Timeline, August 9th

[David]

SECOND INDOCHINA WAR:
August 9, 1962 (Year of the Dragon [Nham Dan]) (US Advisory): President Kennedy approves herbicide spraying on nine selected mangrove swamps in the Mekong Delta.

August 1965 (Year of the Snake [At Ti]) (US Defense): Combined Action Platoons are formed by US Marines.

August 9, 1966 (Year of the Horse [Binh Ngo]) (US Counteroffensive): Operation Colorado update.

August 9, 1966 (Year of the Horse [Binh Ngo]) (US Counteroffensive): U.S. jets attack two South Vietnamese villages by mistake, killing 63 villagers and wounding over 100.

August 9, 1966 1966 (Year of the Horse [Binh Ngo]) (US Counteroffensive): Operation Project Delta 10-66 starts.

August 1967 (Year of the Goat [Dinh Mui]) (US Counteroffensive Phase III): Communists overrun Coastal Group 16's fortifications at Co Luy.

August 9, 1967 (Year of the Goat [Dinh Mui]) (US Counteroffensive Phase III): Operation Greeley update: search-and-destroy operations to the south and west of Dak Pek until the 21st.

August 9, 1967 (Year of the Goat [Dinh Mui]) (US Counteroffensive Phase III): HMAS Hobart comes under fire near Sam Son.

August 9, 1967 (Year of the Goat [Dinh Mui]) (US Counteroffensive Phase III): A five-man SAS patrol infiltrates into the area 4 km southeast of Thua Tich and sights at least 63 heavily armed VC. After reporting the incident, the patrol moves off and then comes under heavy fire . With one patrol member badly wounded, the patrol withdrawals and then extracts by helicopter, under heavy fire.

August 1971 (Year of the Boar [Tan Hoi]) (US Consolidation I): In Laos, Communist forces repulse Gen. Vang Pao's column on Highway 4, east of the Plain of Jars.