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Defensive end (DE) is a defensive position in the sport of gridiron football. This position has designated the players at each end of the defensive line , [ 1 ] [ 2 ] but changes in formations over the years have substantially changed how the position is played.
The Viet Minh elite 148th Independent Infantry Regiment, headquartered at Điện Biên Phủ, reacted "instantly and effectively". Three of its four battalions, however, were absent. [44] Initial operations proceeded well for the French. By the end of November, six parachute battalions had been landed, and the French Army consolidated its ...
'Military of and for the people of Vietnam' [12]), also recognized as the Vietnamese Army (Vietnamese: Quân đội Việt Nam, lit. 'Military of Vietnam'), the People's Army ( Vietnamese : Quân đội Nhân dân ) or colloquially the Troops ( Bộ đội ), is the national military force of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the armed wing ...
Operation Strength (6 February – 17 March 1972) was a Royalist military offensive of the Laotian Civil War.The attack, undertaken against the advice of his American backers by Hmong General Vang Pao, was launched across the rear of the attacking People's Army of Vietnam forces.
The Tet Offensive [a] was a major escalation and one of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam War.The Viet Cong (VC) and North Vietnamese People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) launched a surprise attack on 30 January 1968 against the forces of the South Vietnamese Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN), the United States Armed Forces and their allies.
Dau Tieng helipads, 23 September 1967 Air controllers of the 2nd Battalion, 28th Infantry calling in aircraft to lift troops for redeployment, 18 February 1970. The base was established in October 1966.
While growing stronger in Vietnam, the Việt Minh also expanded the war and lured the French to spread their force to remote areas such as Laos. In December 1953, French military commander General Henri Navarre set up a defensive complex at Ðiện Biên Phủ in the Mường Thanh Valley , disrupting Việt Minh supply lines passing through Laos.
Hundreds of thousands of people took part in the Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam demonstrations across the U.S. on a regular workday. Estimates of turnouts were 250,000 in Washington DC and 100,000 in Boston. [83] 16 October. Laird announced that a residual force of 6-7,000 U.S. troops would remain in South Vietnam after the end of ...