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Operation Lam Son 719 or 9th Route – Southern Laos Campaign (Vietnamese: Chiến dịch Lam Sơn 719 or Chiến dịch đường 9 – Nam Lào) was a limited-objective offensive campaign conducted in the southeastern portion of the Kingdom of Laos. The campaign was carried out by the armed forces of South Vietnam between 8 February and 25 ...
South Vietnam and Operation Lam Son 719. 8 February- 25 March. Operation Lam Son 719 (Vietnamese: Chiến dịch Lam Sơn 719 or Chiến dịch đường 9 – Nam Lào) was an invasion by 20,000 soldiers of the armed forces of South Vietnam of southeastern Laos. The objective of the operation was the disruption of the Ho Chi Minh Trail which ...
Feb 8 – Mar 25. Operation Lam Son 719 [3]: 66–85. ARVN armored and airborne invasion of Laos with US airlift and air support along Route 9 to Tchepone to sever the Ho Chi Minh Trail. Route 9. 2163. 1529 ARVN KIA, 625 MIA, 215 US KIA, 38 MIA. Mar 1 – Jul 1.
From 8 February to 25 March 1971 the division troops participated in Operation Lam Son 719. They developed a series of firebases along the south Route 9 in Laos to screen the southern flank of the ARVN advance. [19]: 8–12 On 3 March, elements of the division were helilifted into two firebases (Lolo and Sophia) and LZ Liz, all south of Route 9 ...
On 30 January 1971, the ARVN and US forces launched Operation Dewey Canyon II, which involved the reopening of Route 9, securing the Khe Sanh area and reoccupying of KSCB as a forward supply base for Operation Lam Son 719. On 8 February 1971, the leading ARVN units marched along Route 9 into southern Laos while the US ground forces and advisers ...
In 1971, Khe Sanh was reactivated by the U.S. Army (Operation Dewey Canyon II) to support Operation Lam Son 719, the South Vietnamese invasion of Laos. On the night of 23 March a PAVN sapper attack on Khe Sanh resulted in 3 Americans killed and several aircraft and 2 ammunition dumps destroyed, PAVN losses were 14 killed and 1 captured. [ 4 ]
In spring 1971, 1st Battalion, 82nd Artillery was deployed along the Vietnam Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) in support of Operation Lam Son 719, the ARVN invasion of Laos. The battalion made one of the longest nighttime road marches of the Vietnam War, driving 192 miles in only 12 hours. 1st Battalion, 82nd Artillery units manned several critical ...
On 8 February 1971, the ARVN struck at the Ho Chi Minh Trail from the east with Operation Lam Son 719. Just how expected this offensive was to the RLG is uncertain. It is said that Silver Buckle was planned as a diversion to Lam Son 719. It is also claimed that the RLG was totally surprised by the South Vietnamese offensive.