SOUTH VIETNAM: RANGER CAMP DESTROYED BY VIETCONG.

Record ID: 347354

  • Title: SOUTH VIETNAM: RANGER CAMP DESTROYED BY VIETCONG.
  • Date: 29th October 1965
  • Summary: 1. GV PAN DESTROYED RANGER CAMP. 0.12 2. SV DAMAGED HUT PAN BODY NEAR CRATER. 0.20 3. CU VIETCONG BODIES (TWO SHOTS) 0.25 4. SV VIETCONG BODIES. 0.28 5. MV DESTROYED HUTS. 0.32 6. MV RANGER HELMETS AND UNIFORMS. 0.34 7. SV PAN OFFICERS AND TROOPS INSPECT CAPTURED ARMS AND AMMUNITION 0.38 8. CU CAPTURED ROCKET LAUNCHER
  • Embargoed: 13th November 1965 12:00
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  • Location: DUC LAP SOUTH VIETNAM
  • Country: Vietnam
  • Reuters ID: LVA4YDA3VYZERZ5UVDSH9GHTW4L3
  • Story Text: IN SAIGON, AN AMERICAN SPOKESMAN SAID MORE THAN 100 MEMBERS OF THE VIETCONG WERE KILLED IN WEDNESDAY'S ATTACK ON THE SOUTH VIETNAMESE RANGER CAMP AT DUC LAP, NOT FAR FROM SAIGON.

    TWO BATTALIONS - AROUND 800 MEN - WERE REPORTED TO HAVE TAKEN PART. SOUTH VIETNAMESE RANGERS AT THE CAMP REPULSED THE ATTACK SHOWERING THE VIETCONG WITH BOMBS, ARTILLERY SHELLS AND MACHINE-GUN FIRE.

    THE BATTERED CAMP SHOWED HOW FIERCE THE ASSAULT HAD BEEN - THE CAMP LAY IN RUINS, A BATTLEGROUND IN A PATCH OF SMOULDERING JUNGLE. VIETCONG BODIES LAY STREWN ABOUT AMID CAPTURED ARMS AND AMMUNITION.

    (THE US SPECIAL FORCES CAMP AT PLEI ME, FARED WORSE THE NINE-DAY BATTLE, THE LONGEST OF THE VIETNAM WAR, HAS JUST ENDED WITH A TOLL ON BOTH SIDES RECKONED IN HUNDREDS. REPORTERS ARE NOT YET COMPLETE ON HOW MANY DEFENDERS SURVIVED IN ORDER TO HOLD THE CAMP AGAINST SOME OF NORTH VIETNAM'S CRACK TROOPS).
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