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The PAVN/VC rocket troops fired in two bursts, one at 03:42, followed by a second barrage three hours later. About the same time as the rocket attacks on the Da Nang base and Marble Mountain, PAVN/VC mortars bombarded the command post of the 7th Marines on Hill 55 south of Da Nang and forward infantry positions. These included Hills 65 and 52 ...
A PAVN rocket attack on Da Nang killed seven civilians and three ARVN. [126] Democratic Senator Stuart Symington said that the U.S. was spending hundreds of millions of dollars on a clandestine war in Laos, while Senator Edward Kennedy accused the Nixon Administration of whitewashing U.S. involvement there. [128] 6-7 June
A PAVN/VC mortar attack on a refugee camp killed 20 civilians and wounded 40. RF/PF forces engaged 100 VC in the same area killing 20. A VC attack on an RF/PF outpost in Phú Yên Province killed 20 ARVN. [84] 6 October. A PAVN/VC mortar attack on a refugee camp near Phú Mỹ killed seven civilians and wounded 52. [3]: 348 7 October
May 14: Five PAVN 122mm rockets hit the residential area of Da Nang, killing five civilians and wounding 18. June 19: In Phu My, Thừa Thiên Province, the VC assassinated a 54-year-old man and his 70-year-old mother. June 24: A PAVN 122mm rocket struck the Thanh Tam Hospital in Ho Nai, Biên Hòa Province, killing one patient.
On 27 February 1969 a People's Army of Vietnam rocket hit LCU-1500 while it was loading at the Bridge Cargo Ramp killing 13 crewmen. On 30 June 1970 NSA Danang was deactivated and on 1 July new Army-Marine service support agreements went into effect. [6] In April 1972 all US Navy facilities in Danang were transferred to the Republic of Vietnam ...
On 13 May a mortar attack on the base caused major damage to an OH-6. [12] On 11 June a mortar attack on the base caused major damage to two OV-1Ds. [13] In August 1972 the 11th Aviation Group departed Marble Mountain Army Airfield and resettled at Da Nang AB. [14] On 5 September 1972 the base was handed over to the South Vietnamese. [15]
6–7 June 1971: 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment pacification operation in Long Khánh Province: Jul: Operation Iron Fox [9] [10] 2nd Squadron SAS, 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment and 4th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment/Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment operation against the VC 274th Regiment: 12: 1 Jul 1 – Aug 31
A PAVN rocket attack on Da Nang Air Base killed 14 civilians and destroyed a USAF EC-47. [ 173 ] Approximately 50 men from Company C, 2nd Battalion 1st Infantry Regiment which had been flown into Phu Bai Combat Base from Danang to provide base security the previous day, refused to go on a combat patrol in the hills west of Phu Bai, but ...