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Good Morning RallyPoint on this, 25 March 2021, thank you for your service. Here is your history for the Vietnam War on this day 25 March through the years of the war... Welcome home all Veterans… and to those that gave their all, …may you rest in peace...!
Today, 25 March in Vietnam War History;
25 March 1954, President Eisenhower met with the National Security Council to consider U.S. intervention to assist the French at Dien Binh Phu. Eisenhower imposed four conditions for U.S. intervention: France would have to request U.S. intervention; the United Nations would have to approve; intervention would have to be a multi-national effort; and Congress would have to approve.
25 March 1954, Army Planning Division Completes A Study On The Potential Use Of Atomic Weapons At Dien Bien Phu. The Army’s G–3 Plans Division completes a study that concludes that atomic weapons could be used to relieve the French garrison at Dien Bien Phu. While the Plans Division approves the results of the study, it provokes heated criticism from other military branches in terms of the potential military effectiveness and political consequences. Army Chief of Staff General Matthew B. Ridgeway and his Chief of Research and Development order the studies shelved, and President Eisenhower is reportedly also very much against their use.
25 March 1960, An ARVN company on the Cái Nước River in the Mekong Delta was ambushed by VC. More than 50 ARVN soldiers were killed or wounded. A few days later in the same area more than 100 ARVN soldiers were killed in an ambush.
25 March 1965, China announced that it was ready to "send its personnel to fight together with the Vietnamese people to annihilate the American aggressors.
25 March 1966 – 26 March 1966, Growing Antiwar Protests in the United States. The National Coordinating Committee to End the War in Vietnam helps sponsor the “Second International Days of Protest” in the United States. This results in protest marches on March 25 and 26 in about 100 American cities In New York 20,000 marched down New York City's Fifth Avenue after a rally in Central Park, while a crowd of 2,000 paraded down State Street in Chicago, marches also took place in Boston, Washington, San Francisco, Denver, Atlanta, Oklahoma City and Hartford, and in several places outside the United States. While antiwar sentiment has led to several demonstrations of different sizes throughout the past few years, these protests far exceed previous ones—attracting approximately 100,000 people—and gain national media attention.
25 March 1966, President Johnson signs FY 1966 supplemental appropriations bill approving additional SEASIA war budget and transferring MAP funding to the individual services.
25 March 1966 – 8 April 1966, Operation Lincoln, 1st and 3d Brigades, 1st Cavalry Division and 3rd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division search and destroy/reconnaissance in force operation against the same PAVN units that had participated in the battle of the Ia Drang Valley, vicinity of Plei Me and the Chu Pong Massif, Duc Co, TURKEY FARM, LZ OASIS, LZ BEAR, LZ EAGLE, LZ CAT, Pleiku Province and Darlac Provinces. 477 Enemy KIA by body count, and a further 232 estimated killed 41 US KIA.
Prelude;
Operation Lincoln was planned as an operation to search out suspected People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) and Viet Cong base areas around Đức Cơ, Plei Me and Thach An in the Central Highlands to disrupt any planned monsoon season offensive.
Operation;
On 25 March Company B, 1st Battalion, 69th Armored Regiment and Troop C, 3rd Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment were deployed along Highway 19 to secure the road from the Mang Yang Pass to Landing Zone Oasis, which was to be the forward headquarters for the 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, commanded by Col. John J. Hennessey. With the road secured, the Brigade headquarters, 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment and 2nd Battalion, 17th Artillery Regiment went by convoy from Camp Radcliff to LZ Oasis. Company C 2/8 Cavalry was deployed north of Pleiku to protect a landing zone called the Turkey Farm which was to be the advanced helicopter base for the operation. 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment and 2nd Battalion, 19th Artillery Regiment were landed by C-130 at Đức Cơ Camp and 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment was landed by helicopter at Landing Zone Bear 10km southeast of Đức Cơ.
From 26 to 29 March 1/8 Cavalry and 1/12 Cavalry swept the area west to the Cambodian border and as far south as the northern Ia Drang Valley, triggering several small, inconclusive skirmishes.
