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Expendable Warriors – The Battle of Khe Sanh and the Vietnam War. Westport, Connecticut & London: Praeger International Security. ISBN 978-0-275-99480-8. Donaldson, Gary (1996). America at War Since 1945: Politics and Diplomacy in Korea, Vietnam, and the Gulf War. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-27595-660-8.
In 1971, Khe Sanh was reactivated by the U.S. Army (Operation Dewey Canyon II) to support Operation Lam Son 719, the South Vietnamese invasion of Laos. On the night of 23 March a PAVN sapper attack on Khe Sanh resulted in 3 Americans killed and several aircraft and 2 ammunition dumps destroyed, PAVN losses were 14 killed and 1 captured. [4]
[28]: 35 Meanwhile, the brigade's infantry elements were choppered directly into the Khe Sanh area. By 5 February, Route 9 had been secured up to the Laotian frontier. [22]: 330–1 Simultaneously, the 101st Airborne Division began a feint into the A Shau Valley in order to draw PAVN attention away from Khe Sanh. At the combat base, poor ...
In heavy fighting around Khe Sanh, South Vietnamese Marines reported killing 174 PAVN for the loss of ten Marines, with U.S. helicopter gunships accounting for 58 of the PAVN. [126] At 02:00 the PAVN attacked Marines 1.5 miles (2.4 km) northwest of Firebase Sarge losing 83 killed for the loss of two Marines. [127]
On 18 September at 03:00 35 km southeast of Khe Sanh, aircraft of Company C, 2/17th Cavalry were conducting a forward looking infrared mission when they located and attacked 40 PAVN killing 18. On 20 September west of Gio Linh, a UH-1 from Company C, 158th Assault Helicopter Battalion was shot down while inserting a reconnaissance team from the ...
On 20 April operational control of the Khe Sanh area passed to the 3rd Marine Regiment. [1]: 35 On 22 April 1967 SLF Bravo comprising 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines supported by HMM-164 had commenced Operation Beacon Star on the southern part of the Street Without Joy straddling Quảng Trị and Thừa Thiên Provinces against the Vietcong (VC) 6th Regiment and 810th and 812th Battalions.
Khe Sanh plateau and Đa Krông river valley: June 23 - Jul 14: Operation Wayne Fast [2] 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division clear and search operation: Bình Định Province: June 24 – 28: Operation Wright Blue [2] 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment security operation: Pleiku Province: June 26 – Mar 1 71: Operation Pennsylvania Square [2]
A Marine stands watch during mass on Hill 950. The base was located approximately 3.5 km north of Khe Sanh. [1]The base was first established by the Marines in late 1966. [2]