Video: 'Vietnam a Television History Episode 11' (Battle of Phuoc Long at 23:06)

(Monday, January 6, 1975, 8:00 p.m. local time; during the Battle of Phuoc Long, part of Vietnam War, the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — After a week-long siege, North Vietnamese forces today overran and captured Phuoc Binh, the encircled capital of Phuoc Long Province.

North Vietnamese launched the battle on Dec. 12, 1974, to to see the U.S. government would actually uphold former President Richard Nixon’s promises of military retaliation.