- Title: SOUTH VIETNAM: U.S. ARMY OFFICER KILLED IN BOMB BLAST ON U.S. BILLET IN SAIGON
- Date: 23rd January 1966
- Summary: 1. GV AMERICAN BILLET AND TRUCK 0.04 2. CU SIGN "593 AMERICAN SIGNAL" TILT DOWN TO GUARD 0.08 3. SV VIETNAMESE CHILDREN LOOKING ALONG ALLEY 0.12 4. LV DEBRIS TILT UP TO HOLE IN WALL 0.17 5. SV AMERICAN SOLDIERS CLEARING UP DEBRIS 0.21 6. LV TILT DOWN.. VIETNAMESE WOMAN AND CHILD IN WRECKED HOUSE 0.26 7. CU VIETNAMESE WOMAN AND CHILD 0.31 8. LV AMERICAN SOLDIERS STAND BY GAP IN WALL 0.35 9. SV CLEARING DEBRIS 0.39 10. CU VIETNAMESE WOMAN AND CHILD 0.44 11. LV MEN AND SOLDIERS LOOK AT WRECKAGE 0.48 12. LV DITTO 0.51 Initials JHS/V/JH/ES Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 7th February 1966 12:00
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- Location: SAIGON -- SOUTH VIETNAM
- Country: Vietnam
- Reuters ID: LVA8QJFJE0IOYZ9STRR75ZZIX9AP
- Story Text: AN AMERICAN ARMY OFFICER WAS KILLED AND TWO OTHER AMERICANS WOUNDED IN A BOMB YESTERDAY (SATURDAY) ON A U.S. BILLET IN THE SAIGON SUBURBS. IT WAS ONE OF 66 INCIDENTS THAT AMERICAN AND SOUTH VIETNAMESE OFFICIALS REPORTED DURING THE FIRST 2 1/2 DAYS OF THE CEASE-FIRE VIETNAMESE LUNAR NEW YEAR.
THE BOMB BLEW A LARGE HOLE IN THE BILLET WALL AND BADLY DAMAGED THREE HOUSES IN THE ALLEY WHERE THE BILLET STOOD. FOUR VIETNAMESE WERE SERIOUSLY WOUNDED IN THE BLAST.
AMERICAN OFFICIALS SAID THEY THOUGHT THE EXPLOSIVE WAS WHEELED UP ON A BICYCLE AND PROPPED AGAINST A WALL OF THE BILLET. ABOUT 60 OFFICERS WERE HOUSED IN THE BILLET BUT ONLY A FEW SLEPT IN THE ROOMS NEAR THE BLAST AREA.
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