Timeline, January 11th

[David]

SECOND INDOCHINA WAR:
January 11, 1968 (12th day of the 12th month, Year of the Goat)(US Counteroffensive Phase III): Fire support base extraction near Ban Me Thuot.

January 11, 1968 (12th day of the 12th month, Year of the Goat)(US Counteroffensive Phase III): Operation Akron V begins in Bien Hoa Province, III Corps.

January 11, 1968 (12th day of the 12th month, Year of the Goat)(US Counteroffensive Phase III): A/7 and D/7 of the 17th Cavalry see action in Kontum Province near Dak To.

January 11, 1969 (23rd day of the 11th month, Year of the Monkey)(US Counteroffensive Phase VI): Units of the Mobile Riverine Force begin operations along the Song Cai Tu and Song Ca Lon (Song means river in Vietnamese) in Kien Giang Province.

January 11, 1969 (23rd day of the 11th month, Year of the Monkey [Mau Than]) (US Counteroffensive Phase VI): An American 7-vehicle armored column moving along Highway 13 in Binh Long Province to meet and escort a truck convoy is ambushed by a reinforced enemy company.

January 11, 1969 (23rd day of the 11th month, Year of the Monkey) (US Counteroffensive Phase VI): C/1 of the 52th Infantry comes under heavy attack in I Corps near Landing Zone Bowman.

January 11, 1970 (4th day of the 12th month, Year of the Rooster)(US Winter-Spring 1970): Official sources in Saigon report that the enemy has used surface-to-air missiles for the first time in Laos and that B-52 raids over the Ho Chi Minh trail are continuing.

January 11, 1970 (4th day of the 12th month, Year of the Rooster)(US Winter-Spring 1970): A/7 of the 17th Cavalry sees action in Pleiku Province near Camp Enari.