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Phu Loi airfield was originally established by the Japanese in the 1940s and was located approximately 20 km north of Saigon in Bình Dương Province.During the First Indochina War the base was used by the French as a prisoner of war camp for captured Viet Minh.
1st and 3rd Brigades 1st Infantry Division and 5th Regiment, 9th Infantry Division operation against the VC 272nd Regiment and the Phu Loi Battalion: southwest Bình Long Province near the Michelin Rubber Plantation: 13: 3 Feb 16: Operation Bunker Hill [1] 3rd Brigade, 9th Infantry Division operation: Dinh Tuong Province: Feb 16: Operation ...
Information About Records Relating to the Vietnam War Operations Analysis (OPSANAL) System; Naval Operations in Vietnam; Media. The short film STAFF FILM REPORT 66-2A (1966) is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive. The short film STAFF FILM REPORT 66-5A (1966) is available for free viewing and download at the Internet ...
Long An Province was believed to shelter the 267th, 269th, and 6th Bình Tân Battalions in the west and the 506th, 508th, 5th Nhà Bè and Phu Loi II Battalions in the east. The VC had successfully established control over most of the province with the result that South Vietnamese Government control was limited to the major towns and outposts ...
The second engagement in Thebaud’s sector took place south of Phu Loi when Troops A and B from the 1/4th Cavalry, discovered several battalions from the People’s Army of Vietnam (PAVN) 165th Regiment hiding in the hamlet of Xom Moi. After giving the residents a chance to flee, the province chief authorized air and artillery strikes.
18th Military Police Brigade; 44th Medical Brigade; 173rd Airborne Brigade; 196th Infantry Brigade; 198th Infantry Brigade; 199th Infantry Brigade; 18th Engineer Brigade (combat) 20th Engineer Brigade; 223rd Aviation Brigade
Unit(s) – Description Location VC–PAVN KIAs Allied KIAs 64 – 65: Operation DeSoto I [1] US Navy and Republic of Vietnam Navy operation along the coast of North Vietnam to provoke coastal radar installations so electronic intelligence (ELINT) ships could record the resulting transmissions: South China Sea: Jan 5: Unnamed [2]
the first phase of secret B-52 bombing of eastern Cambodia; the start of a four-year bombing campaign that drew Cambodia into the Vietnam War: eastern Cambodia: Mar 18 – May 28, 1970: Operation Menu [11]: 13 US Strategic Air Command secret bombing of Cambodia: Cambodia: Mar 18 – Feb 28 1971: Operation Frederick Hill [1] [12]: 290