Timeline Thursday 18 November 1965

Events on Thursday 18 November 1965 1

• 1965 Battle of Ia Drang First major battle between US and North Vietnamese forces Fought from 14 to 18 November 1965 in South Vietnam's Central Highlands, the Battle of Ia Drang was the first large-scale engagement between US Army troops and regular North Vietnamese Army units. American forces used helicopter-borne air cavalry tactics for the first time in sustained combat. The battle previewed the intense, high-casualty fighting that would characterize the rest of the war.