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The Combined Action Program was a United States Marine Corps counterinsurgency tool during the Vietnam War.It was widely remembered by the Marine Corps as effective. Operating from 1965 to 1971, it placed a 13-member Marine rifle squad, augmented by a U.S. Navy Corpsman and strengthened by a Vietnamese militia platoon of older youth and elderly men, in or adjacent to a rural Vietnames
The Phong Nhị and Phong Nhất massacre [2] [3] (Korean: 퐁니·퐁넛 양민학살 사건, Vietnamese: Thảm sát Phong Nhất và Phong Nhị) was a massacre of unarmed civilians in the villages of Phong Nhị and Phong Nhất, Điện Bàn District of Quảng Nam Province in South Vietnam reported to have been conducted by the 2nd Marine ...
III MEF was reactivated 6 May 1965 in Da Nang, Republic of Vietnam under Major General William R. Collins. 7 May 1965, III MEF was re-designated as III Marine Amphibious Force (III MAF) and consisted of the 1st Marine Division, 3rd Marine Division and the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing.
2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment search and destroy operation: Hậu Nghĩa Province: Jul 13 – 22: Operation Kansas [5]: 132 III MAF operation which involved inserting a series of 13-man reconnaissance teams to observe and bring fire on the NVA and VC: Que Son Valley, Quang Tin and Quảng Nam Provinces: 85: 9 Jul 14 – 22: Operation ...
Transfer of command of I Corps from III MAF to XXIV Corps. XXIV Corps Headquarters moved from Phu Bai to Camp Horn. III MAF moved to Camp Hawkins: May 6 - 14: Operation Toan Thang 44 [2] 1st and 2nd Brigades, 25th Infantry Division, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment and ARVN Airborne Division operation against PAVN Base Areas 353, 354, and 707
A Naval Advisory Group was established and the Commanding General, 2nd Air Division, became MACV's Air Force component commander. [3]: 41 That year the U.S. strength in Vietnam grew from about 16,000 men (10,716 Army) to about 23,300 (16,000 Army) in 1964. Logistic support operations were highly fragmented.
Based on Stone's own wartime experiences in Vietnam, Platoon stars Dafoe as Sgt. Elias, whose level-headed manner distinguishes him from his violence-prone fellow officer, Staff Sgt. Barnes (Tom ...
2nd Battalion, 1st Marines: South Vietnam, Thừa Thiên Province: Disappeared in a mine explosion while assisting in the rescue of the crew of a downed helicopter [278] Killed in action, body not recovered [3] August 20: Lindbloom, Charles D: Photographer 2nd Class: US Navy: VAP-62: South Vietnam: Passenger on a VAP-61 RA-3B on an R&R flight ...