On 19 Oct 1965, North Vietnamese troops launch a major assault on US and South Vietnamese Special Forces Camp at Plei Me in the Central Highlands, 215 miles north of Saigon. During a week of savage fighting, defenders of the besieged outpost, manned...
On 29 Apr 1975, during the Vietnam War: Operation Frequent Wind: The last US citizens begin evacuation from Saigon prior to an expected North Vietnamese takeover. In 19 hours, 81 helicopters carried more than 1,000 Americans and almost 6,000...
During the agreed upon truce during the Tet (lunar new year) celebration in 1968 the No Vietnamese attacked everywhere across South Vietnam. They achieved initial successes but were quickly beat down. I was a rifle company commander in the 101st...