30 November 1970(incomplete) Unit Strength The Strength of Line Companies in the 1/8 Cavalry, 6 Nov. 67 - 29 May 68 (with a Graph) General Maps Southeast Asia South Vietnam, Political and Topographical Indochina, Air Fields South Vietnam, USAF Air Bases ...
February 13th: Operation Flaming Dart, another series of American bombing runs against North Vietnamese bases, is launched in retaliation for Viet Cong attacks. February 15th: The communist government in Beijing promises to become involved in the war if American troops invadeNorth Vietnam. February ...
November 28, 1970 SOUTH VIETNAM Changed Pattern of War Harish Chandola THE Vietnam war is winding down, but for the US troops only. While their casualty-rate has gone down substantially, that of the ARVN (Army of the Republic of Vietnam or the South Vietnamese forces) has gone up sharp...
The first bases and armed detachments of the Vietminh began to appear in 1941; the northern mountain region of Viet Bac became the pri-mary area for them. The first detachment of the liberation army of Vietnam was established in Cao Bang Province on Dec. 22, 1944, on the basis of ...
• April-June 1970: U.S. and South Vietnamese forces attack communist bases across the Cambodian border in the Cambodian Incursion. • May 4, 1970: In a bloody incident known as the Kent State Shooting, National Guardsmen fire on anti-war demonstrators at Ohio’s Kent State University,...
Certain air bases where Agent Orange was stored had high levels. This was documented by our group beginning in 1970 and continuting to the present, in 2008. Other groups from Canada, France, and Russia have also studied this situation. Chemists contributing to the US Vietnam effort include ...
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The bombing failed to destroy the NLF bases and so in April, 1970, Nixon decided to send in troops to finish off the job. The invasion of Cambodia provoked a wave of demonstrations in the United States and in one of these, four students were killed when National guardsmen opened fire at...
In January 1968, during the Tet holiday cease-fire, the North Vietnamese and Viet Cong attacked over 100 cities and bases in South Vietnam. Technically a military defeat for the Viet Cong, the offensive became a political and public relations disaster at home on U.S. soil. 3. On the...
and organize; and the struggles waged throughout barracks, bases, and military prisons to challenge the rule of military command.Allen's analysis of the US failure in Vietnam is also the story of the hubris of US imperial overreach, a new chapter of which is unfolding in the Middle East ...