Troung Quang An becomes the first South Vietnamese general killed in action when his aircraft is shot down. The commander of the U.S. 1st Infantry Division (more popularly known as the 'Big Red One"), Maj. Gen. Keith L. Ware, suffered a similar fate when his helicopter was shot down on September 13. Maj. Gen. Ware was one of two U.S. division commanders killed during the war; the other was Maj. Gen. George W. Casey of the 1st Cavalry Division who was killed in a helicopter crash on July 7, 1970.
Also on This Day
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- Ford pardons Nixon, 1974
- American Revolution
- Bloody battle begins at Eutaw Springs, South Carolina, 1781
- Automotive
- Nissan's first European factory opens, 1986
- Civil War
- Rebels thwart Yankees at the Second Battle of Sabine Pass, 1863
- Cold War
- American troops arrive in Korea to partition the country, 1945
- Crime
- Huey Long is shot, 1935
- Disaster
- Deadly hurricane batters Texas, 1900
- General Interest
- New Amsterdam becomes New York, 1664
- Deadly hurricane destroys Galveston, 1900
- Siege of Leningrad begins, 1941
- Hollywood
- Oprah goes national, 1986
- Literary
- Ann Beattie is born, 1947
- Music
- RIAA begins suing individual sharers of copyrighted mp3 files, 2003
- Old West
- The Pacific Fur Company's first ship leaves for Oregon, 1810
- Presidential
- President Ford pardons former President Nixon, 1974
- Sports
- McGwire passes Maris, 1998
- Vietnam War
- SEATO established, 1954
- ARVN general killed, 1968
- World War I
- German airship hits central London , 1915
- World War II
- Italian surrender is announced, 1943
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ARVN general killed
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This Week in History, Sep 8 - Sep 14
- Sep 08, 1954
- SEATO established
- Sep 08, 1968
- ARVN general killed
- Sep 09, 1967
- Hackney receives Medal of Honor
- Sep 09, 1969
- Ho Chi Minh buried in Hanoi
- Sep 09, 1972
- DeBellevue becomes leading American Ace
- Sep 10, 1963
- President Kennedy gets mixed signals
- Sep 10, 1964
- President Johnson sends signal to both North and South Vietnamese
- Sep 11, 1965
- 1st Cavalry Division arrives in country
- Sep 11, 1968
- Heavy fighting rages in Tay Ninh
- Sep 12, 1959
- Situation deteriorates in South Vietnam
- Sep 12, 1972
- U.S. intelligence agencies report 100,000 troops in the South
- Sep 13, 1945
- British troops arrive to disarm the Japanese
- Sep 13, 1964
- Attempted coup against Khanh government fails
- Sep 13, 1968
- Large operation begins in the DMZ
- Sep 14, 1965
- South Vietnamese forces and U.S. advisers conduct parachute assault
- Sep 14, 1966
- Operation Attleboro is launched in War Zone C
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