Image caption : Clutching two children in her arms, a barefooted Vietnamese mother flees from her burning home as South Vietnamese Rangers attack village near Tay Ninh, about 60 miles from Saigon.
Soldier in combat gear follows. Village had been used at a supply depot by 100 Vietcong guerillas. Only women, children and old men were present when South Vietnamese troops reached scene.
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A hand full of days before Diem's assassination on Nov 2 - did not have the hearts and minds of the people 60 miles from Saigon. A lost cause even before the Military Industrial Complex turned Vietnam into a parking lot and cash cow for Pentagon contractors.
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