Fleet, 6/7/1945, Part 1

Furious Fighting on Okinawa, Jap Navy Preparing Suicide Mission, Suicide Planes Batter U.S. Fleet, 6/7/1945, Part 2

5/16/1972, Polish P.M. Wants W. Germany to Complete Ratification of Polish Border Treaty (Boundary Shifted West of Pre-WWII)

Subjugation of Poland, Stalin's Occupation Strategic, Gestapo Shoots Hundreds of Jews in Lodz, 9/28/1939, Part 1

Subjugation of Poland, Stalin's Occupation Strategic, Gestapo Shoots Hundreds of Jews in Lodz, 9/28/1939, Part 2

Occupation of Poland, Official Valuation of Ruble Allows Red Army Troops to Loot Eastern Poland by Shopping, 5/2/1940

5/16/1972, Australia Sees April Export Surplus of $107.3 Million (or $3.58 Million Per Day)

5/16/1972, Governor Wallace & Three Others Shot in Maryland; Wallace Still Conscious at Hospital, In Poor but Stable Condition

5/16/1972, Desmond Wettern: Nixon's Blockade of Vietnam One of Oldest Forms of Warfare; History of British & U.S. Blockades

5/16/1972; Rioters in Tananarive, Madagascar, Burn Down City Hall

5/16/1972, Soviet News Quotes American Press Sources Reporting Nixon Upcoming Trip to Moscow Still On

5/16/1972, Moscow Custom Officials Return Hebrew Prayer Book to London Origin, Religious Books Forbidden

5/16/1972, Mrs. Nixon Says Moscow Trip Still on Despite the Vietnam War Situation

5/16/1972, West German Troops in the Western Alliance Told to Get Haircuts

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5/16/1972, U.S. Fighter-Bombers Wreck N. Viet Air Defense Hq. South of Hanoi; US. Air Strikes Against North Averaging 250 a Day

5/16/1972, Democratic-Primary Presidential Candidate Gov. Wallace Shot Five Times at Election-Eve Rally in Maryland, Part 1

5/16/1972, Democratic-Primary Presidential Candidate Gov. Wallace Shot Five Times at Election-Eve Rally in Maryland, Part 2

5/16/1972, Nationalist Chinese Army Continues to Garrison Matsu Islands

Matsu Islands, Satellite View

Matsu Islands, Wikipedia

5/16/1972, Wallace Shot by Lone Nut

5/16/1972; Peace Officer Memorial Day Observed; FBI Notes 633 Police Officers Killed in Line of Duty in Nine Years, 126 Last Year

5/16/1972; Nixon Viet Mining Policy Backed Firmly, 59-24%

5/16/1972, Evans & Novak: Humphrey Says McGovern too Radical; McGovern Pamphlet Criticizes Johnson-Humphrey-Nixon War

5/16/1972, Nixon Happy to Announce Japanese, European, & United Kingdom Steel Producers to Restrain Exports to U.S.

Note: Policing the world is expensive. Maintaining steel production in the U.S. would be in America's strategic interest.

5/16/1972; Lou Pineilla of Kansas City Royals Leads American League Hit Parade, Gets Two Hits in 5-4 Win Against Texas

5/16/1972, Major League Baseball Boxscores

5/16/1972, South Vietnamese Troops Expand Perimeter Near Hue After Several Days of Heavy Air & Artillery Bombardment

5/16/1972, Haynes Johnson: American Political Process Disrupted Once Again by Assassin's Bullet

5/16/1972, Braves' Knuckleball Pitcher Phil Niekro Extends Winning Streak to Five in Sunday's 2-1 Victory Against Cubs

5/16/1972, Secretary of State William P. Rogers Urges Congress Not to Undercut Nixon Strategy by Passing End-of-War Resolution

5/16/1972, Prosecution Ends Murder-Kidnap-Conspiracy Case Against Black Militant Angela Davis, Defense Wants Acquittal

