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Operation Starlite (also known in Vietnam as Battle of Van Tuong) was the first major offensive action conducted by a purely U.S. military unit during the Vietnam War from 18 to 24 August 1965. The operation was launched based on intelligence provided by Major general Nguyen Chanh Thi , the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) I Corps commander.
Battle of Đồng Xoài: South Vietnam, Phước Long Province: Survived crash of UH-1B #63-038557 and radioed that all others aboard had been killed and subsequently disappeared in the battle [77] Presumptive finding of death [3] June 10: Owens, Fred M: Sergeant First Class: US Army: SD-5891 (5th ARVN Division), MACV Advisors: Battle of ...
After a 2-day running battle the group was overrun. [267] Presumptive finding of death [3] December 2: Stark, Willie E: Sergeant First Class: US Army: RT Viper, Detachment B-52 Delta, 5th Special Forces Group: Laos: Leader of a 6-man long range reconnaissance patrol ambushed by enemy forces. After a 2-day running battle the group was overrun [268]
Pilot of UH-1H #66-16442 that crashed on a flight from Quảng Trị Province to Chu Lai [48] Presumptive finding of death [3] February 2: Patton, Kenneth J: Sergeant: US Army: 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment: South Vietnam, Thừa Thiên Province: Crew chief on UH-1H #66-16442 that crashed on a flight from Quảng Trị Province to Chu Lai [49]
English: "MAG-36 helicopter landing pads at Chu Lai. This helipad is constructed of AM-2 matting laid on a compacted laterite base. It is 600' x 900'. MAG-36 maintenance facilities are located in the foreground - September 1965." From the Frank Harris Collection (COLL/3731) at the Marine Corps History Division OFFICIAL USMC PHOTOGRAPH
The first, in September 1965, was in Chu Lai where he was struck by shrapnel in the legs and stomach; [13] [14] the second was in Da Nang during the 1966 Buddhist riots, where he received more shrapnel wounds to the head, back, and arms; [3] [15] the third in August 1966 happened in the South China sea, where he was on board the Coast Guard ...
Despite early support for Fidel Castro, [6] Chapelle was an outspoken anti-Communist, and loudly expressed these views at the beginning of the Vietnam War.Her stories in the early 1960s extolled the American military advisors who were already fighting and dying in South Vietnam, and the Sea Swallows, the anticommunist militia led by Father Nguyễn Lạc Hoá.
Chu Lai was a United States Marine Corps military base from 1965 to 1970, and a United States Army military base from 1970 to 1971 during the Vietnam War.Roughly 56 miles (90 km) southeast of Đà Nẵng, the base had an airfield to supplement the major base at Đà Nẵng.