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    The siege of Plei Me (Vietnamese: Bao vây Plei Me; 19–25 October 1965) was the beginning phase of the first major confrontation between soldiers of the...
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  • Chu Huy Mân (category Generals of the People's Army of Vietnam)
    the People's Army of Vietnam active during the First Indochina War and Vietnam war. He commanded Việt Cộng forces in Siege of Plei Me. Chu Huy Mân was...
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    Plei Me until dusk on the 25th. The PAVN forces withdrew west towards the Chu Pong Massif.: 99–103  At the end of October, after the siege of Plei Me...
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    Charles Alvin Beckwith (category Recipients of the Legion of Merit)
    promotion to Major, Beckwith led B-52 in the rescue of the besieged Special Forces camp at the Siege of Plei Me, during which President Lyndon B. Johnson requested...
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  • Siege of Erenköy (1964) – Turkish Cypriots holding out against attacking Greek and Greek Cypriot forces. Turkish invasion of Cyprus Siege of Plei Me (1965)...
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  • Nguyễn Văn Hiếu (category Army of the Republic of Vietnam generals)
    Regiment at the ambush site and the PAVN 32nd Regiment abandoned the siege of Plei Me and withdrew into the surrounding jungle. 42nd Regiment, 22nd Division...
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    Richard T. Knowles (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the United States Army Center of Military History)
    relief of the Siege of Plei Me. Knowles served as commander of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade. In July 1967, MG Knowles assumed command of Task Force...
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    1st Cavalry Division (United States) (category Cavalry divisions of the United States Army)
    relieve the Siege of Plei Me near Pleiku and the pursuit of the withdrawing People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) which culminated in the Battle of Ia Drang, described...
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    Civilian Irregular Defense Group program (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the United States Army Center of Military History)
    citizens of South Vietnam.: 157–8  Battle of A Shau Battle of Dong Xoai Battle of Hiep Hoa Battle of Kham Duc Battle of Nam Dong Siege of Plei Me  This article...
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  • Nguyễn Trọng Luật (category South Vietnamese military personnel of the Vietnam War)
    officer in the South Vietnamese Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN). During the October 1965 Siege of Plei Me Luật commanded the 1,400 man ARVN armored...
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    Lists of battles Before 301 301–1300 1301–1600 1601–1800 1801–1900 1901–2000 2001–current Naval Sieges See also This article lists all the battles that...
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    miles (19 km) north of Chu Lai resulting in 16 VC killed and six captured.: 239  19–25 October The Siege of Plei Me was a series of assaults by the PAVN...
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    Mrs. Miniver. The Siege of Plei Me began when 6,000 Viet Cong and 33rd North Vietnamese Army Regiment troops attacked the Plei Me fort near Pleiku in...
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  • October 23 (redirect from 23rd of October)
    conjunction with the Army of the Republic of Vietnam, launches an operation seeking to destroy Communist forces during the siege of Plei Me. 1970 – Gary Gabelich...
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    Vietnamese Rangers (category Army of the Republic of Vietnam)
    October 1965 the 22nd and 96th Ranger Battalions assisted in lifting the Siege of Plei Me.: 101–4  On 8 December 1965 the 11th Ranger Battalion participated...
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    John Laurence (category American war correspondents of the Vietnam War)
    arrival of the 1st Cavalry Division's advance party in South Vietnam. He covered Operation Piranha, the Battle of An Ninh, the Siege of Plei Me, the aftermath...
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    borne the brunt of the combat during the Siege of Plei Me and the Battle of Ia Drang in October and November 1965, and some battalions of the 1st Cavalry...
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  • Catecka Base Camp (category Installations of the United States Army in South Vietnam)
    support the relief of the Siege of Plei Me. The base was beside QL-19 next to the Catecka Tea Plantation and approximately 12 km southwest of Pleiku.: 5–95 ...
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  • Archived from the original on 2012-03-05. Retrieved 2010-07-26. "The Siege at Plei Me" (PDF). HQ PACAF Tactical Evaluation Center Project Checo. 24 February...
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  • and U.S. Air Force cargo aircraft play a major role in lifting the Siege of Plei Me in South Vietnam. October 22 – Nicholas Piantanida's attempt to set...
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    isolated the Marine base. Once the base came under siege, a series of actions were fought over a period of five months. During this time, KSCB and the hilltop...
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    Struggles and the Fall of Saigon". In Werner, Jayne Susan; Huynh, Luu Doan (eds.). The Vietnam War: Vietnamese and American Perspectives. M.E. Sharpe. p. 204...
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    Pleiku Campaign (category Battles and operations of the Vietnam War)
    plan was code-named "Plei Me/Chupong Campaign" and narrated in Brigadier General McChristian's report, "Intelligence Aspect of Plei Me/Chu Pong Campaign"...
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  • in Paris" by The Fureys and Davey Arthur "Pagan in Paris" by Jack Pleis "The Palace of Versailles" by Al Stewart "Palais Royal" by Alain Chamfort & Steve...
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    "Ripcord: Screaming Eagles Under Siege, Vietnam 1970" by Keith W. Nolan, Presidio Press, 2000, ISBN 0-89141-642-0 "The Price of Exit", by Tom Marshall, Ballantine...
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    Vietnam War (redirect from War of vietnam)
    (1987), Good Morning, Vietnam (1987), Casualties of War (1989), Born on the Fourth of July (1989), The Siege of Firebase Gloria (1989), Heaven & Earth (1993)...
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    Phase V to relieve Kampong Cham, headquarters of FANK's Military Region I, which had been under siege by the PAVN 9th Division, which had occupied the...
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    Attack on USNS Card (category Acts of sabotage)
    operation during the Vietnam War. It took place in the port of Saigon in the early hours of 2 May 1964, and was mounted by commandos from the 65th Special...
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    Con Thien (category Military installations of the United States Marine Corps in South Vietnam)
    Con Thien (Vietnamese: Cồn Tiên, meaning the "Hill of Angels") was a military base that started out as a U.S. Army Special Forces camp before transitioning...
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    vicinity of Huế. Among the new arrivals was the 7th Battalion of the 29th Regiment, 325C Division, a unit that until recently had been laying siege to Khe...
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