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  2. Camp Radcliff - Wikipedia

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    Camp Radcliff was the largest helicopter base in the world at the time of its establishment, capable of accommodating the division's 400+ helicopters. The base also had an airfield to the south east called An Khe Airfield capable of landing Lockheed C-130A Hercules aircraft. [ 6 ]

  3. Operation Crazy Horse - Wikipedia

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    In September 1965, the 1st Cavalry Division, newly arrived in South Vietnam, carved out Camp Radcliff, its base, near the town of An Khe to ensure that Highway 19 which reached from the coast of South Vietnam to the Central Highlands city of Pleiku remained under the control of allied forces. Almost immediately the 1st Cavalry began mounting ...

  4. An Khê - Wikipedia

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    In August 1965 the U.S. 1st Cavalry Division established their main base, Camp Radcliff, near An Khê. In September of that year, the Battle of An Ninh took place about 30 km east of the town. Camp Radcliff remained in use by various U.S. Army units until late 1970 after which it was turned over to the ARVN .

  5. Operation Thayer - Wikipedia

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    From its base at Camp Radcliff near An Khe, Gia Lai Province, the 1st Cavalry had launched operations several operations into nearby Bình Định Province which resulted in large numbers of PAVN/VC soldiers being killed in search and destroy missions, but, with the withdrawal of US forces from the province after each incursion, the PAVN/VC ...

  6. 1st Cavalry Division (United States) - Wikipedia

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    Shortly thereafter, the division began deploying to Camp Radcliff, An Khe, Vietnam, in the Central Highlands and was equipped with the new M16 rifle, the UH-1 troop carrier helicopter, UH-1C gunships, the CH-47 Chinook cargo helicopter, and the massive CH-54 Skycrane cargo helicopter. [18]

  7. Battle of Mang Yang Pass - Wikipedia

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    Summers Jr., Harry G. Historical Atlas of the Vietnam War. 1995 ISBN 0-395-72223-3; Kirk A. Luedeke, Death on the Highway: The Destruction of Groupement Mobile 100. Armor Magazine, January–February 2001, pp. 22–29. Từ Điện Biên Phủ đến Bắc Tây Nguyên. Trung đoàn 96 – trận tiêu diệt binh đoàn cơ động 100 của ...

  8. Moral Injury: The Grunts - The ... - The Huffington Post

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    And it worries people like Marsha Four, who was a combat nurse in Vietnam and knows war trauma intimately. She eventually found purpose and solace running a veterans center in Philadelphia, before she retired last year to work with the Vietnam Veterans of America. Vietnam veterans like Four have their own struggles.

  9. List of allied military operations of the Vietnam War (1967)

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    1st Cavalry Division defence of Camp Radcliff: Bình Định Province: Apr 13 – 17: Operation Humboldt [1] 3rd Battalion 1st Marines search and destroy operation: Quảng Nam Province: Apr 15 – May 26: Operation Blackjack 25 [1] Mobile Guerilla Force operation: western II Corps: Apr 15 – May 26: Operation Blackjack [1]