Sara Dylan in Manhattan, between Second and Third Avenues. Sara had a modeling career and appeared in "Harper's Bazaar" as the 'lovely luscious Sara Lownds'—then became pregnant. Their daughter Maria was born October 21, 1961. Within a year of the birth, the marriage began to fail. Sara started going out on her own, driving around town in an MG sports car Hans had given her, and gravitated to the youthful scene in Greenwich Village. Sometime in early 1964, she met Bob Dylan. Sara was still married to Hans when they met, and Dylan was still romantically linked to Joan Baez at the
David E. Lownds at the base. Lownds was criticised by some for failing to send reinforcements to Lang Vei when it came under attack on the night of 6/7 February 1968, but he defended his decision on the basis that Khe Sanh itself was under artillery attack with a ground assault believed to be imminent and that any attempt to reinforce Lang Vei at night would be suicidal. Lownds' decision was accepted by the US command. Lownds received further criticism when he refused to allow the approximately 6000 Laotian survivors and dependents of the Lang Vei garrison into the base on the basis