South Vietnamese military officials announce the end of a three-month operation in southeastern Cambodia and the withdrawal of the 12,000-man task force involved. During the operation, which was designed to eliminate Communist base camps and supply areas along the Ho Chi Minh Trail, 453 enemy soldiers were reported killed. South Vietnamese losses were 93 killed and 642 wounded.
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Oct 6, 1970:
South Vietnamese forces withdraw from Cambodia
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This Week in History, Oct 6 - Oct 12
- Oct 06, 1967
- U.S. jets strike targets in North Vietnam
- Oct 06, 1970
- South Vietnamese forces withdraw from Cambodia
- Oct 07, 1969
- Wheeler announces progress in the Vietnamization effort
- Oct 07, 1970
- Nixon announces a new peace proposal
- Oct 08, 1968
- U.S. and South Vietnamese navies commence Operation Sealords
- Oct 08, 1970
- Communists reject Nixon's peace proposal
- Oct 08, 1972
- Possible breakthrough at Paris peace talks
- Oct 09, 1969
- The National Guard breaks up protests at home
- Oct 09, 1970
- Khmer Republic proclaimed in Cambodia.
- Oct 10, 1965
- 1st Cavalry Division commences operations
- Oct 10, 1969
- U.S. Navy transfers vessels to South Vietnamese
- Oct 11, 1954
- Viet Minh take control in the north
- Oct 11, 1961
- Kennedy ponders the Vietnam situation
- Oct 12, 1967
- Dean Rusk criticizes Congress while fighting continues in South Vietnam
- Oct 12, 1970
- Nixon announces another round of troop withdrawals
- Oct 12, 1972
- Racial violence breaks out aboard U.S. Navy ships
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