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Viet Cong attack Tan Son Nhut airport - Dec 04, 1966 - HISTORY.com
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A Viet Cong unit penetrates the 13-mile defense perimeter around Saigon’s Tan Son Nhut airport and shells the field for over four hours. South Vietnamese and U.S. security guards finally drove off the attackers, killing 18 of them in the process. One U.S. RF-101 reconnaissance jet was badly damaged in the attack. The guerrillas returned that same night and resumed the attack, but security guards again repelled them, killing 11 more Viet Cong during the second battle.
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Viet Cong attack Tan Son Nhut airport - Dec 04, 1966 - HISTORY.com
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Dark day and especially dark nights as VC did their best to penetrate the external defenses of air bases to remote outposts with great loss of life on their part and some operational success SP5 Mark Kuzinski.
A 13-mile defense perimeter around Saigon’s Tan Son Nhut airport is a large area to defend. It is not surprising that Viet Cong sappers tried twice to penetrate the defenses in one night.
Thankfully in this case they were unsuccessful in breaking through the perimeter defenses.
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A 13-mile defense perimeter around Saigon’s Tan Son Nhut airport is a large area to defend. It is not surprising that Viet Cong sappers tried twice to penetrate the defenses in one night.
Thankfully in this case they were unsuccessful in breaking through the perimeter defenses.
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