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15 Cards in this Set
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MOST IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENT OF THE KOREAN WAR |
VERTICAL ASSAULT, NAVY UPGRADE THE AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS CAPABLE OF CARRYING MARINES, LANDING CRAFT, HELICOPTERS TO DISTANT SHORES |
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MARINES LANDED IN LEBANON ON 15 JULY 1958 IS WHAT OPERATION? |
OPERATION BLUEBAT |
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WHAT OPERATION DID MARINES LAND ON BEIRUTS RESORT BEACHES IN THE MIDST OF SUNBATHERS TO PREVENT AN OUTBREAK OF THE CIVIL WAR? |
OPERATION BLUEBAT |
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HOW MANY DAYS DID THE MARINES OCCUPY BEIRUT INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT? |
102 DAYS |
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WHAT YEAR WAS THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS? |
OCTOBER 1962 |
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WHO WAS THE SOVIET PREMIER DURING THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS? |
NIKITA KRUSCHEV |
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WHEN DID THE MARINES DEPLOY TO DOMINICAN REPUBLIC? |
APRIL 1965 |
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WHAT LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRY DID THE MARINES DEPLOY TO FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 40 YEARS? |
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC |
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WHEN WAS THE GULF OF TONKIN INCIDENT? |
AUGUST 1964 |
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WHAT HAPPENED DURING THE GULF OF TONKIN INCIDENT? |
THE USS MADDOX (DD-731) AND TURNER JOY (DD-951) WERE ATTACKED ON AUGUST 4 1964 |
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WHAT WAS THE LOGICAL SPOT FOR THE FIRST BEACHHEAD IN THE WAR? |
DA NANG |
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WHAT MARINE GROUND COMBAT UNITS WERE IN DA NANG? |
9TH AND MARINE EXPEDITIONARY BRIGADE |
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GUERILLA FORCES IN THE SOUTH WERE CALLED? |
VIET CONG (VC) |
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VIET CONG WAS USUALLY COMPRISED OF WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE? |
PEOPLE FROM THE LOCAL AREA |
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NORTH VIETNAMESE ARMY WERE? |
REGULAR PROFESSIONAL MILITARY |
