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	Battle of Dong Xoai - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of Dong Xoai was an early battle of the Vietnam War.
		Dong Xoai was manned by US-trained South Vietnamese special forces and militiamen, those troops were reinforced with two more battalions following VC attacks in Phuoc Binh and Song Be.
		With a strong defence system the ARVN were confident that their base could withstand a Viet Cong attack, but they were wrong.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Dong_Xoai (334 words)

	Battle of Dong Xoai - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		The Battle of Dong Xoai was a battle of the Vietnam War.
		About 1,500 Vietcong mounted a mortar attack on Dong Xoai and then overran its military headquarters and adjoining militia compound.
		Battle of Dong Xoai and Battles and operations of the Vietnam War.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Battle_of_Dong_Xoai (94 words)

	Republic of Vietnam Army Ranger
		The battle of Binh Gia was a warning for the ARVN and the US counterpart that with supplies from North Vietnam, the Viet Cong forces were capable for large battles.
		This is a story of the RVN Rangers in the battle of Saigon during the "TET" offensive.
		In the night of the 29th, the enemy bombarded and harassed the defensive line of the Marines and the 2nd regiment 3rd Infantry division in the west, southwest of Ai Tụ On the next morning, those M-48 tanks squadron attached to the rangers was directed to move to the western front for the Marines.
	www.bietdongquan.com /article1/armyranger.htm (6249 words)

	Donald Saegaert, WO, Army, Berlin CT, 10Jun65 02E006 - The Virtual Wall®
		My father was killed in a helicopter crash during the battle of Dong Xoai on June 10, 1965.
		A Special Forces camp was established at Dong Xoai, a district capital in Phuoc Long Province, in late May 1965.
		Dong Xoai lay astride a Viet Cong supply route from Cambodia into War Zone D. At about 11 PM on the night of 9 June, the SVN forces around Dong Xoai were attacked by the 762nd and 763rd VC Regiments.
	www.virtualwall.org /ds/SaegaertDR01a.htm (444 words)

	Bio, Saegaert, Donald R.
		Updated by the P.O.W. SYNOPSIS: On May 25, 1965, Special Forces Detachment A-342 was airlanded at Dong Xoai, a district capital of Phuoc Long Province, through which the Viet Cong supply lifeline from Cambodia into War Zone D tracked.
		In late 1965, a Viet Cong produced film was captured which appeared to depict a portion of the battle at Dong Xoai.
		One report associated with the capture of an American at the battle of Binh Gia was placed in Captain Johnson's file, but may have correlated to the capture of another Captain several months earlier.
	www.pownetwork.org /bios/s/s350.htm (921 words)

	POW MIA3 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Beginning at 2330 hours, the Dong Xoai Special Forces Camp was heavily mortared followed by an overwhelming ground assault.
		In late 1965, US forces captured a VC produced propaganda film entitled "Dong Xoai in Flames." Portions of it depicted the battle of Dong Xoai and showed the dead bodies of 5 or 6 Americans including SFC Owens and 1st Lt. Hall.
		One of these reports, which documented the capture of an American at the battle of Binh Gia, was placed in Capt. Johnson's file, but may have actually correlated to the capture of another Captain several months earlier.
	home.comcast.net /~gilbert352/pow_mia3.htm (1641 words)

	Ken's World
		The "Thunderbirds" had distinguished themselves in the Battle of Dong Xoai, Operation Attleboro, Operation Cedar Falls, Operation Junction City; and during the 1968 "Tet Offensive" -- the Battle of Loc Ninh and the defense of Bien Hoa, Long Binh and Saigon.
		The battles of Loc Ninh, and Bu Dop, and the defense of Song Be and Bien Hoa well be remembered as major operations in which the 118th AHC demonstrated extrordinary valor.
		There was the helicopter door-gunner who jumped from his aircraft and ran after a retreating Viet Cong and grabbed him with his left hand and carried him back to his ship, dodgin heavy enemy fire all the way.
	www.angelfire.com /sk3/skydiverd3716 (698 words)

	math lessons - Army of the Republic of Vietnam
		A small number fought at the battle of Dien Bien Phu where they famously went into action singing the French national anthem.
		In 1963 at the battle of Ap Bac some 10,000 ARVN troops were defeated by only 350 Viet Cong.
		The battle of Dong Xoai in 1965 was another humiliating ARVN defeat.
	www.mathdaily.com /lessons/ARVN (1369 words)

	TrekEarth \| Dong Xoai — in war and peace Photo
		During the Vietnam War, it was a name that became one of the most fierce and bloody battles for the two sides to get to know each other.
		The AP has successfully petitioned the Vietnam authorities to get me and my family out in 1990, during the period when both sides were working hard toward a normalization of diplomatic relationship.
		After 15 years in peace and freedom, I could not resist the wish to visit the location where I experienced the most wretched part of my life.
	www.trekearth.com /gallery/Asia/Vietnam/Northeast_South/photo209599.htm (897 words)

	Download text files - AfghanistanPeople (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		He returned to France in 1690 and was given a command in the cavalry of the army in Flanders, but towards the end of the War of the Grand Alliance he went to Vienna as ambassador.
		His part in the next war (see War of the Spanish Succession), beginning with battle of Friedlingen (1702) and Battle of Hochstadt (1703) and ending with Battle of Denain (1712), has made him immortal.
		He played a conspicuous part in the politics of the Regency period as the principal opponent of Cardinal Dubois, and only the memories of Montmorency's rebellion prevented his being made constable of France.
	orne.fr.hp-pda.org /en/10June (2868 words)

