Vietnam War timeline
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Operation Arc Light Begins
Operation Arc Light was the 1965 deployment of B-52F Stratofortress as conventional bombers from bases in the US to Guam. By extension, Arc light,... Read more
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U.S. Marine Corps Initiates Combined Action Program
Drawing from previous experience in "small wars", the United States Marine Corps operated the Combined Action Program during the Vietnam War, from... Read more
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Operation Starlight, First U.S.-Only Offensive Military Action of the Vietnam War
Operation Starlite was the first offensive military action conducted by a purely U.S. military unit during the Vietnam War. The operation was... Read more
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Siege of Plei Me
The Siege of Plei Me was a battle during the Vietnam War, which led up to the Battle of Ia Drang. Brigadier General Chu Huy Man of the People's... Read more
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Battle of Ia Drang
The Battle of Ia Drang was one of the first major battles between the United States Army and the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) during the Vietnam... Read more
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U.S. Military Launches Covert Aerial Interdiction Campaign, Operation Tiger Hound
Operation Tiger Hound was a covert U.S. 2nd Air Division, later Seventh Air Force and U.S. Navy Task Force 77 aerial interdiction campaign... Read more
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Operation Game Warden
Operation Game Warden, Task force 116, was an operation to deny Viet Cong access to the resources in the Mekong Delta which was conceived of in... Read more
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Operation Crimp
Operation Crimp—also known as the Battle of the Ho Bo Woods—was a joint US-Australian military operation during the Vietnam War in the Ho Bo Woods,... Read more
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Launch of Operation Masher (Later Called Operation White Wing)
Operation Masher was a combined U.S., ARVN, and ROKA operation that began on January 28, 1966. The name "Operation Masher" was changed to... Read more
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Battle of A Shau
The Battle of A Shau was waged in 1966 during the Vietnam War between the Viet Cong and the forces of the United States and South Vietnam. The... Read more
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Battle of Xa Cam My
The Battle of Xa Cam My was a battle of the Vietnam War fought over two days from April 11 to April 12, 1966. Originally planned as a U.S.... Read more
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United States Navy Formalizes the 'Positive Identification Radar Advisory Zone' Known as PIRAZ
PIRAZ is a United States Navy acronym for Positive Identification RADAR Advisory Zone. The zone is defined by the air search RADAR coverage of a... Read more
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Operation Hastings
Operation Hastings was an American military operation in the Vietnam War. Having been threatened by numerous encounters with enemy troops in the... Read more
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Battle of Long Tan
The Battle of Long Tần was fought between the Australian Army and Viet Cong forces in a rubber plantation near the village of Long Tần, about... Read more
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Operation Beaver Cage
Operation Beaver Cage was a U.S. Army and U.S. Navy Joint Operation in North Vietnam along the coastline of the Bon Hai river. The Operation took... Read more
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Operation Attleboro Begins
Operation Attleboro was a search and destroy operation by the 196th Light Infantry Brigade. The operation was named after Attleboro, Massachusetts,... Read more
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U.S. Navy Commences Operation Sea Dragon
Operation Sea Dragon occurred during the Vietnam War and was a series of naval operations beginning in 1966 to interdict sea lines of... Read more
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Kit Carson Scout Program Goes into Operation
The Kit Carson Scouts (Hoi Chanh Vien in Vietnamese), loosely translated as "members who have returned") belonged to a special program created by... Read more
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CIA Initiates Controversial Phoenix Program
The Phoenix Program (Vietnamese: Chiến dịch Phượng Hoàng, a word related to fenghuang, the Chinese phoenix) was a military, intelligence, and... Read more
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Operation Bolo
Operation Bolo was a famous air battle fought in the skies of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam on January 2, 1967, during the Vietnam War, and in... Read more
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Operation Cedar Falls
Operation Cedar Falls was a military operation of the Vietnam War conducted primarily by US forces. The aim of this massive search and destroy... Read more
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US Military Begins Operation Popeye, a Cloud Seeding Program
Project Popeye was an experiment in increased rainfall through cloud seeding jointly approved by the U.S. Department of State and U.S. Department... Read more
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United States Marine Corps Conducts Operation Union
Operation Union was a military operation conducted by the United States Marine Corps during the Vietnam War. It was a search and destroy mission in... Read more
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The Hill Fights
Things remained quiet in the Khe Sanh area through 1966. Even so, General Westmoreland insisted that it not only be occupied by the Marines, but... Read more
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Operation Union II
Operation Union II was a military operation that took place in the Vietnam War. It was a search and destroy mission in the Que Son Valley carried... Read more