any one know what happened on 8/29/1968 in quang nam, south vietnam. Had a cousin who was kia, just interested
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Do a search on Operation Sussex Bay, Vietnam, August 29, 1968.\n\nIf your cousin was in the Marine Corps, he was there.\n\nOperation Sussex Bay was apparently a fiasco, and the Marines, although very courageous, were simply outnumbered, and a lot of them got caught by surprise. The VC had laid out various land mines and booby traps. Many marines were blown up. Others were killed by small arms fire. Sadly, some were killed by friendly fire. Hard to say exactly what happened to your cousin. One of three things happened to him: He was blown up by an explosive device, killed by hostile small arms fire, or killed by friendly fire.\n\nMy father served in the Marines from 1950-1970. He was a salty marine, and an old timer, but he still saw action in Vietnam in 1966-1970.
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Desert Shadow - I am the son of a Nam Vet.  My Dad served in the Navy.  He was stationed in De Nang.  My co-worker is retired army who was in Nam.  I love to hear his war stories but they are very gut wrenching.  He was on officer in Tactical Zone II with Black Ops & MIKE forces.  The operations & recons that he went on, I hate to say it are like movie scripts to me.  Shadow, you guys had your hands tied by the idiots in Washington, but I support all military troops & the war they fought (and are fighting)!  Sincerely - THANK YOU for your service!!
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Hard to say.  Before it was Viet Nam it was French Indo China and the Viet Namese (CONG) were called the Viet Minh after Ho Chi Minh.  Casualty estimates posted above do not include those killed in the Pre-USA invlovement may not include Americans that were there as "advisors", civilians, Cambodians, Laotians, Chinese, and Russians.  The numbers are apalling
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My father manufactured the active ingredient in agent orange,(C-5,6), at Hooker Chemical's Montague Michigan plant for the duration of the Vietnam War. The process was so volatile and so toxic that it had to be manufactured on a seven story wall-less superstructure in the middle of a 160 acre field. All of the production was then loaded on railway tankcars for shippment to Dow Chemical of Midland Mi.for addition of solvents and packaging for shipment to the military. At the close of the war, the superstructure was dismantled, and it, and all associated equipment, tools etc. were buried in a huge clay lined disposal pit on the site. The site remains a Toxic hot spot to this day and all of the surrounding neighborhood has water piped into them as the groundwater is highly contaminated. From '82-'93 my father ran a chlorine plant's maintainence department on the persian gulf, about 25 kliks from Kuwait City in Saudi. In 1997 he fell ill with the small cell cancer that has become consistent, though unrecognized by our government, as due to exposure to AO or its components. I know this as I was a service officer for the Am Legion Post here in my  town, and have seen the wreckage that this stuff left in its wake. I am an Non Combatant, US Navy, Vietnam Era vet, ( Commonly refferred to as a "rear echelon puke" ), who salutes and thanks you for your service. Hope you are well, and look forward to your Photo posts as you are quite knowledgeable on the subject. God Bless, Jed
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US combat troops were involved in the war from 1965 until their official withdrawal in 1973. During this period, 17% of South Vietnam inhabitants were killed. The war ended on April 30, 1975 with the military conquest of the South by the North.\npls chech the spellindg of vietnam
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Try to Yahoo Search US Army Units-Vietnam 1966-1970 and also Yahoo Search 468 Transportation Battalion- Vietnam '66-'70. That might do it for you.
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Fialko David Andrew Jr  PFC  Marines  Bridgeport  CT  November 14, 1968  S.Vietnam  December 4, 1949  hostile, killed \nSOURCE: Combat Area Casualties Current Files (CACCF) (machine-readable record), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330.  \n\nOnly 19 years old..... *sigh*\n\nYou may find these sites helpful as a beginning (in order of relevance, the first one contained the above):\nhttp://www.accessgenealogy.com/military/vietnam.php\nhttp://www.geocities.com/tlwolf98/marine16.html\nhttp://www.vetfriends.com/?source=google500c\nhttp://members.aol.com/veterans/warlib64.htm\n\nMany states maintain an archive such as this:\nhttp://www.archives.gov/research/vietnam-war/casualty-lists/nv-alpha.html\n\n\nHowever, the US depatment of Veteran's Affairs will be the place to request detailed information from. Remember, they will only be likely to provide information already available to the public. If you know what state David was from, you can contact the department local to him.
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Do you mean the US NAVY? well I was there in long beach in 1964 and 65 then i went over seas but knew no one by that name,there is alot of guys there at that time most went to VietNam like me.
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Here you go: \n\nhttp://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/vietnam/index.html\n\nhope this isn't due tomorrow.
