Keever - US Marine Corps

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• Amphibious boats and naval ship
  Original caption: "Navy and Marine Raid Operations conducted at Vung Mu, Republic of Vietnam on September 25, 1965. In a coordinated dawn attack the seventh fleet amphibious task group landed marines by landing craft, vehicles and helicopter to search for and destroy Viet cong supplies, troops and possible infiltration points on a peninsula, 15 miles South of Qui Nhon. Marine Landing armored vehicles of the first assault wave climb up sand dunes at Vung Mu, while fourth wave LCMS touchdown on the beach." Five amphibious boats full of American soldiers sail in front of an anchored naval ship.
• Article about Marines returning to Khe Sanh
  Original title: "K/S khesanh." Article by Keever on the Marine Corps' return to a Khe Sanh outpost
• Article about discoveries inside the DMZ
  Original title: "dmz", Keever's title: "In more [?] Inside the DMZ, U.S. Marines Find Communist Bunkering Complex, Arms Cache, Graves", Article draft about discoveries inside the DMZ, for the Christian Science Monitor, pages 1-15
• Article about Marines returning to Khe Sanh and Communist activity there
  Original title: "revisit. File K/S Revisited Oct/68." Article by Keever about Marine Corps' return to the Khe Sanh outpost and the signs of Communist presence there
• Second article on developments along the DMZ
  Original title: "tactics", Keever's title: "Marines do Helicopter Hopscotching along DMZ's Hilltops", Article draft about the use of helicopters to assist patrols along the DMZ, for the Christian Science Monitor
• Fifth article about Khe Sanh
  Original title: "offensive", Keever's title: "'Hemmed-In Feeling' Grips Khe Sanh", part five of a five part series about the mood, preparedness, strategy and significance of Khe Sahn, for the Christian Science Monitor
• Fourth article about Khe Sanh
  Original title: "strategy", Keever's title: "Communist Tanks and Trucks Detour Khe Sanh", part four of a five part series about the mood, preparedness, strategy and significance of Khe Sahn, for the Christian Science Monitor
• Third article about Khe Sanh
  Original title: "defense", Keever's title: "Khe Sanh Likened to Cheese in a Mousetrap", Part three of a five part series about the mood, preparedness, strategy and significance of Khe Sahn, for the Christian Science Monitor
• Second article about Khe Sanh
  Original title: "siege", Keever's title: "Three-Demensional Siege Grips Khe Sanh", Part two of a five part series about the mood, preparedness, strategy and significance of Khe Sahn, for the Christian Science Monitor
• First article about Khe Sanh
  Original title: "khe sahn", Keever's title: "Khe Sanh Marines Try to Cheat Death; Some Fail", Part one of a five part series about the mood, preparedness, strategy and significance of Khe Sahn, for the Christian Science Monitor
• Article about the Vietnamese economy and the homecoming of American marines
  Original title: "focus." Article draft about the poor state of the Vietnamese economy and the homecoming of the American 27th Marines. Written for the Christian Science Monitor
• Article fragment about American bombing in Khe Sahn
  Original title: "focus", Keever's title: "Tens of U.S. Bombs Supporting Khe Sahn Equals Five Hiroshimas." Fragment of an article draft describing the American bombing campaign around the Khe Sahn Base. Written for the Christian Science Monitor
• Article about fighting in Khe Sahn
  Original title: "Khe Sahn", Keever's title: "Communist Assault on Khe Sahn Vanishes." Article about fighting in Khe Sahn, and the lack of a materialized Communist/Việt Cộng offensive. Written for the Christian Science Monitor
• Article about a confrontation between American Marines and Buddhist protestors
  Keever's title: "Buddhist orgnaizers seek to topple Prime Minister Ky's Government", article about a confrontation between American Marines and Buddhist protestors
• Marines' Great Effort: Securing Da Nang
  Article published in the New York Herald Tribune about securing the area around Đà Nẵng Air Base and the difficulties the Marine Corps faced due to guerilla warfare
• 3000 More Marines for Viet
  Article about the deployment of US Marines, for the New York Herald Tribune
• Article on the US Marines and pacification
  Original title: "American Marines and Pacification Headaches." Original caption: "wrapup--article 4 of 4-article series" Article by Keever about the US Marine Corps and pacification strategy for New York Herald Tribune
• Letter from Beverly Keever to Mr. Rosenfeld about a Marine Corps article
