Timeline, September 7th

[David]

FIRST INDOCHINA WAR:
September 1951 (Year of the Hare [Tan Mao]): General De Lattre travels to Washington to seek more aid from the Pentagon.

SECOND INDOCHINA WAR:
September 7, 1961 (Year of the Ox [Tan Suu]): Three separate platoon-size VC forces attack ARVN forces in the border area west of Hue.

September 7, 1965 (Year of the Snake [At Ti]) (US Defense): Operation Piranha begins.

September 7, 1965 (Year of the Snake [At Ti]) (US Defense): Operation Big Red begins in the Ben Cat, Puoc Ving, Di An, Phu Loc area. Following a airmobile assault, the 1/503rd destroys two VC hospitals, a signal school, and several training camps. As a result of the combat operations, 17 village chiefs, some of whom have not been to their villages in over a year, will return.

September 7, 1965 (Year of the Snake [At Ti]) (US Defense): Operation Highland update: Operation Bayonet is conducted.

September 7, 1965 (Year of the Snake [At Ti]) (US Defense): General Westmoreland issues MACV Directive 525-3, prescribing guidelines designed to minimize noncombatant battle casualties.

September 7, 1966 (Year of the Horse [Binh Ngo]) (US Counteroffensive Phase II): Operation Prairie update: MAG-16 helicopter ferries most of a battalion into a LZ around Con Thien.

September 7, 1966 (Year of the Horse [Binh Ngo]) (US Counteroffensive Phase II): Three Falcon gunships of the 155th AHC begin a six-day assignment of visual reconnaissance and road clearing in the Nha Trang area.

September 7, 1967 (Year of the Goat [Dinh Mui]) (US Counteroffensive Phase III): 2nd Brigade, 9th Infantry Division operations begin in Nhon Trach against elements of the 54th Viet Cong rear service group. Major caches of weapons, ammo, rice and medical supplies will be captured in the two-day operations.

September 7, 1968 (Year of the Monkey [Mau Than]) (US Counteroffensive Phase V): The Fourth Battle of Loc Ninh starts.

September 7, 1969 (Year of the Rooster [Ky Dau]) (US Summer-Fall 1969): Operation Defiant Stand, the last of 62 US Marine ARG/SLF amphibious assaults during the war is conducted. It is the first such assault conducted with the Korean Marine Corps.

September 7, 1970 (Year of the Dog [Canh Tuat]) (US Counteroffensive Phase VII): On a road in the Phu My District, an enemy mine is detonated by the lead APC in a four-vehicle Company E, 3rd Battalion, 503 Infantry, 173d Airborne Brigade column. As the vehicle swerves off the road, a concealed enemy force waiting in ambush nearby opens fire. Staff Sergeant Glenn English rallies his stunned unit and leads it in an assault which routs the enemy.