Sunday, May 19, 2024

Today in
Vietnam War History

1890 - Ho Chi Minh was born in the village of Hoang Tru.

1964 - The U.S. Air Force inititiated Operation Yankee Team which began low-altitude reconnaissance flights over southern Vietnam.

1970 - The U.S. State Department said that the previous day's offensive in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) was "purely a defensive measure" to fight a "considerable buildup of North Vietnam troops."

1972 - South Vietnamese forces fought to within two miles of An Loc.


Random Vietnam War Quote

"Now we have a problem in trying to make our power credible, and Vietnam looks like the place." - President John Kennedy in a June 1961 interview with the New York Times reporter James Reston.

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