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First Battle of Vietnam: Ia Drang | Animated History

Publication, 1st Cavalry Division Association. Interim Report of Operations, First Cavalry Division, July 1965 to December 1966, 22030101001. Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive. ca. 1967, ...
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Deployment of Combat Forces to Vietnam

On March 8, 1965, 3,500 Marines from the 9th Marine Expeditionary Brigade arrived in Da Nang, South Vietnam. Their mission was to protect a U.S. air base from attacks by the self-proclaimed National ...