  Letter from Beverly Keever to her New York Herald Tribune editor, Mr. Rosenfeld, about an article she was sending on a battle where Marine Corps supply tanks fell into a Viet Cong trap. The letter discusses the battle, Keever's sources, the Marine Corp's efforts to control the story and distract the journalists, other war correspondents who wrote about the baqttle, and the recent footage captured by CBS News correspondent Morley Safer of U.S. Marines burning Cam Ne village
• Article about Le My village and Fox Fort fortness
  Original title: "Le My and Fox Fort", Keever's title: "Fox Fort: Used by Japanese in World War II, then French colonialists, now U.S. Marines' company base", article about Le My village and the history of nearby Fox Fort, the fortness of stone situated miles away from Danang airbase. Missing page 8
• Article about Le My village protected by American Marines
  Original title: "Le My - American Tears", Keever's title: "U.S. Marines gamble on 'people-to-people' program to gain villagers' support", article about Le My - a complex of Vietnamese villages protected by American Marines
• Villagers during a Marine Corp County Fair
  Original caption: "USMC - County Fair." A young boy carrying papers and a basket walks forward. Behind him waits a long line of villagers. A woman handing out supplies pauses to glance at the camera. In Marine Corps slang, “County Fair” referred to the practice of checking villages for Viet Cong soldiers hiding amongst the civilian population. Marine Corpsmen would enter the village early in the morning and wake the villagers. They would then make villagers leave their homes and go through a series of checks. In the meantime, South Vietnamese soldiers would search their homes. Villagers who passed the inspection were given soap, rations, and other rewards, and any suspected Viet Cong were arrested.
• Villagers during a Marine Corp County Fair
  Original caption: "USMC - County Fair." A young boy carrying papers and a basket walks forward. Behind him waits a long line of villagers. In Marine Corps slang, “County Fair” referred to the practice of checking villages for Viet Cong soldiers hiding amongst the civilian population. Marine Corpsmen would enter the village early in the morning and wake the villagers. They would then make villagers leave their homes and go through a series of checks. In the meantime, South Vietnamese soldiers would search their homes. Villagers who passed the inspection were given soap, rations, and other rewards, and any suspected Viet Cong were arrested.
• Villagers during a Marine Corp County Fair
  Original caption: "USMC - County Fair." A young boy carrying papers and a basket walks forward. Behind him waits a long line of villagers. In Marine Corps slang, “County Fair” referred to the practice of checking villages for Viet Cong soldiers hiding amongst the civilian population. Marine Corpsmen would enter the village early in the morning and wake the villagers. They would then make villagers leave their homes and go through a series of checks. In the meantime, South Vietnamese soldiers would search their homes. Villagers who passed the inspection were given soap, rations, and other rewards, and any suspected Viet Cong were arrested.
• Villagers during a Marine Corp County Fair
  Original caption:"USMC - County Fair." A young child in a rice hat carries another child on his back. Behind him, a woman hands out small white objects which might be soap. In Marine Corps slang, “County Fair” referred to the practice of checking villages for Viet Cong soldiers hiding amongst the civilian population. Marine Corpsmen would enter the village early in the morning and wake the villagers. They would then make villagers leave their homes and go through a series of checks. In the meantime, South Vietnamese soldiers would search their homes. Villagers who passed the inspection were given soap, rations, and other rewards, and any suspected Viet Cong were arrested.
• Villagers during a Marine Corp County Fair
  Original caption: "USMC - County Fair." A young boy carrying papers and a basket glances away from camera. Behind him, a group of American soldiers and villagers stand between tents. In Marine Corps slang, “County Fair” referred to the practice of checking villages for Viet Cong soldiers hiding amongst the civilian population. Marine Corpsmen would enter the village early in the morning and wake the villagers. They would then make villagers leave their homes and go through a series of checks. In the meantime, South Vietnamese soldiers would search their homes. Villagers who passed the inspection were given soap, rations, and other rewards, and any suspected Viet Cong were arrested.