On the afternoon of 30 March scout helicopters from Troop B, 1st Battalion, 9th Cavalry Regiment spotted 3 PAVN soldiers 5km south of the Chu Pong Massif (near the scene of the Battle of Ia Drang the previous November). The scouts fired on the PAVN and this flushed out approximately 30 more PAVN who were hiding in the undergrowth. Troop A, 1/9 Cavalry numbering 28 men was deployed by helicopter to a landing zone just south of the initial sighting and 3 squads moved northeast, while 1 squad secured the landing zone. One of the squads captured a PAVN soldier who revealed that the Cavalry had landed in the middle of a PAVN way-station and that over 1000 soldiers (later identified as the PAVN 18B Regiment which had just come down the Ho Chi Minh Trail) were in the immediate area. The interrogation was cut short by a volley of PAVN fire which mortally wounded the Troop commander Captain John Sabine. The Cavalry Troop retreated toward the landing zone covered by fire from 1/9 Huey gunships. Helicopters were called in to extract the Troop, but the second helicopter with the prisoner aboard was shot down and crashed nearby killing the prisoner, the survivors were rescued by another helicopter. 15 Cavalry soldiers remained on the ground and when another helicopter landed it could not take all on board, leaving 3 men who volunteered to stay behind, the overloaded helicopter took off, was hit by PAVN fire and crashed killing all but 2 on board. Another helicopter was able to extract the last 3 soldiers.
While the Troop was being extracted, Company A 1/12 Cavalry was landed unopposed at Landing Zone Eagle 500m southwest of the initial sighting and moved northwest until they were engaged by concealed PAVN machine guns wounding the Company commander and killing the executive officer. The Company pulled back to LZ Eagle covered by gunship fire. A CH-47 sent in to extract the Company was hit by PAVN fire and crashed. The Company then formed a defensive perimeter around the crashed CH-47. At 01:30 2 supply drops were made, one of which was recovered by the Cavalrymen. Company A 1/8 Cavalry and Battery A 2/19 Artillery established a firebase 9km to the east and this artillery fire and air support around the position deterred any PAVN attack overnight. The PAVN slipped away during the night and in the morning the Cavalry found 197 PAVN bodies around the position.
The action at LZ Eagle caused the entire 1st Brigade to move to the south of the Chu Pong Massif on 31 March where they policed the battlefield and pursued PAVN stragglers.
On 31 March General Kinnard added the 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, commanded by Col Hal Moore to the operation and the 3rd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division was opconned to the 1st Cavalry Division. The 3 Brigades then began searching the area around the Chu Pong Massif. While there were some small skirmishes and 1/9 Cavalry and 2nd Battalion, 20th Aerial Rocket Artillery Regiment helicopter gunships fired on PAVN retreating towards Cambodia, no large scale engagement took place.
Aftermath;
Operation Lincoln officially concluded on 8 April, PAVN losses were 477 killed and a further 232 estimated killed, 12 detained, U.S. losses were 41 killed 93 US WIA.. The operation was regarded as a success in that it disrupted PAVN plans for a monsoon season offensive.
25 March 1967, In Chicago, Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., led a antiwar protest that included 5,000 demonstrators.
25 March 1968 – 29 May 1968, Operation Ashgrove Tram, 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment/RNZIR (ANZAC) cordon-and-search operation, Long Hải village.
25 March 1968, After being told by Defense Secretary Clark Clifford that the Vietnam War is a “real loser,” President Johnson, still uncertain about his course of action, decides to convene a nine-man panel of retired presidential advisors. The group, which became known as the “Wise Men,” included the respected generals Omar Bradley and Matthew Ridgway, distinguished State Department figures like Dean Acheson and George Ball, and McGeorge Bundy, National Security advisor to both the Kennedy and Johnson administrations. After two days of deliberation the group reached a consensus: they advised against any further troop increases and recommended that the administration seek a negotiated peace. Although Johnson was initially furious at their conclusions, he quickly came to believe that they were right. On March 31, Johnson announced on television that he was restricting the bombing of North Vietnam to the area just north of the Demilitarized Zone. Additionally, he committed the United States to discuss peace at any time or place. Then Johnson announced that he would not pursue reelection for the presidency.
