<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War" id="mwAS4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a>: In a follow-up to August's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Starlite" id="mwAS8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Operation Starlite">Operation Starlite</a>, United States Marines and South Vietnamese forces initiate <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Piranha" id="mwATA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Operation Piranha">Operation Piranha</a> on the Batangan Peninsula.