page_title: 1973 in the Vietnam War
section_title: September
hierarchical_section_title: 1973 in the Vietnam War / September
caption_attribution_description: English: Plei Djereng airfield (YA860456) located west of Pleiku. The runway is made of MX19 matting and was constructed by D Company, 35th Engineer Battalion. Work began in mid-December and the field was operational on 17 January. Peneprime is being applied to the shoulders and the overruns of the airfield and matting is yet to be placed on the aircraft parking area on the far end of the runway
context_page_description: 1973 in the Vietnam War began with a peace agreement, the Paris Peace Accords, signed by the United States and South Vietnam on one side of the Vietnam War and communist North Vietnam and the insurgent Viet Cong on the other. Although honored in some respects, the peace agreement was violated by both North and South Vietnam as the struggle for power and control of territory in South Vietnam continued. North Vietnam released all American prisoners of war and the United States completed its military withdrawal from South Vietnam.
  U.S. Congressional opposition to the Vietnam War forced the U.S. to cease bombing communist forces in Cambodia in August and in November Congress adopted the War Powers Resolution which limited the U.S. President's authority to wage war.
context_section_description: 22 September
  The PAVN 26th Regiment, 320th Division supported by artillery and tanks captured Plei Djereng Camp in the Central Highlands. 200 of the 293 Rangers at the camp were killed or captured during the battle. PAVN casualties are not known but the RVNAF claimed three T-54 tanks destroyed during the battle
  23 September
  Henry Kissinger became United States Secretary of State replacing William P. Rogers.
caption: Plei Djereng Camp
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