5/16/1972, Baseball Standings

5/16/1972; Jim Palmer Scatters 4 Hits, Triples & Scores Winner in 7th; O's Edge Tigers 3-2; Horton, Brown, Rettenmund Homer

5/16/1972, N. Viets Continue Assault in Center, Waves of B-52s from Sanctuaries in Guam & Thailand Unload Bombs Near Kontum

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5/17/1972, U.S. Jets Deliver Massive Damage to N. Vietnam via Sophisticated Bombs with Movable Fins & Guided by Laser Beams

5/17/1972, Two Soviet MIG-23s Fly Reconnaissance Mission Over Israeli Positions in Occupied Sinai Peninsula

5/17/1972; Hijacking Stats: 142 U.S. Planes Hijacked in 11 Years by 188 Persons, 105 Hijackers Still Fugitives

5/17/1972, Letter-to-the-Editor Writer Points Out that N. Viet Leader Ho Chi Minh Was U.S. Ally in War Against Japan

Ho Chi Minh (1890-1969) May Have Worked in U.S. as Domestic Helper, Baker, & Line Supervisor for General Motors; Wikipedia

Note: Ho excelled in the theory of wealth redistribution, but was weak in wealth creation.

Report on the National & Colonial Questions at the Fifth Congress of the Communist International, Ho Chi Minh, 7/8/1924

The Vietnamese Declaration of Independence, By Ho Chi Minh, 9/2/1945

Chinese to Supervise Jap Surrenders in Indo-China; French & Ho Chi Minh Refuse to Attend Surrender Ceremonies, 10/1/1945

Mobs Loot & Molest French in Hanoi Prior to Arrival of Chinese, Ho Chi Minh Blames Illiterate Mobs Seeking Vengence, 10/4/1945

Ho Chi Minh Estimates Millions of Annamese (Vietnamese) Facing Famine; French Accuse Guerrillas of Sabotage, 11/23/1945

Annam (French Protectorate), Wikipedia

Only 15% of Ho Chi Minh's Supporters Are Communist; U.S. Help Will Not Easily Restore Indo-China, 6/7/1950

French Army Orders Dependents of Servicemen Out of N. Vietnam as Ho Chi Minh's Shadowy Forces Threaten Hanoi, 11/23/1950

French Commandos (Transferred from North Africa to Indo-China) Disrupt Supply Lines to Ho Chi Minh's Rebels, 9/13/1952, Part 1

French Commandos (Transferred from North Africa to Indo-China) Disrupt Supply Lines to Ho Chi Minh's Rebels, 9/13/1952, Part 2

French Commandos (Transferred from North Africa to Indo-China) Disrupt Supply Lines to Ho Chi Minh's Rebels, 9/13/1952, Part 3

Ho Chi Minh, Leader of Vietminh Rebels, 7/24/1954

Leninism Is the Radiant Sun Illuminating Vietnam's Path to Final Victory, Socialism, & Communism; by Ho Chi Minh, April 1960

5/17/1972, TV & Radio Schedule for Scotland

5/17/1972, India Asks U.N. for Help in Saving Dwindling Tiger Population

5/17/1972, Nixon Personally Confirms Moscow Trip Still On

5/17/1972, Kansas City Royals' Jim Rooker Blanks Texas 5-0

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5/17/1972, Vice President Agnew Arrives in Saigon to Confer with South Vietnamese President Thieu

5/17/1972, N. Viets Blow Up Ammo Dump in Central Highlands, B-52s Wipe Out Half of Two N. Viet Divisions Near Pleiku, Part 1

5/17/1972, N. Viets Blow Up Ammo Dump in Central Highlands, B-52s Wipe Out Half of Two N. Viet Divisions Near Pleiku, Part 2

Photo, B-52 Over Vietnam

5/17/1972, Disaster Service of Pittsburgh-Allegany County Red Cross Spent $84,000 Last Year on Families Homeless Due to Fire

5/17/1972, Four Russian Warships Sighted in South China Sea in Position to Move into Viet Waters if Ordered

5/17/1972, Senate Doves Lose Key Votes on Precondition End-of-War Amendment Calling for Internationally Supervised Ceasefire

5/17/1972, General Westmoreland Optimistic that July 1973 May See End of Draft

Note: The U.S. should bring back the draft. Policing the world is too expensive with an all-volunteer force.

