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The battle was fought on Phou Pha Thi mountain in Houaphanh Province, Laos, on 10 March 1968, and derives its name from the mountaintop where it was fought or from the designation of a 700-foot (210 m) landing strip in the valley below, and was the largest single ground combat loss of USAF members during the Vietnam War. During the Vietnam War ...
Lima Site 85 (LS-85 alphanumeric code of the phonetic 1st letter used to conceal this covert operation [3]) was a clandestine military installation in the Royal Kingdom of Laos guarded by the Hmong "Secret Army", the Central Intelligence Agency, and the United States Air Force used for Vietnam War covert operations against communist targets in ostensibly neutral Laos under attack by the ...
[35]: 484 [27]: 630 At Đông Hà, South Vietnam, Thiệu addressed the survivors of the incursion and claimed that the operation in Laos was "the biggest victory ever." [ 47 ] [ 48 ] Although Lam Son 719 had set back North Vietnamese logistical operations in southeastern Laos, [ 49 ] truck traffic on the trail system increased immediately ...
Operation Barrel Roll was a covert interdiction and close air support campaign conducted in the Kingdom of Laos by the United States military between 5 March 1964 and 29 March 1973, concurrent with the Vietnam War.
Lima Site 36 (also known as LS-36) was an Air America and U.S. Air Force facility built in the village of Na Khang, near the Plain of Jars in Laos, during the Vietnam War.It was the scene of several clashes in 1966, 1967 and 1968 and was finally captured by the People's Army of Vietnam forces in 1969.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the Vietnam War: . Vietnam War – Cold War-era proxy war [1] that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975.
Map all coordinates using ... Laotian Civil War; Battle of Lima Site 85 ... On Strategy: A Critical Analysis of the Vietnam War; S. Joint warfare in South Vietnam ...
The Battle of Vientiane was the decisive action of the 1960 Laotian coups. Fought between 13 and 16 December 1960, the battle ended with General Phoumi Nosavan winning control of the Kingdom of Laos with the aid of the Royal Thai Government and the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. Vientiane was left devastated by the fighting, with about 600 ...