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Allen Bernard West (born February 7, 1961) [1] is an American politician and retired military officer. A member of the Republican Party, West represented Florida's 22nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 2011 to 2013 and served as the chairman of the Republican Party of Texas from 2020 to 2021.
United American Patriots (UAP) is an American nonprofit organization which advocates and funds legal defense for American servicemembers they believe to have been unjustly convicted and imprisoned on war crimes charges. Herbert Donahue, a retired U.S. Marine Corps major who served in the Vietnam War, founded the group in 2005. [1]
Lieutenant colonel Terry D. Allen—commander of the 2/28th Infantry—was then ordered to depart from Lai Khê with three of his rifle companies (A, B and D) and air-lifted into a site about 21 kilometers (13 mi) northwest of Chon Thanh village, and 3 kilometers (1.9 mi) north-west of 1/18th Infantry.
List of U.S. cities with large Vietnamese-American populations; List of US aircraft losses to missiles during the Vietnam War; List of United States aerial victories of the Vietnam War; List of United States servicemembers and civilians missing in action during the Vietnam War (1961–1965)
On 12 February, a VC ambush had killed nine Marines from Company B, 1st Battalion, 7th Marines. [2]: 345 A five-man Marine "hunter-killer" patrol led by Lance Corporal Randell D. Herrod, who had been in the country for seven months, alongside Private Thomas R. Boyd Jr., PFC Samuel G. Green, PFC Michael A. Schwarz and Lance Corporal Michael S. Krichten had been in Vietnam for only a month, was ...
Ho Bo Woods to the north and west of Cu Chi: 93: Jan 13 – 17: Operation Matador II [1] 2/1 Cavalry search and destroy operation: Bình Định, Kon Tum and Pleiku Provinces: Jan 13 – 17: Operation Quick Hop/Operation Tyler [1] 2nd Battalion, 327th Airborne Infantry Regiment search and destroy operation: Bình Thuận Province: Jan 15 – 17 ...
It was hoped that the reference to the previous operation would confuse Hanoi as to the actual target of the proposed incursion. The ARVN's portion was given the title Lam Son 719, after the village of Lam Son, birthplace of the legendary Vietnamese patriot Lê Lợi, who had defeated an invading Chinese army in 1427. The numerical designation ...
The blast killed 6 high-ranking South Vietnamese officials including Saigon Police chief Lt Col Nguyen Van Luan and wounding 4. [ 3 ] : 35–6 Since most of the dead were political allies of Vice President Nguyễn Cao Kỳ , a rumor spread that President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu had orchestrated the attack to weaken his long-time rival.