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3rd Battalion, 11th Marines (3/11) is an artillery battalion comprising three firing batteries, a Liaison Unit, and a headquarters battery. The battalion is based at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms , California and its primary weapon system is the M777 lightweight howitzer with a maximum effective range of 25 miles.
1st Marine Division; 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines; 3rd Marine Division; 5th Marine Regiment; 5th Marine Division (United States) 7th Marine Regiment; 9th Marine Expeditionary Brigade (United States) 11th Marine Regiment
Throughout the Da Nang TAOR, the intensity of activity increased during the night. From 18:00 to 24:00 on the 30th, the 1st Marine Division reported to III MAF over 30 incidents ranging from sightings of large enemy forces, to mortar attacks and a few infantry assaults. At the same time, the 1st Division had sent out several reconnaissance ...
BLT 2/4 Marines and Battery H 3rd Battalion, 11th Marines landed by midday but worsening weather in the afternoon delayed further amphibious landings and buildup of forces ashore. [1]: 25–7 The bad weather continued into 29 January. Company E 2/4 Marines left Hill 163 and rejoined the rest of their battalion.
2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines operation to engage the VC 806th Battalion "Street Without Joy" area to the east of Route 1 between Quảng Trị and Huế: Jul 20 – 27: Operation Pecos [1] 1st Battalion, 7th Marines and 3rd Battalion, 11th Marines search and destroy operation "Happy Valley", Quảng Nam Province: Jul 21 – 30: Operation Beacon ...
III MAF, ROK 2nd Marine Brigade and ARVN 51st Regiment operation: Quảng Nam Province: Feb 8 – Mar 25: Operation Lam Son 719 [3]: 66–85 ARVN armored and airborne invasion of Laos with US airlift and air support along Route 9 to Tchepone to sever the Ho Chi Minh Trail: Route 9: 2163: 1529 ARVN KIA, 625 MIA, 215 US KIA, 38 MIA Mar 1 – Jul 1
III Marine Expeditionary Force (III MEF) is a formation of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force of the United States Marine Corps. It is forward-deployed and able to rapidly conduct operations across the spectrum from humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HA/DR) to amphibious assault and high-intensity combat.
He was assigned to South Vietnam in February 1966, and served there for 29 months. On 9 April 1966 while serving as G-3, III Marine Amphibious Force (III MAF) during the Buddhist Uprising in Da Nang he met with Colonel Dam Quang Yeu, commander of the Quảng Nam Special Sector, who supported the Buddhist Struggle Movement and was attempting to lead a convoy north from Hội An into the city.