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Operation Starlite (also known in Vietnam as Battle of Van Tuong) was the first major offensive action conducted by a purely U.S. military unit during the Vietnam War from 18 to 24 August 1965. The operation was launched based on intelligence provided by Major general Nguyen Chanh Thi , the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) I Corps commander.
Vietnam War – Operation Starlite: 5,500 United States Marines destroy a Viet Cong stronghold on the Van Tuong peninsula in Quảng Ngãi Province, in the first major American ground battle of the war. The Marines were tipped-off by a Viet Cong deserter who said that there was an attack planned against the U.S. base at Chu Lai.
Operation Coronado I [10]: 46 [27]: 93–4 9th Infantry Division operation vicinity of Rach Nui Canal (XS 8466) Dinh Tuong Province: 478: 34 Jun 1 – Feb 7 68: Operation Hop Tac [1] 2nd and 3rd Brigades, 9th Infantry Division search and destroy and security operation: Dinh Tuong Province: Jun 2: Operation Lam Son 63 [14] ARVN 1st Division ...
May 2 – 13: Operation Twickenham I [3] 5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment ambush operations: around Nui Thi Vai Mountain: 10: May 5 – 20: Operation Daring Rebel [16] ARVN 2nd Division, ROK 2nd Marine Brigade, U.S. forces operation mounted to seek out and destroy Vietcong rest camps: Barrier Island, 24 km south of Da Nang: 105: 2 May 5 ...
Feb 1 – Mar 2: Operation Hue City [7]: 723–4 [9] 1st Marines and 5th Marines operation to drive PAVN/VC out of Huế (Battle of Huế) during Tet Offensive: Huế: 5,113: 668 Feb 1 – Mar 10: Operation Lam Son 68 [1] 2nd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division and ARVN 5th Division and 18th Division search and destroy operation: Biên Hòa and ...
[41]: 92 In the attack on the Joint General Staff Compound 10 VC are killed and 10 captured for the loss of 17 U.S. killed. [42] In the attacks on Bien Hoa Air Base and Long Binh Post 527 VC were killed and 47 captured for the loss of 11 U.S. killed. [26]: 352 In the battle of Cholon 170 VC were killed for the loss of 12 U.S. killed.
The battle at Trinh Van (1) was the last major engagement of the May Offensive in Bình Định Province, having failed to destroy the 1/50th Infantry or disrupt the pacification programme, the 2nd and 22nd Regiments were ordered to move north into Quảng Ngãi Province while the 18th Regiment would remain to defend the 3rd Division's bases.
The Huế massacre (Vietnamese: Thảm sát tại Huế Tết Mậu Thân, or Thảm sát Tết Mậu Thân ở Huế, lit. translation: "Tết Offensive massacre in Huế") was the summary executions and mass murder perpetrated by the Viet Cong and People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) during their capture, military occupation and later withdrawal from the city of Huế during the Tet Offensive ...