25 march 1968, A Harris Poll reports that in the past six weeks “basic” support for the war among Americans declined from 74 percent to 54 percent. The poll also revealed that 60 percent of those questioned regarded the Tet Offensive as a defeat of U.S. objectives in Vietnam. Despite Gen. William Westmoreland’s assurances in late 1967 that the United States was making headway in the war, the North Vietnamese and Viet Cong had launched a massive offensive during the Tet holiday that began in late January 1968. Although the communist forces were soundly defeated during this offensive, the scope and extent of the attacks won the communists a major psychological victory in the United States, where the events of Tet confirmed a growing disenchantment with the seemingly never-ending war for increasing numbers of Americans.
25 March 1969, Operation Cane Field, 1/1 Cavalry clear and search operation, Quảng Nam Province.
25 March 1971, In Operation Lam Son 719, most South Vietnamese soldiers had crossed the border back into South Vietnam and fighting in Laos ceased.
25 March 1973 – 12 April 1974, The PAVN began the Battle of Tong Le Chon besieging the Tonle Cham Camp. The defending South Vietnamese Rangers would eventually evacuate the camp.
25 March 1975, After the fall of Quảng Trị, Hué, 60 kilometres (37 mi) south, was the next major city to fall to the PAVN. The defenders were evacuated by sea. Both civilians and soldiers had begun abandoning the city several days earlier and headed south toward Da Nang, South Vietnam's second largest city. Da Nang was endangered and the U.S. ordered a refugee airlift to remove those in danger.
Today is 25 March 2021
Vietnam War Memorial facts
163 Names on the wall were born on 25 March
203 Names on the wall died on 25 March
245 men earned the Medal Of Honor in the Vietnam war and 160 of those men are listed on the wall
Other wall information/stories/quotes;
“Remembering PFC James W Bell USMC. KIA 17 Feb 1969 (DOB 24 Feb 1950) RIP my good friend, you are not forgotten.”-Dennis
Vietnam war quotes and other interesting items;
“Much of my early career was spent working with two of the most toxic chemicals ever discovered, dioxin and aflatoxin. I initially worked at MIT, where I was assigned a chicken feed puzzle. Millions of chicks a year were dying from an unknown toxic chemical in their feed, and I had the responsibility of isolating and determining the structure of this chemical. After two and a half years, I helped discover dioxin, arguably the most toxic chemical ever found. This chemical has since received widespread attention, especially because it was part of the herbicide 2,4,5-T, or Agent Orange, then being used to defoliate forests in the Vietnam War."- ― T. Colin Campbell, The China Study: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted and the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss, and Long-term Health
Links of interest?
Looking for a Brother or sister you served with? This might help you.
The Viet Nam Veterans Home Page to be quite useful in finding living veterans. They maintain a Lost and Found section http://www.vietvet.org/lostfnd.htm, with listings of people looking for people.
To find information on the availability of U.S. Navy deck logs during the Vietnam war era, check out this link. https://historyhub.history.gov/community/military-records/blog/2020/10/08/update-on-availability-of-vietnam-era-1956-1978-us-navy-deck-logs
Unit Reunions, Homecomings, Gatherings, Newsletters, Etc. can be found at http://www.vietvet.org/unitlist.htm
There are two replica versions of The Vietnam Veterans Memorial that tour the United States regularly. The first of them which is called The Moving Wall, has been traveling the country for almost twenty years. You can find their schedule at http://www.themovingwall.org/
Where can I find the latest information on the status of Prisoners of War and those listed as Missing in Action? A: The Library of Congress maintains POW/MIA information at http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pow/powhome.html
Quotes;
“A pint of sweat, saves a gallon of blood.”- General George S. Patton
“Maybe this world is another planet's Hell.”- Aldous Huxley
"I pray heaven to bestow the best of blessings on this house, and on all that shall hereafter inhabit it. May none but wise men ever rule under this roof!"- U.S. First Lady Abigail Adams about the new Executive Mansion.
“The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don't play together, the club won't be worth a dime. - Babe Ruth
"Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can, and strike him as hard as you can. And keep moving on!"- Ulysses S. Grant's philosophy of war
Congressional Medal of Honor Citations for actions taken in the Vietnam War on this day 25 March in Vietnam War history; None on this day throughout the war years.
Today, 25 March in Vietnam War History;
25 March 1954, President Eisenhower met with the National Security Council to consider U.S. intervention to assist the French at Dien Binh Phu. Eisenhower imposed four conditions for U.S. intervention: France would have to request U.S. intervention; the United Nations would have to approve; intervention would have to be a multi-national effort; and Congress would have to approve.