5/17/1972, China Declares Signings to U.N. Resolutions by Nationalist Chinese Prior to Being Replaced By Red China Are Illegal

5/17/1972, Price of Gold Soars to Record Levels on European Free Markets, Gold Peaks in London at $55.50 an Ounce

5/17/1972, Danube River Hydroelectric Dam Opens on Yugoslav-Romanian Border, Soviets Provided Building Machinery & Equip.

5/17/1972, Wallace Wins Democratic Primaries in Maryland & Mich., Heavily Sedated Wallace Paralyzed by Lodged Bullet, Part 1

5/17/1972, Wallace Wins Democratic Primaries in Maryland & Mich., Heavily Sedated Wallace Paralyzed by Lodged Bullet, Part 2

5/17/1972, Washington Police Arrest 150 Members of Concerned Clergy Against the War for Refusing to Leave Capitol Rotunda

5/17/1972; Nixon Greets Tourists Outside White House, Shakes Hands, Talks Sports, Chats About Visitors' Home States

5/17/1972; Top-20 Music Hits: Staple Singers, Sammy Davis Jr., Chi-Lites, Al Green, & Love Unlimited Lead Hit Parade

5/17/1972, Rolling Stones U.S. Tour to Open in New York & Will Cover 30 Cities

5/17/1972; Tip of Soviet Iceberg Labeled "Peaceful Coexistence"; Below Surface Lies Lenin & Stalin, Deception, & Armed Power

5/17/1972; Relief Ace Terry Forester Rescues White Sox; Chicago Wins Sixth Straight, Edge Division-Leading Twins 2-1

5/17/1972, N. Viets Blow Up U.S. C-130 on Take Off at Kontum; 46 U.S. Planes & 39 Choppers Lost Since Start of N. Viet Offensive

5/17/1972, Reds Recapture Firebase Bastogne, U.S. Jets Blast Electronic Warfare Center Near Hanoi & Cut Oil Pipelines, Part 1

5/17/1972, Reds Recapture Firebase Bastogne, U.S. Jets Blast Electronic Warfare Center Near Hanoi & Cut Oil Pipelines, Part 2

5/17/1972, Neutrality Practiced at Side-by-Side Israeli-Arab Ports of Eilat & Aqaba at the Northern End of Red Sea

The Red Sea, Satellite View

5/17/1972, House Approves National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA) Budget

Note: Small-business capitalists benefited from the space program by providing consumer goods and services for NASA workers. ... In 1972 the U.S. could still afford the Vietnam War, the Cold War, and sending men to the moon because it had not yet begun to redistribute its wealth-creating jobs away from America.

5/17/1972, Nonviolent Antiwar Demonstrations Include Blocking Air Force Base & Halting Busload of Draftees, Hundreds Arrested

5/17/1972; Phasing Out Manually Operated Three-Wheeled Bicycle Taxis Proving Difficult for Jakarta, Capital of Indonesia

5/17/1972, The Deborah Hotel in Tel Aviv Is World's Largest Kosher Hotel at 12 Stories & 90 Rooms

5/17/1972, Angelia Davis's Defense Attorney Says State Proved that Angelia Loved Black People; Davis Charged with Murder

5/17/1972, Reds Sweep Pair in San Francisco, Billingham Tosses Three-Hit Shutout in Nightcap for First Win of Season

5/17/1972, New York Banking Officials Visit China to Determine Prospects of U.S. Trade with Communist China

5/17/1972, Vietnam War Prolonged by North Vietnam Because of Belief that U.S. Will Not Continue to Defend South Vietnam

