Today in History 03/08/18

US Marines scramble out of a barge onto the beach at Da Nang, Vietnam, March 8, 1965 (© AP)(1965) US ground combat troops land in Vietnam
After Viet Cong attacks on US Air Force bases in Da Nang, 3,500 Marines arrive for defense, the first US land combat deployment in Vietnam. Nine months later, they’ll be joined by almost 200,000 additional US combat troops.
The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, and in Vietnam as the Resistance War Against America or simply the American War, was a conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was officially fought between North Vietnam and the government of South Vietnam. The North Vietnamese army was supported by the Soviet Union, China and other communist allies and the South Vietnamese army was supported by the United States, South Korea, Australia, Thailand and other anti-communist allies. The war is therefore considered a Cold War-era proxy war. The war is considered a humiliation for the United States.
Start date: Nov 01, 1955
End date: Apr 30, 1975

Vietnam War
First Row from Left to Right: – US troops fighting in 1965 Battle of Ia Drang , UH-1 Huey infantry dispatch /File:Battle_of_Ia_Drang_Valley.jpg – ARVN Rangers defending Saigon in 1968 Battle of Saigon /File:ARVN_Rangers_defend_Saigon,_Tet_Offensive.jpg 2nd Row, L to R: – Burial of 300 victims of the 1968 Hue Massacre /File:Hue_Massacre_Interment.jpg – Two Douglas A-4C Skyhawks enroute for strikes against North Vietnamese PT-boat bases in August 1964, as result of the Tonkin Gulf Incident /File:A4C_VA146_1964.jpg Last Row, L to R: – Quang Tri residents fleeing 1972 Battle of Quang Tri during the Easter Offensive /File:SVNciv.jpg – ARVN recapture Quang Tri after 1972 Battle of Quang Tri during Easter Offensive /File:QT1.jpg
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