Wednesday, June 7, 2023

Today in
Vietnam War History

1965 - General Westmoreland requested a total of 35 battalions of combat troops and another nine in reserve.

1972 - Senator George McGovern announced at a news conference that he would go "anywhere in the world" to negotiate an end to the war in Vietnam and a return of U.S. troops and POWs.


Random Vietnam War Quote

"You can kill ten of my men for every one I kill of yours. But even at those odds, you will lose and I will win." - Viet Minh leader Ho Chi Minh in awarning to French colonialists in 1946.

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