PALLAS PRE-SHADOW
March 6, 1965
Pre-Shadow 1965
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Operation Rolling Thunder, a three year sustained bombing campaign against North Vietnam
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"Bloody Sunday": Some 200 Alabama State Troopers attack 525 civil rights demonstrators in Selma, Alabama, as they attempt to march to the state capitol of Montgomery.
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Vietnam War: Some 3,500 United States Marines arrive in Da Nang, South Vietnam, becoming the first American ground combat troops in Vietnam.
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PALLAS RX
June 2 – Vietnam War: The first contingent of Australian combat troops arrives in South Vietnam.
June 7 – Kakanj mine disaster: A mining accident in Kakanj, Bosnia and Herzegovina, results in 128 deaths.
June 10 – Vietnam War – Battle of Dong Xoai: About 1,500 Viet Cong mount a mortar attack on Đồng Xoài, overrunning its military headquarters and the adjoining militia compound.
PALLAS DIRECT
October 3, 1965