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...when a 62-boat Allied flotilla churning up the Rach Ruong Canal 65 miles southwest of Saigon was suddenly hit by intense fire. It carried a battalion of Vietnamese Marines and a battalion of the U.S. 9th Infantry, part of a probing arm of Operation Coronado 9. The Vietnamese troops were in the lead boats, and when rockets began to rip through the flotilla's armor plate, Major Pham Nha, the Vietnamese Marine battalion commander, made an instant decision to counterattack. "We're in an ambush and we are going in," ordered Nha, without waiting for artillery...
Like their ancient forebears at the siege of Troy, Greek soldiers slipped quietly aboard troop ships in a Cyprus harbor last week and sailed for home...
Earlier reports indicated attempts were being made to avert civil war. Behind the scene of troop movements and formal government changes, according to Washington reports, representatives of the King and leaders of the junta were conducting negotiations...
...military challenge, whether nuclear, conventional or guerrilla, and it was up to McNamara to provide forces and hardware. Thus, while he was increasing the arsenal of long-range nuclear missiles, he expanded the number of combat Army divisions from eleven to 17, beefed up Special Forces, trebled the helicopter troop-lift component, and increased the number of guided-missile surface ships from 23 to 72. A stern test of his ability came in 1965, when the U.S. deployed 100,000 troops and their logistical support across the world to Viet Nam in just 120 days...
...emissary of President Johnson. Jetting into Ankara, he met for 80 minutes with Premier Demirel, impressed on him the urgency of keeping NATO's Eastern hinge intact, and asked for a chance to save the peace by exploring whether the Greeks would go along with some form of troop withdrawal if the Turks pledged not to invade...