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In February 1965 the bay was the site of the Vũng Rô Bay incident.. Port Lane, Vũng Rô Bay, 6 November 1968 1969 map of Port Lane. In July 1966 the U.S. Army secured the area as part of Operation John Paul Jones and the 39th Engineer Battalion constructed a small port facility here to support U.S. Army operations in the area and relieve the logistical pressure on Tuy Hòa. [2]
Pages in category "1968 in art" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
July 17 – Release of the animated musical fantasy film Yellow Submarine in the United Kingdom, directed by George Dunning with art direction by Heinz Edelmann. August 20 – The National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne, Australia, designed by Sir Roy Grounds, is opened.
The operation began on 12 June with the 1/9 Marines landed by helicopter at Landing Zone Bison and Hill 950, while the ARVN 3rd Battalion, 2nd Regiment was landed at Firebase Quantico (); both battalions were to sweep west towards
19 February 1968: a CH-53A #65-055 of HMH-463 crashed into the mountain killing all 13 personnel on board. [9] 24 March 1968: an F-8 Crusader Bu 150306 from VF-53 crashed into the side of the mountain, the pilot ejected successfully and the rear fuselage of the jet which embedded in the mountain became a popular photo opportunity for military ...
Greenspon covered the Battle of Khe Sanh and Battle of Huế in early 1968. On March 31, 1968, he joined a company of the 101st Airborne Division in the A Sầu Valley near the border with Laos, arriving by a helicopter-borne ammunition delivery. The company was intended to carry out a two-day patrol in the jungle.
Thawing glaciers in the Swiss Alps revealed two sets of human remains this summer, as well as the wreckage of a 1968 plane crash that had been frozen beneath snow and ice. They're some of the ...
The Battle of Lima Site 85, also called Battle of Phou Pha Thi, was fought as part of a military campaign waged during the Vietnam War and Laotian Civil War by the North Vietnamese People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) and the Pathet Lao, against airmen of the United States Air Force (USAF)'s 1st Combat Evaluation Group, elements of the Royal Lao Army, Royal Thai Border Patrol Police, and the CIA ...