European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 06, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 d the Star and stripes strategic Reserve shortages found May 6 from Page 1 stationed at fort Hood  5th infantry division mechanized stationed a fort Carson Colo. The 5th Marine division Camp Pendle ton Calif. The 2nd Marine division Camp Lejeune .,and the 82nd airborne division fort Bragg  The 14-Page report on the investigation released by the committee was heavily Cheso Rector Security reasons. Stennis acknowledged the frequent deletions of specific figures by then added however it is Clear that the 1st and 2nd armoured division Sand the 5th infantry division have significant problems an deficiencies in both manpower and equipment areas and that substantial period of time Wouk elapse even after the Personne and equipment shortages were supplied before they woul become fully combat ready. On the other hand the report finds the 2nd Marine division and those portions Olathe 5th Marine division and the 82nd airborne division which remain in the United states to be in relatively better positions Overall As to both personnel and  persist the 1st armoured division full strength total of 13,949 men has been reduced to 12,941. But the shortages persist. Here is what the report had to layabout the shortages with censored deletions indicated in addition to the fact that the division s operating strengths Down deleted there Are certain military occupational specialities which Are deleted Short. Officer strengths remain deleted Short in the Middle grades and Long on lieutenant who have been called upon to perform duties beyond their experience level. As an exam ple of the particular problem involved the division was authorized 101 majors and had Only deleted present on duty. It was authorized 288 captains and had deleted present for duty. On the other hand it was authorized 386 first and second lieutenants and had deleted present for duty. As a result of the 87 company sized units inthe division deleted were commanded by second Lieuten ants deleted were commanded by first lieutenants and Only deleted by captains. In the enlisted men s Field baseball sunday major league line scores american league Baltimore 202000400810 1 Washington 000 000 0000 6brabencler and Etchebarren Moore. Humphrey 4i, he Kina 5bomanan 8 Knowles 9 and Bryan. Vav Brabender 2-1. A Moore 0-2. Has Baltimore motto i 2brabender .1. Blefary 2, pow Ell 3 new York 0000100001 8 0 Chicago 001 400 oox5 9 1downink, Peterson 5womack 7 and Fernandez Peters 1-3 and Joh Phuon. Up Downing 0-1. Hrs Berry 1st i Peters 1st. California 100 010 0002 7 0 Detroit 010 020 02x6 8 1brunei, Hamilton 7heffner 3brug Meier 8 and Rodgers Mclain and Freehan. A Mclain 4-0. A Brunei 2-3.hrsdetroit, Freehan 4stanley 1. 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These shortages were so great in the 82nd airborne division the report said that when its3rd brigade was ordered to Vietnam in february the army had to alter its personnel practices. The army s policy of no returning a Soldier to Vietnam for a second tour unless he Sadat least 25 months in the United states was completely  policy directed by the army for the 3rd brigade was that a Man could return to Vietnam if he had been Back inthe United states More than 60 Days and had More than 60days remaining military  wife visits heart patient Everett Claire Thomas jr., the world s ninth heart trans Plant patient is visited by his wife at Houston s St. Luke s Hospital. The 47-year-old Phoebai president received the heart of a 15-year-old girl Friday morning. A 100 areas shelled by Vietnam Beda continued from Page everywhere and still to be Deal with. . Officers attributed what they termed the Lack of a heavy punch in the latest assaults to depletion of Viet Cong ranks resulting from 60,000 enemy killed in the last three months and a series of american and South vietnamese spoiling actions particularly around  was a poor substitute for the original tet offensive said Brig. Gen. Winant sidle chief of information at the . Militar Headquarters. There is no doubt that our milling around the Countryside has really messed this up for the enemy. It was a far cry from the tet  playing it Safe sidle added however of course they can rocket and mor tar us again. It remains to be seen what they re going to do next. We re playing it Safe. It does t look like they re going to do very  . And South vietnamese troops were ready for the latest assaults and