Monday, June 8, 2026

Today in
Vietnam War History

1965 - A contingent of 400 Australian combat troops arrived in Saigon. The first arrival of Australian troops had occurred on June 2.

1965 - A State Department press officer noted that "American forces would be available for combat support together with Vietnamese forces when and if necessary." The next day the White House tried to calm the reaction to the statement by claiming that "There has been no change in the missions of United States ground combat units in Vietnam."

1969 - U.S. President Nixon and South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu met at Midway Island in the Pacific. Nixon announced the first U.S. troop withdrawal and discussed what would later become known as "Vietnamization."


Random Vietnam War Quote

Our resistance will be long and painful, but whatever the sacrifices, however long the struggle, we shall fight to the end, until Vietnam is fully independent and reunified. - Ho Chi Minh, statement, December 19, 1946

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