That final troop withdrawal 50 years ago Wednesday from Vietnam marked the end of a long and politically contentious war that had left 58,000 U.S. service members dead and another 304,000 wounded.
That final troop withdrawal 50 years ago Wednesday from Vietnam marked the end of a long and politically contentious war that had left 58,000 U.S. service members dead and another 304,000 wounded.
Of 70,000 Marines that fought there, more than 6,800 were killed and 19,000 were wounded. On the Japanese side, about 18,000 were killed. Only 216 were captured.
Navy athletics is fortunate to have a veteran scoreboard operator who is steady, reliable — and a true American hero — in Dave Hoffman, who spent more than a year of his life as a prisoner of war in Vietnam after being captured on a combat mission.
Dien Ban, South Vietnam, Nov. 25, 1968: A Vietnamese toddler stares into the camera and stands on his wobbly feet supported by a Vietnamese middle-aged woman.
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![Dien Ban, South Vietnam, Nov. 25, 1968: A Vietnamese toddler stares into the camera and stands on his wobbly feet supported by a Vietnamese middle-aged woman. American Marines and South Vietnamese troops 7,000 strong are conducting a cordon and search operation in the area, Stars and Stripes reported at the time. The operation - which started November 20th and would end December 9th, 1968 - systematically tightened a 15-mile circle in the "Dodge City" area south of Da Nang where between 200 and 900 VC and NVA were holed up in caves and dugouts. The nickname "Dodge City" was given due to frequent ambushes, firefights and rocket attacks on U.S. troops. Apart from eliminating those threats, one of the cordon's other objectives was to kill or capture the estimated 150 Communist administrators [politicians] operating around Dien Ban. Vietnamese civilians found within the circle were moved to refugee camps to keep them out of the crossfire.
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