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Sometime in the 1950's; first giant battle was most likely Ia Drang (pronounced by GI's as "I Drang") in 1965. Fought by US Army 1st Air Cav Division; an army experimental unit testing the NEW UH-1 Iroquois (aka Huey) and the NEW M16 Assault Rifle. Prior to '65 the US Army & Marines were using the wood stocked M-14 service rifle and flying combat with the CH-21 Shawnee (Army) and CH-34 Choctaw (Marines) helicopters.
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∙ 12y agoThe first official clash between the nation of North Vietnam & the United States was between their navies on 02 August 1964 in the Tonkin Gulf.
North Vietnamese Navy Torpedo Boat Squadron #135 verses the United States Navy destroyer USS Maddox.
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∙ 14y agoThe first will always be argued about...since US involved fighting occurred in the 1950's. The last is when NVA tanks rolled across the front lawn of the Southern capital in April of '75.
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