Saturday, July 27, 2024

Today in
Vietnam War History

1964 - The Pentagon announced that the United States would be sending 5,000 additional troops to Vietnam. Washington officials and military spokesmen said that the additional troops were only to instensify existing U.S. efforts.

1965 - U.S. jets attacked a new North Vietnamese missile installation that had fired on U.S. planes on July 24. One launcher was destroyed and another was damaged. Five U.S. planes were shot down during the mission.


Random Vietnam War Quote

No event in American history is more misunderstood than the Vietnam War. It was misreported then, and it is misremembered now. - Richard Nixon, New York Times, March 28, 1985

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