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.
Lyndon Johnson: “Following an emergency resupply by U.S. Marine Corps pilots, the South Vietnamese paratroopers successfully held their…”
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Presidential Unit Citation Awarded to the 7th Airborne Battalion, Airborne Division, Army of the Republic of Vietnam.
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