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The 21st Division (Vietnamese: Sư đoàn 21; Chữ Hán: 師團21) of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN)—the army of the nation state of South Vietnam that existed from 1959 to 1975, was part of the IV Corps that oversaw the southernmost region of South Vietnam, the Mekong Delta. The 21st Division was based in Chương Thiện ...
US Navy River Assault Group, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, B Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines and 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment operation against the 48th and 52nd Regiments of the PAVN 320th Division to eliminate the threat to the junction of the Bo Dieu and Cua Viet Rivers
Jul 21 – 26: Operation Distant Trumpet [3] 5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment operation to locate and engage elements of the VC D445 Battalion: near Xuyen Moc: Jul 21 – Sep 21: Operation Strangle [21] 1st Infantry Division operation: Bình Dương Province: 365: Jul 21 – Sep 25: Operation Idaho Canyon [5]: 141–9 3rd Marine ...
The Republic of Vietnam Navy (RVNN; Vietnamese: Hải quân Việt Nam Cộng hòa - HQVNCH; was the naval branch of the South Vietnamese military, the official armed forces of the former Republic of Vietnam (or South Vietnam) from 1955 to 1975. The early fleet consisted of boats from France; after 1955, and the transfer of the armed forces to ...
Operation Jackstay was a 1st Battalion, 5th Marines and Republic of Vietnam Marine Division operation in the Rung Sat Special Zone. The operation resulted in 63 VC and five U.S. killed. [46]: 102–3 26 March - 21 July. Operation Fillmore was conducted by the 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division in Phú Yên Province. The operation resulted in ...
Transfer of equipment and bases from U.S. to South Vietnam: Dec 18 – 29: Operation Linebacker II [3] U.S. Seventh Air Force and U.S. Navy Task Force 77 strategic bombing of Hanoi and Haiphong, and mining of Haiphong harbor to force North Vietnam to return to the Paris Peace Talks: Hanoi and Haiphong: 1612
Operation Quyet Thang II was an ARVN 7th Division, 9th Division and 21st Division clear and search operation in IV Corps. The operation resulted in 37,874 PAVN/VC killed. [3] 3 January. A Vietcong (VC) bomb exploded in a messhall at Củ Chi Base Camp killing 15 Americans mostly from the 554th Engineer Battalion and two Vietnamese kitchen staff ...
21st Infantry Division – The ARVN 1st and 3rd Light Divisions were formed in 1955, then renamed the 11th and 13th Light Divisions in 1956. They were combined to form the 21st Division in 1959. Served mainly near Saigon and in the Mekong Delta. Component units: 31st, 32nd and 33rd Infantry Regiments; 210th, 211st, 212nd and 213rd Artillery ...