1/1/2023 0 Comments Leave Us Alone 1975![]() 293 South Vietnamese, 1,288 PAVN/VC and five U.S. South Vietnamese military spokesmen said that PAVN/VC attacks had risen to their highest level since October 1972 when a ceasefire agreement was expected to go into effect, with 116 incidents across the country, including 22 PAVN/VC and eight South Vietnamese militia were reported killed in fighting at Truong Luu in Tây Ninh province. effort to exert pressure through bombing has failed." He advised Tho to be flexible in peace negotiations with the Americans and to "let them leave as quickly as possible" and wait for the situation to change. In Beijing, Chinese leader Zhou Enlai told North Vietnam's peace negotiator, Lê Đức Thọ, that "the U.S. Ī Khmer Rouge/PAVN rocket attack on Phnom Penh International Airport and a nearby refugee camp killed three civilians and wounded more than 300, while two FANK positions 11 miles (18 km) and 17 miles (27 km) south of Phnom Penh were overrun by Khmer Rouge/PAVN forces. PAVN/VC forces increased attacks across South Vietnam and shelled Bien Hoa Air Base killing three civilians. 229 airstrikes were conducted over South Vietnam and 22 B-52 strikes were conducted near the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). aircraft continued to bomb North Vietnam below the 20th parallel, with 84 strikes by fighter-bombers and 13 flights of three B-52s each. In Cambodia Khmer Rouge forces captured two Khmer National Armed Forces (FANK) positions on Route 3, 24 miles (39 km) southwest of Phnom Penh, while FANK forces repelled a 36-hour Khmer Rouge/PAVN assault on Prey Totung, 10 miles (16 km) from Phnom Penh International Airport losing 20 killed. The Pentagon acknowledged for the first time that Bạch Mai Hospital and Gia Lam Airport in Hanoi had been accidentally damaged during December's Operation Linebacker II bombing raids, but without clarifying if the damage was caused by bombing, falling debris or antiaircraft weapons. As President Richard Nixon and most Republicans opposed the cutoff, the vote had only symbolic impact. ![]() funds for the war in Vietnam once all U.S. The Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives voted 154 to 75 to cut off U.S. South Vietnam reported 49 ceasefire violations resulting in 44 People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN)/ Vietcong (VC), eight South Vietnamese military and three civilians killed, the most serious incident being PAVN artillery firing 300 rounds against Republic of Vietnam Airborne Division positions 3 miles (4.8 km) southwest of Quảng Trị. aircraft resumed airstrikes across South Vietnam and North Vietnam up to the 20th parallel north. At midday, following a 36-hour New Year ceasefire, U.S. ![]()
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