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  2. Đông Hà Combat Base - Wikipedia

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    In addition a LCU/YFU offloading facility operated by the Naval Support Activity Detachment, Dong Ha was developed to receive supplies ferried from the Cửa Việt Base. [2]: 198 On 12 April 1967 the 9th Marines moved their headquarters to Đông Hà. [3]: 20 On the night of 27/8 April the base was hit by more than 50 PAVN 140mm rockets.

  3. Đông Hà - Wikipedia

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    During the Vietnam War, Đông Hà was the northernmost town in South Vietnam and was the location of a strategically important United States Marine Corps Đông Hà Combat Base, to support Marine positions along the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). [4]

  4. Firebase Fuller - Wikipedia

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    The base was established on Dong Ha Mountain northeast of The Rockpile north of Highway 9 during Operation Lancaster II. [1] [2] The 3rd Battalion 9th Marines secured Fuller as part of Operation Virginia Ridge on 2 May 1969. [3]: 73 By July the 1st Battalion 9th Marines had assumed responsibility of the area around Fuller.

  5. Vietnam seeks to boost domestic defence industry as it hosts ...

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    Vietnam will showcase locally made weapons at an international arms fair in Hanoi on Thursday, as it seeks to boost its domestic industry and possibly export military equipment. Among the nearly ...

  6. Biden to meet Vietnam leader on UN assembly sidelines - AOL

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    NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden holds talks with Vietnam's president To Lam on Wednesday, aiming to deepen relations with the Southeast Asian country and manufacturing hub and counter ...

  7. First Battle of Quảng Trị - Wikipedia

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    The PAVN deployed a full artillery regiment against Camp Carroll with supporting infantry units, showing their full intention to take the camp. The PAVN and ARVN had exchanged artillery fire, but South Vietnamese resistance was gradually worn down as ARVN artillerymen began seeking shelter against the PAVN's devastatingly accurate 130mm guns .

  8. Quang Tri Airport - Wikipedia

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    Quảng Trị Airport (Vietnamese language: Sân bay Quảng Trị) is a military/civil under construction in the province of Quảng Trị, Vietnam, around 560 km south of Hanoi. The airport will be located in the commune of Gio Quang, Gio Linh District, 7 km north of the provincial capital Đông Hà. The master plan was signed by the ...

  9. Combat Skyspot - Wikipedia

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    Similar to World War II GDB and Korean War GDB, Combat Skyspot was planned during 1965 development of the Reeves AN/MSQ-77 Bomb Directing Central with a new integrating ballistic computer using vacuum tubes to continually compute the bomb release point during the bomb run (the USMC AN/TPQ-10 directed aircraft to a predetermined release point).