Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
A PAVN rocket attack on Da Nang killed seven civilians and three ARVN. [126] Democratic Senator Stuart Symington said that the U.S. was spending hundreds of millions of dollars on a clandestine war in Laos, while Senator Edward Kennedy accused the Nixon Administration of whitewashing U.S. involvement there. [128] 6-7 June
The PAVN/VC rocket troops fired in two bursts, one at 03:42, followed by a second barrage three hours later. About the same time as the rocket attacks on the Da Nang base and Marble Mountain, PAVN/VC mortars bombarded the command post of the 7th Marines on Hill 55 south of Da Nang and forward infantry positions. These included Hills 65 and 52 ...
February 21, 1971: C-130B 61-2642, c/n 3678, of the 463d Tactical Airlift Wing, damaged in rocket attack at Da Nang Air Base, South Vietnam. Written off and tail used to repair AC-130A. November 12, 1971: C-130E 69-6578, c/n 4353, of the 61st Tactical Airlift Squadron, crashed due to fin stall on take-off from Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas.
Later, other foundations were set up, with the same name, under an umbrella organization, Kim Phúc Foundation International. [ 36 ] In 2004, Phúc spoke at the University of Connecticut about her life and experience, learning how to be "strong in the face of pain" and how compassion and love helped her heal.
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.
On 13 May a mortar attack on the base caused major damage to an OH-6. [12] On 11 June a mortar attack on the base caused major damage to two OV-1Ds. [13] In August 1972 the 11th Aviation Group departed Marble Mountain Army Airfield and resettled at Da Nang AB. [14] On 5 September 1972 the base was handed over to the South Vietnamese. [15]
On 22 September 1940, the Vichy Government signed an agreement with Japan allowing the Japanese to station troops in Tonkin and use three airfields there. [1] On 14 July 1941, the Japanese sent the French an ultimatum demanding the use of bases in Annam and Cochinchina, the French acquiesced and by late July, the Japanese occupied Cam Ranh Bay, Bien Hoa Air Base and Tourane Airfield.
The attack continued into 27 February when the Marines overran the PAVN resulting in a total of more than 200 killed. [4]: 99–100 PAVN/VC retreating to the south from Da Nang were intercepted by elements of the 1st Marine Regiment and ARVN 1st Battalion, 51st Regiment 11 km south of Da Nang losing 139 dead in three days of fighting.