5/17/1972, Baseball Standings

5/17/1972, Baseball Boxscores, Rick Monday Drives Three Home Runs, Cubs' Hooton Tops Phils 8-1

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5/18/1972, Large Chunks of Cambodian Provinces Continue to Fall to Red Khmers Since Mid-April, Communists May Want it All

5/18/1972, U.K. Unemployed Below Million for First Time in '72; Unemployed Surpassed Million in Jan. for First Time Since 1947

5/18/1972, Sixth U.S. Aircraft Carrier Arrives in Indochina Theater & Immediately Launches Air Strikes, No. 7 on the Way, Part 1

5/18/1972, Sixth U.S. Aircraft Carrier Arrives in Indochina Theater & Immediately Launches Air Strikes, No. 7 on the Way, Part 2

5/18/1972, Cambodian Communists Seize Portions of Southern Provinces, Large Cambodian Army Unable to Stop Small Forces

5/18/1972, Corporation Profits on the Rise; Bulk of Profits in Manufacturing of Durable Goods

5/18/1972, N. Viet Spokesman in Haiphong Says U.S. Mines Being Removed as They Are Dropped & Ship Traffic not Blocked

5/18/1972, Jets from U.S.S. Saratoga & B-52s Pave Way for S. Viet Advance Toward Besieged Provincial Capital of An Loc

5/18/1972, By Robert S. Allen: New Blitz Might Rattle Hanoi

5/18/1972, Secretary of Housing & Urban Development George Romney Concludes Urban Renewal Has Been Costly Failure, Part 1

5/18/1972, Secretary of Housing & Urban Development George Romney Concludes Urban Renewal Has Been Costly Failure, Part 2

5/18/1972; Hanoi Radio Reports Waves of U.S. Fighter-Bombers Have Struck Hanoi, Ports, & Rail & Road Centers, Part 1

5/18/1972; Hanoi Radio Reports Waves of U.S. Fighter-Bombers Have Struck Hanoi, Ports, & Rail & Road Centers, Part 2

5/18/1972, Alleghany County Extends Quarantine on Cats & Dogs Due to Rabies Bite of Homewood Woman, Part 1

5/18/1972, Alleghany County Extends Quarantine on Cats & Dogs Due to Rabies Bite of Homewood Woman, Part 2

5/18/1972, Egypt Cuts U.S. Mission in Cairo & Egyptian Staff in Washington by Half Due to U.S. Support of Israel

5/18/1972; Peace Protesters Being Turned Down for Federal Jobs, Charges Senator Sam Ervin

5/18/1972, Final Details of Strategic Arms Limitation Talks Being Worked Out by U.S.-Soviet Negotiators in Helsinki

5/18/1972, N. Viets Believed Massing Four Divisions for Attack on Hue, Pentagon Optimistic but Fight for Hue May Be Brutal

5/18/1972; U.S. Viet War Casualties: 45,747 Killed, 303,071 Wounded, 10,170 Dead from Non-Hostile Causes, 1,583 Missing

5/18/1972; Haiphong Wrecked By U.S. Bombers; Apartment Blocks Smashed, Bomb Craters, Schools & Hospitals Blasted, Part 1

5/18/1972; Haiphong Wrecked By U.S. Bombers; Apartment Blocks Smashed, Bomb Craters, Schools & Hospitals Blasted, Part 2

5/18/1972, By William L. Ryan: Khrushchev's Influence on the Soviet Union

5/18/1972; Dr. Phillip Harvey of St. Stephens Hospital in London—Visiting Hanoi to Assist in Medical Education—Describes U.S. Raid

5/18/1972, William Buckley Jr. Sarcastically Points Out Differences Between Complaints from Hawks & I-Told-You-So Doves

5/18/1972, Evans & Novak: No Sign of China Rushing Work Troops to N. Vietnam to Repair Bombed Railroads as in '60s

5/18/1972, Communist Infiltrators Threaten Saigon from South, Nixon Orders 1,100-Man Marine Air Unit from P.I. into Vietnam

