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Pages in category "Military units and formations of the United States Marine Corps in the Vietnam War" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
Military units and formations of the United States Marine Corps in the Vietnam War (11 P) Pages in category "United States Marine Corps in the Vietnam War" The following 108 pages are in this category, out of 108 total.
1st Cavalry Division, 1st Battalion, 1st Marines, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines, 1st Battalion, 9th Marines 1st, 2nd and 3rd battalions, 26th Marines and ARVN 2nd Division resupply and relief operations along Route 9 to U.S. Marines besieged at Khe Sanh Combat Base: Quảng Trị Province: 1100+ (est) 144 Apr 1 – 24
3rd Battalion, 1st Marines, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, ARVN 5th Airborne Battalion and Republic of Vietnam Marine Corps combined reaction force operation landing near An Hoa to encounter the 60th and 90th battalions of the 1st VC Regiment and the 11th Battalion, 21st NVA Regiment: An Hoa: 623: 99 Mar 20 – 28
Marine units based at Phu Bai during this period included: 2nd Battalion 1st Marines; 2nd Battalion 3rd Marines; 2nd Battalion 4th Marines; 3rd Battalion 4th Marines; 4th Battalion 12th Marines; HMM-161 (May 1965 – January 1966, June–November 1966) HMM-163 (January – April 1966, October 1966 – July 1967) HMM-164 (July – November 1967)
The Combined Action Program was a United States Marine Corps counterinsurgency tool during the Vietnam War.It was widely remembered by the Marine Corps as effective. Operating from 1965 to 1971, it placed a 13-member Marine rifle squad, augmented by a U.S. Navy Corpsman and strengthened by a Vietnamese militia platoon of older youth and elderly men, in or adjacent to a rural Vietnames
MATCU-74 was commissioned at Marine Corps Air Station Tustin, California in 1968 to provide training for those Marines assigned as replacements for units in Vietnam. On 15 July 1971 MATCU-74 was transferred from Marine Aircraft Group 56 to Marine Aircraft Group 16 when MAG-56 was decommissioned. [ 20 ]
During the Vietnam War (1959–1975), it was a major base with United States Army, United States Air Force (USAF), and United States Marine Corps (USMC) units stationed there. Air Vietnam also used the facility from 1951 to 1975 for civilian domestic and international flights within Southeast Asia.