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3rd Marine Division redeployment from South Vietnam to the United States: Sep 21 – Oct 28: Operation Putnam Cougar [1] 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division clear and search operation: Bình Định Province: Sep 27 – Oct 7: Operation Hancock Flame [1] 3rd Battalion, 506th Airborne Infantry Regiment clear and search operation: Bình Thuận ...
Military units and formations of the United States Marine Corps in the Vietnam War (11 P) Pages in category "United States Marine Corps in the Vietnam War" The following 108 pages are in this category, out of 108 total.
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 ...
Pages in category "Military units and formations of the United States Marine Corps in the Vietnam War" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Camp Carroll (also known as Artillery Plateau, Firebase Tan Lam and Hill 241) was a United States Marine Corps and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) artillery base during the Vietnam War. It was located 8 km southwest of Cam Lộ , Quang Tri Province .
The 3rd Battalion, 26th Marines (3/26) is an inactive infantry battalion of the United States Marine Corps. They were part of the 26th Marine Regiment and 5th Marine Division and fought during the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II. They were activated again for the Vietnam War but were deactivated after the war and remain inactive today.
In late May the Joint Chiefs of Staff presented Laird with a plan for the phased withdrawal of 244,000 of the total 549,000 U.S. personnel in South Vietnam with the withdrawal of 50,000 troops in late 1969 comprising one Marine Division and one Army Division. Laird forwarded the plan to Nixon in early June with the recommendation that 20 ...
From 17 to 22 June 1 Marine Division launched Operation Kansas in the Que Son Valley resulting in 9 Marines and 85 PAVN killed. [ 4 ] : 131–6 From 6–14 July the Marines 1st Reconnaissance Battalion launched Operation Washington in the Do Xa region west of Chu Lai, resulting in 15 Vietcong killed and 8 captured.