Word: dortz
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Dates: during 1951-1951
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...trip from the supply base to the Huk stronghold on Mt. Dortz-a 500-acre plateau, 4,000 feet high and only 15 miles from the U.S.'s Clark Field-usually takes the tough, nimble Huks eight to ten hours. With David Jones, who was constantly stumbling and slipping, it took 17 hours. "We never hit a public road, just trails, and there was no stopping except when it was time...
Back to Radio. After two weeks of it, Jones persuaded the commander to send him down to Manila for some radio gear. Once in the capital, Jones got his information to Secretary Magsaysay, who immediately sent 6,000 soldiers converging on Mt. Dortz from four sides. They routed the outnumbered Reds, destroyed 57 buildings, killed more than too, including Peregrino and Rebecca Taruc, cousin and sister of Huk Army Commander Luis Taruc. Exulted Magsaysay last week: "We have just disrupted the biggest and most active Huk regional command in central Luzon and seized what was probably the Huk army...