Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
In April 1973, the squadron provided support for Operation End Sweep, the clearing of mine fields along the coast of North Vietnam. Two A-6E TRAM Intruders assigned to VA-95 in 1981. Aircraft from VA-95 would participate in Operation Frequent Wind, the evacuation of American personnel from Saigon. The squadron provided armed escort flights over ...
Among the issues leading to the war were British impressment of American sailors into the Royal Navy, interception of neutral ships and blockades of the United States during British hostilities with France, and support for Indian attacks on American settlers in the Northwest Territory. The war ended with the Battle of New Orleans in 1815.
1995 1995 Cenepa War Peru Ecuador: 1995 2002 Eelam War III. Part of the Sri Lankan Civil War Sri Lanka: Tamil Tigers: 1995 2018 Second Afar Insurgency. Part of the Eritrean–Ethiopian border conflict Ethiopia RSADO DMLEK EPLF ENSF. DFEU Eritrea ARDUF: 1995 1995 1995 Sudanese-Ugandan border conflict Uganda Sudan: 1995 1995 Hanish Islands ...
The Vietnam War POW/MIA issue, concerning the fate of U.S. service personnel listed as missing in action, persisted for many years after the war's conclusion. The costs of the war loom large in American popular consciousness; a 1990 poll showed that the public incorrectly believed that more Americans lost their lives in Vietnam than in World ...
The date August 5, 1964, is significant because it was the day of the start of U.S. bombing of North Vietnam at the Gulf of Tonkin. Two days later, on August 7, 1964, Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution , giving the Johnson Administration significant powers to make war in Vietnam.
Vietnam War (two periods) February 28, 1961 – May 7, 1975 for Veterans who served in the Republic of Vietnam; or August 5, 1964 – May 7, 1975 for Veterans who served anywhere during the Vietnam War wartime period; Gulf War (August 2, 1990 – through a future date to be set by Congress, or Presidential Proclamation)
Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) [1] [2] was a process [3] by a United States federal government commission [4] to increase the efficiency of the United States Department of Defense by coordinating the realignment and closure of military installations following the end of the Cold War.
A Better War: The Unexamined Victories and Final Tragedy of America's Last Years in Vietnam New York: Harcourt. Harry G. Summers. 1982. On Strategy: A Critical Analysis of the Vietnam War. Presidio Press. ISBN 0-89141-563-7, ISBN 978-0-89141-563-3; Shelby Stanton. 1987. Vietnam: Order of Battle; Shelby Stanton. 1988. The Rise and Fall of an ...