The U.S. Navy turns 64 river patrol gunboats valued at $18.2 million over to the South Vietnamese Navy in what is described as the largest single transfer of military equipment in the war thus far. The transfer raised the total number of boats in the South Vietnamese Navy to more than 600. This was part of the "Vietnamization" program, which President Richard Nixon initiated to increase the fighting capability of the Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces (to include the Army, Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps) so that they could assume more responsibility for the war. Vietnamization included the provision of new equipment and weapons and an intensified advisory effort.
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Jun 25, 1969:
U.S. Navy turns boats over to South Vietnamese Navy
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This Week in History, Jun 25 - Jul 1
- Jun 25, 1965
- Viet Cong blow up a floating restaurant
- Jun 25, 1969
- U.S. Navy turns boats over to South Vietnamese Navy
- 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
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