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<br />I WAS EXCITED AND ENCOURAGED TO FIND THE FOLLOWING CONTRASTS TO MY 1967
<br />TRIP:
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<br />+ The number of refugees has been reduced to around 250,000 frDm a
<br />high of over 3 million imnediately follCMing the TIT enemy offen-
<br />sive of 1968.
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<br />+ PlLu.werl-t TfUe.u., -Ot OILdeJt ~o -OtClteaAe v-<.u.age a.nd ha.m.e.et ~ec.wU.ty,
<br />Iuu. Clteated .the People'~ Sel6-Ve6V1<\e FOlLce (PSVF). By ~he end 06
<br />-f.a.6~ yeM, 3,2.I9,084 men and women had been en/lOlled -Ot ~he PSVF,
<br />and ~he GoveJtrrme.n-t 06 V~etnam ha.d .w~ued oveJt 400,000 aJtll10 601L
<br />.the.-Vt u.4e -Ot de6end.<.ng ~he v-<.u.agu a.nd ham.e.et6.
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<br />+ Canal and highway traffic has increased ten-fold, permitting can-
<br />rrerce to move from the fields and the villages to the marketplace.
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<br />+ AU AmvUc.an combat 601Lc.u have been lLemoved 61LOm ~he Mekong Ve..Ua.
<br />and lLepl.a.c.ed by ~he SoU>th V~etnamue. mi...U..taJty. 1 n a.dd.U.<.on, by June
<br />06 ~1U.6 yeM, .the u.s. Na.vy.w ~chedu.e.ed ~o be oU>t 06 ~he Velta.,
<br />hav-<.ng twmed oveJt c.omple.te lLupoM~b.uuy 60J1. ~he R1vvUne 60J1.c.u
<br />:to .the SoU>th V~etnamue.
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<br />+ The Aroorican intelligence gathering ability has made great strides,
<br />enabling the military to have much better knCMledge reganiing the
<br />location of the enemy.
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<br />+ The ma.ke-up 06 ~he enl1Jlty 601Lcu hM changed cVI.a.M.-<.c.a.Uy. 2 1/2
<br />yea.1L6 a.go, enemy ~ welle compo~ed 06 80% VC a.nd 20% No4th V~e~-
<br />namue. Today, M a. ILUU-U 06 heavy lo~~u and a.n e66ective pa.c<.6~-
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