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The operation commenced on 23 March with the 3/5 Cavalry moving into the Khe Chua Valley meeting limited opposition. On the morning of 24 March the cavalry encountered an estimated battalion-size PAVN force in entrenched positions and pulled back to allow for artillery support; the cavalry called for reinforcements, and Company I, 3rd Battalion, 9th Marines was lifted by helicopter to the ...
March – November 1968 Combat Lancer F-111As over Southeast Asia in 1968. Project Combat Lancer was the combat testing of six USAF F-111A swing-wing fighter-bombers. F-111A #66-0022 disappeared on 28 March, #66-0017 disappeared on 30 March and #66-0024 crashed on 22 April and this halted combat operations and all aircraft were returned to the ...
Murder, kidnapping, torture and intimidation were a routine part of Viet Cong (VC) and People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) operations during the Vietnam War.They were intended to liquidate opponents such as officials, leaders, military personnel, civilians who collaborated with the South Vietnamese government, erode the morale of South Vietnamese government employees, cow the populace and boost ...
February 25, 1968 Hà Mỹ village, Quảng Nam Province, South Vietnam 135 Republic of Korea Armed Forces: My Lai Massacre: March 16, 1968 Mỹ Lai and My Khê hamlets, Sơn Mỹ, Quảng Ngãi, South Vietnam 504 U.S. Army: Son Tra massacre: June 28/9, 1968 Sơn Trà, Bình Sơn District, Quảng Ngãi, South Vietnam 88 Viet Cong
19 February 1968: a CH-53A #65-055 of HMH-463 crashed into the mountain killing all 13 personnel on board. [9] 24 March 1968: an F-8 Crusader Bu 150306 from VF-53 crashed into the side of the mountain, the pilot ejected successfully and the rear fuselage of the jet which embedded in the mountain became a popular photo opportunity for military ...
Presumptive finding of death [3] until 8 June 2015 when he was accounted for [16] January 9: Ramos, Rainier S: Warrant Officer: US Army: 7th Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment: South Vietnam, Quảng Tín Province: Pilot of UH-1C gunship #66-00745 hit by enemy fire, crashed and burned [17] Presumptive finding of death [3] until 8 June 2015 when he ...
On August 4, debris from a plane crash was found on the Aletsch glacier by a mountain guide, according to local authorities. Local police said in a statement that their investigation determined ...
The Battle of Lima Site 85, also called Battle of Phou Pha Thi, was fought as part of a military campaign waged during the Vietnam War and Laotian Civil War by the North Vietnamese People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) and the Pathet Lao, against airmen of the United States Air Force (USAF)'s 1st Combat Evaluation Group, elements of the Royal Lao Army, Royal Thai Border Patrol Police, and the CIA ...