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The Vietnam Era began for purposes of federal law pertaining to members of the United States Armed Forces, which defines the period of American involvement in the war as "the period beginning on August 5, 1964, and ending on March 27, 1973".
US Navy and Republic of Vietnam Navy operation along the coast of North Vietnam to provoke coastal radar installations so electronic intelligence (ELINT) ships could record the resulting transmissions: South China Sea: Jan 5: Unnamed [2] ARVN operation supported by U.S. aircraft to encircle a Viet Cong battalion: Long An province: Jan 18 ...
The Vietnam War, (also known as the Second Indochina War, Vietnam Conflict, and in Vietnam as the American War), took place from 1955 to 1975. The war was fought between the Communist-supported North Vietnam and the United States-supported South Vietnam , beginning with the presence of a small number of US military advisors in 1955 and ...
1964 1979 Rhodesian Bush War: ZANU FRELIMO ZAPU MK Rhodesia Zimbabwe Rhodesia: 1964 1992 FULRO insurgency. Part of the Vietnam War North Vietnam (1964–1976) Viet Cong South Vietnam Vietnam (after 1976) United Front for the Liberation of Oppressed Races: 1964 1974 Mozambican War of Independence Part of the Portuguese Colonial War: FRELIMO ...
Post-World War II Era: 1945–1964 Civil Rights Era: 1954–1968: 1964–1980 Civil Rights Era: 1954–1968 Vietnam War: 1964–1975: 1980–1991 ...
This article may be too long to read and navigate comfortably. Consider splitting content into sub-articles, condensing it, or adding subheadings. Please discuss this issue on the article's talk page. (November 2024) Vietnam War Part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War in Asia Clockwise from top left: US Huey helicopters inserting South Vietnamese ARVN troops, 1970 North Vietnamese PAVN ...
Operation Barrel Roll was a covert interdiction and close air support campaign conducted in the Kingdom of Laos by the United States military between 5 March 1964 and 29 March 1973, concurrent with the Vietnam War. During the operation, U.S. Air Force 2nd Air Division and U.S. Navy Task Force 77 dropped 260 million bombs on Laos. [1]
A Vietnam War veteran throwing his medal at the US Capitol An anti-Vietnam War protest in Washington D.C., on April 24, 1971 A rally in support of the Vietnamese people at the Moskvitch factory in 1973. April 23 – Vietnam veterans threw away over 700 medals on the West Steps of the Capitol building. The next day, anti-war organizers claimed ...