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There is a great irony in the fact that the North Vietnamese finally won by purely conventional means, using precisely the kind of warfare the American Army was best equipped to fight.

- W. Scott Thompson & Col. Donaldson D. Firzzell, 1977

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SORD
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Strategic Operations and Resource Direction


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Today in Military History

September 26



1914:

Indian troops land at Marseilles


1916:

THIEPVAL, effective dates for battle honour begin (to 29 Sept 17)


1917:

POLYGON WOOD, effective dates for battle honour begin (to 3 Oct 17)


1917:

Sgt John Dwyer, 4 MG Coy, Royal Austarlian Army, awarded the VC for his actions during the third Battle of Ypres, Belgium.




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