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On 11 February 1962, a Farm Gate SC-47 on a leaflet drop mission crashed, killing the six airmen, two soldiers and one Vietnamese crewman on board. This was the first of several Farm Gate losses. [3]: 25 Viet Cong (VC) attacks were increasing across the countryside, and there were rising calls for air support to embattled ground troops.
The Girl in the Picture: The Kim Phúc Story, the Photograph and the Vietnam War, by Denise Chong, is a 1999 biographical and historical book tracing the life story of Phúc. Chong's historical coverage emphasizes the life, especially the school and family life, of Phúc from before the attack, through convalescence, and into the present time.
80 estimated killed. The Battle of Xa Cam My was fought over two days from April 11–12, 1966, 10 miles (16 km) south of the village of Cam My in Phuoc Tuy Province, during the Vietnam War. [1] Originally planned as a U.S. search and destroy mission intended to lure out the crack Viet Cong (VC) D800 Battalion, Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion ...
August 16, 2024 at 7:56 PM. Four years before the first American boots landed on the ground in Vietnam, Richard Secord was one of 151 U.S. airmen sent there under “Operation Farm Gate.”. Farm ...
An Operation Farm Gate SC-47 crashed 70 miles north of Saigon while on a leaflet-dropping mission, killing eight Americans (six Air Force and two Army) and one Vietnamese. [14] [15] 14 February. Journalist James Reston published an article in The New York Times stating that "The United States is now involved in an undeclared war in South ...
Operation Sunrise was the first phase of a long-range South Vietnamese counter-offensive against the Việt Cộng (VC) during the Vietnam War.Launched with the United States in March 1962, the goal of the operation was to "clear the VC from an area 40 miles northwest of Saigon" according to contemporary U.S. government documents. [1]
This article is a list of known military operations of the Vietnam War in 1967, conducted by the armed forces of the Republic of Vietnam, the United States and their allies. 3rd Marine Division operation. Writer Bernard B. Fall was killed by a VC mine while observing this operation. 4th Battalion, 39th Infantry Regiment and 2nd Battalion, 47th ...
Hue–Da Nang Campaign (5 March – 2 April 1975) Vietnam portal. v. t. e. The Battle of Huế (31 January 1968 – 2 March 1968), was a major battle in the Tết Offensive launched by North Vietnam and the Việt Cộng during the Vietnam War. Initially losing control of most of Huế and its surroundings, the combined forces of South Vietnam ...