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South Vietnamese conduct largest air assault to date - Nov 18, 1964 - HISTORY.com

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In the largest air assault of the war thus far, 116 U.S. and South Vietnamese aircraft fly 1,100 South Vietnamese troops into Binh Duong and Tay Ninh Provinces to attack what is believed to be a major communist stronghold. General Nguyen Khanh personally directed the operation, but the troops made only light contact with the Viet Cong.

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This operation was a partial test of the US Airmobile concept which would be later employed by the 1st Air Cavalry Division SP5 Mark Kuzinski. It speaks volumes about General Nguyen Khanh's capabilities in that this operation into Binh Duong and Tay Ninh Provinces failed to meet its primary objective of seizing a 'major communist stronghold" and made only light contact with the VC to boot.
Obviously either bad intel or good deception operations by the VC.
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Posted 8 y ago

thanks for the History Reminder

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