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1 January. U.S. military personnel in South Vietnam totaled 334,600 on 31 December 1970. [3]: 359 1 January - May 1971. Project Copper was an unsuccessful operation to use three Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)-trained Cambodian irregular force battalions to interdict the Sihanouk Trail.
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 – June 29 ...
The 1971 May Day protests against the Vietnam War were a series of large-scale civil disobedience actions in Washington, D.C., protesting the United States' continuing involvement in the Vietnam War. The protests began on Monday morning, May 3 and ended on May 5.
On 21 May 1971 30 US infantrymen, many from Company A, 1st Battalion, 61st Infantry Regiment, were killed when a People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) 122mm rocket hit their bunker at Charlie 2. [ 6 ] On 1 April 1972 in the face of the PAVN's Easter Offensive the base was abandoned by the ARVN.
Beginning with 1971, a three-day Memorial Day Weekend became an annual observance within the U.S. federal government and by nearly all of the U.S. states, as the scheduled Memorial Day was fixed permanently for federal agencies as the last Monday in May, pursuant to the Uniform Monday Holiday Act, Public Law 90-363. From 1868 to 1970, Memorial ...
1971 May Day protests against the Vietnam War; Miss USA 1971; P. 23rd Primetime Emmy Awards This page was last edited on 29 January 2025, at 20:06 (UTC). Text is ...
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Mar 18 – May 2: Operation Breakfast [11]: 13 the first phase of secret B-52 bombing of eastern Cambodia; the start of a four-year bombing campaign that drew Cambodia into the Vietnam War: eastern Cambodia: Mar 18 – May 28, 1970: Operation Menu [11]: 13 US Strategic Air Command secret bombing of Cambodia: Cambodia: Mar 18 – Feb 28 1971