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363-04712 to 363-04716
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Title
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Article about the 308th North Vietnamese Infantry Division
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Description
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Original title: "division." Article draft about the elite Hanoi-based 308th North Vietnamese Infantry Division being redeployed into South Vietnam. Written for the Christian Science Monitor
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Draft transcripts were automatically generated via Google Document AI and are currently under review. Please report significant errors to Archives & Special Collections at archives@unl.edu.
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DANANG, SOUTH VIETNAM, JUNE 7The North Vietnamese High Command
has moved substantial elements of its elite 308th Infantry Division into
South t Vietnam.
Allied intelligence sources report indications that at least two
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of the division's three regiments are currently operation in
the South. One regiment is believed to operate near Khe Sanh Combat
Base, on the western anchor of the demilitarized zone,
regiment is believed to operate further south.
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Allied commanders and intelligence experts have long kept their
beon ospecially alert to detormino Hot whether the 308th division would
be tossed into South Vietnam for these two reasons:
1. The 808 308th Division is considered an elito one has been
considered an elite unit because it participated in the battle of Dion
Bien Phu, which lead to the French defeat in 1954. A sister divisio
V division at Dien Bien Phu-the 304th also
maintains at
least two regiments near Khe Sanh, informed sources report.
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2. Last year, the 308th was considered as a "palace guard"
unita division to guard the b North
Hanoi.
de Vietnamese capital of
Especially as American officials talked of invadig invading North
Vietnam with Allied ground troops, intelligence experts thought there
was little likelihood that the 308th wou Division would be sent in
into the South Vietnam war. They believed if at that time if the division
was sent to into the South, it would indicate that the North Vietnamese
Army was seriously
hurting for troops strength
leaving a vacuum around Hanoi.
Now,
threat of
it would risk
however, intelligence sources believe thb that without much
MN ALLIED
ground invasion into North Vietnam, the movement of this
pivotal division into the south it is part of Hanoi's "maximum effort" To
buildup their forces in the South, to maintain heavy pressure on Allied
unite and South Vietnamese cities of and to continuo pushing their "general
offonsive."
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the 88th
During the battle of Dien Bien Phu, the 300th Division was
composed of three regiments: the 36th infantry regiment,
and the 102nd Regiments.
Last wook, two North Vietnamese soldiers defooted to the
American Marines near Khe Ser sanh and identified themselves as members
of the 102 Regiment of the 308th Division. However,
commanders were still
conior ino
weighing their statements to determine
whether the two defectors were gonuine or "planted agents."
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In
Earlier, ho in April, the U. S. Army 1st Air
Cavalry Division, in breaking the Khe Sanh siogo, captured a North
Vietnamese signalman who said he pensant
him also
in January and February,
operated with the 3 308th Division. Before that, two North Vietnamese
soldiers, captured in Quang Nam province which surrounds this U. S. Marine
headquarters city, identified his unit of as the 36th Regiment of the
308th Division.
their unit
They reportedly said they were the "vanguard of the 308th."
"I have the distinct feeling there are two regimented of the
308th Division in the South at this time,"
"But probably the entire division is not hore.
one in informed source explained.
Hanoi is undoubtedly us
moving the division in to add to the military pressure.
(Hanks
Thanks Bev).
#
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Date
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1968, Jun. 7
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Subject
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Vietnam (Democratic Republic). Quân đội; Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Campaigns
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Location
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Đà Nẵng, South Vietnam
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Coordinates
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16.0438; 108.1994
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Size
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20 x 26 cm
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Container
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B10, F38
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Format
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dispatches
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Collection Number
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MS 363
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Collection Title
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Beverly Deepe Keever, Journalism Papers
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Creator
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Keever, Beverly Deepe
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Copyright Information
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These images are for educational use only. To inquire about usage or publication, please contact Archives & Special Collections.
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Publisher
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Archives & Special Collections, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries
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Language
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English
