Gen. Maxwell Taylor, former U.S. ambassador to South Vietnam and now a consultant to President Lyndon B. Johnson, and presidential adviser Clark Clifford tour South Vietnam, Thailand, Australia, New Zealand, and South Korea to sound out opinion on the possibility of another summit conference on the situation in Vietnam. Reportedly, they were also seeking additional [...]
On this day in 1969 a slap in the face to the 3rd Battalion, 187 Infantry, 101st Airborne Divison happened. These were the men who fought onHamburger Hill. That particular battle occurred during Operation Apache Snow, and also involved the 9th Marines.
On June 17, 1969 U.S. intelligence reports that an estimated 1,000 [...]
Hey everyone, sorry I’ve been MIA, sometimes work gets the best of us. On a side note, still not getting pics to show up on my blog, will have to figure something out, because when I do peices on Military Badges I would like to show a picture of them too Ok, [...]
Today was in interesting day for Vietnam War history. To add on to what happened today I was able to find a round about first hand report on this particular incident. The following is a condensed version of an article that appeared in the July issue of Proceedings, journal of the US Naval [...]
On June 06, 1964, two U.S. Navy jets flying low-altitude target reconnaissance missions over Laos are shot down by communist Pathet Lao ground fire. Washington immediately ordered armed jets to escort the reconnaissance flights, and by June 9, escort jets were attacking Pathet Lao headquarters. The downing of the two reconnaissance aircraft and the retaliatory [...]
On June 4th, 1965, Maj. Gen. Lewis Walt took command of the 3rd Marine Division from Maj. Gen. William Collins. Walt was concurrently named Commander of the III Amphibious Force (III MAF), the first corps-level Marine Corps headquarters in history. As such, Walt was in command of two Marine divisions and responsible for I Corps [...]
On this day back in 1970, President Nixon gave a telivised speach and claimed that that Allied drive into Cambodia, “Is the most successful operation of this long and difficult war,” and that he is now able to resume the withdrawl of U.S. Troops from South Vietnam.
U.S. and South Vietnamese forces had launched a limited [...]