was a good fifteen year break from Viet-Nam to the Gulf War
---
1962 – Thailand. The Third Marine Expeditionary Unit landed on May 17,
1962 to support that country during the threat of Communist pressure
from outside; by July 30, the 5,000 marines had been withdrawn.
[RL30172]
1962 – Cuba. Cuban Missile Crisis On October 22, President Kennedy
instituted a "quarantine" on the shipment of offensive missiles to
Cuba from the Soviet Union. He also warned Soviet Union that the
launching of any missile from Cuba against nations in the Western
Hemisphere would bring about US nuclear retaliation on the Soviet
Union. A negotiated settlement was achieved in a few days.[RL30172]
1962–75 – Laos. From October 1962 until 1975, the United States played
an important role in military support of anti-Communist forces in Laos.
[RL30172]
1964 – Congo (Zaire). The United States sent four transport planes to
provide airlift for Congolese troops during a rebellion and to
transport Belgian paratroopers to rescue foreigners.[RL30172]
1965 – Invasion of Dominican Republic. Operation Power Pack. The
United States intervened to protect lives and property during a
Dominican revolt and sent 20,000 US troops as fears grew that the
revolutionary forces were coming increasingly under Communist control.
[RL30172] A popular rebellion breaks out, promising to reinstall Juan
Bosch as the country's elected leader. The revolution is crushed when
U.S. Marines land to uphold the military regime by force. The CIA
directs everything behind the scenes.
1967 – Israel. The USS Liberty incident, whereupon a United States
Navy Technical Research Ship was attacked June 8, 1967 by Israeli
armed forces, killing 34 and wounding more than 170 U.S. crew members.
1967 – Congo (Zaire). The United States sent three military transport
aircraft with crews to provide the Congo central government with
logistical support during a revolt.[RL30172]
1968 – Laos & Cambodia. U.S. starts secret bombing campaign against
targets along the Ho Chi Minh trail in the sovereign nations of
Cambodia and Laos. The bombings last at least two years. (See
Operation Commando Hunt)
[edit] 1970–1979
1970 – Cambodian Campaign. Cambodia — The CIA overthrows Prince
Norodom Sihanouk de:Norodom Sihanouk, who is highly popular among
Cambodians for keeping them out of the Vietnam War. He is replaced by
CIA puppet Lon Nol, who immediately throws Cambodian troops into
battle. This unpopular move strengthens once minor opposition parties
like the Khmer Rouge, which achieves power in 1975 and massacres
millions of its own people. US troops were ordered into Cambodia to
clean out Communist sanctuaries from which Viet Cong and North
Vietnamese attacked US and South Vietnamese forces in Vietnam. The
object of this attack, which lasted from April 30 to June 30, was to
ensure the continuing safe withdrawal of American forces from South
Vietnam and to assist the program of Vietnamization.[RL30172]
1972 - North Vietnam - Christmas bombing Operation Linebacker II (not
mentioned in RL30172, but an operation leading to peace negotiations).
The operation was conducted from 18–29 December 1972.
It was a bombing of the big cities Hanoi and Haiphong by B-52 bombers.
The bombing provoked "only" about 1600 casualties due to an evacuation
of the big cities Hanoi and Haiphong.
1973 – Operation Nickel Grass, a strategic airlift operation conducted
by the United States to deliver weapons and supplies to Israel during
the Yom Kippur War.
1974 – Evacuation from Cyprus. United States naval forces evacuated US
civilians during the Turkish invasion of Cyprus.[RL30172]
1975 – Evacuation from Vietnam. Operation Frequent Wind. On April 3,
1975, President Ford reported US naval vessels, helicopters, and
Marines had been sent to assist in evacuation of refugees and US
nationals from Vietnam.[RL30172]
1975 – Evacuation from Cambodia. Operation Eagle Pull. On April 12,
1975, President Ford reported that he had ordered US military forces
to proceed with the planned evacuation of US citizens from Cambodia.
