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VARIOUS INHABITANTS Of THE AREA HAVE REPOMID THAT TVO AMERICANS* ONE HHPS AND THE OTHER BLACK. ARRIVED IN HA KKU HAMLET. TU THANH VILLAGE. TUISTRICT. ONULV
THEY WERE ESCORTED BY AS ELEMENT OF THE VUT CONG (VC)LOCAL FORCE 0' SON TINH DISTRICT AND WERE TURNED OVER TO78 VC IOCAL FORCE COMPANIES OrISTRICT. DURING ThE PERIODULYUGUST. IHfV TRAVELED as&VT THE AREA OF TU HI FN. TU NGUYEN. AND TU THANH VILl*GES IN EASTERN TU NGHlA DISTRICT. ALWAYS ACCOMPANIEDOUAD OF THE VC LOCAL FORCES. THE AMERICANS HERE VERT THIN AND LOOKED ASHEY HAD BEEN SICK, THEY WERE USED FOR" PROPAGANDA AMONG TKr VILLAGERS AND WERE DESCRIBED AS FORMER AGGRESSORS WHO HAD BEEN CAPTURED AND NOW NANTED Tb NORK TO" THE VC "TO ATONE FOR THE IR EVIL DEEDS, " ; THE THREE VILLAGES ARE LOCATED IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER Or TU NCMA DISTRICT ABOUT EIGHT KILOMETERS EAST OF OUaNG NGAl CITY. ORDER OF-BATTLE INFORMATION FOR OUANG NGA| PROVINCE DOES NOT CARRY ANY DISTRICT UNITS WITH ThI 7O, THESE DESIGNATIONS WERE PROVIDED B'
CAKESOOD SHOP IN TU THANK VILLAGE. ANDUGUST
THEY WERE SEEN WASHINGOND MAR HUNG
KKON KIKLfcT, TU SGUUK VILLAGE. 2, OK 17 AUGUST*i
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that TNC NE white he other bl aCK. led ElEH: nts Of tke ? company in AN attack OK the outpost op th platoon,
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Kggt comment i this minor engagement ws not
" /iffffff Said That? hours me hacPEOPLE approaching THE outpost AND HAD pired AN illumination ft ARE AND then SAW THE TWO americans with THE VC troops. the white american WAS about SIX PfET three inches tali.haki shortshort sleeved shirt, AND WAScommand stick." THE black american WAS abouteters TO THE hear. during THE ensuing exchange shall arms FlRE, which lasted about jc minutes, the white american shouted orders nr'tVEM vietnameseorthern accent. THE white american WAS called "ONG NAM" chr. south) ?nd THE black american WAS called "ONG BAC" (MR. north) BY THE vc troops. the white AND the black americans spoke to each other in ,IKOLJSH, according WHO can speak SjMl english.
RfPORTEp'OOR cuahg NGM province. hckevemhjshe usual procedure WKEK THERf are no casualties ON cither SIDE and whenweapons OR mortarsnot 3.Sl sportedk tu h'e" village that OKugust HIS mother HAD received medical attentionhite africanlack american when she HAD STEPPED ON A
mine NEAR her RJCt field near hung NKON hamlet. tu nguyen village. the ThO americans spoke vietnamese.
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he jocasualty resolution GENTEfi (jcrc) has unapu to correlate- this report with anyi viis*
s. 'Held dissemidefense attache for jcrcIN shook! sen1 to cincpac (for cincpac and POLlD ONLY) us sag AND
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