In the first major offensive ordered for U.S. forces, 3,000 troops of the 173rd Airborne Brigade--in conjunction with 800 Australian soldiers and a Vietnamese airborne unit--assault a jungle area known as Viet Cong Zone D, 20 miles northeast of Saigon. The operation was called off after three days when it failed to make any major contract with the enemy. One American was killed and nine Americans and four Australians were wounded. The State Department assured the American public that the operation was in accord with Johnson administration policy on the role of U.S. troops.
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U.S. forces launch first offensive
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This Week in History, Jun 28 - Jul 4
- 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
- Jul 03, 1968
- U.S. command announces new high in casualties
- Jul 04, 1963
- South Vietnamese officers plot coup
- Jul 04, 1968
- Thieu vows to wipe out corruption
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