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Apr 24 – May 15: Operation Bristol Boots [1] 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division operation: Ruong Ruong Valley, Thừa Thiên and Quảng Nam Provinces: Apr 30 – May 14: Operation Greene Queen II [1] 3rd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division clear and search operation: Darlac Province: May 1 – 31: Operation Mailed Fist [1] [3]
May 1 – 8: Operation Lismore [1] [5] 7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment operation: Phước Tuy Province: May 2 – 3: Operation Hop Tac XVI [1] 2nd Brigade, 9th Infantry Division search and destroy operation: Dinh Tuong Province: May 3 – 7: Operation Gulf [1] 2nd Battalion, 26th Marines search and destroy operation: Quảng Nam ...
8 April to 31 May. Operation Toan Thang I was a US and ARVN operation conducted between 8 April 1968 and 31 May 1968. Toan Thang, or "Complete Victory", was part of a reaction to the Tet Offensive designed to put pressure on the PAVN/VC. The PAVN/VC lost 7,645 killed and 1,708 captured for the loss of 762 ARVN and 564 U.S. killed. [36]: 12
1 January. U.S. military personnel in South Vietnam numbered 156,800 while Free World Military Forces (largely Republic of Korea Army) numbered 53,900. [4]: 387 The South Vietnamese government announced that there had been 20 breaches of the New Year's ceasefire resulting in nine South Vietnamese and 16 People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN)/Vietcong VC killed.
' gourd crab fish tiger '; also Bầu cua tôm cá or Lắc bầu cua) is a Vietnamese gambling game using three dice. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The game is often played at Vietnamese New Year . Instead of showing one to six pips, the sides of the dice have pictures of a fish ; a prawn ; a crab ; a cock ; a calabash ; and a stag (or a tiger ).
At the beginning of 1967 the United States was engaged in a steadily expanding air and ground war in Southeast Asia. Since its inception in February 1965, Operation Rolling Thunder, the bombing campaign against North Vietnam, had escalated in the number and significance of its targets, inflicting major damage on transportation networks industry, and petroleum refining and storage facilities.
The Easter Offensive, also known as the 1972 spring–summer offensive (Vietnamese: Chiến dịch Xuân–Hè 1972) by North Vietnam, or the Red Fiery Summer (Mùa hè đỏ lửa) as romanticized in South Vietnamese literature, was a military campaign conducted by the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN, the regular army of communist North Vietnam) against the Army of the Republic of Vietnam ...
The trawler crossed the 12-mile limit at 0120 1 March and began a run for the beach near the mouth of the Bo De River at 0200. [1] A blocking force placed near the mouth of the river consisted of several Navy PCF's and the Coast Guard cutters Point Hudson , Point Grace , and Point Marone . [ 7 ]