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English: "May 1968: Moving In: Leathernecks of the 2d Battalion, 4th Marines [2/4] move into Dai Do village after three days of heavy fighting with NVA forces east of Dong Ha during Operation Napoleon Saline (official USMC photo by Private First Class Thurston Bechtel)." From the Jonathan F. Abel Collection (COLL/3611), Marine Corps Archives ...
2nd Battalion, 4th Marines (2/4) is an infantry battalion of the United States Marine Corps. The battalion, nicknamed the Magnificent Bastards from the Vietnam War, is based out of Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton , California and is a part of the 4th Marine Regiment and 1st Marine Division .
2nd Battalion 4th Marines and 3rd Battalion 4th Marines clear and search and security operations: around Vandegrift Combat Base: 23: 10 Jul 5: Operation Waiouru [3] 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment/Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment and 1st Armoured Regiment road clearing operation along Route 15: between Ba Ria and Phú Mỹ: Jul 12
1st Battalion, 4th Marines, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines and 3rd Battalion, 9th Marines search and destroy operation around the An Hoa industrial complex and Nhong Son: Quảng Nam Province: 103: 8 Apr 21 – 25: Operation Dan Chi 219C [2] [22] ARVN 21st Division operation: Chuong Thien Province: 247: 20 Apr 21 – May ...
2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines and 2nd Battalion, 26th Marines search and destroy operation: Thừa Thiên Province: Apr 22: Operation Beau Diddley [1] 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines and Swift Boat amphibious operation: I Corps: Apr 22 - July 31: Operation Baker: 3rd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division security operation: Đức ...
4th Marine Regiment commander Col. Donald W. Sherman developed a combined operation with the ARVN 1st Division that called for the 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines to be landed on the O Lau River, while the 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines were landed 6 km southeast to establish blocking positions, the 4th Marines command group and 3rd Battalion, 12th ...
The plans for the operation were for 3/4 Marines to be helilifted into the southwestern part of the valley to establish blocking positions, while 2/4 Marines would land at the mouth of the valley and move southwest along the high ground towards Hill 208 and 3/4's positions. 2/1 Marines would secure Đông Hà Combat Base while 1/3 Marines would ...
During the Tet Offensive attack on Joint General Staff Compound the 2nd Marine Battalion, together with the 6th Airborne Battalion and elements of the 8th Airborne Battalion, fought the VC 2nd Go Mon Battalion attacking the compound. [14]: 342–3 A U.S. CH-46 from MAG-36 drops off South Vietnamese marines into Hue on 23 February 1968