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Operation Dewey Canyon was the last major offensive by the 3rd Marine Division during the Vietnam War. It took place from 22 January through 18 March 1969 and involved a sweep of the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN)–dominated A Shau and Song Đa Krông Valleys by the 9th Marine Regiment. Based on intelligence and captured documents, the PAVN ...
From January–March 1969 Vandegrift was used to support Operation Dewey Canyon, an offensive into the A Shau Valley south of the base.. On 9 April 1969 a Marine Sikorsky CH-53A Sea Stallion helicopter (BuNo 153738) of HMH-462 crashed into the logistics support area at Vandegrift triggering a large fire.
Operation Dewey Canyon II [3] 1st Brigade, 5th Infantry Division, 101st Airborne Division and 2nd Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment operation to support the ARVN Operation Lam Son 719 effort to open Route 9 through Khe Sanh to the Laotian border and to reestablish Khe Sanh as a major combat support base: Route 9: estimated 75 Feb 2 – Mar 8 ...
5th Special Forces Group MIKE Force reconnaissance operation: II Corps: Aug 1 – 3: Operation Pike [1] [9]: 119 1st Marine Division search and destroy operation: Quảng Nam and Quảng Tín Province: Aug 2 – 13: Operation Hood River [1] 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division search and destroy operation: Quảng Ngãi Province: Aug 3 – 18 ...
From January 22 to March 18, 1969, 2/9 participated in Operation Dewey Canyon which was a sweep of the A Shau Valley and the last major offensive by the Marine Corps in Vietnam. [7] 2/9 Marines wait to board USS Paul Revere. On August 1, 1969, 2/9 departed Vietnam onboard the USS Paul Revere bound for Camp Schwab, Okinawa.
The 3rd Battalion, 9th Marines (3/9) is an infantry battalion of the United States Marine Corps.Formed during World War I it served until the early 1990s when it was redesignated as 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines (3/4) during a realignment and renumbering of the Marine Corps' infantry battalions, following the deactivation of the 9th Marine Regiment.
They flew in support of the following operations: Maine Crag, Apache Snow, Scotland II, Montana Mauler, Napoleon-Saline, Lancaster II, Rice, Kentucky, Purple Martin, Idaho Canyon and many more. Their biggest action came during Operation Dewey Canyon from 22 January – 18 March 1969 where the Marines sought to engage Communist forces near the ...
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