In South Vietnam, North Vietnamese troops increase operations along the DMZ. This activity had begun on August 12 and continued until the 15th. The North Vietnamese captured the South Vietnamese marine base at Ba Ho, two miles south of the DMZ; most of the defenders were killed or wounded, but the Communists suffered 200 dead in taking the base.
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Aug 15, 1971:
North Vietnamese capture Vietnamese marine base
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This Week in History, Aug 15 - Aug 21
- 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
- Aug 16, 1964
- General Khanh ousts General Minh as chief of state
- Aug 16, 1966
- Congress investigates antiwar demonstrators
- Aug 16, 1967
- Tonkin Gulf Resolution challenged
- Aug 16, 1972
- Heavy air attacks on North Vietnam
- Aug 17, 1968
- 117,000 combat missions flown over North Vietnam in three years
- Aug 17, 1973
- U.S. troops to withdraw from Thailand
- Aug 18, 1965
- Marines launch Operation Starlite
- Aug 18, 1966
- Australians defeat VC at Long Tan
- Aug 18, 1968
- Communists launch new offensive
- Aug 18, 1971
- Australia and New Zealand decide to withdraw troops from Vietnam
- Aug 19, 1968
- Many Americans against a bombing halt
- Aug 19, 1970
- Cambodia and U.S. sign military aid pact
- Aug 19, 1972
- Democratic candidate McGovern attacks Nixon policy in Vietnam
- Aug 20, 1954
- United States decides to support Diem
- Aug 20, 1971
- Minh and Ky withdraw from presidential race
- Aug 20, 1974
- Military aid to Saigon slashed
- Aug 21, 1963
- Nhu's Special Forces attack the Buddhists
- Aug 21, 1965
- U.S. pilots given green light to go after anti-aircraft missiles in the North
- Aug 21, 1969
- Nixon meets with South Korean President
- Aug 21, 1971
- Antiwar protestors raid draft offices
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