U.S. Casualties Claimed
( N ,Z.P.A.-Reuter—Copyright) SAIGON, Feruary 24. Twenty Americans have been either killed or captured by Pathet Lao rebel forces in Laos in the last few months, the Communist North Vietnam Radio claimed yesterday. The broadcast quoted by Associated Press also said that many Thais, South Vietnamese and Filipinos had been captured while serving with the pro-Government forces of Prince Boun Oum.
Quoting Pathet Lao sources, it identified the Americans as ’’officers and soldiers."
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Press, Volume C, Issue 29448, 25 February 1961, Page 6
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