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US Army map indicating War Zones C, D, and the Iron Triangle, circa 1965-1967. The Iron Triangle (Vietnamese:Tam Giác Sắt) was a 120 square miles (310 km 2) area in the Bình Dương Province of Vietnam, so named due to it being a stronghold of Viet Minh activity during the war.
Unit(s) – Description Location VC–PAVN KIAs Allied KIAs 68: Operation Keepout [1] USAF operation to sow anti-personnel mines "Parrot's Beak" area Svay Rieng Province, Cambodia: 68: Operation Leap Frog [2] Systematic canvassing of the opinions of senior ARVN officers by U.S. military intelligence on likely Vietcong actions: 68 – 69 ...
Combat Lancer F-111As over Southeast Asia in 1968 Project Combat Lancer was the combat testing of six USAF F-111A swing-wing fighter-bombers. F-111A #66-0022 disappeared on 28 March, #66-0017 disappeared on 30 March and #66-0024 crashed on 22 April and this halted combat operations and all aircraft were returned to the U.S. in November.
On 24 June 1967 a Vietcong (VC) mortar attack on Camp Rainier disabled 29 UH-1 helicopters of the 188th Assault Helicopter Company. [4] On 4 July 1968 the base was subjected to a heavy People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) rocket and mortar attack followed by probes on the base perimeter resulting in 5 U.S. and 16 PAVN killed.
From 11 March to 7 April 1968 the division's 7th and 8th Regiments participated in Operation Quyet Thang in Bình Dương Province with the US 2nd and 3rd Brigades, 1st Infantry Division to reestablish South Vietnamese control over the areas immediately around Saigon in the aftermath of the Tet Offensive. [7]: 460–1
Lai Khê (Lai Khê hamlet, Lai Hưng commune, Bến Cát, Bình Dương Province) (also known as Lai Khê Base) was a former Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) and U.S. Army base, located along Highway 13 to the northwest of Saigon and about 20 km north of Thủ Dầu Một in southern Vietnam.
Operation Akumu/Xay Duong 12-7 [1] 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division and ARVN 7th Regiment cordon and search operation: Bình Dương Province: Jul 9 – Aug 26: Operation Hong Kil Dong: ROK Capital Division and White Horse Division operation: Tuy Hòa Province: 638: 26 Jul 10 – Oct 31: Operation Fremont [1] [9]: 167–70
The battle at Trinh Van (1) was the last major engagement of the May Offensive in Bình Định Province, having failed to destroy the 1/50th Infantry or disrupt the pacification programme, the 2nd and 22nd Regiments were ordered to move north into Quảng Ngãi Province while the 18th Regiment would remain to defend the 3rd Division's bases.