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The U.S. Army base was established in 1965. [2] Red tents for refugees from Operation Cedar Falls at Phu Loi, 29 January 1967 Phu Loi, 23 September 1967. The 2nd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division comprising: 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment [3] 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment [3]: 143 2nd Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment [3]: 143
The Phu Loi Prison for Viet Minh prisoners and later opponents of the Ngo Dinh Diem government is now a museum.(). Little remains of the airfield built by the Japanese in the Second World War and subsequently used by U.S. Army aviation units during the Vietnam War.
The base appears to have been initially used to support Operation Junction City in February–May 1967. The base was established in 1967 on the site of a former French rubber plantation and was located approximately 6 km east of An Lộc in Bình Long Province. [1] The 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division comprising:
Phu Bai International Airport 16°24′06″N 107°42′10″E / 16.40167°N 107.70278°E / 16.40167; 107.70278 ( Phu Bai International Cam Ranh , Khánh Hòa
The PAVN/VC shelled Bien Hoa Air Base, Phan Rang Air Base and Phu Loi Base Camp and shot down two U.S. helicopters killing two crewmen. In the Mekong Delta a VC threw a grenade into a restaurant killing six civilians and wounding 110 others. [91] 21 February Chairman Mao Zedong and President Nixon
[13]: 6 On 3 February Detachment 6 at Phu Loi Base Camp was disestablished. [13]: 8 On 6 February Detachment 1 at Nam Can Naval Base was disestablished. [13]: 9 On 10 February Detachment 7 at Đồng Tâm Base Camp was disestablished. [13]: 10 On 14 February Detachment 5 at Châu Đốc was disestablished.
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The unit was constituted on 21 August 1965 and activated on 23 August 1965 at Fort Benning, Ga.The Battalion was inactivated on 16 September 1987. The 11th Aviation Battalion stationed at Fliegerhorst Kaserne in Erlensee, Germany, was the air wing of V Corps. [4]