South Viet Nam: The Infiltrators

South Viet Nam formally observed its "Day of Shame" — the tenth anniversary of the signing of the 1954 Geneva Treaty, which split Viet Nam in two, giving the northern half to the Communists. There were speeches, mourning processions, demonstrations. The Communists were celebrating the day in their own way—by sending an increasing flow of soldiers across the border from North Viet Nam.

In South Viet Nam's mountainous I Corps area, a three-week Communist offensive apparently had just about spent itself. Elsewhere the Reds launched nothing larger than company-size attacks, although there was fairly heavy fighting in Chuong Thien province....