[RL30172]
1975 – South Vietnam. On April 30, 1975, President Ford reported that
a force of 70 evacuation helicopters and 865 Marines had evacuated
about 1,400 US citizens and 5,500 third country nationals and South
Vietnamese from landing zones in and around the US Embassy, Saigon and
Tan Son Nhut Airport.[RL30172]
1975 – Cambodia. Mayagüez Incident. On May 15, 1975, President Ford
reported he had ordered military forces to retake the SS Mayagüez, a
merchant vessel which was seized from Cambodian naval patrol boats in
international waters and forced to proceed to a nearby island.
[RL30172]
1976 – Lebanon. On July 22 and 23, 1976, helicopters from five US
naval vessels evacuated approximately 250 Americans and Europeans from
Lebanon during fighting between Lebanese factions after an overland
convoy evacuation had been blocked by hostilities.[RL30172]
1976 – Korea. Additional forces were sent to Korea after two American
soldiers were killed by North Korean soldiers in the demilitarized
zone between North and South Korea while cutting down a tree.[RL30172]
1978 – Zaire (Congo). From May 19 through June 1978, the United States
utilized military transport aircraft to provide logistical support to
Belgian and French rescue operations in Zaire.[RL30172]
1979 - Nicaragua — Anastasio Somoza II, the CIA-backed dictator,
falls. The Marxist Sandinistas take over government, and they are
initially popular because of their commitment to land and anti-poverty
reform. Somoza had a murderous and hated personal army called the
National Guard. The Contras fight a CIA-backed guerrilla war against
the Sandinista government throughout the 1980s.
[edit] 1980–1989
1980 – Iran. Operation Eagle Claw. On April 26, 1980, President Carter
reported the use of six U.S. transport planes and eight helicopters in
an unsuccessful attempt to rescue the American hostages in Iran.
1980 - El Salvador — The Archbishop of San Salvador, Óscar Romero,
pleads with President Carter "Christian to Christian" to stop aiding
the military government slaughtering his people. Carter refuses.
Shortly afterwards, right-wing leader Roberto D'Aubuisson has Romero
shot through the heart while saying Mass. The country soon dissolves
into civil war, with the peasants in the hills fighting against the
military government. Death squads roam the countryside, committing
atrocities like that of El Mazote in 1982, where they massacre between
700 and 1000 men, women and children. By 1992, some 63,000 Salvadorans
will be killed.
1980 - U.S. Army and Air Force units arrive in the Sinai in September
as part of "Operation Bright Star". They are there to train with
Egyptians armed forces as part of the Camp David peace accords signed
in 1979. Elements of the 101st Airborne Division, ( 1st Battalion,
502nd Infantry) and Air Force MAC (Military Airlift Command) units are
in theater for four months and are the first U.S. military forces in
the region since World War II.