5/18/1972, Haiphong Exhibits Evidence of Heavy Bombing, April 16 Was Worst Day, N. Viet Official Says Mines Defused as Dropped

5/18/1972, William L. Ryan: History of Bolshevism in the Roaring '20s, Bolshevik Takeover Made Easy by Inept Provisional Gov't

5/18/1972; Lolich Wins 7th, Haller Homer Helps; Indians Nip Yanks 2-1; Killebrew & Blyleven Snap White Sox Six-Game Streak

5/18/1972, Milner Gets 5 RBIs as Mets Wallop Expos, Marichal Goes Distance but Loses 2-1 on Rose Walk & Morgan HR in 3rd

5/18/1972, Denny McLain Demoted to Oakland's AA Birmingham Farm Club

Denny McLain Biography, By Mark Armour, Society for American Baseball Research

5/18/1972, Major League Baseball Leaders

5/18/1972, Hanoi Rejects Nixon Proposal for Internationally Supervised Ceasefire

5/18/1972, Boeing Applies for Export License to Sell Jets to Red China

5/18/1972, Wallace Most Likely Will Never Walk Again, Bullet Lodged in Spine, Wallace Alert & in Good Spirits

5/18/1972, Treaty of Peaceful Cooperation with Poland & Soviet Union Passes Through West German Parliament's Lower House

Russians-Germans Divide Poland, 9/23/1939

Russians Break Relations with Poles over German Allegations & Polish Request for International Red Cross Investigation, 4/28/1943

Red Army Offensive Reaches Poland, 1/5/1944

Concentration Camps & Mass Graves Mark Footsteps of Retreating Germans on Eastern Front, 12/30/1944

5/18/1972, Price of Gold Zooms Toward $60 an Ounce in Europe

5/18/1972, Deportation Hearing for ex-Beatle John Lennon & Wife Yoko Ono Set for July 1

5/18/1972, McGovern Achieves Frontrunner Position in Democratic Primaries, Republican Tacticians Can Borrow from Humphrey

5/18/1972, Baseball Standings

5/18/1972, Major League Baseball Boxscores

5/18/1972, By Joseph Alsop, McGovern Looks More & More Like Democratic Version of Goldwater in 1964

5/18/1972, Eight Russian Warships Assemble 200 Miles off Viet Coast Under U.S. Navy Surveillance

5/18/1972, Gov. Reagan Refers to Assembly Speaker Bob Moretti as the Godfather, Reagan Speaks at Nixon Campaign Hq.

5/18/1972, Middle East Crisis High on Moscow Summit Agenda, Israeli Newspaper Warns Egypt May Launch Attack Before Summit

5/18/1972, Nixon Will Stop in Austria, Moscow, Leningrad, Kiev, Tehran, & Warsaw

5/18/1972, Holtzman Blanks Angels 4-0, Rudi Homers for Oakland

5/18/1972, By Jack Anderson, North & South Vietnamese Given Opposite Pledges

5/18/1972, Streaks at Seven, Seven Wins in a Row for Red-Hot Reds, Seven Losses in a Row for Unlucky Juan Marichal

5/18/1972; Cubs Nip Phils 3-2; Cardenal, Fanzone, & Hutton Homer; Carlton (5-3) Goes Distance but Gets Loss

5/18/1972, FBI Now Accepting Female Applicants for Special Agents, 14-Week Training Course, No Relatives Arrested, Etc.

