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Summary - August 1969

To be written

August 12

Sp4 Fred Sheetz, 919^th Engineer Company, 11^th Armored Cavalry Regiment,  is seriously wounded and admitted to the 24^th Evac.   After being stabilized, he was evacuated to Camp Drake in Japan, then on to Walter Reed. (Source:  Fred Sheetz) 

August 15, 16, 17

Woodstock Music Festival in Bethel, New York.

August 14 - 15

U. S. troops kill 96 Communist soldiers as enemy troops unsuccessfully attempt to storm US camps in Haun Ghia, Tay Ninh, and Binh Long provinces.  The Vietcong radio announces a new offensive.  (Courtesy The Vietnam War Almanac, John Bowman, Editor)

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