Sunday, October 6, 2024

Today in
Vietnam War History

1967 - U.S. Navy pilots flew missions to strike the Chien Chiang and Lang Son bridges near the Chinese border. Other areas that were also attacked were another bridge near Mo Trang, two anti-aircraft sites south of Dong Hoi, the Nam Dinh power plant, a railway and highway bridge southeast of Hanoi and eight buildings in the Yen Bac military storage area. (Operation Rolling Thunder)

1970 - South Vietnamese military officials announced the end of a three-month operation southeastern Cambodia and the 12,000 men involved. The operation was designed to eliminate Communist base camps and supply areas along the Ho Chi Minh Trail.


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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