were on 100 per cent Alert. During the tet offensive when the communist command committed 60,000 ground troops the South vietnamese were caught off guard. Fifty per cent of their forces were on  prisoner interrogations and captured documents had warned Allied intelligence officers that a new wave of attacks was com ing. The fresh assaults brought a further tightening of curfew restrictions in Saigon Banning Civ Ilian movement during the hours of darkness. The new curfew hours were from 7 . To 7  curfew reimposed tight control on nighttime movement which was instituted immediately after the tet offensive. Since that time the curfew had been gradually lessened and most recently was from 9 . Until 7 . Gen. William c. Westmore land s Headquarters termed the fresh assaults Haras Sive mor tar and rocket attacks by  at least 122 locations were fired on during the night a . Communique said initial casualty figures show 44 killed and 308 wounded. This includes both Mil itary and civilian. Most attacks consisted of a very few , the casualty figures were updated to 49 killed and 360wounded. Saigon received 15 rounds of mortar fire in scattered sections of the City. One round hit . Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker s Home but he remained inside and was not whisked away to a secret hideout As was therase in earlier attacks. By mid afternoon sunday fight ing was reported in at least seven places inside Saigon or on the fringes of the capital. South Viet namese marines rangers an paratroopers reported killing More than 200 Viet Cong troop sin the series of clashes. The heaviest fighting was Cen tired in the slums of the chinese Cholon Quarter in Southern Sai gon where 110 Viet Cong were reported killed by South Vietnam Ese paratroopers and Range units near the Phu Tho race  . Army helicopter gun ship raking enemy positions i support of the government troops was shot Down. The Crew escaped. Three other . Helicopters were hit. Also in Cholon four news Cor respondents were killed by Viet Cong guerrillas while the news men were covering the Street fighting. See Story Page 2. A few blocks from the .embassy, Brig. Gen. Nguyen Ngoc loan head of the South vietnamese National police was wounded while leading an attack on Viet Cong snipers. Loan was reported to have undergone surgery at Saigon s grail Hospital. Loan s picture appear Din newspapers around the world after he pulled a pistol and Shota Viet Cong prisoner taken Dur ing Street fighting in the tet offensive. By Early evening informed sources said loan was resting comfortably and apparently washout of danger. The sources said loan was shot in the loft  enough the Viet Cong on sunday spared Saigon s Tanson Nhut one of the busiest air bases in the world and a fre quent target of the enemy mortar and rocket fire. No . Installations inside Sai \ ticket to disaster9 lbs warns on tax delay Washington a president Johnson said sunday fur ther delay on his tax Bill is ticket to disaster and put it in writing that he would accept a$4-billion slash in government spending to help get the Meas ure approved. The president is under pres sure from some members of Congress particularly republicans who want an even bigger Cut in expenditures. But the president said in a letter to Louse speaker John w. Me Cormack d-mass., it would be unwise to Cut More than $4 Bil Ion from an already trimmed budget designed to meet urgent needs at Home and  a rare bit of business at the White House on a sunday John son dispatched the letter to the speaker a Day before the House ways and Means committee was slated to take up again the embattled Bill by which Johnson Hopes to add a 10 per cent sur charge to Federal income tax Bill of individuals and corporations. The time is fast running out Johnson wrote on one of the most crucial legislative measures of the decade the tax surcharge. Further delay is ticket to disaster. I have repeatedly urged Pas Sage of this vital Revenue Meas ure. It is modest about a Penny on the Dollar earned. It is a american imperative essential in its importance to the National interest to help Ward off inflation that will Rob the pockets of the poor and elderly and the Mil Lions of families living on fixed  support responsibly the needs of our sons and brother sin Vietnam who fight to defend us  safeguard our Dollar the guardian of our Prosperity at Home and the bulwark of the free world monetary  gon were reported . Infantrymen from the l0 , p 41 43 Prestwick i 77 77 Rome p 79 82 Ali Zelut p