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WARNING THIS OOCUMl!NT COIHAINS ltll'ORMATIOH AFl'ECTltlC TllE llATIONAl. OEFE•UE or. TllE UHITEO STATES WITttlll THE MEANIHC OF TtiE ESPIOtlACE lA•S. TITl.E II , U . S. C., SECTIOl<S 19l, 79' AllO 798, TICE TRANSMISSION OR REVEl.ATIOH 0~ WHICll IN ANY MAH· HER TO AH UllAUTllORIZEO PERSOll IS PROtllOITEO 8Y l.Aw.

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REPOllTt::D KOllG LE FORCES AC1'1 VI'I"i IN TllE PHOU KllOUtl AREA WAS RELATIVELY LOW DURitlC TllE ·-PERIOD. OHE COMPAHY (CAPT. TllAH' s) \IAS ltl TllE PROCESS OF l·IOVIrlC BACK TO THE PIA lllt:: OE!S JAMES AREA (REASON UNKNOW?~) Dill' WAS HELD UP IN TUE PllOU VIAr~1 (Tr.110~6) AHEA D£CAU5E TRUCKS \IERE OUT OF GAS (2[r1.D/lsG/T263,

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REPORTED Ill KOtlC LE COM.WtlICATIOrlS OH 23 MAJlCll. SEVEN AMERICANS WERE REPORTED K'ILU!D MID ON£ (A HILITMY A'M'ACllE MAJOR STATIOtlED IN VIEM'l'IAflE) WAS CAl"ruRED AF'l'ER l'AllACllUTIHG fllOH THE PLANE (2/0/~g/Tl 7-61, 2/.F!fl/_LS2/ 1'265. T266. T'.!69. 'f2'/l:l. T202 -6 l).

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