ARVN paratroopers and several U.S. advisers parachute into the Ben Cat area, 20 miles north of Saigon. This was the first major parachute assault of the war by the South Vietnamese. Although they failed to make contact with the enemy, they achieved their goal of driving the Viet Cong away from Route 13 (running between Saigon and the Cambodian border) at least temporarily.
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Sep 14, 1965:
South Vietnamese forces and U.S. advisers conduct parachute assault
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This Week in History, Sep 14 - Sep 20
- Sep 14, 1965
- South Vietnamese forces and U.S. advisers conduct parachute assault
- Sep 14, 1966
- Operation Attleboro is launched in War Zone C
- Sep 15, 1964
- NLF calls for general military offensive
- Sep 15, 1972
- South Vietnamese forces retake Quang Tri City
- Sep 16, 1960
- U.S. Ambassador in Saigon warns that situation is worsening
- Sep 16, 1969
- Nixon announces the withdrawal of a further 35,000 troops from Vietnam
- Sep 17, 1970
- PRG presents a new peace plan
- Sep 17, 1972
- Hanoi releases three POWs
- Sep 18, 1964
- North Vietnamese Army begins infiltration
- Sep 18, 1969
- "March Against Death" to be held in Washington
- Sep 19, 1966
- Pressure mounts against continued U.S. involvement in Vietnam
- Sep 19, 1969
- Nixon cancels draft calls for November and December
- Sep 20, 1968
- U.S. officials defend use of defoliants
- Sep 20, 1972
- U.S. planes mine waters in northern Quang Tri
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