<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War" id="mwAQw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Starlite" id="mwAQ0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Operation Starlite">Operation Starlite</a> begins: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" id="mwAQ4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="United States Marine Corps">United States Marines</a> destroy a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viet_Cong" id="mwAQ8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Viet Cong">Viet Cong</a> stronghold on the Van Tuong peninsula in the first major American ground battle of the war.