SOUTH VIETNAM: VIET CONG EXPLODE U.S. AMMUNITION DUMP.

Record ID: 359716

  • Title: SOUTH VIETNAM: VIET CONG EXPLODE U.S. AMMUNITION DUMP.
  • Date: 5th February 1967
  • Summary: 1. GV AMERICAN SOLDIERS IN F/G. EXPLOSIONS IN DISTANCE 0.04 2. LV EXPLOSIONS 0.08 3. LV DITTO 0.13 4. GV EXPLOSIONS, AMERICAN SOLDIERS IN F/G. 0.17 5. SV AMERICAN SOLDIERS AND EXPLOSION 0.22 6. CU SIGN "NO SMOKING" 0.24 7. GV DUMP 0.28 8. LV EXPLOSION, SIGN ON BOARD "DISNEY LAND FAR EAST" 0.35 9. LV WATER TRUCKS ALONG ROAD, EXPLOSION IN B/G. 0.42 10. AIR V..AMMUNITION DUMPS AND FIRES 0.48 11. NEARER AIR V..SMOKE 0.54 12. AIR V..EXPLOSION 0.59 13. NEARER V..EXPLOSIONS 1.04 14. AIR V..FIRES 1.13 15. GV EXPLOSIONS AND FIRES 1.19 Initials PW/VS/JH/BB/ES PW/VS/JH/ES Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 20th February 1967 12:00
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  • Location: SOUTH VIETNAM
  • Country: Vietnam
  • Reuters ID: LVACQFZ4754TTHI0RJ3GWRNMAR0J
  • Story Text: STOCKPILES OF BOMBS AND ARTILLERY SHELLS AT THE U.S. ARMY AMMUNITION DUMP AT LONG BINH, IN SOUTH VIETNAM, ERUPTED YESTERDAY (SATURDAY) WHEN TIME CHARGES, PLACED BY VIET CONG RAIDERS, DETONATED AMID TONS OF HIGH EXPLOSIVES. THE EXPLOSIONS RATTLED WINDOWS IN SAIGON, ABOUT 13 MILES (20 KILOMETERS) AWAY.

    TWO US SOLDIERS WERE WOUNDED WHEN THE AMMUNITION DUMP EXPLODED.

    VIET CONG RAIDERS HAD CUT THROUGH A BARBED WIRE PERIMETER FENCE AND PLACED CHARGES AMONGST A STACK OF AMMUNITION. WHEN THE CHARGES DETONATED, LIVE SHELLS WERE TOSSED INTO OTHER STACKS OF AMMUNITION AND SEVERAL FIRES STARTED. IT TOOK US TROOPS TEN HOURS TO STOP THE FIRES AND EXPLOSIONS.

    THIS WAS THE FOURTH TIME THAT VIET CONG HAVE ATTACKED THE MASSIVE ARMS DUMP, WHICH COVERS AN AREA OF 3,000 ACRES.
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