18 August 1965
Operation Starlite
Tru commands Viet Cong forces targeted by the Marine assault near Van Tuong
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Van Tuong in Vietnam. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Tru commands Viet Cong forces targeted by the Marine assault near Van Tuong
Walt directs the first major US Marine offensive operation of the war
Peatross commands regimental landing forces during Operation Starlite
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