Agent Orange is a chemical herbicide and defoliant, one of the "tactical use" Rainbow Herbicides.It was used by the U.S. military as part of its herbicidal warfare program, Operation Ranch Hand, during the Vietnam War from 1961 to 1971. It is a mixture of equal parts of two herbicides, 2,4,5-T and 2,4-D.In addition to its damaging environmental effects, traces of dioxin …

The Noise Pollution and Abatement Act of 1972 is a statute of the United States initiating a federal program of regulating noise pollution with the intent of protecting human health and minimizing annoyance of noise to the general public.. The Act established mechanisms of setting emission standards for virtually every source of noise, including motor vehicles, aircraft, certain types of …

Nominee Pat Brown: Richard Nixon: Party Democratic: Republican: Popular vote 3,037,109: 2,740,351 Percentage 51.94%: 46.87%

President Richard Nixon made an address to the American public from the Oval Office on August 8, 1974, to announce his resignation from the presidency due to the Watergate scandal.. Nixon's resignation was the culmination of what he referred to in his speech as the "long and difficult period of Watergate", a 1970s federal political scandal stemming from the break-in of the …

David Monroe Shoup ( December, 30 1904 – January, 13 1983) was a general of the United States Marine Corps who was awarded the Medal of Honor in World War II, served as the 22nd Commandant of the Marine Corps, and, after retiring, became one of the most prominent critics of the Vietnam War.. Born in Indiana to an impoverished family, Shoup joined the military for …

The battle of Dak To (Vietnamese: Chiến dịch Đắk Tô - Tân Cảnh) in Vietnam was a series of major engagements of the Vietnam War that took place between 3 and 23 November 1967, in Kon Tum Province, in the Central Highlands of the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam). The action at Đắk Tô was one of a series of People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) offensive initiatives that …

Văn Tiến Dũng (Vietnamese: [van tǐən zǔŋmˀ]; 2 May 1917 – 17 March 2002), born Co Nhue commune, Từ Liêm District, Hanoi, was a Vietnamese general in the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN), PAVN chief of staff (1954–74); PAVN commander in chief (1974–80); member of the Central Military–Party Committee (CMPC) (1984–86) and Socialist Republic of Vietnam …

There is a wide variety of displays seen in the museum focusing on the second Indochina war (The Vietnam War) through many exhibits presenting information of the tactics of the "American Imperialists" and the different manners in which war was approached in Vietnam, through a focus on the "Vietnamization of War" as well as the many other ...

History 1967. The base was located on Highway 1 approximately 8 km northwest of Quảng Trị and 8 km southeast of Đông Hà beside the Thạch Hãn River.. Following a series of artillery and rocket attacks on Đông Hà Combat Base, the Marines' major logistics and aviation support base in northern Quảng Trị Province, throughout the year, the Marines decided that Đông Hà was too ...

Presidency of Harry S. Truman. 1950 – Senator Joseph McCarthy gains power, and McCarthyism (1950–1954) begins; 1950 – McCarran Internal Security Act 1950 – Korean War begins 1950 – The comic strip Peanuts, by Charles M. Schulz, is first published; 1950 – NBC airs Broadway Open House a late-night comedy, variety, talk show through 1951. Hosted by Morey …

The Republic of Vietnam Navy (RVNN; Vietnamese: Hải quân Việt Nam Cộng hòa; HQVNCH) was the naval branch of the South Vietnamese military, the official armed forces of the former Republic of Vietnam (or South Vietnam) from 1955 to 1975. The early fleet consisted of boats from France. After 1955 and the transfer of the armed forces to Vietnamese control, the fleet was …

Để tìm hiểu thêm về ảnh hưởng tôn giáo của vị nữ thần này, có thể xem thêm "The Vietnamization of Po Nagar" của Nguyễn Thế An, trong loạt bài giảng về quá khứ Việt Nam, được chỉnh sửa bởi K.W. Taylor và John K. Whitmore, chương trình Đông Nam Á, Đại học Cornell, Ithaca, NY 1995

Elvis Meets Nixon is a 1997 Canadian-American mockumentary film directed by Allan Arkush and starring Rick Peters, Bob Gunton, and Alyson Court.It is an embellished account of the true story of American singer Elvis Presley meeting President Richard Nixon on December 21, 1970.

Martin B-10s were stationed at Clark Field with the 28th Bombardment Squadron in the late 1930s. When the 28th received new B-17s, three of these very outmoded B-10s were transferred to the Philippine Army Air Corps.. World War II: the 1940s Japanese attack. On 8 December 1941, General Douglas MacArthur, who recently had been called back to active service and placed in …