About 75 communist soldiers who had seized key outposts in the city of Dalat, 145 miles northeast of Saigon, manage to slip past 2,500 South Vietnamese militiamen and soldiers who had surrounded their positions. In earlier fighting, 47 communist soldiers were reported killed; South Vietnamese reported that 16 soldiers were killed and 2 were wounded.
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May 31, 1970:
Communist soldiers escape South Vietnamese forces
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This Week in History, May 31 - Jun 6
- May 31, 1965
- Operation Rolling Thunder continues
- May 31, 1970
- Communist soldiers escape South Vietnamese forces
- Jun 01, 1964
- Top U.S. officials meet in Honolulu
- Jun 01, 1971
- Vietnam Veterans group announces support for Nixon
- Jun 02, 1965
- First contingent of Australian combat troops arrives
- Jun 02, 1967
- Green Beret doctor convicted in court-martial
- Jun 03, 1968
- Le Duc Tho joins negotiations in Paris
- Jun 03, 1970
- Nixon calls Cambodian operation a success
- Jun 04, 1961
- Kennedy and Khrushchev agree on neutrality for Laos
- Jun 04, 1965
- Walt takes command of 3rd Marine Division
- Jun 05, 1968
- Robert Kennedy shot after California primary
- Jun 05, 1972
- Laird testifies before Congress
- Jun 06, 1964
- U.S. reconnaissance jets shot down over Laos
- Jun 06, 1972
- South Vietnamese forces clear Kontum of communist troops
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