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Monday January 29, 1973
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This Day In 1970's History: Monday January 29, 1973
  • North Vietnam and South Vietnam both claimed brazen cease-fire violations by the other. Saigon cited almost 500 violations by the Communists. Hundreds are dead on both sides. Anthony Dal Pozzo was the first U.S. soldier to be killed after the truce. He was flying an unarmed helicopter over the Mekong Delta. Bitter fighting is taking place near the DMZ. Near Saigon, South Vietnamese soldiers attacked a hamlet held by the Viet Cong. South Vietnam claims that the V.C. moved into the hamlet 40 miles from Saigon during the night after the truce went into effect.

    The White House says that cease-fire violations are to be expected, but violations on such a large scale were not anticipated. The administration is asking South Vietnam to use restraint, and State Department spokesman Charles Gray said that the U.S. is trying to stabilize the situation. North Vietnam has been offered $2.5 billion over the next five years for reconstruction, so the U.S. is hopeful that North Vietnam will respect the cease-fire. [CBS]

  • President Lon Nol of Cambodia ordered a unilateral cease-fire. [CBS]

  • U.S. war planes struck the Ho Chi Minh trail in Laos. [CBS]

  • Eight hundred U.S. prisoner of war soldiers are back from Vietnam so far. [CBS]

  • The Pentagon says that 56 American POWs are not accounted for on the list of 555 names released Saturday by North Vietnam. [CBS]
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