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000138 S~--W1't Vcm0UcI< grn on-the-~pot in6o~on 6Mm tivtee Co!<JlUJ.Jio 'tuiden.a "'tv-ing wi.th the U.S. Alrmy 4th Vivi...6i.on a.t F-iAe SUPPoJU !laoe Anugedon. F'tDm te6t to "-'.giLt ,lite' Jamu W. Faggw 06 Puebto, IUchMd Ke.wn 06 Fo'tt Mo'tgan, Ronald Meye't 06 G'teeley, and S""-ato't Vom.in.i.c.k. I WAS EXCITED AND ENCOlJR.AJ3rn TO FIND THE FOllOWING COllTRASTS TO MY 1967 TRIP: + TIle number of refugees has been reduced to around 250,000 fran a high of over 3 million irrrned.iately folla..ting the TET enemy offen- sive of 1968. + Pltu.ide.n.t Thi.w, .in oluieJt to inCII.eMe village and hamlet .6ec.u.Jt.i,ty. haJ C'teated the Peopte'. Set6-Ve6...e Fo'tce IPSVFI. B~ the end 06 ta4t yea'<, 3,Z19,084 men and wom""- had been en'totted -in the PSVF, and the GoVV<11men.;: 06 Vietnam ha.d i"ued ove't 400,000 """'" 60' thw u.. -in de6end-ing the v..:nagu and hamtrn. + Canal and highway tl"affic has increased ten-fold, permitting ccm- rrerce to roove fran the fields and the villages to the marketplace. + AU. Amvt-iC4n combat 6MCU have be""- 't"""'ved 6'Wm the Mekong Velta and Ileplac.ed by .the Sou.th V..i..e.tnamue. ~!!. In addition, by June 06 thU. yea'<, the u.s. Navy... .cheduted to be out 06 the Velta, having twtned OVM c.ompte..te Itupo~..i..b.dit!f :\M. the IUvvUne 60J1.c.u to .the. SolLth Vie.tnamue. + The A.rrerican intelligence gathering ability has made .'7'eat strides, enabling the military to have much better knCJ...11edge regarding t.~e location of the enemy. + The rrake-up 06 the ""-""y 6MCU haJ changed M.ou.t-<c:alty. Z 1 JZ y"-"",, ago, ""-limY una. '4!Vle compoHd 06 801 VC and ZOI No'tth v,-a- namue. Today, ou. a 'tuuU 06 heavy !<J..u and an e66ect.<ve pac'-6i- ciM.c.a..t.ion pMgltam. the. IJ.i..t.uo.t.iDn << Jtl?ve..'W.e.d.