SECOND INDOCHINA WAR:
February 24, 1963 (1st day of the 2nd month, Year of the Hare [Quy Mao]) (US Advisory): One U.S. soldier is killed as Viet Cong ground fire shoots down two of three U.S. Army H-21 helicopters airlifting South Vietnamese troops about 100 miles north of Saigon.
February 24, 1963 (1st day of the 2nd month, Year of the Hare [Quy Mao]) (US Advisory): American aid to South Vietnam totals $400 million.
February 24, 1965 (23rd day of the 1st month, Year of the Snake [At Ti]) (US Advisory): The first official admission is made that American airmen are flying combat missions against the VC. The "slow squeeze" bombing campaign against the North, Operation Rolling Thunder I, begins, according to unofficial sources.
February 24, 1966 (5th day of the 2nd month, Year of the Horse [Binh Ngo]) (US Counteroffensive): Operation Lien Ket 24 update: USMC helicopters pick up and insert a Vietnamese Marine task force.
February 24, 1966 (5th day of the 2nd month, Year of the Horse [Binh Ngo]) (US Counteroffensive): Operation Rolling Stone update: Battle of Tan Binh.
February 24, 1967 (15th day of the 1st month, Year of the Goat [Dinh Mui]) (US Counteroffensive Phase II): The entire 155th Aviation Company is called to Bao Loc to support the 101st Airborne Division in operations there.
February 24, 1967 (15th day of the 1st month, Year of the Goat [Dinh Mui]) (US Counteroffensive Phase II): A South Vietnamese Ranger battalion and their American forward air controller are attacked by a large, well-concealed enemy force near Dalat.
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February 24, 1967 (15th day of the 1st month, Year of the Goat [Dinh Mui]) (US Counteroffensive Phase II): Operation Junction City update. As well as what is described at below link, in the early morning hours the 1st Battalion 16th Infantry area at Suoi Da is hit by approximately 120 rounds of 82-mm. mortar within just a few minutes; two men are killed (including a company commander) and five are wounded. Six hours later, the battalion is airlifted to positions along Route 4 north of Suoi Da and, after considerable jungle clearing, goes into a night defensive position on the east side of Route 4, 6 km south of Prek Klok, where there is an artillery base defended by the 2nd Battalion, 2d Infantry [-]; the initial states of construction of a Special Forces and Civilian Irregular Defense Group camp and airstrip there are also under way. The mission of the 1/16th s to secure the road in its assigned sector and to conduct search-and-destroy operations.
February 24, 1968 (27th day of the 1st month, Year of the Monkey [Mau Than]) (US Tet Counteroffensive): Task Force Clearwater established in I Corps.
February 24, 1969 (9th day of the 1st month, Year of the Rooster [Ky Dau]) (US tet69/Counteroffensive): The 2nd ARVN Division begins Operation Quyet Thang 22 in Quang Ngai Province.
February 24, 1969 (9th day of the 1st month, Year of the Rooster [Ky Dau]) (US tet69/Counteroffensive): The US Army base at Long Binh is attacked.
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