The U.S. Army announces that Colonel Robert B. Rheault, Commander of the Fifth Special Forces Group in Vietnam, and seven other Green Berets have been charged with premeditated murder and conspiracy to commit murder in the summary execution of a Vietnamese national, Thai Khac Chuyen, who had served as an agent for Detachment B-57. Chuyen was reportedly summarily executed for being a double agent who had compromised a secret mission. The case against the Green Berets was ultimately dismissed for reasons of national security when the Central Intelligence Agency refused to release highly classified information about the operations in which Detachment B-57 had been involved. Colonel Rheault subsequently retired from the Army.
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Aug 6, 1969:
Green Berets are charged with murder
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This Week in History, Aug 6 - Aug 12
- Aug 06, 1964
- Johnson Administration officials argue for resolution
- Aug 06, 1969
- Green Berets are charged with murder
- Aug 06, 1971
- First U.S. Army troops deployed to Vietnam stand-down for withdrawal
- Aug 07, 1964
- Tonkin Gulf Resolution is passed
- Aug 07, 1967
- North Vietnam and People's Republic of China sign aid agreement
- Aug 08, 1968
- Nixon and Agnew receive the Republican Party nomination
- Aug 08, 1973
- Vice President Agnew under attack
- Aug 08, 1974
- Nixon announces that he will resign the Presidency
- Aug 09, 1967
- Marines launch Operation Cochise
- Aug 09, 1974
- Nixon leaves office
- Aug 10, 1955
- Diem refuses to negotiate with Communists
- Aug 10, 1966
- Marines fight bitter battle in Quang Tin Province
- Aug 10, 1972
- North Vietnamese forces attempt to cut off Saigon
- Aug 11, 1967
- U.S. pilots cleared to bomb Hanoi-Haiphong area
- Aug 11, 1970
- South Vietnamese troops assume responsibility for guarding border
- Aug 11, 1972
- Last U.S. ground combat unit departs South Vietnam
- Aug 12, 1965
- Henry Cabot Lodge sworn in as Ambassador to Vietnam
- Aug 12, 1969
- VC launch new offensive
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