More than 1,500 communist troops attack U.S. and South Vietnamese camps near Xuan Loc, located 38 miles east of Saigon. After five hours of intense fighting, the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces were driven off. At the U.S. camp, 14 Americans were killed and 39 wounded; 24 enemy soldiers were killed in the action. At the South Vietnamese camp, 4 South Vietnamese were killed and 14 wounded, with 54 communist soldiers reported killed and 9 captured.
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May 18, 1969:
Communists attack Xuan Loc
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This Week in History, May 18 - May 24
- May 18, 1966
- Laird charges
- May 18, 1969
- Communists attack Xuan Loc
- May 19, 1964
- U.S. Air Force begins Operation Yankee Team
- May 19, 1972
- South Vietnamese fight to open road to An Loc
- May 20, 1953
- French see "light at the end of the tunnel" in Vietnam
- May 20, 1969
- Kennedy criticizes the "Hamburger Hill" battle
- May 21, 1969
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