1981 – El Salvador. After a guerrilla offensive against the government
of El Salvador, additional US military advisers were sent to El
Salvador, bringing the total to approximately 55, to assist in
training government forces in counterinsurgency.[RL30172]
1981 – Libya. First Gulf of Sidra Incident On August 19, 1981, US
planes based on the carrier USS Nimitz shot down two Libyan jets over
the Gulf of Sidra after one of the Libyan jets had fired a heat-
seeking missile. The United States periodically held freedom of
navigation exercises in the Gulf of Sidra, claimed by Libya as
territorial waters but considered international waters by the United
States.[RL30172]
1982 – Sinai. On March 19, 1982, President Reagan reported the
deployment of military personnel and equipment to participate in the
Multinational Force and Observers in the Sinai. Participation had been
authorized by the Multinational Force and Observers Resolution, Public
Law 97-132.[RL30172]
1982 – Lebanon. Multinational Force in Lebanon. On August 21, 1982,
President Reagan reported the dispatch of 800 Marines to serve in the
multinational force to assist in the withdrawal of members of the
Palestine Liberation force from Beirut. The Marines left September 20,
1982.[RL30172]
1982–83 – Lebanon. On September 29, 1982, President Reagan reported
the deployment of 1200 marines to serve in a temporary multinational
force to facilitate the restoration of Lebanese government
sovereignty. On September 29, 1983, Congress passed the Multinational
Force in Lebanon Resolution (P.L. 98-119) authorizing the continued
participation for eighteen months.[RL30172]
1983 – Egypt. After a Libyan plane bombed a city in Sudan on March 18,
1983, and Sudan and Egypt appealed for assistance, the United States
dispatched an AWACS electronic surveillance plane to Egypt.[RL30172]
1983 – Grenada. Operation Urgent Fury. Citing the increased threat of
Soviet and Cuban influence and noting the development of an
international airport following a bloodless Grenada coup d'état and
alignment with the Soviets and Cuba, the U.S. invades the island
nation of Grenada.[RL30172]
1983–89 – Honduras. In July 1983 the United States undertook a series
of exercises in Honduras that some believed might lead to conflict
with Nicaragua. On March 25, 1986, unarmed US military helicopters and
crewmen ferried Honduran troops to the Nicaraguan border to repel
Nicaraguan troops.[RL30172]
1983 – Chad. On August 8, 1983, President Reagan reported the
deployment of two AWACS electronic surveillance planes and eight F-15
fighter planes and ground logistical support forces to assist Chad
against Libyan and rebel forces.[RL30172]
1984 – Persian Gulf. On June 5, 1984, Saudi Arabian jet fighter
planes, aided by intelligence from a US AWACS electronic surveillance
aircraft and fueled by a U.S. KC-10 tanker, shot down two Iranian
fighter planes over an area of the Persian Gulf proclaimed as a
protected zone for shipping.[RL30172]
1985 – Italy. On October 10, 1985, US Navy pilots intercepted an
Egyptian airliner and forced it to land in Sicily. The airliner was
carrying the hijackers of the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro who
had killed an American citizen during the hijacking.[RL30172]
1986 – Libya. Action in the Gulf of Sidra (1986) On March 26, 1986,
President Reagan reported on March 24 and 25, US forces, while engaged
in freedom of navigation exercises around the Gulf of Sidra, had been
attacked by Libyan missiles and the United States had responded with
missiles.[RL30172]
1986 – Libya. Operation El Dorado Canyon. On April 16, 1986, President
Reagan reported that U.S. air and naval forces had conducted bombing
strikes on terrorist facilities and military installations in the
Libyan capitol of Tripoli, claiming that Libyan leader Col. Muammar al-
Gaddafi was responsible for a bomb attack at a German disco that
killed two U.S. soldiers.[RL30172]
1986 - Haiti — Rising popular revolt in Haiti means that "Baby Doc"
Duvalier will remain "President for Life" only if he has a short one.
However, violence keeps the country in political turmoil for another
four years. The CIA tries to strengthen the military by creating the
National Intelligence Service (SIN), which suppresses popular revolt
through torture and assassination.
1986 – Bolivia. U.S. Army personnel and aircraft assisted Bolivia in
anti-drug operations.[RL30172]
On Mar 28, 3:36 pm, Keith In Tampa <keithinta...@gmail.com> wrote:
> This is some total Moonbattery here.
>
> The purported "Indian Wars" lasted 81 years? Har Har Har! (Why not use
> the dates, 1775 through say, 1925?)
>
> The chart and the allegation that we've only had 21 years of peace is also
> ridiculous. From 1918 (the end of the First World War) to the start of
> World War II in 1945 would be 23 years in and of itself. Seems like there
> was a good fifteen year break from Viet-Nam to the Gulf War, and almost as
> much between the Gulf War and whatever the Hell you would call it when we
> went back over to Iraq.....
