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Cam Lộ Combat Base; Camp Davies (Vietnam) Camp Eagle (Vietnam) Camp Enari; Camp Evans (Vietnam) Camp Holloway; Camp Horn; Camp Radcliff; Catecka Base Camp; Charlie 2; Chi Lăng Training Center; Chí Linh Camp; Chơn Thành Camp; Chu Lai Base Area; Củ Chi Base Camp; Cửa Việt Base
The base was named for 1st Lieutenant Mark Enari, the first 4th Infantry Division member awarded the Silver Star (posthumously) in Vietnam, who was killed in action on 2 December 1966. [1]: 171–2 Camp Enari served as the base for the 4th Infantry Division from September 1966 until February 1968 and from April 1968 until February 1970. [2]
The Mobile Advisory Teams advisor school operated at the base from 1969 until September 1971. [4] On 30 July 1969, US President Richard Nixon visited the base on his only Presidential visit to South Vietnam, meeting US military personnel. [5] On 13 October 1971 Vietcong sappers destroyed two U.S. helicopters at the camp. [6]
The base was established in mid-1965 and was located approximately 35 km north of Biên Hòa in Phước Thành Province. [1] The 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division comprising: 1st Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment [2] 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment (December 1965-November 1966) [2]: 142 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment [2]: 146
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 ...
Army Base: Site information; Operator: Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) United States Army (U.S. Army) Condition: Abandoned: Site history; Built: 1965 () In use: 1965-1966 () Battles/wars: Vietnam War: Garrison information; Garrison: 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) Airfield information; Elevation: 2,385 feet (727 m) AMSL
An Hòa was located southeast of a major Vietcong (VC)/People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) base area known as the Arizona Territory across the Vu Gia River. [ 2 ] : 41 The base was first used by the Marines in January 1966 during Operation Mallard when the 1st Battalion, 12th Marines established a firebase there while the 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines ...
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. [1] The 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division comprising: 1st Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment [2] 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment [2]: 146 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment [2]: 146