Arvn in a sentence

After meeting resistance, ARVN forces retreated in a confused rout.

Although the U.S. was highly critical of them, the ARVN continued to be entirely U.S. armed and funded.

ARVN General Phu abandoned Pleiku and Kon Tum and retreated toward the coast, in what became known as the "column of tears".

ARVN prevailed after over two months of continuous fighting.

ARVN took heavy losses, but to the surprise of many, managed to hold their ground.

By ignoring ARVN units, the U.S. commitment became open-ended.

City after city fell to the Communists with ARVN soldiers joining the civilians trying to flee south.

For two bloody weeks, severe fighting raged as the ARVN defenders made a last stand to try to block the North Vietnamese advance.

Further north, at Quảng Trị City, members of the 1st Cavalry Division and 1st ARVN Infantry Division killed more than 900 NVA and Vietcong troops in and around the city.

However, at Binh Gia, they had defeated a strong ARVN force in a conventional battle.

In 1963, Ngô Đình Diệm was assassinated in a coup d'état carried out by ARVN officers led by Dương Văn Minh ('Big Minh'), supported by the CIA.

In the confusion, routed ARVN soldiers fired on civilians to make way for their retreat.

In the confusion that followed Big Minh took power, but was only the first in a succession of ARVN generals to assume the presidency of South Vietnam in a period of intense political instability.

Lacking U.S. air support, the ARVN could not hold them back.

Many ARVN soldiers clung to helicopter skids in a desperate attempt to save themselves.

Poor leadership, corruption, and political promotions all played a part in weakening the South Vietnamese Army (ARVN).

Six waves of ARVN tear gas and attack dogs failed to disperse the crowds, and finally brownish-red liquid chemicals were doused on praying protesters, resulting in 67 being hospitalised for chemical injuries.

Starting in 1969, President Nixon started the process of so-called "Vietnamization", withdrawing American forces and leaving the ARVN to fight the war against the North Vietnamese.

The ARVN forces were greatly outnumbered by the advancing North Vietnamese army.

Theater commander Creighton Abrams shifted to smaller operations, aimed at communist logistics, with better use of firepower and more cooperation with the ARVN.