25 March 1954, Army Planning Division Completes A Study On The Potential Use Of Atomic Weapons At Dien Bien Phu. The Army’s G–3 Plans Division completes a study that concludes that atomic weapons could be used to relieve the French garrison at Dien Bien Phu. While the Plans Division approves the results of the study, it provokes heated criticism from other military branches in terms of the potential military effectiveness and political consequences. Army Chief of Staff General Matthew B. Ridgeway and his Chief of Research and Development order the studies shelved, and President Eisenhower is reportedly also very much against their use.
25 March 1960, An ARVN company on the Cái Nước River in the Mekong Delta was ambushed by VC. More than 50 ARVN soldiers were killed or wounded. A few days later in the same area more than 100 ARVN soldiers were killed in an ambush.
25 March 1965, China announced that it was ready to "send its personnel to fight together with the Vietnamese people to annihilate the American aggressors.
25 March 1966 – 26 March 1966, Growing Antiwar Protests in the United States. The National Coordinating Committee to End the War in Vietnam helps sponsor the “Second International Days of Protest” in the United States. This results in protest marches on March 25 and 26 in about 100 American cities In New York 20,000 marched down New York City's Fifth Avenue after a rally in Central Park, while a crowd of 2,000 paraded down State Street in Chicago, marches also took place in Boston, Washington, San Francisco, Denver, Atlanta, Oklahoma City and Hartford, and in several places outside the United States. While antiwar sentiment has led to several demonstrations of different sizes throughout the past few years, these protests far exceed previous ones—attracting approximately 100,000 people—and gain national media attention.
25 March 1966, President Johnson signs FY 1966 supplemental appropriations bill approving additional SEASIA war budget and transferring MAP funding to the individual services.
25 March 1966 – 8 April 1966, Operation Lincoln, 1st and 3d Brigades, 1st Cavalry Division and 3rd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division search and destroy/reconnaissance in force operation against the same PAVN units that had participated in the battle of the Ia Drang Valley, vicinity of Plei Me and the Chu Pong Massif, Duc Co, TURKEY FARM, LZ OASIS, LZ BEAR, LZ EAGLE, LZ CAT, Pleiku Province and Darlac Provinces. 477 Enemy KIA by body count, and a further 232 estimated killed 41 US KIA.
Prelude;
Operation Lincoln was planned as an operation to search out suspected People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) and Viet Cong base areas around Đức Cơ, Plei Me and Thach An in the Central Highlands to disrupt any planned monsoon season offensive.
Operation;
On 25 March Company B, 1st Battalion, 69th Armored Regiment and Troop C, 3rd Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment were deployed along Highway 19 to secure the road from the Mang Yang Pass to Landing Zone Oasis, which was to be the forward headquarters for the 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, commanded by Col. John J. Hennessey. With the road secured, the Brigade headquarters, 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment and 2nd Battalion, 17th Artillery Regiment went by convoy from Camp Radcliff to LZ Oasis. Company C 2/8 Cavalry was deployed north of Pleiku to protect a landing zone called the Turkey Farm which was to be the advanced helicopter base for the operation. 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment and 2nd Battalion, 19th Artillery Regiment were landed by C-130 at Đức Cơ Camp and 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment was landed by helicopter at Landing Zone Bear 10km southeast of Đức Cơ.
From 26 to 29 March 1/8 Cavalry and 1/12 Cavalry swept the area west to the Cambodian border and as far south as the northern Ia Drang Valley, triggering several small, inconclusive skirmishes.
