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“HE FOUGHT TILL THE END – A Vietnamese machinegunner lies dead in his foxhole with hundreds of shells surrounding him. The knee-deep spent shells are silent proof that he fought to his death when Viet Cong overran his position at Michelin Rubber Plantation, 45 miles northwest of Saigon. The battleground was retaken today and over a hundred corpses recovered. AP Wirephoto from Saigon.”
This
picture was taken 28 November, 1965, the day after the 272nd Vietcong Regiment
overran the South Vietnamese 7th Regiment, killing most of the regiment and
five U.S. advisers. Michelin Plantation was the site of numerous Viet Cong and
North Vietnamese supply and training camps and of several U.S. operations.
The 11th Cav worked several operations in the Michelin. My wife and I many years were looking at cars, and on one the seller noted it had Michelin tires. Before I could say anything, my wife said, "We don't buy cars with Michelin tires."
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