Information courtsey: Jim Rapp
Jim is a member of Post PA-52 in Meadville, PA
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| 1 | 2 Operation "Rolling Thunder" sustained bombing over N. Vietnam (1965) | 3 Star Spangled Banner made National Anthem (1931) | 4 | 5 | 6 French sign agreement with Ho Chi Minh (1946) | 7 |
| 8 First U.S. Troops (Marines) go ashore at Danang (1965) | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 The Battle of Dien Bien Phu begins (1954) French defeated May 8th. | 14 |
| 15 | 16 U.S. Troops massacre hundreds of civilians @ My Lai (1968) | 17 St. Patrick's Day | 18 Nixon begins secret bombing of Cambodia (1969) | 19 | 20 Spring Begins (Vernal Equinox) | 21 |
| 22 General Westmoreland relieved of command (1969) | 23 | 24 | 25 Hue falls to the Communists (1975) | 26 Ground breaking for "The Wall" (1982) | 27 | 28 |
| 29 Last U.S. troops leave Vietnam (1973) | 30 Danang falls to the Communists (1975) | 31 Johnson scales back bombing of N. Vietnam (1968) |
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Veterans of the Vietnam War, Inc.
Last revised: 03/09/98