On the afternoon of 30 March scout helicopters from Troop B, 1st Battalion, 9th Cavalry Regiment spotted 3 PAVN soldiers 5km south of the Chu Pong Massif (near the scene of the Battle of Ia Drang the previous November). The scouts fired on the PAVN and this flushed out approximately 30 more PAVN who were hiding in the undergrowth. Troop A, 1/9 Cavalry numbering 28 men was deployed by helicopter to a landing zone just south of the initial sighting and 3 squads moved northeast, while 1 squad secured the landing zone. One of the squads captured a PAVN soldier who revealed that the Cavalry had landed in the middle of a PAVN way-station and that over 1000 soldiers (later identified as the PAVN 18B Regiment which had just come down the Ho Chi Minh Trail) were in the immediate area. The interrogation was cut short by a volley of PAVN fire which mortally wounded the Troop commander Captain John Sabine. The Cavalry Troop retreated toward the landing zone covered by fire from 1/9 Huey gunships. Helicopters were called in to extract the Troop, but the second helicopter with the prisoner aboard was shot down and crashed nearby killing the prisoner, the survivors were rescued by another helicopter. 15 Cavalry soldiers remained on the ground and when another helicopter landed it could not take all on board, leaving 3 men who volunteered to stay behind, the overloaded helicopter took off, was hit by PAVN fire and crashed killing all but 2 on board. Another helicopter was able to extract the last 3 soldiers.
While the Troop was being extracted, Company A 1/12 Cavalry was landed unopposed at Landing Zone Eagle 500m southwest of the initial sighting and moved northwest until they were engaged by concealed PAVN machine guns wounding the Company commander and killing the executive officer. The Company pulled back to LZ Eagle covered by gunship fire. A CH-47 sent in to extract the Company was hit by PAVN fire and crashed. The Company then formed a defensive perimeter around the crashed CH-47. At 01:30 2 supply drops were made, one of which was recovered by the Cavalrymen. Company A 1/8 Cavalry and Battery A 2/19 Artillery established a firebase 9km to the east and this artillery fire and air support around the position deterred any PAVN attack overnight. The PAVN slipped away during the night and in the morning the Cavalry found 197 PAVN bodies around the position.
The action at LZ Eagle caused the entire 1st Brigade to move to the south of the Chu Pong Massif on 31 March where they policed the battlefield and pursued PAVN stragglers.
On 31 March General Kinnard added the 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, commanded by Col Hal Moore to the operation and the 3rd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division was opconned to the 1st Cavalry Division. The 3 Brigades then began searching the area around the Chu Pong Massif. While there were some small skirmishes and 1/9 Cavalry and 2nd Battalion, 20th Aerial Rocket Artillery Regiment helicopter gunships fired on PAVN retreating towards Cambodia, no large scale engagement took place.
Aftermath;
Operation Lincoln officially concluded on 8 April, PAVN losses were 477 killed and a further 232 estimated killed, 12 detained, U.S. losses were 41 killed 93 US WIA.. The operation was regarded as a success in that it disrupted PAVN plans for a monsoon season offensive.
25 March 1967, In Chicago, Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., led a antiwar protest that included 5,000 demonstrators.
25 March 1968 – 29 May 1968, Operation Ashgrove Tram, 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment/RNZIR (ANZAC) cordon-and-search operation, Long Hải village.
25 March 1968, After being told by Defense Secretary Clark Clifford that the Vietnam War is a “real loser,” President Johnson, still uncertain about his course of action, decides to convene a nine-man panel of retired presidential advisors. The group, which became known as the “Wise Men,” included the respected generals Omar Bradley and Matthew Ridgway, distinguished State Department figures like Dean Acheson and George Ball, and McGeorge Bundy, National Security advisor to both the Kennedy and Johnson administrations. After two days of deliberation the group reached a consensus: they advised against any further troop increases and recommended that the administration seek a negotiated peace. Although Johnson was initially furious at their conclusions, he quickly came to believe that they were right. On March 31, Johnson announced on television that he was restricting the bombing of North Vietnam to the area just north of the Demilitarized Zone. Additionally, he committed the United States to discuss peace at any time or place. Then Johnson announced that he would not pursue reelection for the presidency.
25 march 1968, A Harris Poll reports that in the past six weeks “basic” support for the war among Americans declined from 74 percent to 54 percent. The poll also revealed that 60 percent of those questioned regarded the Tet Offensive as a defeat of U.S. objectives in Vietnam. Despite Gen. William Westmoreland’s assurances in late 1967 that the United States was making headway in the war, the North Vietnamese and Viet Cong had launched a massive offensive during the Tet holiday that began in late January 1968. Although the communist forces were soundly defeated during this offensive, the scope and extent of the attacks won the communists a major psychological victory in the United States, where the events of Tet confirmed a growing disenchantment with the seemingly never-ending war for increasing numbers of Americans.
