Sunday, May 31, 2026

Today in
Vietnam War History

1965 - U.S. planes bombed an ammunition depot at Hoi Jan as part of Operation Rolling Thunder.

1970 - In Dalat, about 75 communists soldiers escaped from 2,500 South Vietnamese militiamen that had surrounded their positions.

1971 - The Cambodian government called for peace talks if all North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces agreed to withdraw. The idea was rejected by the communists.


Random Vietnam War Quote

"You have a row of dominoes set up; you knock over the first one, and what will happen to the last one is that it will go over very quickly." - President Dwight D. Eisenhower speaking at a press conference on April 7, 1954.

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