The New Year's Day battle of 1968 was a military engagement during the Vietnam War in Tây Ninh province that began on the evening of 1 January 1968. It...
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CBS news coverage (1968) Saigon Target Zero: RVN Documentary on Battle of Saigon (1968) 10°46′01″N 106°40′01″E / 10.7669°N 106.6669°E / 10.7669; 106...
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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...
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killed in action. 1–2 January The PAVN violated the New Year's truce in the New Year's Day Battle of 1968. Among the Americans fighting were future writer...
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The Battle of Khe Sanh (21 January – 9 July 1968) was conducted in the Khe Sanh area of northwestern Quảng Trị Province, Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam)...
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defensive in the city of Quảng Trị, the Allied forces regrouped and forced the PAVN/VC out of the town after a day of fighting. In 1968, Quảng Trị City was...
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calendar, New Year's Eve, also known as Old Year's Day, is the evening or the entire day of the last day of the year, 31 December. In many countries, New Year's...
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The Battle of Long Tan (18 August 1966) took place in a rubber plantation near Long Tân, in Phước Tuy Province, South Vietnam, during the Vietnam War...
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Operation Popeye (category Battles and operations of the Vietnam War in 1968)
International Environment of the Committee on Foreign Relations, March 20, 1974 Keefer, Edward C. Foreign Relations of the United States 1964–1968, Volume XXVII,...
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as the commander of the 3d Battalion, 22d Infantry in the final battle, which was based on the historic New Year's Day Battle of 1968 in which he had taken...
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1967 in the Vietnam War (category Vietnam War by year)
it was a different kind of conflict. "We don't march out and have a big battle each day in a guerrilla war. It is a new kind of war for us. So it doesn't...
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day, but documents captured by 3/187th indicated that the PAVN 29th Regiment, nicknamed the "Pride of Ho Chi Minh" and a veteran of the 1968 Battle of...
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Tet Offensive (redirect from 1968 Tet Offensive)
dậy, Tết Mậu Thân 1968, "General offensive and uprising of Tet Mau Than". The Vietnamese name 'Mau Than' uses the sexagenary cycle. 1968 was a year of...
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The Battle of Fire Support Base Ripcord was a 23-day battle between elements of the U.S. Army 101st Airborne Division and two reinforced divisions of the...
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The battle of Dak To (Vietnamese: Chiến dịch Đắk Tô - Tân Cảnh) in Vietnam was a series of major engagements of the Vietnam War that took place between...
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Lists of battles Before 301 301–1300 1301–1600 1601–1800 1801–1900 1901–2000 2001–current Naval Sieges See also This article lists all the battles that...
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Operation Linebacker II (redirect from Christmas day raids)
models from Andersen with heavy battle damage managed to limp into U-Tapao for repairs. Of the three downed B-52's, parts of two crews were captured after...
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The Battle of the Paracel Islands (Chinese: 西沙海战, Pinyin: Xisha Haizhan;Vietnamese: Hải chiến Hoàng Sa) was an engagement between the Chinese and South...
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1970 in the Vietnam War (category Vietnam War by year)
to the Paris Peace Talks.: 343 1-23 July The Battle of Fire Support Base Ripcord was a 23-day battle between the 2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment...
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1973 in the Vietnam War (category Vietnam War by year)
The Vietnam War Day by Day, New York: Chartwell Books, pp. 186, 187 Bowman, John S. (1985), The World Almanac of the Vietnam War, New York: Pharos Books...
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1966 in the Vietnam War (category Vietnam War by year)
as well as from the morning of New Year's Eve until the morning of 2 January 1967. In addition, there would be a four-day ceasefire during the 1967 Tết...
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December 31 (redirect from 31st of December)
or Old Year's Day/Night, as the following day is New Year's Day. It is the last day of the year; the following day is January 1, the first day of the following...
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Operation Freedom Deal (category Battles and operations of the Cambodian Civil War)
was expanded west of the Mekong.: 146 The withdrawal of U.S. forces in May left only South Vietnamese and Cambodian forces to do battle with PAVN/VC and...
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1965 in the Vietnam War (category Vietnam War by year)
New Zealand and other countries provided smaller numbers of soldiers. North Vietnam received military aid from the Soviet Union and China. At year's end...
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CIA-led Hmong Clandestine Army. The battle was fought on Phou Pha Thi mountain in Houaphanh Province, Laos, on 10 March 1968, and derives its name from the...
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Operation Sea Dragon (Vietnam War) (category Battles and operations of the Vietnam War in 1966)
wounded. In April 1968, the area of operations was reduced to that below the 19th parallel north, only 150 miles (240 km) north of the DMZ. The operation...
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Operation Sealords (category Battles and operations of the Vietnam War in 1968)
September 1968. Admiral Zumwalt officially launched Sealords on 5 November 1968 in the issuance of Operation Plan 111-69 with the blessing of the new COMUSMACV...
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Operation Arc Light (category Battles and operations of the Vietnam War in 1968)
Obama presented the Medal of Honor to the sons of Chief Master Sergeant Richard L. Etchberger for his actions in the battle of Lima Site 85. A memorial...
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The Battle of Đồng Hới was a clash between United States Navy warships and Vietnam People's Air Force (VPAF) MiG-17F fighter bombers and shore batteries...
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October 1959. Asia portal Vietnam portal Air America (airline) Battle of Lima Site 85 (March 1968) Vietnamese-Laotian War (1479–80) Hmong people Pathet Lao...
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