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Military installations of the United States in Laos (5 P) Military installations of the United States in South Vietnam (3 C, 19 P) Military installations of the United States in Thailand (1 C, 4 P)
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
A scout platoon of M113s from the 2nd Battalion, 34th Armor enters the base, 9 August 1970. Tây Ninh Combat Base was established approximately 5 km west of the city of Tây Ninh and 12 km from the Vietnam-Cambodia border. [1] Tây Ninh served as the base for the 196th Light Infantry Brigade from April 1966 until August 1967. [2]
The base received frequent artillery and mortar fire from the Vietcong and People's Army of Vietnam leading to it being nicknamed Kaboom. [ 5 ] On 1 February 1968 Bell UH-1C Iroquois #66-00686 collided with UH-1H #66-16061 while landing at night at Kà Tum resulting in 2 U.S. killed.
The base was established in October 1966. The camp was located in the Dầu Tiếng District, 60 km northwest of Tan Son Nhut Air Base and 24 km east of Tây Ninh between the Saigon River and the Michelin Rubber Plantation. [1] The 3rd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division comprising: 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry; 2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry [2]
The base was located on the Kỳ Hà peninsula north of Highway 1 approximately 60 kilometres (37 mi) southeast of Da Nang. [1]On 6 May units from the ARVN 2nd Division and 3rd Battalion, 9th Marines secured the Chu Lai area.
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.
Following the departure of the U.S. forces in 1972, Củ Chi became the base of the ARVN 25th Division. [1]As the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) forces closed in on Saigon in late April 1975, the camp was hit by PAVN artillery fire on 28 April and besieged the PAVN. 25th Division commander Major general Lý Tòng Bá ordered his forces to fight in place, but on the morning of 29 April after ...