The USAF reveals that U.S. planes have been mining the coastal rivers and canals of northern Quang Tri province below the DMZ, the first mining of waterways within South Vietnam. This was an attempt to impede further reinforcement of North Vietnamese forces in the area and to remove the threat to the newly recaptured city of Quang Tri.
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Sep 20, 1972:
U.S. planes mine waters in northern Quang Tri
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This Week in History, Sep 20 - Sep 26
- Sep 20, 1968
- U.S. officials defend use of defoliants
- Sep 20, 1972
- U.S. planes mine waters in northern Quang Tri
- Sep 21, 1961
- 5th Special Forces Group is activated at Fort Bragg
- Sep 21, 1967
- Thai troops arrive in Saigon
- Sep 22, 1964
- Goldwater attacks Johnson's Vietnam policy
- Sep 22, 1971
- Medina is acquitted of all charges
- Sep 23, 1965
- South Vietnam executes three accused VC agents
- Sep 23, 1969
- Chicago 8 trial opens in Chicago
- Sep 24, 1963
- McNamara and Taylor assess situation in Vietnam
- Sep 24, 1967
- Political instability continues in South Vietnam
- Sep 25, 1969
- Congressional opponents of Nixon Vietnam policy renew opposition
- Sep 26, 1945
- First American soldier killed in Vietnam
- Sep 26, 1969
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