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  2. Vũng Rô Bay incident - Wikipedia

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    Cargo was being unloaded and stacked on the beach at Vung Ro, an isolated bay on the rocky coast. [1] The pilot immediately radioed his sighting to Lieutenant Commander Harvey P. Rodgers, the Senior Advisor to the South Vietnamese 2nd Coastal District headquartered in Nha Trang , who in turn notified the coastal district commander, Lieutenant ...

  3. Vũng Rô Bay - Wikipedia

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    In February 1965 the bay was the site of the Vũng Rô Bay incident.. Port Lane, Vũng Rô Bay, 6 November 1968 1969 map of Port Lane. In July 1966 the U.S. Army secured the area as part of Operation John Paul Jones and the 39th Engineer Battalion constructed a small port facility here to support U.S. Army operations in the area and relieve the logistical pressure on Tuy Hòa. [2]

  4. 1965 in the Vietnam War - Wikipedia

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    Weapons and munitions captured at Vung Ro Bay. In the Vung Ro Bay Incident, an American pilot spotted a 100-ton North Vietnamese naval trawler unloading munitions on a beach at a remote bay on the coast of central South Vietnam. RVNAF aircraft sank the ship and the defenders and crew were later killed or captured after a firefight with South ...

  5. Coast Guard Squadron One - Wikipedia

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    The event would later be known as the Vung Ro Bay Incident, named for the small bay that was the trawler's destination. [11] [12] After the U.S. Army helicopter crew called in air strikes on the trawler, it was sunk and captured after a five-day action conducted by elements of the Republic of Vietnam Navy (RVNN).

  6. Tet Offensive - Wikipedia

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    The Tet Offensive [a] was a major escalation and one of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam War.The Viet Cong (VC) and North Vietnamese People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) launched a surprise attack on 30 January 1968 against the forces of the South Vietnamese Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN), the United States Armed Forces and their allies.

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  8. Talk:Vũng Rô Bay incident - Wikipedia

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    Your account of the Vung Ro Bay incident is interesting; however, not totally correct. In February 1965 I was the American Special Forces Advisor that took the 91st Airborne Ranger Battalion (Vietnamese) onto Vung Ro Bay. We were successful in gaining control of the Beach after the second landing via LSM's.

  9. Tet offensive battle of Cholon and Phu Tho Racetrack

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    1960 South Vietnamese coup attempt (11 November 1960): Operation Chopper (12 January 1962): 1962 South Vietnamese Independence Palace bombing (27 February 1962): Self-immolation of Thích Quảng Đức (11 June 1963)