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The Paris Peace Accords of January 1973 saw all U.S. forces withdrawn. As of June 2022, this list is incomplete, showing 496 Navy Crosses awarded in all service branches for actions of valor during the Vietnam War: 124 to US Navy recipients; 369 to US Marine Corps recipients; one Republic of Vietnam Navy recipient; [6] one Army of the Republic ...
Matthew Axelson – Member of SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team One, killed in action during Operation Red Wings. Recipient of the Navy Cross. Harry Beal – Underwater demolition team member, he was the first to volunteer for the SEAL program at its founding in 1962. Chris Beck – DEVGRU member.
This article is a list of known military operations of the Vietnam War in 1972, conducted by the armed forces of the Republic of Vietnam, the Khmer Republic, the United States and their allies. U.S. Seventh Air Force and U.S. Navy Task Force 77 strategic bombing of Hanoi and Haiphong, and mining of Haiphong harbor to turn back the Easter Offensive.
Operation Thunderhead was a highly classified combat mission conducted by U.S. Navy SEAL Team One and Underwater Demolition Team 11 (UDT-11) in 1972. The mission was conducted off the coast of North Vietnam during the Vietnam War to rescue two U.S. airmen said to be escaping from a prisoner of war prison in Hanoi.
The United States Navy Sea, Air, and Land (SEAL) Teams, commonly known as Navy SEALs, are the U.S. Navy 's primary special operations force and a component of the Naval Special Warfare Command. Among the SEALs' main functions are conducting small-unit special operation missions in maritime, jungle, urban, arctic, mountainous, and desert ...
Michael Edwin Thornton (born March 23, 1949) is a retired United States Navy SEAL and recipient of the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions in the Vietnam War. He was awarded the medal for saving the life of his senior officer, Lieutenant Thomas R. Norris, who also earned the Medal of Honor in an unrelated ...
Nguyễn Văn Kiệt (born March 23, 1945) [1] is a former petty officer third class in the Republic of Vietnam Navy and, alongside Trần Văn Bảy, one of only two South Vietnamese and the only South Vietnamese Navy sailor to have been awarded the United States Navy Cross for actions during the Vietnam War. In April 1972, United States Navy ...
Allied KIA (US Sources) Jan 1 – Mar 31. Operation Skysweep [1] 1st Battalion, 503rd Airborne Infantry Regiment clear and search operation. Jan 1 – Aug 31. Operation Rice Farmer [1] 9th Infantry Division and ARVN 5th Regiment operation. Dinh Tuong, Kien Tuong and Kien Hoa Provinces.