Vietnam - This Day In History

[kantuckyII]

Feb 9, 1965:
U.S. sends first combat troops to South Vietnam



A U.S. Marine Corps Hawk air defense missile battalion is deployed to Da Nang. President Johnson had ordered this deployment to provide protection for the key U.S. airbase there.

This was the first commitment of American combat troops in South Vietnam and there was considerable reaction around the world to the new stage of U.S. involvement in the war. Predictably, both communist China and the Soviet Union threatened to intervene if the United States continued to apply its military might on behalf of the South Vietnamese. In Moscow, some 2,000 demonstrators, led by Vietnamese and Chinese students and clearly supported by the authorities, attacked the U.S. Embassy. Britain and Australia supported the U.S. action, but France called for negotiations.

[Tigercannon71]

Now this will be a great thread. I took an American experience in Vietnam class in college. I loved it. We had vets come in and talk to the class it was awesome and an eye opener. You see all these movies, but to hear it from the vets perspective was great. Anytime you get to hear it someone who was there makes it comes alive.

[C-Bolt]

I agree always nice to hear it from somebody who was there,problem is a lot of them don't like talking about it, at least the ones Ive known,we had a bunch in my reserve unit and they would give you teasers and glimpses, but then quickly change the subject.

[Tigercannon71]

Yea we had a few like that. One was a medic he started to talk then he had to sit down you could tell he was still working through the stuff he had seen.

[Space Cowboy]

On this day, in 1970, my cousin came home on leave from his 2nd. tour in Vietnam

[Tigercannon71]

Feb 13Th- Backed by American air and artillery support, South Vietnamese troops invade Laos.

[Bryce]

February 24, 1968

US troops reconquer Hue Vietnam

[courier]

February 24, 1967
In an unarmed and unarmored O-1 Bird Dog aircraft flying near Di Linh in South Vietnam, Capt. Hilliard A. WIlbanks attacked a large body of Vietcong that had attacked a much smaller South Vietnamese ranger force. He used smoke rockets and rifle fire to draw enemy fire and interrupt its advance. He sacrificed his life to protect the withdrawing rangers, and was awarded a Medal of Honor for his bravery.

[Baruch Spinoza]

Is this a war that we should simply remember, or should we look at the why? peace

[noreply66]

More like a conflict

[Baruch Spinoza]

The only war we lost. Not the troops, but Westmorland. Terrible General. Perfect example of why the Peter Principle flourishes in the military. peace

[Xtoxxviii]

Is this a war that we should simply remember, or should we look at the why? peace

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