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The Vietnam War draft were two lotteries conducted by the Selective Service System of the United States on December 1, 1969, to determine the order of conscription to military service in the Vietnam War in 1970. It was the first time a lottery system had been used to select men for military service in the US since 1942, and established the ...
For actions as a prisoner of war from August 26, 1967 – March 4, 1973 Emilio A. De La Garza Jr. † Marine Corps: Lance Corporal: near Da Nang: April 11, 1970: Sacrificed his life and saved several Marines by blocking them from the blast of a grenade Merlyn H. Dethlefsen: Air Force: Captain: over North Vietnam: March 10, 1967
Operation Quyet Thang (transl. "Resolved to win"), was a United States Army and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) security operation to reestablish South Vietnamese control over the areas immediately around Saigon in the aftermath of the Tet Offensive. The operation started on 11 March 1968 and ended on 7 April 1968.
Similarly, the Vietnam-era National Guard was seen by some as an avenue for avoiding combat in Vietnam, [15] although that too was less than foolproof: about 15,000 National Guardsmen were sent to Vietnam before the war began winding down. [15] Phil Ochs (1940–1976) was one of several countercultural figures to encourage draft evasion.
Barnstable County has the largest veteran population of all 14 Massachusetts counties. Of this total, there are almost 7,000 Vietnam veterans.
The first U.S. prisoners of war were released by North Vietnam on February 11, and all U.S. military personnel were to leave South Vietnam by March 29. As an inducement for Thieu's government to sign the agreement, Nixon had promised that the U.S. would provide financial and limited military support (in the form of air strikes) so that the ...
Lieutenant Colonel Howard Vincent Lee (August 1, 1933 – March 23, 2019) was a United States Marine Corps officer who received the Medal of Honor for heroism in August 1966 during the Vietnam War. Biography
Operation Saratoga was a search and destroy operation during the Vietnam War conducted by the 2nd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division that took place in northeastern Hậu Nghĩa, southern Tây Ninh and western Bình Dương Provinces, lasting from 8 December 1967 to 11 March 1968.