Vietnam War

THIS IS THE FIRST time in recorded history," a senior American official in Vietnam recently said, "that an effort is being made to rebuild a country while a war is still going on."

Pvt. Bobbie L. Tucker, now an artillery man in Vietnam, can scarcely recall the day in 1953 when an armistice was signed in Korea to end 3½ years of bloody conflict.

On June 12, 1966, Marine Corps radioman Cpl. Gregory Harris and a contingent of South Vietnamese marines were ambushed and overrun in Quang Ngai province.

Before departing for Vietnam 51 years ago, Army Sgt. 1st Class Raymond “Bill” Myers left behind his ID, dog tags and a gold ring he had never taken off before.

Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey spent a scorching Saturday visiting troops of the 1st Infantry Division, Republic of Korea engineers, the Royal Australian Regiment and the U.S. Air Force, plus stops at a Vietnamese hospital and a Chinese agricultural station.

Hanoi will come to the negotiation table under conditions favorable to the Allied nations now fighting Vietnam in the not too distant future, visiting Thai Prime Minister Thanom Kittikachorn predicted Wednesday.