Timeline, August 26th

[David]

SECOND INDOCHINA WAR:
August 26, 1965 (Year of the Snake [At Ti]) US Defense): Ambassador Lodge sends a summary of the "Viet Cong Situation" (#127) to Washington.

August 26, 1966 (Year of the Horse [Binh Ngo]) (US Counteroffensive Phase II): Operation Paul Revere III begins in Pleiku Province.

August 26, 1966 (Year of the Horse [Binh Ngo]) (US Counteroffensive Phase II): Operation Byrd begins in Binh Thuan Province.

August 26, 1966 (Year of the Horse [Binh Ngo]) (US Counteroffensive Phase II): Operation Prairie update: sapper attack on the US Marines at Cam Lo.

August 26, 1967 (Year of the Goat [Dinh Mui]) (US Counteroffensive Phase III): A mortar attack close to midnight on Camp Coryell leaves ten civilians wounded and four dead.

August 26, 1967 (Year of the Goat [Dinh Mui]) (US Counteroffensive Phase III): The first Royal Australian Navy casualty, Able Seaman D.C Tromp, is wounded in action in Phuoc Tuy province.

August 26, 1967 (Year of the Goat [Dinh Mui]) (US Counteroffensive Phase III): Three NVA artillery attacks on Dong Ha, in Quang Tri Province, where the US Marine unit HMM-361 is based, destroy two helicopters and damage 24 more.

August 1967 (Year of the Goat [Dinh Mui]) 1967 (US Counteroffensive Phase III): With plans finalized for an invasion of North Vietnam, even though permission for such a mission has consistently been denied, and with a new president about to be elected, Gen. Westmoreland orders the airstrip at Khe Sanh, a natural jumping-off point for an invasion, to be improved so it can handle the cargo and troop transport aircraft required.

August 26, 1968 (Year of the Monkey [Mau Than]) (US Counteroffensive Phase VI): Ten recoilless rifle rounds hit Camp Coryell.

August 26, 1968 (Year of the Monkey [Mau Than]) (US Counteroffensive Phase VI): Battle of Duc Lap update.

August 26, 1969 (Year of the Rooster [Ky Dau]) (US Summer-Fall 1969): The ARVN 5th Regiment begins Operation Lien Ket 531 in Quang Tin Province.