50 years ago today, May 11, in sunny Vietnam-land https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/50-years-ago-today-may-11-in-sunny-vietnam-land <div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-39843"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2F50-years-ago-today-may-11-in-sunny-vietnam-land%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=50+years+ago+today%2C+May+11%2C+in+sunny+Vietnam-land&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2F50-years-ago-today-may-11-in-sunny-vietnam-land&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0A50 years ago today, May 11, in sunny Vietnam-land%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/50-years-ago-today-may-11-in-sunny-vietnam-land" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="39f709d6a61b2c6db611e535a2c98c37" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/039/843/for_gallery_v2/464784467.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/039/843/large_v3/464784467.jpg" alt="464784467" /></a></div></div>U.S. destroyers deliver first shore bombardment of Vietnam War.<br /><br />General Westmoreland and Deputy Premier Nguyen Van Thieu make a parachute jump together.<br /><br />The 1st marine Aircraft Wing flies in to establish its advance headquarters at Danang. Mon, 11 May 2015 11:05:15 -0400 50 years ago today, May 11, in sunny Vietnam-land https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/50-years-ago-today-may-11-in-sunny-vietnam-land <div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-39843"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2F50-years-ago-today-may-11-in-sunny-vietnam-land%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=50+years+ago+today%2C+May+11%2C+in+sunny+Vietnam-land&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2F50-years-ago-today-may-11-in-sunny-vietnam-land&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0A50 years ago today, May 11, in sunny Vietnam-land%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/50-years-ago-today-may-11-in-sunny-vietnam-land" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="3d793a84d5da85e983855fa2851f54d9" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/039/843/for_gallery_v2/464784467.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/039/843/large_v3/464784467.jpg" alt="464784467" /></a></div></div>U.S. destroyers deliver first shore bombardment of Vietnam War.<br /><br />General Westmoreland and Deputy Premier Nguyen Van Thieu make a parachute jump together.<br /><br />The 1st marine Aircraft Wing flies in to establish its advance headquarters at Danang. SPC Jan Allbright, M.Sc., R.S. Mon, 11 May 2015 11:05:15 -0400 2015-05-11T11:05:15-04:00 Response by Cpl Dennis F. made May 11 at 2015 11:18 AM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/50-years-ago-today-may-11-in-sunny-vietnam-land?n=659299&urlhash=659299 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I and a few other Marines were invited to breakfast at El Toro MCAS with Westmoreland in August 1968. We had just returned from Vietnam and he had been called to Washington for an ass chewing. Cpl Dennis F. Mon, 11 May 2015 11:18:54 -0400 2015-05-11T11:18:54-04:00 2015-05-11T11:05:15-04:00