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Landing Zones during the U.S.-involvement in the Vietnam War include: Landing Zone Albany , Central Highlands; involved in the Battle of Ia Drang Landing Zone Baldy , Quảng Nam Province
LZ Dog was originally established by the 1st Cavalry Division in late January 1966 as part of Operation Irving. [1] The base served as headquarters (together with Camp Radcliff) for the 1st Cavalry Division from July 1967 to January 1968. [2] English was the base for the 173rd Airborne Brigade from May 1968 to August 1971. [2]: 158
LANDING ZONE by John O. Wehrle, U. S. Army Vietnam Combat Artists Program Team I, (CAT I 1966). Courtesy National Museum of the U. S. Army.. The United States used LZs to a greater extent in the Vietnam War than in other wars because of the widespread use of helicopters, which provided increased mobility and rapid transportation of forces.
Landing Zone Baldy (also known as FSB Baldy or Hill 63) was a U.S. Marine Corps, Army and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) base located northwest of Chu Lai, Quảng Nam Province in central Vietnam.
The Battle of Ia Drang (Vietnamese: Trận Ia Đrăng, [iə̯ ɗrăŋ]; in English / ˈ iː ə d r æ ŋ /) was the first major battle between the United States Army and the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN), as part of the Pleiku campaign conducted early in the Vietnam War, at the eastern foot of the Chu Pong Massif in the central highlands of Vietnam, in 1965.
The base was first established in 1965 by the 1st Cavalry Division, beside QL-19 and approximately 13 km west of An Khê near the Mang Yang Pass. [1] The base was originally named after 1LT James Schueller, from the 2nd Battalion, 17th Artillery who was killed in a Lockheed C-130 Hercules crash at Camp Radcliff on 17 June 1967.
Landing Zone (LZ) Liz was a forward support base for the US Marines and later for the US Army during the Vietnam War. LZ Liz was located in Quang Ngai Province, I Corps, south of Da Nang and Chu Lai, west of Highway 1, north of LZ Bronco and Đức Phổ. It was on the Duc Pho and Mo Duc borders, just south of the 515 Highway, that ran from the ...
The landing zone was established during Operation Wayne Grey an operation against the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) 24th and 66th Regiments in the Plei Trap Valley. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and was located approximately 44 km west of Kontum.