	Shields' Legacy: A daughter's remembrance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Just 15 months earlier, in June of 1965, the Vietnam War was being fought in the Vietnamese town of Dong Xoai, where a fierce battle
		the city of Dong Xoai in the Republic of Vietnam, during the Vietnam
		of Honor, and who was with Marvin Shields in Dong Xoai that fateful day.
	members.aol.com /mohdads/courier.html (1147 words)

	Vietnam War Battle of Dong Xoai (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Description: About midnight the VC 762d and 763d Regts began a coordinated attack on the town and Special Forces camp at Dong Xoai with one regimental sized force while another force positioned itself to ambush all likely routes and LZs for ARVN reinforcements.
		At 0230H the CIDG force crumbled and the Americans withdrew to the district HQ with heavy losses.
		On the 13th, SF A-311 Det arrived and began rebuilding the camp.
	www.flyarmy.org /panel/battle/65061020.HTM (450 words)

	145th Aviation Battalion - Old Warriors - Saigon, Bien Hoa - III Corps - See Article
		The battalion earned a Distinguished Unit Citation for its 2700 missions in June 1965 during the battle of Dong Xoia.
		Known as the "First of the Assault Helicopter Companies", the 118th actively participated in every major battle and operation in III Corps, distinguishing itself in the early years in the Battle of Dong Xoai, Operations Attleboro,
		Among the greatest claims of the Thunderbirds and their reputation as a fighting unit was they were the first to arrive and the last to leave.
	www.1stavnbde.com /145bn/145th_Combat_Aviation_Battalion.htm (612 words)

	Shelby L. Stanton Message Board
		Does the author have any information on where the uniforms were made and the work conditions inside the factories.
		Section on battle of Dong Xoai contains inaccuracies, and is poorly researched.
		There is no evidence that Stanton interviewed members of Special Forces team that fought at Dong Xoai.
	www.allreaders.com /Board.asp?BoardID=3483 (310 words)

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	www.n00bie.net /June_10 (1538 words)

	faces from the wall...feb 1965- sep 1965
		The battle for Dong Xoai ended temporarily on Friday when the routed Viet-Cong left district headquarters in ruins, with the dead including some 150 civilian men, women and children.
		Another present was 1st Lt. Charles Williams of Vance, S. C., who was awarded the Medal of Honor the nations highest military decoration for heroism for the same action in which Shields lost his life.
		Johnson said Shields, by his heroism in a 14-hour battle at Dong Xoai on June 10, 1965, saved the lives of many of his comrades.
	www.facesfromthewall.com /1965feb.html (3195 words)

	June 10 peee.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
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		- 1965 - Vietnam War : Battle of Dong Xoai begins.
	www.peee.org /en/June+10 (1721 words)

	10 Joune Vietnam - Military Images Photos Pictures Forums
		Some 1,500 Viet Cong start a mortar attack on the district capital of Dong Xoai, about 60 miles northeast of Saigon, and then quickly overrun the town's military headquarters and an adjoining militia compound.
		The Viet Cong were estimated to have lost 350 in the ground combat and perhaps several hundred more in air attacks.
		First Lt. Charles Q. Williams assumed command of the Special Forces camp when his commanding officer was seriously wounded in the early minutes of the battle.
	www.militaryimages.net /forums/showthread.php?t=1100 (539 words)

	1965 in History - Basic History Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
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	www.basichistoryonline.com /years.php?y=1965 (1900 words)

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		NGUYEN LAUGHED ABOUT THIS, REPLYING IT WAS ODD CUONG SHOULD RELATE SUCH A STORY SINCE CUONG HAD FLED INTO THE JUNGLE DURING THE ATTACK AND COULD NOT POSSIBLY KNOW THE FATE OF THE U.S. Page 3 ZONE.
		(2) THE BI DOUP PW CAMP IN LAM DONG PROVINCE, OR THE (3) HUY KHIEM AND DA TRANG REEDUCATION CAMPS.
		OTHER THAN THE TWO INSTANCES HE RELATED DURING THE INTERVIEW, HE SAID HE KNEW OF NO OTHER INCIDENTS RELATING TO U.S. Page 4 TASKING DURING THEIR INVESTIGATION INTO CASE 0054 SINCE MR.
	www.pownetwork.org /ohist/020042z.htm (355 words)

	TIME.com: Girls Under Fire -- Jul 23, 1965 -- Page 1
		Though the V.C. often encourage wives to go along with their guerrilla husbands, few women are actually combatants.
		An exception was among the Viet Cong dead after last month's bloody battle at Dong Xoai.
		There lay the body of a girl lieutenant company commander.
	www.time.com /time/archive/preview/0,10987,841892,00.html (589 words)

	Viet Cong (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The two are scheduled to discuss Vietnamese human rights, religious freedom and world trade.
		On June 10, 1965, approximately 1,500 Viet Cong rapidly assaulted the district capital of Dong Xoai, about 60 miles northeast of Saigon - decimating the local militia.
		In the end, over 800 South Vietnamese lay dead along with 7 Americans...
	www.boarc.com /History/Viet+Cong.html (772 words)

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