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Long Binh Post was a sprawling logistics facility and the largest U.S. Army base in Vietnam, with a peak of 60,000 personnel in 1969. [4] The Viet Cong attacked the Long Binh ammunition supply point on 4 February 1967 destroying at least 15,000 high explosive 155 mm artillery rounds. [5]
After HHC, 3d Ordnance Battalion and 60th Ordnance Company were inactivated on 29 April 1972, the last remaining unit (576th Ordnance Company) was assigned to the U.S. Army Supply Depot, Long Binh (USADLB) under whose command it continued to operate the Long Binh Ammunition Depot until all remaining stocks were transferred to the newly ...
By 1968 the Bien Hoa-Long Binh complex was the largest US/South Vietnamese military base in South Vietnam.Bien Hoa Air Base was the largest air base in the country, home to over 500 United States Air Force (USAF) and Republic of Vietnam Air Force (RVNAF) aircraft, while Long Binh Post was the US Army's largest logistics base, headquarters of United States Army Vietnam (USARV), the II Field ...
Long Binh Army Post and Depot, HQ U.S. Army; Da Nang Port; East Da Nang bridge and highways; Army Ammunition and Logistic Support facility, Cam Ranh; Phu Cat Air Base, Binh Dinh; Vung Tau port and naval base; Phan Rang Air Base, additional runway; Saigon Port warehouses; Thu Duc Island Depot for RMK-BRJ; Armed Forces Radio Television Building ...
The 5th Battalion, 60th Infantry Regiment (Mechanized), was based in Bình Phước 10 km southeast of Tan An and was responsible for patrolling Highway 4 between Saigon and Đồng Tâm Base Camp and protecting the daily supply convoys between Long Binh Post and Tân An. [2]: 113
17th Aviation Company: Fort Riley Long Binh [1] de Havilland Canada C-2 Caribou [5] 12th Combat Aviation Group 16th Aviation Group [7] 101st Air Cavalry Division [8] (Assault Helicopter) 18th Aviation Company: Fort Riley [9] Qui Nhon [1] de Havilland Canada U-1A Otter [10] (Utility Airplane) [11] (Corps) 19th Aviation Company: Sikorsky CH-37B ...
As of mid-February, the 43rd Regiment was along Route 333 between Hoai Duc and Gia Huynh; the 52nd Regiment headquarters with its 2nd Battalion was at the division base at Xuân Lộc while its 1st and 3rd Battalions operated in Định Quán District and Gia Ray, respectively; and the 48th Regiment was in Corps' reserve at Long Binh Post.
During the Tet Offensive attacks on Bien Hoa and Long Binh from 31 January to 2 February 1968 the division and the 3rd Ranger Task Force, consisting of the 35th and 36th Ranger Battalions, successfully defended its headquarters and other key facilities in the Bien Hoa-Long Binh complex. [7]: 347