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The U.S. Army base was established in 1965. [2] Red tents for refugees from Operation Cedar Falls at Phu Loi, 29 January 1967 Phu Loi, 23 September 1967. The 2nd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division comprising: 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment [3] 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment [3]: 143 2nd Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment [3]: 143
The base appears to have been initially used to support Operation Junction City in February–May 1967. The base was established in 1967 on the site of a former French rubber plantation and was located approximately 6 km east of An Lộc in Bình Long Province .
In the 199th Infantry Brigade sector to the south, the 4/12th Infantry, completed its sweep of the Route 10 corridor west of Phu Lam, while the 2/3rd Infantry, cleared out the last VC diehards along the edge of the city south of Highway 4 and to the east of Firebase Horseshoe Bend, killing 16 VC on 11 May. [1]: 574
The goal of the 506th and 508th Battalions, the Phu Loi I Battalion and the 5th Nha Be Battalion was to seize the three bridges in the Eighth District and enter the city to attack the National Police headquarters and other targets. The Phu Loi I Battalion aimed to take the 5A Bridge, while the 506th Battalion headed for the Y Bridge.
Long An Province was believed to shelter the 267th, 269th, and 6th Bình Tân Battalions in the west and the 506th, 508th, 5th Nhà Bè and Phu Loi II Battalions in the east. The VC had successfully established control over most of the province with the result that South Vietnamese Government control was limited to the major towns and outposts ...
On 8 June, Troop A 1/4th Cavalry comprising 9 M48 tanks and 32 other armored vehicles left Phu Loi Base Camp to move to An Lộc. That afternoon near the village of Tau O the lead M48 was disabled by a mine as part of an ambush by 2 battalions of the 272nd Regiment.
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