He canceled the order evacuating French women & children ... deploying 30 to 40 battalions for daylight battle in open country for the first time. At week’s end the French were holding firm ...
In Indo-China (and China), Feb. 6 was the Tet, first day of the Year of the Rabbit, a time for celebration. For months past, Ho Chi Minh’s radio has been saying that the Communists would ...