At least for a little while.
Here s What You Need To Remember: The South Vietnamese were simply outmatched. The key northern border town of Quang Tri fell, and the NVA advanced to the gates to the vital city of Hue. Hampered as always by timid, incompetent or corrupt commanders, the ARVN and South Vietnam were in trouble.
Had it not been for the U.S. Air Force and Navy, the Vietnam War might have ended in the spring of 1972 with North Vietnamese tanks in the streets of Saigon.
It was forty-five years ago, on March 30, 1972, that fourteen North Vietnamese divisions backed by more than three hundred tanks crossed the Demilitarized Zone into South Vietnam. It was an assault every bit as ferocious as the Tet Offensive in 1969, and perhaps even more so: where Tet had been an uprising by Viet Cong guerrillas backed by regular North Vietnamese troops, the Easter Offensive of 1972 was a blitzkrieg, a conventional mechanized assault by troops well-equipped with armor, artillery and antia
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Payne was a member of the United States Army who made the ultimate sacrifice during service in the Vietnam War. Payne, who was from DeKalb County, was awarded many different commendations, including the Purple Heart for his service.
Fr8 Auctions, based in Lithia Springs, Ga., will turn the No. 34 Ford Mustang camouflage this weekend with the 11
th Light Infantry Brigade insignia on the side of the car. Payne served as the leader of the 59th Infantry Platoon Scout Dog, or 59th IPSD, whose mission was to provide support to units of the 11th Brigade as they fought the Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese Army.
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Unexploded ordnances (UXOs) were found on May 24 in Choam Ksan commune’s Choam Ksan village in Preah Vihear province’s Choam Ksan district. Police
Farmer finds 100 UXO units in Preah Vihear
Tue, 25 May 2021
The Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) destroyed 100 units of six different kinds of unexploded ordnance (UXO) on May 24 after a man found them while ploughing land in Choam Ksan commune’s Choam Ksan village in Preah Vihear province’s Choam Ksan district.
Commune police chief Tun Tin said on May 24 that 100 units were found in total.
“CMAC took them away for destruction this morning. They can explode if they are pounded on or struck hard enough,” he said.
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