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Australian support for South Vietnam in the early 1960s was in keeping with the policies of other nations, particularly the United States, to stop the spread of communism in Europe and Asia. In 1961 and in 1962, Ngo Dinh Diem, leader of the government in South Vietnam, repeatedly asked for assistance from America and its allies to help its security. Australia eventually accepted and sent 30 military advisers from the Australian Army Training Team Vietnam. By 1965 it was obvious that South Vietnam could not be beaten by the communists, so America sent over 200,000 more troops and requested its allies more support from its allies (Australia\n\n\nAustralian support for South Vietnam in the early 1960s was in keeping with the policies of other nations, particularly the United States, to stem the spread of communism in Europe and Asia. In 1961 and in 1962, Ngo Dinh Diem, leader of the government in South Vietnam, repeatedly requested assistance from the US and its allies to improve its security. Australia eventually responded with 30 military advisers, dispatched as the Australian Army Training Team Vietnam, known as "the Team". Their arrival in South Vietnam during July and August 1962 was the beginning of Australia's involvement in the war in Vietnam. In August 1964 the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) also sent a flight of Caribou transports to the port town of Vung Tau.\n\nBy early 1965, when it had become clear that South Vietnam could not stave off the communist insurgents and their North Vietnamese comrades for more than a few months, the US commenced a major escalation of the war, and by the end of the year it had committed 200,000 troops to the conflict. As part of the build up, the US government requested further support from friendly countries in the region, including Australia. The Australian government dispatched the 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (1 RAR), in June 1965 to serve alongside the US 173rd Airborne Brigade in Bien Hoa province. \n\n\nVung Tau, Vietnam: door-gunner from No. 9 Squadron RAAF using twin-mounted M60 machine guns \nAWM P01951.007\n\nThe following year the Australian government's concern grew to the point where it felt that, if Australia were involved in the conflict, its presence should be both strong and identifiable. In March 1966 the government announced the dispatch of a taskforce to replace 1 RAR, consisting of two battalions and support services (including a RAAF squadron of Iroquois helicopters), to be based at Nui Dat, Phouc Tuy province. Unlike 1 RAR, the taskforce was assigned its own area of operations and included conscripts who had been called up under the National Service Scheme, introduced in 1964. All nine battalions of RAR served in the taskforce at one time or another before it was withdrawn in 1971; at the height of Australian involvement it numbered some 8,500 troops. A third RAAF squadron (of Canberra jet bombers) was also committed in 1967, and destroyers of the Royal Australian Navy joined US patrols off the North Vietnamese coast. The Navy also contributed a clearance diving team, and a helicopter detachment that operated with the US Army from October 1967.\n\nIn August 1966, a company of 6 RAR was engaged in one of Australia's heaviest actions of the war near Long Tan. After three hours of fierce fighting, during which it seemed that the Australian forces would be overrun by the enemy's greater numbers, the Viet Cong withdrew, leaving behind 245 dead and carrying away many more dead and wounded. Eighteen Australians had been killed and twenty-four were wounded, and the battle eliminated communist dominance over the province. \n\nThe year 1968 began with a major offensive by the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army, launched during the Vietnamese lunar new year holiday period, known as "Tet". Not only the timing but the scale of the offensive came as a complete surprise, taking in cities, towns and military installations in Sout
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I believe that you will find this link somewhat useful as it does have dates that if you take the time might help you to track down the information that you are looking for because it seems that none want to put that information out where it can be found.  I even called the research department of the library on this - and they couldn't find the information.  Link is here:\n\nhttp://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/opinion/14298154.htm\n\nYou will find the link in the "source" portion pretty informative.  Something that I ran into when I was trying to find it on my own on the net.
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There was one and only one US Marine killed during Operation Just Cause (Panama Invasion). CPL Garreth C. Isaak, 2nd Marine Division, from Greenville SC. I don't recall his name being featured in Black Hawk Down, but I guess it is possible, though as one poster pointed out that would be a bit odd. (Why would a Marine's name from an invasion of Panama nearly a decade earlier be part of a movie about an Army Operation half a world away?). P.S. If you know why this was done - please e-mail me, I am very curious. Sounds like one of those great pieces of trivia I can unload on my friends - :-)
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"The Mỹ Lai Massacre was a massacre committed by U.S. soldiers of hundreds of unarmed Vietnamese civilians, mostly women and children, on March 16, 1968, during the Vietnam War. It prompted widespread outrage around the world and reduced American support at home for the war in Vietnam."\n\n\nGet a good start at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Lai_Massacre
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Kudo's for some good work, although I doubt that many liberals will buy into these facts.  I would like to take issue with one area of contention and that is the Viet Nam war.  It is true that JFK sent in advisors to contain the communists, but it was the old hawk Lydon Baines Johnson that escalated the war and sent in troops.  I believe that Viet Nam was Johnson's war.  After he lost the stomach to continue, when he had Charlie on his knees following the Tet offensive, the old fool announced that he was hanging up his spurs.  Johnson too, was a democrat and a shameless coward.  The loss of that war should  be credited solely to LBJ.
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not a vietnam vet but was stationed in W.Germany (b4 the Wall came down and went over again after the Wall came down - major difference in the folks over there both times) during the Gulf War in the Army.  Husband was in the Gulf War as a tank commander on the front lines.  My dad was a driver in the Army.  My brother just returned from Iraq.  My father-in-law was in WWII - he hit the beaches of Normandy on D-Day and was in the Battle of the Bulge.  I have a great uncle who was awarded the Medal of Honor and several other uncles who served as well.  My cousin, Tommy, was a Huey pilot in Vietnam.  He still has nightmares sometimes about it.  Had another uncle who was in the CCC.
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First of all, let me say how sorry I am for your loss. As a combat Viet-Nam veteran of some twenty (20) months I know a little about the numerous questions you must have, at this most difficult time. If I may say, this is not the forum from which to seek the answers you must so desperately need. My advice to you would be to go directly to the horses mouth, so to speak. Contact the Bureau of Veteran's Affairs in your local area, you'll be on the right track then, with out getting wrong information and without shareing your grief with half the internet.    veteranpainter@yahoo.com
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You might be surprised to learn that many of us that were in Vietnam in the early 60s thought that the conflict in Vietnam was a little deal, and that Vietnam would be used as a staging aria for war against Laos. At that time Laos was in far more danger of falling to the domino theory than was South Vietnam.