Allied military officials announce that 863 South Vietnamese were killed from May 3 to 9. This was the second highest weekly death toll of the war to date for the South Vietnamese forces. These numbers reflected the changing nature of the war as U.S. forces continued to withdraw and the burden of the fighting was shifted to the South Vietnamese as part of Nixon's "Vietnamization" of the war effort.
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South Vietnamese sustain second highest casualties of war
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This Week in History, May 14 - May 20
- May 14, 1969
- President Nixon responds to National Liberation Front proposal
- May 14, 1970
- South Vietnamese sustain second highest casualties of war
- May 15, 1967
- U.S. positions south of the DMZ come under heavy fire
- May 15, 1970
- Air Force sergeant awarded Medal of Honor
- May 16, 1965
- Accident at Bien Hoa kills 27 U.S. servicemen
- May 16, 1968
- Navy Corpsman receives Medal of Honor for action
- May 16, 1972
- U.S. bombing destroys main fuel line
- May 17, 1970
- Operations continue in Cambodia
- May 17, 1972
- South Vietnamese reinforcements near An Loc
- May 18, 1966
- Laird charges
- May 18, 1969
- Communists attack Xuan Loc
- May 19, 1964
- U.S. Air Force begins Operation Yankee Team
- May 19, 1972
- South Vietnamese fight to open road to An Loc
- May 20, 1953
- French see "light at the end of the tunnel" in Vietnam
- May 20, 1969
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