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So in war, the way is to avoid what is strong and to strike at what is weak. -- Sun Tzu |
Operation Crimp - January 8, 1966(138 total words in this text)(4603 Reads)  Australians were the first ones down tunnels in Vietnam and General Williamson had, up until the Crimp Operation held a great distaste for sending the troops down the tunnels, preferring to use smoke, tear gas or explosives." During Operation Crimp news of what the Australians were doing DOWN tunnels quickly spread to the American Forces who were also finding tunnels. Because of the amount of Intelligence that was recovered from the Crimp - Cu Chi Tunnels, Tunnel Teams were established and American Forces throughout Vietnam received instructions to clear tunnels before destroying them. |
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1862:
Admiral David Farragut captures New Orleans a day after his fleet successfully sailed past two Confederate forts on the Mississippi River.
1864: For the second time in a week, a Confederate force captures a Union wagon train trying to supply the Federal force at Camden, Arkansas. 1898: The United States declares war on Spain. 1915: Australian and New Zealand troops land at Gallipoli in Turkey. 1945: Eight Russian armies completely encircle Berlin, linking up with the U.S. First Army patrol, first on the western bank of the Elbe, then later at Torgau. Germany is, for all intents and purposes, Allied territory. 1952: After a three day fight against Chinese Communist Forces, the Gloucestershire Regiment is annihilated on "Gloucester Hill," in Korea. 1972: Hanois 320th Division drives 5,000 South Vietnamese troops into retreat and traps about 2,500 others in a border outpost northwest of Kontum in the Central Highlands. |
