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Timeline, September 12th
PREBELLUM:
September 12, 1945: The British land a Gurkha battalion and a company of Free French soldiers in Saigon. SECOND INDOCHINA WAR: September 12, 1964 (Year of the Dragon [Giap Thin]) (US Advisory): U.S. naval patrols (DeSoto patrols) resume in the Gulf of Tonkin, operating initially well beyond the 12-mile limit, and are made up of two to three destroyers with antisubmarine warfare capability. The patrols have air cover from carriers. OPLAN 34A operations by the South Vietnamese resume after completion of a first DeSoto patrol. September 12, 1965 (Year of the Snake [At Ti]) (US Defense): Six air mobile companies plus USAF elements lift elements of the 173rd Airborne Brigade and the Royal Australian Regiment into an area 5 km north of Ben Cat for operations in War Zone D. September 12, 1966 (Year of the Horse [Binh Ngo]) (US Counteroffensive Phase II): Five hundred US Air Force planes bomb enemy supply lines and coastal targets in North Vietnam in the heaviest air raid of the war. September 12, 1967 (Year of the Goat [Dinh Mui]) (US Counteroffensive Phase III): Operation Coronado V begins in Cam Son and Ban Long provinces against the 514th VC Battalion and the 263rd VC Main Force Battalion. US forces are ambushed at Ban Long by well-entrenched forces of the 514th VC Battalion. September 12, 1968 (Year of the Monkey [Mau Than]) (US Counteroffensive Phase V): A helicopter of the A/7/17th Cavalry is hit by enemy fire while providing fire support for a recon platoon near Duc Lap. INTERBELLUM II: September 1976 (Year of the Dragon [Binh Thin]): Disaffected Khmer Rouge try to overthrow the government in Cambodia (Kampuchea), but fail. |
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