>
> On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 3:31 PM, plainolamerican
> <plainolameri...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > American Revolution (1775–1783)
> > Total servicemembers 217,000
> > Battle deaths 4,435
> > Nonmortal woundings 6,188
> > War of 1812 (1812–1815)
> > Total servicemembers 286,730
> > Battle deaths 2,260
> > Nonmortal woundings 4,505
> > Indian Wars (approx. 1817–1898)
> > Total servicemembers 106,0001
> > Battle deaths 1,0001
> > Mexican War (1846–1848)
> > Total servicemembers 78,718
> > Battle deaths 1,733
> > Other deaths in service (nontheater) 11,550
> > Nonmortal woundings 4,152
> > Civil War (1861–1865)
> > Total servicemembers (Union) 2,213,363
> > Battle deaths (Union) 140,414
> > Other deaths in service (nontheater) (Union) 224,097
> > Nonmortal woundings (Union) 281,881
> > Total servicemembers (Conf.) 1,050,000
> > Battle deaths (Conf.) 74,524
> > Other deaths in service (nontheater) (Conf.) 59,2972
> > Nonmortal woundings (Conf.) unknown
> > Spanish-American War (1898–1902)
> > Total servicemembers 306,760
> > Battle deaths 385
> > Other deaths in service (nontheater) 2,061
> > Nonmortal woundings 1,662
> > World War I (1917–1918)3
> > Total servicemembers 4,734,991
> > Battle deaths 53,402
> > Other deaths in service (nontheater) 63,114
> > Nonmortal woundings 204,002
> > Living veterans fewer than 251
> > World War II (1940–1945)3
> > Total servicemembers 16,112,566
> > Battle deaths 291,557
> > Other deaths in service (nontheater) 113,842
> > Nonmortal woundings 671,846
> > Living veterans 3,242,0001
> > Korean War (1950–1953)
> > Total servicemembers 5,720,000
> > Serving in-theater 1,789,000
> > Battle deaths 33,741
> > Other deaths in service (theater) 2,833
> > Other deaths in service (nontheater) 17,672
> > Nonmortal woundings 103,284
> > Living veterans 3,086,4001
> > Vietnam War (1964–1975)
> > Total servicemembers 8,744,000
> > Serving in-theater 3,403,000
> > Battle deaths 47,424
> > Other deaths in service (theater) 10,785
> > Other deaths in service (nontheater) 32,000
> > Nonmortal woundings 153,303
> > Living veterans 7,286,5001
> > Gulf War (1990–1991)
> > Total servicemembers 2,225,000
> > Serving in-theater 665,476
> > Battle deaths 147
> > Other deaths in service (theater) 382
> > Other deaths in service (nontheater) 1,565
> > Nonmortal woundings 467
> > Living veterans 1,852,0001
> > America's Wars Total (1775–1991)
> > Military service during war 41,891,368
> > Battle deaths 651,030
> > Other deaths in service (theater) 308,800
> > Other deaths in service (nontheater) 230,279
> > Nonmortal woundings 1,431,290
> > Living war veterans 17,456,0004
> > Living veterans 23,442,000
> > Global War on Terror 5
> > Total Servicemembers (Worldwide) (as of Dec 31, 2010) 1,429,367
> > Deployed to Iraq (Operation New Dawn) (as of Dec. 31, 2010) 85,600
> > Deployed to Afghanistan (Operation Enduring Freedom)(as of Dec. 31,
> > 2010) 103,700
> > Battle Deaths (as of May 12, 2011) 4,724
> > Other Deaths (In Theater) (as of May 12, 2011) 1,294
> > Non-mortal Woundings (as of May 12, 2011) 43,399
>
> > Read more: America's Wars: U.S. Casualties and Veterans —
> > Infoplease.comhttp://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0004615.html#ixzz1qRRNWCUa
>
> > On Mar 28, 1:38 pm, MJ <micha...@america.net> wrote:
> > > "We are a peace-loving people." -- Anthony Gregory
>
> > > 19c55e4c.jpg
> > > 34KViewDownload
>
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