U.S. strike aircraft, the gunslup helicopters and the B-52' were to provide = hail of flame and steel to cover the armoured brigades moving Self-determination for the Indochinese people along Highway 9 to Sepone.
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THe anti-aircraft fire became so intense and Victory to the Indochinese revolution was of such great accuracy that helicopter pilots admitted to reporters at Khe Sanh that they were being knocked off like flies. Victory to the Indochinese liberation forces In the face of this concinuous barrage and repeated ground assaules one by one the Recognise the P.R.C. bases became socally untenable and had to be evacuated. Many American helicoprer pilots refused to face the enemy bazookas and allowed the yellow men of the Saigon army Demonstration + rally to light their way out on foot The difficuley of the terrain, constant harasament by the Liberation forces and the crucial Ios of covering artillery support slowed down the armoured column, which was forced to engage in tank batcles with an enemy that knew euch trail intimately A month after the operation began, the invading forces had still not reached Sepone Trafalgar Sq. 3.30pm and the wichdrawal was ordered. The uncover. ed retreat was a cursage and Highway 9 right back to Khe Sanh is betered with burned out march to ll Emhacen MALAMAR Sat. April 24th Vietnam Solidarity Committee