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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
[1]: 31 At midday on 27 June, a unit of the ARVN 25th Division found 126 rockets 13 miles (21 km) northwest of Saigon, while Phu Loi Base Camp was hit by 15 mortar rounds. [1]: 32 On 28 June, units of the 1st and 3rd Brigades, 9th Infantry Division, engaged an enemy company 3 miles (4.8 km) southwest of Bến Lức.
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 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
Quản Lợi Base Camp (also known as LZ Andy or Rocket City) is a former U.S. Army and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) base east of An Lộc, Binh Phuoc Province, in southern Vietnam. History [ edit ]
On 8 June, Troop A 1/4th Cavalry comprising 9 M48 tanks and 32 other armored vehicles left Phu Loi Base Camp to move to An Lộc. That afternoon near the village of Tau O the lead M48 was disabled by a mine as part of an ambush by 2 battalions of the 272nd Regiment.
Quon Loi – An Loc: Sep 4 – 6: Operation Cranston [1] 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment security and resupply operation: between Lai Khe and Phu Loi: 52: 2 Sep 4 – 15: Operation El Paso [1] 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines and ARVN 2nd, 3rd and 4th Battalions, 6th Regiment search and destroy operation: Quảng ...
[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.