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Keywords: BR, Vietnam, 1972, Easter Counter-Offensive, file 006.jpg en wyswyg Holding Continued bad weather precluded the use of VNAF or U S tactical air power The month's first two weeks also witnessed the arrival of III Marine Amphibious Force units responding to direction from Seventh Fleet On 14 April more air observers Available naval gunfire support now included 27 destroyers 2 light cruisers and a heavy cruiser Despite reliance on armor and motorized forces the North Vietnamese Army's infantry displayed a greater degree of crosscountry mobility than their opponents After more than two weeks of rain and dense cloud cover the weather broke allowing a massive air effort B-52 Arc Light strikes as well as hundreds of tactical air strikes in support of ARVN gtround forces On 18 April at 1830 the 304th NVA Division struck all along the western front moving toward Quang Tri City desperate ground forces naval gunfire along with diverted B-52 and tactical air strikes stopped the NVA forces While the ARVN defenders held the Dong Ha positions the concentration of the battle had shifted to the western approaches For the first time AT-3 Sagger Wire-guided antitank missiles were used against M48 tank crews 34 Collapse On 1 May General Giai decided that further defense of Quang Tri City would be fruitless No orderly withdrawal plan was promulagated destroyed the last traces of cohesion among the ARVN troops A frightened mob poured out as a tidal wave onto Highway 1 and fled southward toward Hue The NVA attack on this road by artillery and infantry weapons earned Highway 1 the title Highway of Horror for the estimated 2 000 civilian and military dead left along a three-quarters-of-a-mile stretch Only six tanks remained of the 42 that had arrived at Dong Ha on Easter Sunday FAC could not see the targets Chung did not care so long as the air support continued Six B-52s dropped their bomb loads just on the other side of the river a disheveled Colonel Chumg got out of his collapsed bunker and said with a smile That was very good Do it again On 1 May ready forces went on two-hour standby for evacuation operations in support of FRAC withdrew from Quang Tri City 35 https //en wikipedia org/w/index php title USS_Blue_Ridge_ LCC-19 oldid 611915045 2013-12-03 13 57 30 http //www marines mil/Portals/59/Publications/U S 20Marines 20in 20Vietnam 20The 20war 20that 20would 20not 20end 201971-1973 20PCN 2019000311200_1 pdf U S MARINES IN VIETNAM THE WAR THAT WOULD NOT END 1971-1973 PD-USGov USS Blue Ridge LCC-19 Uploaded with UploadWizard
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