The aircraft carrier USS Constellation joins aircraft carriers Coral Sea and Hancock off the coast of Vietnam. From 1964 to 1975, there were usually three U.S. carriers stationed in the water near Vietnam at any given time. Carrier aircraft participated in the bombing of North Vietnam and also provided close air support for U.S. and South Vietnamese forces in South Vietnam. In 1972, the number of U.S. carriers off Vietnam increased to seven as part of the U.S. reaction to the North Vietnamese Eastertide Offensive that was launched on March 30--carrier aircraft played a major role in the air operations that helped the South Vietnamese defeat the communist invasion.
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USS Constellation arrives off coast of Vietnam.
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This Week in History, Feb 9 - Feb 15
- Feb 09, 1965
- U.S. sends first combat troops to South Vietnam
- Feb 09, 1972
- USS Constellation arrives off coast of Vietnam.
- Feb 10, 1965
- Viet Cong blow up U.S. barracks
- Feb 10, 1971
- Journalists killed in helicopter crash
- Feb 11, 1962
- Farm Gate aircraft crashes
- Feb 12, 1972
- Cambodians launch attack to retake Angkor Wat
- Feb 12, 1973
- Release of U.S. POWs begins
- Feb 13, 1965
- Johnson approves Operation Rolling Thunder
- Feb 13, 1968
- Additional troops ordered to South Vietnam
- Feb 14, 1962
- Kennedy authorizes U.S. advisors to fire in self-defense
- Feb 14, 1970
- Gallup Poll released
- Feb 15, 1966
- DeGaulle offers to help end Vietnam War
- Feb 15, 1970
- Chicago Eight defense attorneys sentenced
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