25 March 1969, Operation Cane Field, 1/1 Cavalry clear and search operation, Quảng Nam Province.
25 March 1971, In Operation Lam Son 719, most South Vietnamese soldiers had crossed the border back into South Vietnam and fighting in Laos ceased.
25 March 1973 – 12 April 1974, The PAVN began the Battle of Tong Le Chon besieging the Tonle Cham Camp. The defending South Vietnamese Rangers would eventually evacuate the camp.
25 March 1975, After the fall of Quảng Trị, Hué, 60 kilometres (37 mi) south, was the next major city to fall to the PAVN. The defenders were evacuated by sea. Both civilians and soldiers had begun abandoning the city several days earlier and headed south toward Da Nang, South Vietnam's second largest city. Da Nang was endangered and the U.S. ordered a refugee airlift to remove those in danger.
Today is 25 March 2021
Vietnam War Memorial facts
163 Names on the wall were born on 25 March
203 Names on the wall died on 25 March
245 men earned the Medal Of Honor in the Vietnam war and 160 of those men are listed on the wall
Other wall information/stories/quotes;
“Remembering PFC James W Bell USMC. KIA 17 Feb 1969 (DOB 24 Feb 1950) RIP my good friend, you are not forgotten.”-Dennis
Vietnam war quotes and other interesting items;
“Much of my early career was spent working with two of the most toxic chemicals ever discovered, dioxin and aflatoxin. I initially worked at MIT, where I was assigned a chicken feed puzzle. Millions of chicks a year were dying from an unknown toxic chemical in their feed, and I had the responsibility of isolating and determining the structure of this chemical. After two and a half years, I helped discover dioxin, arguably the most toxic chemical ever found. This chemical has since received widespread attention, especially because it was part of the herbicide 2,4,5-T, or Agent Orange, then being used to defoliate forests in the Vietnam War."- ― T. Colin Campbell, The China Study: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted and the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss, and Long-term Health
Links of interest?
Looking for a Brother or sister you served with? This might help you.
The Viet Nam Veterans Home Page to be quite useful in finding living veterans. They maintain a Lost and Found section http://www.vietvet.org/lostfnd.htm, with listings of people looking for people.
To find information on the availability of U.S. Navy deck logs during the Vietnam war era, check out this link. https://historyhub.history.gov/community/military-records/blog/2020/10/08/update-on-availability-of-vietnam-era-1956-1978-us-navy-deck-logs
Unit Reunions, Homecomings, Gatherings, Newsletters, Etc. can be found at http://www.vietvet.org/unitlist.htm
There are two replica versions of The Vietnam Veterans Memorial that tour the United States regularly. The first of them which is called The Moving Wall, has been traveling the country for almost twenty years. You can find their schedule at http://www.themovingwall.org/
Where can I find the latest information on the status of Prisoners of War and those listed as Missing in Action? A: The Library of Congress maintains POW/MIA information at http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pow/powhome.html
Quotes;
“A pint of sweat, saves a gallon of blood.”- General George S. Patton
“Maybe this world is another planet's Hell.”- Aldous Huxley
"I pray heaven to bestow the best of blessings on this house, and on all that shall hereafter inhabit it. May none but wise men ever rule under this roof!"- U.S. First Lady Abigail Adams about the new Executive Mansion.
“The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don't play together, the club won't be worth a dime. - Babe Ruth
"Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can, and strike him as hard as you can. And keep moving on!"- Ulysses S. Grant's philosophy of war
Congressional Medal of Honor Citations for actions taken in the Vietnam War on this day 25 March in Vietnam War history; None on this day throughout the war years.
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Good morning Sir. Johnson's advisors knew the best result was to make peace and leave. It just took many years to achieve this. Have an outstanding day.
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SSG Bill McCoy
GySgt Thomas Vick - As President Eisenhower warned, beware of the "military-industrial complex." JFK planned to withdraw from VN; but when LBJ ascended, he reversed JFK's plans and the debacle of VN followed.
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GySgt Thomas Vick
As far as I'm concerned the last Decent Democrat was John F. Kennedy, he'd been through a war and knew what we were looking at in Vietnam, I wish Eisenhower had done more to keep us out of the War, but that's the way Politics work I suppose, the almighty Dollar ended up being more important than American lives, and You are absolutely correct SSG McCoy.
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