ABSTRACT
In 1966, us bombings and strafings of the dike network were exceptionally fierce and concentrated in July, August, and September when there was great danger of flood. If a hydrogen bomb were dropped on Vietnam’s Red River delta fewer people would die from the explosions than from the destruction of the dikes. The agricultural successes scored by North Vietnam last year testify to the fact that to whatever extent may be the destruction wrought by the United States, the latter could not prevent North Vietnam’s agriculture from going ahead. Steel pellets from the bomb destroyed many abdominal parts at a time, as in the case of Mr Tran Van Dam, 50, farmer in Thanh Van village, Tarn Duong district, who suffered a severe shock and was rushed to the hospital at 18 hours on December 8, 1966.
