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The Tet offensive attacks on Bien Hoa AB and Tan Son Nhut Air Base slowly led to an improvement in air base defense across South Vietnam, with improved bunkers and heavier defensive armament including 0.50 cal machine guns, M67 recoilless rifles and M29 mortars. The gun-jeeps were progressively replaced by M113s and XM-706 Commando armored cars ...
Tet 1969 refers to the attacks mounted by the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) and Viet Cong (VC) in February 1969 in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War, one year after the original Tet Offensive. Most attacks centered on military targets near Saigon and Da Nang and were quickly beaten off.
The PAVN launched the Tet 1969 offensive against U.S. military targets near Saigon and Da Nang. The attacks were quickly beaten off. In the attack on Bien Hoa Air Base the PAVN lost 264 killed and 87 captured while ARVN losses were 10 killed and U.S. losses were one killed. Around Da Nang the PAVN/VC lost over 500 killed. [6]: 101
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A Vietnam veteran protects a woman who has been assaulted by an outlaw biker gang. 1968 US Targets: Peter Bogdanovich: A disturbed Vietnam veteran goes on a sniper shooting spree after killing his wife and mother. [28] 1971 US Billy Jack: Tom Laughlin: A Vietnam veteran defends the hippie-themed Freedom School against corrupt local officials.
Long Binh Post was a sprawling logistics facility and the largest U.S. Army base in Vietnam, with a peak of 60,000 personnel in 1969. [ 4 ] The Viet Cong attacked the Long Binh ammunition supply point on 4 February 1967 destroying at least 15,000 high explosive 155 mm artillery rounds. [ 5 ]
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) -- Attorneys in the Colorado theater shooting trial got one last chance Tuesday to convince jurors that gunman James Holmes was either a cold, calculating killer or a man so ...
5:25 p.m. (MDT) Court has adjourned for the day in the Colorado theater shooting trial after James Holmes' attorneys completed their opening statement. Public defender Katherine Spengler ended by ...