Communist forces bombard the airport at the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh, killing 25 persons and wounding 30. This attack was another chapter in the Communist Khmer Rouge war against the government troops of Prime Minister Lon Nol. Nine airplanes were damaged in the attack. At the same time, another Khmer Rouge unit attacked a government radio transmission facility nine miles to the northwest of the city, leaving 19 Cambodians dead. This assault left Phnom Penh without access to international communications networks for several hours.
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Khmer Rouge forces attack Phnom Penh airport
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This Week in History, Nov 10 - Nov 16
- Nov 10, 1964
- McNamara says that U.S. has no plans to send combat troops to Vietnam
- Nov 10, 1970
- No U.S. combat fatalities reported
- Nov 10, 1971
- Khmer Rouge forces attack Phnom Penh airport
- Nov 11, 1967
- Viet Cong release U.S. prisoners of war
- Nov 11, 1968
- Operation Commando Hunt commences
- Nov 11, 1972
- Long Binh base turned over to South Vietnam
- Nov 12, 1969
- Seymour Hersh breaks My Lai story
- Nov 12, 1971
- Nixon sets new deadline for next troop withdrawal
- Nov 13, 1967
- President receives optimistic reports
- Nov 13, 1969
- "March Against Death" commences in Washington, D.C.
- Nov 14, 1965
- Major battle erupts in the Ia Drang Valley
- Nov 14, 1967
- Marine general killed in Vietnam
- Nov 14, 1972
- Nixon promises Thieu that U.S. will continue to support South Vietnam
- Nov 15, 1966
- Chairman of the Joint Chiefs heckled at university
- Nov 15, 1969
- Second moratorium against the war held
- Nov 16, 1961
- Kennedy decides to increase military aid to Saigon
- Nov 16, 1970
- Ky defends South Vietnamese operations in Cambodia
- Nov 16, 1971
- U.S. provides support to beleaguered Cambodians
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