President Kennedy had long regarded the war as South Vietnam 's alone to ... Once the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) had pushed back the Vietcong, and after Kennedy had won reelection ...

Dong Ha defence troop reinforcement. NBC News Field report by Jim Lawrie on the ARVN defence of Dong Ha after retreat from the DMZ (De-Militarized Zone). 2. Visnews item on ARVN infantry, tanks on ...

By 1970, the number of US troops in Vietnam had dropped to 334,600. At the same time, the ARVN’s forces grew from 820,000 in 1969 to 968,000 in 1970. At first, Vietnamisation looked like a ...

The other bases, Rock Pile, Camp Carroll, and Ca Lu were manned by American and ARVN personnel ... something that was rare at this point in the war. The artillery attacks continued for 77 days ...

The war had entered a stalemate ... and tons of supplies down the Ho Chi Minh trail and into South Vietnam's cities. By December, US and ARVN commanders knew something was coming.

During an action north of Da Nang in August 1965, he recaptured it from North Vietnamese Forces who were believed to have captured it earlier from Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) forces or the ...