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Administration map of Tam Kỳ. The town was established in 1906 under the Nguyễn dynasty as an administrative and tax post. [2] During the Republic of Vietnam, the city was the main base of the US military in Quảng Nam Province (what was then Quảng Tín Province) for the war in Vietnam. The North Vietnamese captured the city on March 24 ...
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The Battle of Tam Kỳ took place during the Vietnam War from 3–6 March 1968. After a night-time rocket attack on their base camp by the People’s Army of Vietnam (PAVN) 3rd Regiment, 3rd Division. The 1st Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment and Company A, 3rd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment engaged the PAVN killing 436.
Quảng Nam (Vietnamese: [kwaːŋ˧˩ naːm˧˧] ⓘ) is a coastal province near northernmost part of the South Central Coast region, the Central of Vietnam.It borders Huế to the north, Đà Nẵng to the northeast, Kon Tum to the southwest, Quảng Ngãi to the southeast, Sekong of Laos to the west and the South China Sea to the east.
The operation began on 15 May with the 1st Brigade moving from Phu Bai Combat Base to Tam Kỳ. [1]: 7 On 17 May at 17:25 an OH-6 light observation helicopter of Troop B, 2nd Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment engaged six to eight PAVN/VC, killing one. Throughout the area of operations support aircraft received PAVN/VC antiaircraft machine gun fire.
The 5th Special Forces Group Detachment A-102 [1] first established a base here in March 1966 to monitor communist infiltration into the Song Chang Valley.The base was located on QL-585 approximately 20 km southwest of Tam Kỳ and 43 km northwest of Chu Lai.
The base was located south of Highway 1 approximately 1.5 km south of the city of Tam Kỳ. [1] The 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry was based at Tam Kỳ from March–April 1968 and August–November 1968. [2]: 136 The 198th Infantry Brigade, comprising: 1st Battalion, 46th Infantry [2]: 149 5th Battalion, 46th Infantry [2]: 150
It is near Tam Kỳ city, the largest city in Quảng Nam province. The airport is located in the Chu Lai Open Economic Zone , Núi Thành district . The airfield was originally established in the Vietnam War , as Chu Lai Air Base , by the United States Marines .