Vietnam

[Jason Petho]

Ongoing operations today in 1965:

28 Nov.-9 Dec.
Operation BLOODHOUND/BUSHMASTER II begins. The 2/2 (1st Infantry) will join the 7th ARVN Regiment to sweep the Michelin Rubber Plantation .

28 Nov.-16 Dec.
Operation CHECKERBOARD (part 1) 1/327, 2/502 (101st Airborne) search and destroy around Lai Khe.

28 Nov.-16 Dec.
Operation CHECKERBOARD (part 2) 2/327 (101st Airborne) search and destroy in Binh Thuan Province.

3-7 Dec.
Operation OX TRAIL, 2/12 Cav (1st Cavalry) search and destroy in Binh Dinh Province.

5-6 Dec.
Operation DAGGER THRUST V: the Special Landing Force, BLT 2/1 Marines will conduct a two-day amphibious raid on Phu Thu.

New Operations today in 1965:

6 Dec.
Operation GIVE UP, 1/5 Cav (1st Cavalry)reconnaissance in Binh Dinh Province.

6 Dec.
Operation GLADIATOR, 2/28 (1st Infantry) search and destroy in Binh Duong Province.

6-9 Dec.
Operation CHARGER SWEEP I, 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division search and destroy in Binh Dinh Province.

6-16 Dec.
Operation BUSHMASTER III, 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division search and destroy in Binh Duong
Province.

[jbmoore68]

Good Morning, Vietnam !!!

[berto]

On This Day

7 December, 1964

The Battle of An Lao began when the PAVN/VC captured the district headquarters of An Lão, about 300 miles (480 km) from Saigon. The PAVN/VC were successful in repeatedly beating back large numbers of counterattacking ARVN troops. This battle was the first time in that area that the PAVN/VC "used the new tactic of coordinating main force units with local and guerrilla forces." The battle resulted in 150 PAVN/VC killed, 300 ARVN casualties and two U.S. killed.

[Jason Petho]

Ongoing operations today in 1965:

28 Nov.-9 Dec.
Operation BLOODHOUND/BUSHMASTER II begins. The 2/2 (1st Infantry) will join the 7th ARVN Regiment to sweep the Michelin Rubber Plantation .

28 Nov.-16 Dec.
Operation CHECKERBOARD (part 1) 1/327, 2/502 (101st Airborne) search and destroy around Lai Khe.

28 Nov.-16 Dec.
Operation CHECKERBOARD (part 2) 2/327 (101st Airborne) search and destroy in Binh Thuan Province.

3-7 Dec.
Operation OX TRAIL, 2/12 Cav (1st Cavalry) search and destroy in Binh Dinh Province.

6-9 Dec.
Operation CHARGER SWEEP I, 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division search and destroy in Binh Dinh Province.

6-16 Dec.
Operation BUSHMASTER III, 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division search and destroy in Binh Duong
Province.

New Operations today in 1965:

7-8 Dec.
Operation FELINE, 1/28 (1st Infantry) search and destroy in Binh Duong Province.

[jbmoore68]

Good Morning, Vietnam !!!

[berto]

On This Day

8 December, 1955

The executive committee of the American Friends of Vietnam met for the first time. The AFVN was founded in the United States to encourage U.S. support for the Diệm government. The members included many prominent politicians, both Democrat and Republican, including John F. Kennedy, Hubert Humphrey and Mike Mansfield.  The committee invited General John W. O'Daniel ("Iron Mike") to serve as Chairman of the Board of AFV. O'Daniel was a fervent supporter of Ngô Đình Diệm.

[Zovs]

Good morning Vietnam!

There is a house in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
And God, I know I'm one

My mother was a tailor
She sewed my new blue jeans
My father was a gamblin' man
Down in New Orleans

Now the only thing a gambler needs
Is a suitcase and a trunk
And the only time he's satisfied
Is when he's all drunk

[Organ Solo]

Oh mother, tell your children
Not to do what I have done
Spend your lives in sin and misery
In the House of the Rising Sun

Well, I got one foot on the platform
The other foot on the train
I'm goin' back to New Orleans
To wear that ball and chain

Well, there is a house in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
And God, I know I'm one

[Jason Petho]

Ongoing operations today in 1965:

28 Nov.-9 Dec.
Operation BLOODHOUND/BUSHMASTER II begins. The 2/2 (1st Infantry) will join the 7th ARVN Regiment to sweep the Michelin Rubber Plantation .

28 Nov.-16 Dec.
Operation CHECKERBOARD (part 1) 1/327, 2/502 (101st Airborne) search and destroy around Lai Khe.

28 Nov.-16 Dec.
Operation CHECKERBOARD (part 2) 2/327 (101st Airborne) search and destroy in Binh Thuan Province.

6-9 Dec.
Operation CHARGER SWEEP I, 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division search and destroy in Binh Dinh Province.

6-16 Dec.
Operation BUSHMASTER III, 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division search and destroy in Binh Duong
Province.

7-8 Dec.
Operation FELINE, 1/28 (1st Infantry) search and destroy in Binh Duong Province.

New Operations today in 1965:

8-19 Dec.
Operation MATADOR begins. The 1st Cavalry will join the 42nd ARVN regiment and conduct a search and destroy operation to reopen QL-14 between Kontum and Pleiku.

8-20 Dec.
Operation HARVEST MOON initiated. The ARVN 1/5, 1/6 and 11th BDQ Bns will launch a search and destroy operation in the Que Son Valley from Thang Binh to Que Son. Task Force DELTA (SLF 2/1, 3/3, 2/7, 2/9 Marines) will stand ready to reinforce if needed.

[jbmoore68]

Good Morning, Vietnam !!!

