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Show f HILL TOP TIMES Page 28 AGE-OL- Ffbruaty 25, 1966 STRUGGLE FOR PEACE D The United States Air Force and Southeast Asia hostile action will be more diffi-- j ugees streamed south to escape cult, more uncertain, and more! the Communist regime in North Vietnam. At the same time, the uninviting. We will be proving aggression Communists withdrew approxidoes not pay. And that is what mately 80,000 troops from the Asia. It provides some inthe Cold War is all about. Noth- south, leaving behind the nucleus sight as to why we are in of an underground organization ing less. Vietnam as well as specific One part of the problem in called Viet Cong. examples of what our per- committed. From 1954 to 1960, the Viet It will mean that we arej Vietnam, which did not become sonnel are doing there.) concentrated their efforts proving more determined and an independent nation until 1954, Cong To defeat Communist aggres- more powerful than the aggres- is very old. Lack of direction, towards establishment of guersion in South Vietnam does not sors. decades of foreign rule, poverty, rilla cadres throughout the rural we will have mean merely that It will mean that further conflicting beliefs and supersti- areas of South Vietnam. They tions, frustration and continual initiated a widespread propa- (Editor's Note: This is the second in a series of articles in regard to the United States Air Force's role in Southeast preserved the independence of South Vietnam. It will mean that we will have set back the whole pattern of Communist wars of "libera-- : tion" to which both Red China! and the Soviet Union remain "A Vacuum For Every Budget" Filter Queen Hoover Eureka Kirby it ALL MAKES SALES AND SERVICE " Quality Rebuilts at Reasonable Prices! (Every Type and Brand Available) LIBERAL TRADE EASY TERMS 3151 Washington Blvd. Phone i By 1960 it became evident to Hanoi that despite their propaganda and isolated terror canv paigns, their timetable for total takeover was behind schedule. ganda campaign aimed at the Despite determined Viet Cong warfare were the conditions on which communism overthrow of the new govern- efforts to prevent them, general ment. fed. elections were again held in Anril elections general Following the Communist 1961. Although movement in South Vietnam in the summer of 1959, Viet The Communists countered dates from the early 1930s, the Cong guerrilla activity inwith heavier infiltrations of present Viet Cong structure dates creased. guerrillas from the north during Many thousands of incidents the 1961 rainy season. The monly from the signing of the which ranging from acts of sabotage ajority of these Geneva Accords in 1954 insurgents were partitioned Vietnam along the and assassination to large scale veterans of the Viet Minh rebe17th parallel. military actions followed. The llion against the French, which Communists closed 400 schools had reached its climax in 1954 A BRIEF HISTORY At the time of the Geneva by terrorizing teachers and sab- with the siege of Dien Bien Accords nearly one million ref otaging buildings. Phu. They were hard core Communists who were d guerrilla fighters. From 1961 until late 1964, there was little deviation from long-existi- ng DON'S VACUUM VILLA it j Government officials, villaee chiefs, even wives and children were murdered. Hospitals and medical clinics were gutted. The Communist effort to subjugate South Vietnam was on in earn est. Their goal was to completely undermine that free nation's government and economy. 394-169- 1 battle-seasone- the classic tenets of guerrilla warfare by the Viet Cong. The Phase I groundwork of cellular subversion and indoctrination had been firmly established. Vfet Cong aggression contrib- uted to weakening the 2 X 4 ECONOMY h fffi I T PEGBOARD instability. By 1964 the insurgents and the considerably larger paramilitary nment hard-cor- DOORS Foc Seconds $98up j J, MAHOGANY PANELING 4X7Xy4" I98 4 249 X 4 X 7 X y4" SHEET ROCK 8M SHELVING 11 Sheet v "Ml STORM DOORS FULL 1" PREHUHG 'M II ONLY each MM fj 1 01 VINYL ASBESTOS 195 12X12 Viet Cong control. Is Adjoining boundaries with North Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos offered almost 1,000 miles of sanctuary, much of it dense jungle. Across these dishonored borders came the necessary supplies to wage war. " per 1,000 bd. ft. &(ff HOT VOTER HEATERS Guarantee under virtually complete . FIR LUMBER THICKQfiKQ 10-Ye- ar 8 X Va" e forces had launched Phase II insurgency in almost every area of South Vietnam. In 1964 the Viet Cong dominated large sections of South Vietnam. More importantly, there were smaller strongholds k I South Vietnam government and helped to pave the way for two major coups on Nov. 1, 1963, and Jan. 30, 1964, and subsequent gover- US' 5- By their brazen gunboat at- tack against U.S. destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin in August 1 terrorism U.S. including bombing of the in 1964, by their massive embassy and officer quarters Saigon, and by their continued South buildup of manpower inrevealed Vietnam, the Viet Cong their intention of moving into limited warfare inPhase III divvolving mass assaults of isional size against government strongholds. The situation grew desperate. Lethal Viet Cong guerrillas roamed every part of the country almost at wilts More than half of the nation their interritory was under was fluence. No highway by night, and few by day. W war was nearing its hour of crisis. For the first time iyi LM 5680 W. 5500 $0., HOOPER the Goverfor nment of South Vietnam asked u direct combat support by reUnited States. Our instant once agan sponse served notice W that the United States could counted on to honor its commit . menU. issue) next (Continued - f |