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Operation Lam Son 719 or 9th Route – Southern Laos Campaign (Vietnamese: Chiến dịch Lam Sơn 719 or Chiến dịch đường 9 – Nam Lào) was a limited-objective offensive campaign conducted in the southeastern portion of the Kingdom of Laos.
South Vietnam and Operation Lam Son 719. 8 February- 25 March. Operation Lam Son 719 (Vietnamese: Chiến dịch Lam Sơn 719 or Chiến dịch đường 9 – Nam Lào) was an invasion by 20,000 soldiers of the armed forces of South Vietnam of southeastern Laos. The objective of the operation was the disruption of the Ho Chi Minh Trail which ...
1st Brigade, 5th Infantry Division, 101st Airborne Division and 2nd Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment operation to support the ARVN Operation Lam Son 719 effort to open Route 9 through Khe Sanh to the Laotian border and to reestablish Khe Sanh as a major combat support base: Route 9: estimated 75 Feb 2 – Mar 8: Operation Ivy [1]
On 30 January 1971, the ARVN and US forces launched Operation Dewey Canyon II, which involved the reopening of Route 9, securing the Khe Sanh area and reoccupying of KSCB as a forward supply base for Operation Lam Son 719. On 8 February 1971, the leading ARVN units marched along Route 9 into southern Laos while the US ground forces and advisers ...
Operation Lam Son 719: Laos: Pilot of UH-1C gunship #65-9489 shot down while on an armed escort mission [211] Presumptive finding of death [3] March 19: Garcia, Ricardo M: Specialist 5: US Army: 48th Assault Helicopter Company: Operation Lam Son 719: Laos: Crew Chief on UH-1C gunship #65-9489 shot down while on an armed escort mission [212 ...
Throughout early 1971 U.S. and ARVN forces in Quảng Trị Province were largely focused on Operation Lam Son 719. On 9 July Firebase Charlie 2, the last U.S. firebase along the DMZ was turned over to the ARVN. [27]: J-26 On 7 August the 1st Brigade, 5th Infantry Division (Mechanized) left South Vietnam. [27]: J-28
The 101st Airborne Division went into action during World War II. The Screaming Eagles were among the first Americans to descend into France on D-Day. Once again, everything is changing.
In 1971, elements of the division supported Operation Lam Son 719, the South Vietnamese invasion of southern Laos, but only aviation units actually entered Laos. The division began withdrawing from South Vietnam on 15 May 1971 with the departure of the 3rd Battalion, 506th Infantry. [54]: