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| As the VC got bolder in their attacks, two days before the election of 1964 they attacked an American airbase at Bein Hoa |
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| On February 7th, 1965 the VC attacked Camp Holloway which was a Green Beret camp but they Americans suffered no causaulities. |
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| After the 7th was the day of the Vietnamese New Year and a truce was decided. It was peaceful until 2AM when the VC started to attack the camp and also bomb the airstrip. |
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| Surprise Attack, Hobbler 74 |
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| This attack left 8 Americans and wounded 109. Ten aircrafts were destroyed and a very detailed map of the camp was etched on the body of the victims. |
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| The Americans had learned that these ammunitions were being stored at a local village and these Vietnamese still had sympathy for the VC |
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| Johnson advisor McGeorge Bundy went to Vietnam and urged Johnson to move cautiously there. Despite the US continuously bombing the VC they attacked three days later. |
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| More casualties , Hobbler 75 |
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| VC soldiers made their way into the camp at Qui Khon and used a hotel and as barracks and killed 23 Americans. |
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| Carrot and Stick, Hobbler 75 |
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| The stick was continued bombing of the north and the carrot was the promise of continued economic aid. |
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| Soldiers coming in, Hobbler 75 |
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| 82,000 Americans were in the country and by 1965 about 184,000 soldiers were in the countries. |
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| Stable government, Hobbler 75 |
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| In 1965, South Vietnam was led by 42 year old General Nyguen who would stay in power until it fell in 1975. |
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| By 1965, the marines had spread out along the coast at Da Nang. They faced little skirmishes with the VC but haven't had any big confrontation which they were trained to fight for. |
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| A VC deserter told the US that the VC were preparing for a huge attack on the marine camp at Chu Lai and the Americans decided to take the offensive |
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| Battle of Chu Lai, Hobbler 81 |
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| The US would encircled the VC with a land and sea attack and they used Helicopter gunships pounded the VC and the marines took the hill. |
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| Little small tunnels or opening in the underbrush were perfect for the VC to hide and wait for an American patrol to walk b the to get gunned down. |
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| The time the US tried the same thing at the la Drang Valley bombing the grounds. While they thought nothing could possible survive that bombing, as the troops landed to see the dead bodies, the VC popped out of spiders holes and gunned almost 200 soldiers down 1q |
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