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5 Cards in this Set
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Operation Hades
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US begins toxic defoliation in S.VN from 1961 to 1971. 19 million gallons are sprayed.
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Battle of Ap Bac
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In 1963, 2,500 ARVN troops with US advisors are equipped w/ best weapons and helicopters and fail to defeat group of 300 NLF guerillas who escape intact after heavy losses on ARVN are inflicted.
Battle shows inability of Diem regime to militarily stop the NLF. |
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Operations OPlan 34-A
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In 1964, operation is implemented including raids by mercenaries and Saigon commandos on N. Vietnamese coastal installations. Connection to Gulf of Tonkin incident.
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Gulf of Tonkin incident
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on August 2&4 1964, Destroyer Maddox fires on DRV boats responding to Oplan raids, DRV attacks US back.
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Air strikes
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LBJ orders retaliatory air strikes on DRV on August 4, 1964. Carriers are named Ticonderoga, Constellation. Code named Pierce Arrow.
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