First Marine Division launches Operation Cochise in the Que Son valley. Meanwhile, the First Cavalry Division continued with Operation Pershing, a major clearing operation in the Binh Dinh province designed to improve the security situation in support of the ongoing pacification effort.
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Aug 9, 1967:
Marines launch Operation Cochise
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This Week in History, Aug 9 - Aug 15
- 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
- Aug 13, 1966
- Prince Sihanouk criticizes the United States
- Aug 13, 1972
- Sappers raid Long Binh ammo dump
- Aug 14, 1964
- Hanoi prepares for more air attacks
- Aug 14, 1965
- Seventh Marines land at Chu Lai
- Aug 14, 1972
- Former Attorney General Ramsey Clark reports on his tour of North Vietnam
- Aug 14, 1973
- U.S. bombing of Cambodia ceases
- Aug 15, 1968
- Heavy fighting erupts in and around the DMZ
- Aug 15, 1969
- Woodstock begins in upstate New York
- Aug 15, 1970
- Regional Forces victorious
- Aug 15, 1971
- North Vietnamese capture Vietnamese marine base
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