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South Vietnamese war veterans captured an Americal Division convoy on Route 2, 9 miles (14 km) south of Da Nang after one of the U.S. vehicles crashed into a funeral procession vehicle. The convoy with 14 U.S. soldiers onboard was held for eight hours until a ransom of $720 and foodstuffs was paid to the veterans in "an expression of sorrow". [269]
Quảng Nam Province: May 1 – June 30: Operation Keystone Oriole (Alpha) [1] Redeployment of three infantry battalions and one air cavalry squadron from South Vietnam to the United States: May 4 – 31: Operation Toan Thang TT02 [6] ARVN III Corps operation to lure the VC with a regiment placed in Snoul: north of Lộc Ninh on Route 13: May 4 ...
The following is a list of units of the United States Army during the Vietnam War. Active Duty Divisions and Brigades in Theater. AirMobile Divisions 1st Cavalry ...
Nha Trang Airport (IATA: NHA, ICAO: VVNT) (also known as Camp McDermott Airfield and Long Van Airfield) was a French Air Force, Republic of Vietnam Air Force (RVNAF), United States Air Force (USAF) and Vietnam People's Air Force (VPAF) (Khong Quan Nhan Dan Viet Nam) military airfield used during the Vietnam War.
October 15, 1969 - Hundreds of thousands of people attend mass protests across the United States for the United States to withdraw from the Vietnam War. November 15, 1969 - A second, larger protest takes place in Washington D.C., with an estimated 500,000 people. December 1, 1969 - The first draft lottery since 1942 is held.
Battles and operations of the Vietnam War in 1971 (32 P) N. ... (1 P) S. 1971 in South Vietnam (2 P) Pages in category "1971 in Vietnam" ... List of United States ...
In view of the possible deployment of major Army ground combat forces to South Vietnam, the Army Chief of Staff, General Harold K. Johnson, recommended to the Joint Chiefs of Staff in March 1965 that a separate U.S. Army component command, under the operational control of the MACV commander, be established in South Vietnam. Under his proposal ...
President Richard Nixon had begun his Vietnamization program in the summer of 1969; the objective was to increase the combat capability of the South Vietnamese forces so that they could assume responsibility for the war against the PAVN/VC as U.S. combat units were withdrawn and sent home. Shortly after the completion of Jefferson Glenn, the ...