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Lyndon Johnson: “Following an emergency resupply by U.S. Marine Corps pilots, the South Vietnamese paratroopers successfully held their…”

On the recordOctober 30, 1967
Following an emergency resupply by U.S. Marine Corps pilots, the South Vietnamese paratroopers successfully held their positions for another seven hours during determined enemy attacks.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Presidential Unit Citation Awarded to the 7th Airborne Battalion, Airborne Division, Army of the Republic of Vietnam.

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