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Phu Loi airfield was originally established by the Japanese in the 1940s and was located approximately 20 km north of Saigon in Bình Dương Province.During the First Indochina War the base was used by the French as a prisoner of war camp for captured Viet Minh.
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 ...
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.
Route 16 near Phu Loi: 3 May 17 – 27: Operation Thunder Dragon [1] [25] ROK 2nd Marine Brigade search and destroy operation: Quảng Ngãi Province: 147: 14 May 17 – Dec 7: Operation Diamond Head [1] 3rd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division search and destroy operation: Michelin Rubber Plantation, Ho Bo Woods and the Trapezoid, Bình Dương and ...
The goal of the 506th and 508th Battalions, the Phu Loi I Battalion and the 5th Nha Be Battalion was to seize the three bridges in the Eighth District and enter the city to attack the National Police headquarters and other targets. The Phu Loi I Battalion aimed to take the 5A Bridge, while the 506th Battalion headed for the Y Bridge.
The second engagement in Thebaud’s sector took place south of Phu Loi when Troops A and B from the 1/4th Cavalry, discovered several battalions from the People’s Army of Vietnam (PAVN) 165th Regiment hiding in the hamlet of Xom Moi. After giving the residents a chance to flee, the province chief authorized air and artillery strikes.
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The operation commenced on 23 August as a road security operation by the 1st Brigade on Highways 1 and 16 between Dĩ An Base Camp and Phước Vĩnh Base Camp. the 1st Brigade established two artillery bases to support the operation, the 1st Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment (1/2nd Infantry) was at Firebase 1 at the hamlet of Bo La 30 kilometres north of Dĩ An and the 1st Battalion, 26th ...