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Marines from 2/3 in Vietnam during the Battle of Khe Sanh 2/3 Marines on the back of an M-60 tank in Vietnam in 1966. In January 1961 2/3 was redeployed to Camp Schwab, Okinawa, and reassigned to 3d Marine Division, Fleet Marine Force. From there the unit deployed at various times between 1961 and 1967 as the Battalion Landing Team of the ...
On 28 March the 3/3 Marines and 1/9 Marines were replaced by the 3rd Battalion, 9th Marines which conducted patrols and night ambushes north of Cam Lộ Combat Base. On 30 March Company I, 3/9 Marines had established ambush positions 9.5 km (5.9 mi) northwest of Cam Lộ when the company command post and the 2nd platoon's position was attacked ...
Joseph Muir [2] Rank and billet: Lieutenant Colonel, Battalion Commander Organization: H&S Company Date and place of action: 1965-08-18 to 1965-08-24, Operation Starlite, Republic of Vietnam Entered service: Unknown Birth: 1948-06-08, New York City Death: 1965-09-11, Da Nang, Republic of Vietnam Bruce Webb † [2] Rank and billet: Captain ...
Map of the actions of 28–30 July 2/9 Marines return through the lines of the 3/4 Marines on 29 July. 2/9 Marines, supported by a platoon of five M-48s, three M50 Ontos and three LVTEs moved north along Provincial Route 606 to make a spoiling attack into the DMZ, the unit made no contact with the PAVN and set up a night defensive position near the Bến Hải River [4] The following morning ...
The Marines called in artillery and air support and with Company C, 1/3 Marines forming a cordon to the west they moved through the area supported by tanks from Company A, 3rd Tank Battalion counting 20 PAVN dead and recovering two 60mm mortars. [1]: 141–2 After midnight on 28 July Company K, 3/3 Marines ambushed a PAVN unit killing six.
The operation began on 2 May 1969 with the 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines landed by helicopter at Landing Zone Sparrow (3]: 479 8 km northwest of Cam Lộ Combat Base meeting light resistance The 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines secured Firebase Fuller and Firebase Pete ( 16°48′04″N 106°51′18″E / 16.801°N 106.855°E / 16.801; 106. ...
In December 1966, Private First Class Anderson arrived in the Republic of Vietnam, where he served as a rifleman with Company F, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines, 3rd Marine Division in Quang Tri Province. On February 28, 1967, during Operation Prairie II , Private First Class Anderson was killed when he covered a grenade with his body to save his ...
On 2 December, the 3/5 Marines command group replaced the 2/5 Marines command group on Hill 381 and the 2/5 command group returned to LZ Baldy before redeploying to Hill 510 on 20 December. [1]: 114–5 From 16–23 December, Companies G and H, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines operated northwest of Hill 510 with minimal results. [1]: 115