U.S. Marines and South Vietnamese forces launch Operation Pirahna on the Batangan Peninsula, 23 miles south of the Marine base at Chu Lai. This was a follow-up to Operation Starlight, which had been conducted in August. During the course of the operation, the Allied forces stormed a stronghold of the Viet Cong 1st Regiment, claiming 200 enemy dead after intense fighting.
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Sep 7, 1965:
Marines launch Operation Piranha
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This Week in History, Sep 7 - Sep 13
- Sep 07, 1965
- Marines launch Operation Piranha
- Sep 07, 1967
- McNamara Line announced
- 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
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- Sep 11, 1968
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- Sep 12, 1959
- Situation deteriorates in South Vietnam
- Sep 12, 1972
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