SOUTH VIETNAM: AIR DROP OF SUPPLIES TO NEW REFUGEE VILLAGE IS SOUTH VIETNAM'S HIGHLANDS

Record ID: 274918

  • Title: SOUTH VIETNAM: AIR DROP OF SUPPLIES TO NEW REFUGEE VILLAGE IS SOUTH VIETNAM'S HIGHLANDS
  • Date: 7th November 1965
  • Summary: 1. GV VILLAGE 0.04 2. LV HUT 0.07 3. SV SOLDIERS ON GUARD (2 SHOTS) 0.13 4. SV PEOPLE AT WORK IN VILLAGE (3 SHOTS) 0.23 5. SV TROOPS AND VILLAGERS LEAVE FOR DROP ZONE 0.26 6. SV SOLDIER TOWARDS CAMERA 0.29 7. GV PAN...PLANE OVERHEAD 0.32 8. LV PLANE DROPS SUPPLIES 0.40 9. LV DITTO (2 SHOTS) 0.49 10. SV T
  • Embargoed: 22nd November 1965 12:00
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  • Location: TANH LINH, SOUTH VIETNAM
  • Country: Vietnam
  • Reuters ID: LVAAYR1QCUIGYK4M69IT526NK4FC
  • Story Text: FIERCE FIGHTING BROKE OUT TODAY (SUNDAY) BETWEEN AMERICAN AND VIET CONG TROOPS IN THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS OF SOUTH VIETNAM. THE BATTLE IS TAKING PLACE NOT FAR FROM THE SPECIAL FORCES CAMP AT PLEI ME, WHERE BOTH SIDES FOUGHT A BIG BATTLE ABOUT TWO WEEK AGO.

    THE ACTION BEGAN LAST NIGHT WHEN VIET CONG FORCES ENGAGED TWO AMERICANS SAY 47 VIET CONG WERE KILLED AND ONE OF THE AMERICAN UNITS SUFFERED HEAVY CASUALTIES.

    ELSEWHERE IS SOUTH VIETNAM'S HIGHLANDS THE AMERICANS HAVE BEEN ACTIVE, BUT NOT IN THE STRICT MILITARY SENSE. U.S TRANSPORT PLANES DROPPED SUPPLIES LAST THURSDAY TO A NEW VILLAGE IN THE HIGHLANDS OF TANH LINH PROVINCE. THE VILLAGE, SETTLED BY PEOPLE WHO HAVE FLED VIET CONG CONTROLLED AREAS, HAS BEEN CUT OFF FROM THE OUTSIDE WORLD FOR SOME TIME.

    THE AIRCRAFT DROPPED MAINLY FOOD AND AFTER TROOPS AND THE SETTLERS GATHERED IN THE PACKAGES, STOCKS OF RICE WERE DISTRIBUTED.
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