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[10]: 201 CH-46F Swift 1–4 of HMM-164 from USS Hancock flown by Captain William C. Nystul [32] and First Lieutenant Michael J. Shea [33] crashed into the sea on its approach to the ship after having flown a night sea and air rescue mission. The two enlisted crewmen survived, but the bodies of the pilots were not recovered.
Barry Zorthian once lamented that where the US government's word was once true until proven false, in Vietnam, it would be questioned until proven true. [6] The last session of the Five O'Clock Follies took place on 27 January 1973, the day the Paris Peace Accords took effect. [7] Journalists updated the name during the Gulf War. Press ...
Operation Popeye / Sober Popeye (Project Controlled Weather Popeye / Motorpool / Intermediary-Compatriot) was a military cloud-seeding project carried out by the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam War in 1967–1972.
Vietnam's capital of Hanoi evacuated thousands of people living near the swollen Red River as its waters flooded streets days after Typhoon Yagi battered the country's north, killing at least 152 ...
[38] [39] Waves as high as 6 feet (1.8 m) lashed coastal areas of Vietnam. [37] Molave caused widespread destruction in Central Vietnam. Wind gusts peaking at 176 km/h (109 mph) were reported in the city of Quảng Ngãi. [39] Molave brought heavy rains; Sơn Kỳ (Quảng Ngãi) received 18.50 inches (470 mm) of rainfall over 24 hours. [39]
Lying as it did in the center of the Saigon River corridor, at the junction of Highways 13 and 1, and only 16 km from the outskirts of Saigon, Phú Cường was vital to the defense of Saigon. [3]: 99 The terrain within the Iron Triangle was flat, almost featureless, and covered by dense brush and undergrowth.
The attack on the Joint General Staff (JGS) Compound, the headquarters of the Republic of Vietnam Military Forces, occurred during the early hours of 31 January 1968. The JGS was located east of Tan Son Nhut Air Base. The attack by Vietcong (VC) forces was one of several major attacks on Saigon in the first days of the Tet offensive. The attack ...
Saigon Times Daily is an English-language daily newspaper published in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. It is one of two English-language dailies in the country (the other is Vietnam News). Saigon News is part of several other newspapers owned by Saigon Times Group. Saigon Times Daily focuses mainly on the local economic and social situation with its ...