The U.S. command announces that three combat units will be withdrawn from Vietnam. They were the 1st and 2nd Brigades of the U.S. Army 9th Infantry Division and Regimental Landing Team 9 of the 3rd Marine Division--a total of about 13,000 to 14,000 men. These troops were part of the first U.S. troop withdrawal, which had been announced on June 8 by President Richard Nixon at the Midway conference with South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu. Nixon had promised that 25,000 troops would be withdrawn by the end of the year, and more support troops were later sent home in addition to the aforementioned combat forces in order to meet that number.
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U.S. command announces troop withdrawal
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This Week in History, Jun 14 - Jun 20
- Jun 14, 1968
- Dr. Spock convicted for aiding draft resisters
- Jun 14, 1969
- U.S. command announces troop withdrawal
- Jun 15, 1964
- Johnson decides against submitting resolution to Congress
- Jun 15, 1965
- U.S. planes bomb North Vietnam
- Jun 16, 1961
- Kennedy agrees to send instructors to train troops
- Jun 16, 1965
- More troops to be sent to Vietnam
- Jun 16, 1970
- Communists isolate Phnom Penh
- Jun 17, 1969
- North Vietnamese reoccupy Ap Bia Mountain
- Jun 17, 1972
- Watergate burglars arrested
- Jun 18, 1965
- SAC B-52s are used for the first time in South Vietnam
- Jun 18, 1966
- Westmoreland requests more troops
- Jun 19, 1965
- Ky becomes premier of South Vietnam
- Jun 19, 1968
- South Vietnamese president signs general mobilization bill
- Jun 20, 1964
- Westmoreland becomes Commander of MACV
- Jun 20, 1972
- Abrams appointed as Army Chief of Staff
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