[berto]

On This Day

9 December, 1955

The Joint Chiefs of Staff of the United States Department of Defense requested that the ceiling of 342 U.S. military personnel in South Vietnam be raised. With the ongoing withdrawal of the French, the manpower ceiling had become a "serious handicap." Dulles turned down the request to avoid violating the Geneva Accords which prohibited any increases in foreign military personnel in Vietnam.

South Vietnam withdrew from the French Union Assembly and terminated many financial and economic agreements with France, thus severing nearly all its former colonial ties to France.

[jbmoore68]

Good Morning, Vietnam !!!

[berto]

On This Day

10 December, 1957

General Samuel Williams, the head of MAAG in South Vietnam responded to Ambassador Durbrow. "There are no indications of a resumption of large-scale guerrilla war at this date", he said. The Viet Cong "lack sufficient strength, do not have a popular base and are faced with a central government whose efficiency to deal with the subversion threat has gradually improved."

[Jason Petho]

Ongoing operations today in 1965:

28 Nov.-16 Dec.
Operation CHECKERBOARD (part 1) 1/327, 2/502 (101st Airborne) search and destroy around Lai Khe.

28 Nov.-16 Dec.
Operation CHECKERBOARD (part 2) 2/327 (101st Airborne) search and destroy in Binh Thuan Province.

6-16 Dec.
Operation BUSHMASTER III, 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division search and destroy in Binh Duong
Province.

8-19 Dec.
Operation MATADOR begins. The 1st Cavalry will join the 42nd ARVN regiment and conduct a search and destroy operation to reopen QL-14 between Kontum and Pleiku.

8-20 Dec.
Operation HARVEST MOON initiated. The ARVN 1/5, 1/6 and 11th BDQ Bns will launch a search and destroy operation in the Que Son Valley from Thang Binh to Que Son. Task Force DELTA (SLF 2/1, 3/3, 2/7, 2/9 Marines) will stand ready to reinforce if needed.

New Operations today in 1965:

10-14 Dec.
Operation FISH HOOK I, 2d Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division search and destroy in Binh Dinh Province.

10-22 Dec.
Operation QUICK KICK, 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division security operation in Pleiku and Kontum Provinces.

[jbmoore68]

Good Morning, Vietnam !!!

[berto]

On This Day

11 December, 1961

The USS Core docked in Saigon carrying 32 CH-21 Shawnee 20-passenger helicopters, four single-engine training planes and about 400 U.S. crewmen of the 8th and 57th Transportation Companies (Helicopter Light), the first U.S. Army helicopter units to deploy to South Vietnam. In addition 15 T-28C Trojans were provided to the RVNAF.

[jbmoore68]

Good Morning, Vietnam !!!

[berto]

On This Day

12 December, 1960

The NLF [National Liberation Front] was created at a conference at Xom Giua near the Cambodian border and the city of Tây Ninh. The conference was attended by 100 delegates from more than a dozen political parties and religious groups, but was dominated by the North Vietnamese communist party. The NLF was said to include "all the patriots from all social strata, political parties, religions and nationalities" with the objective of overthrowing the "U.S. imperialists" and its "puppet administration" in Saigon.

A Vietnamese historian has said that the creation of the NLF was to emphasize that the VC struggle against South Vietnam and the U.S. had legitimate roots in the south and "to give the USSR and China no reason to oppose the armed struggle." Both the Soviet Union and China had been skeptical about the wisdom of North Vietnam attempting to reunite Vietnam by force.

[Zovs]

Good morning Vietnam!

She would never say where she came from
Yesterday don't matter if it's gone
While the sun is bright
Or in the darkest night
No one knows, she comes and goes

Goodbye, Ruby Tuesday
Who could hang a name on you?
When you change with every new day
Still, I'm gonna miss you

Don't question why she needs to be so free
She'll tell you it's the only way to be
She just can't be chained
To a life where nothing's gained
And nothing's lost, at such a cost

Goodbye, Ruby Tuesday
Who could hang a name on you?
When you change with every new day
Still, I'm gonna miss you

"There's no time to lose, " I heard her say
Catch your dreams before they slip away
Dying all the time
Lose your dreams and you will lose your mind
Ain't life unkind?

Goodbye, Ruby Tuesday
Who could hang a name on you?
When you change with every new day
Still, I'm gonna miss you

Goodbye, Ruby Tuesday
Who could hang a name on you?
When you change with every new day
Still, I'm gonna miss you

[Jason Petho]

Ongoing operations today in 1965:

28 Nov.-16 Dec.
Operation CHECKERBOARD (part 1) 1/327, 2/502 (101st Airborne) search and destroy around Lai Khe.

28 Nov.-16 Dec.
Operation CHECKERBOARD (part 2) 2/327 (101st Airborne) search and destroy in Binh Thuan Province.

6-16 Dec.
Operation BUSHMASTER III, 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division search and destroy in Binh Duong
Province.

8-19 Dec.
Operation MATADOR begins. The 1st Cavalry will join the 42nd ARVN regiment and conduct a search and destroy operation to reopen QL-14 between Kontum and Pleiku.

8-20 Dec.
Operation HARVEST MOON initiated. The ARVN 1/5, 1/6 and 11th BDQ Bns will launch a search and destroy operation in the Que Son Valley from Thang Binh to Que Son. Task Force DELTA (SLF 2/1, 3/3, 2/7, 2/9 Marines) will stand ready to reinforce if needed.

10-14 Dec.
Operation FISH HOOK I, 2d Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division search and destroy in Binh Dinh Province.

10-22 Dec.
Operation QUICK KICK, 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division security operation in Pleiku and Kontum Provinces.

Operations yesterday in 1965:

11 Dec.
Operation FRISK I, 1/28 (1st Infantry) search and destroy in Binh Duong Province.

New Operations today in 1965:

None

[jbmoore68]

Good Morning, Vietnam !!!