The advance units of the Seventh Marines land at Chu Lai, bringing U.S. Marine strength in South Vietnam to four regiments and four air groups. The Marines were given the responsibility of conducting operations in southern I Corps and northern II Corps, just south of the Demilitarized Zone. Hanoi Radio broadcasted an appeal to American troops, particularly African Americans, to "get out." This was purportedly a message from an American defector from the Korean War living in Peking. In South Korea, the National Assembly approved sending troops to fight in South Vietnam; in exchange for sending one combat division to Vietnam, the United States agreed to equip five South Korean divisions.
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Aug 14, 1965:
Seventh Marines land at Chu Lai
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This Week in History, Aug 14 - Aug 20
- 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
- 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
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