1965 - Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (MACV), commander General William Westmoreland ordered the 1st Cavalry to seek and destroy the PAVN 32nd, 33rd and 66th regimentss under General Chu Huy Man as second phase of the Pleime campaign. (Battle of Ia Drang)
Vietnam Quotes
I don't think that unless a greater effort is made by the government to win popular support that the war can be won out there. In the final analysis, it is their war. They are the ones who have to win it or lose it. We can help them, we can give them equipment, we can send our men out there as advisors, but they have to win it, the people of Vietnam, against the communists. - John F. Kennedy, September 2, 1963