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bobdina
06-25-2009, 09:31 AM
1965 - Viet Cong blow up a floating restaurant

Two Viet Cong terrorist bombs rip through a floating restaurant on the Saigon River. Thirty-one people, including nine Americans, were killed in the explosions. Dozens of other diners were wounded, including 11 Americans.


CHU LAI, Vietnam (Special)
25Jun68-Flowers Betray Charlie
- A little knowledge of gardening helps-even in Vietnam. A 198th Inf. Brigade unit used it to kill two North Vietnamese during the Americal Div.'s Operation Wheeler/Wallowa.

The A Co., 1st Bn., 52nd Inf., soldiers were checking out a sniper position when they discovered flowers planted in the middle of a field.

"It just didn't look right for those flowers to be growing in the middle of nowhere," said Lt. Steven K. Brooks, of Dado City, Fla. Probing the area uncovered a lid underneath the flowers. When the lid was removed a tunnel was found.

"I sent my tunnel rat down to investigate." Brooks said. "He was just about to turn a corner when he could hear breathing."

After the tunnel rat jumped out, five fragmentary grenades were thrown in with the result of two enemy killed. Several documents, including a drawing of Lenin were found on the NVA, also wearing web gear. Their radio was destroyed in the blasts.

"This area is an R&R center for the enemy," Capt. John A. Bierden, A Co. commander said, "It was until now," Books corrected him. Courtesy of stars and stripes

1969 - U.S. Navy turns boats over to South Vietnamese Navy

The U.S. Navy turns 64 river patrol gunboats valued at $18.2 million over to the South Vietnamese Navy in what is described as the largest single transfer of military equipment in the war thus far. The transfer raised the total number of boats in the South Vietnamese Navy to more than 600. This was part of the "Vietnamization" program, which President Richard Nixon initiated to increase the fighting capability of the Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces (to include the Army, Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps) so that they could assume more responsibility for the war. Vietnamization included the provision of new equipment and weapons and an intensified advisory effort. http://vietnam-veterans.us/