5/18/1972, North Vietnam Believed to Have Enough Resources Available to Continue Offensive into Summer

5/18/1972, Workers Shot & Wounded as They Leave Belfast Factory

5/18/1972, Stand-ins to Continue Wallace Campaign, Part 1

5/18/1972, Stand-ins to Continue Wallace Campaign, Part 2

5/18/1972, Three Persons Wounded During Wallace Shooting Improving

5/18/1972, Economic Status of Asian-Indian Population in South Africa Above Average but Still Second or Third Class

5/18/1972, Defense in Angela Davis Trial to Call Witnesses, Angela Charged with Conspiracy & Murder in 1970 Courthouse Invasion

5/18/1972, Harris Opinion Survey Shows Americans Believe Nixon Working for Peace by 59-38%

5/18/1972, Larry Dierker Shuts Out Braves on 4-Hitter, Walks 1, Fans Four; Rader HR Caps 7th & 8th-Inning Barrage

5/18/1972, Decline of American Steel Predicted

5/18/1972, U.S. Pilot Rescued Ok; Navy Jets Strafe & Bomb N. Viet Shoreline as Fishing Boats Attempt to Capture Downed Pilot

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5/19/1972, B-52s Save Saigon, N. Viet Tactics Are Answer to U.S. Prayers, B-52s' Effect Cataclysmic on Communist Formations

5/19/1972, Pentagon Bombed by Antiwar Radical 'The Weatherman' in Observance of Ho Chi Minh's 82nd Birthday, Part 1

5/19/1972, Pentagon Bombed by Antiwar Radical 'The Weatherman' in Observance of Ho Chi Minh's 82nd Birthday, Part 2

5/19/1972, Saigon High Command Reports Skirmish Near Old Aussie Base Nui Dat, N. Viet Infiltrators Threaten Saigon from S.E.

Nui Dat, Australian Task Force Base, Phuoc Tuy Province, Australia and the Vietnam War

Life at the Dat, Wartime

Nui Dat, Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, Digger History

Nui Dat, Photos, Vietnam War, New Zealand Government

5/19/1972, Former U.S. Secretary of Defense Clark Clifford Tells House Viet War Will Continue Indefinitely Unless U.S. Withdraws

5/19/1972, Hanoi Asserts Large Numbers of U.S. Planes Deliberately Massacring Civilians, S. Viets Push Closer to An Loc, Part 1

5/19/1972, Hanoi Asserts Large Numbers of U.S. Planes Deliberately Massacring Civilians, S. Viets Push Closer to An Loc, Part 2

5/19/1972, Nixon Visits Wallace

5/19/1972, Soviet Diplomats in Peking Claim Sophisticated Weapons Still Reaching Hanoi Despite U.S. Blockade

5/19/1972, Buc Manager Virdon Blessed with Abundant Bench: Pagan-if, Davilillo-of, May-c, Sennett-if, Clines-of, Mazeroski-if

5/19/1972, By Stewart Alsop, Disintegration of S. Viet Army Could Lead to Emergency Evacuation of U.S. Support Troops

5/19/1972, Antiwar Group 'The Weather Underground' Sets Off Bomb in Pentagon, Bomb May Have Been Planted In Toilet, Part 1

5/19/1972, Antiwar Group 'The Weather Underground' Sets Off Bomb in Pentagon, Bomb May Have Been Planted In Toilet, Part 2

5/19/1972, By William L. Ryan: U.S. Interdiction of Flow of Soviet Supplies to Hanoi Complicates Upcoming Nixon Trip to Moscow

5/19/1972, McGovern not so Radical by Canadian Standards

George McGovern Flew B-24s Against Germany in WWII

Photo, B-24

Military Service, George McGovern, Wikipedia

Photo, McGovern & Clinton

Books by George McGovern

5/19/1972, Humphrey Outlook Bleak

Hubert H. Humphrey, 38th U.S. Vice President (1965-1969)

5/19/1972, U.S. Army Cuts Back on Early Release Program

5/19/1972, Spitball? Greaseball? Sinking Fastball? Tribe's Perry Limits Tigers 2-1 with Effective but Suspicious Weapon, Part 1

5/19/1972, Spitball? Greaseball? Sinking Fastball? Tribe's Perry Limits Tigers 2-1 with Effective but Suspicious Weapon, Part 2

5/19/1972, Carrier-Based F-4 Fighter-Bombers Down Two MIG Interceptors Defending Supply Rail Links with China North of Hanoi

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