The shift of fighter-bomber squadrons, involving up to 150 U.S. planes and more than 2,000 pilots from Da Nang, to bases in Thailand is completed. The shift was necessitated by the pending withdrawal of the U.S. infantry brigade that provided security for flyers at Da Nang. The departure of the U.S. unit was part of President Richard Nixon's Vietnamization program that he had instituted in June 1969. Under this program, the responsibility for the war was to be gradually transferred to the South Vietnamese so U.S. forces could be withdrawn.
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U.S. aircraft shifted to Thailand
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This Week in History, Jun 26 - Jul 2
- Jun 26, 1965
- Westmoreland given authority to commit U.S. forces
- Jun 26, 1972
- U.S. aircraft shifted to Thailand
- Jun 27, 1963
- Kennedy appoints Lodge as ambassador
- Jun 27, 1968
- U.S. forces begin to evacuate Khe Sanh
- Jun 28, 1965
- U.S. forces launch first offensive
- Jun 28, 1972
- Nixon announces draftees will not go to Vietnam
- Jun 29, 1964
- First New Zealand troops arrive
- Jun 29, 1970
- U.S. ground troops return from Cambodia
- Jun 30, 1967
- Thieu becomes president
- Jun 30, 1970
- Cooper-Church Amendment passes in Senate
- Jul 01, 1965
- Ball recommends compromise in Vietnam
- Jul 01, 1966
- Bombing of North Vietnam continues
- Jul 02, 1964
- Republican Congressional leaders attack Johnson's policy
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