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The base was located on Highway 1 approximately 8 km northwest of Quảng Trị and 8 km southeast of Đông Hà beside the Thạch Hãn River. [1]Following a series of artillery and rocket attacks on Đông Hà Combat Base, the Marines' major logistics and aviation support base in northern Quảng Trị Province, throughout the year, the Marines decided that Đông Hà was too vulnerable to ...
The Battle for Quang Tri occurred in and around Quảng Trị City (Quảng Trị Province), the northernmost provincial capital of South Vietnam during the Tet Offensive when the Vietcong (VC) and People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) attacked Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) and American forces across major cities and towns in South Vietnam in an attempt to force the Saigon government to ...
James Marino wrote that in 1964, General William Westmoreland, the US commander in Vietnam, had determined, "Khe Sanh could serve as a patrol base blocking enemy infiltration from Laos; a base for... operations to harass the enemy in Laos; an airstrip for reconnaissance to survey the Ho Chi Minh Trail; a western anchor for the defenses south of ...
1969 map of the Demilitarized Zone. The Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone was a demilitarized zone at the 17th parallel in Quang Tri province that was the dividing line between North Vietnam and South Vietnam from 21 July 1954 to 2 July 1976, when Vietnam was officially divided into 2 de facto countries, which was 2 de jure military gathering areas supposed to be sustained in the short term after ...
5th Special Forces Group and 3rd Mike Force reconnaissance in force operation: Phước Long Province: Jan 19 – Jul: Operation Green River [4]: 161 1st Infantry Brigade, 5th Infantry Division operation to continue search and clear, reconnaissance in force, search and clear operations, and measures against VC rockets: Quảng Trị Province ...
Quang Duc Province and Phước Long Province: 101: 9 May 2 – 12: Operation Lihue [1] 2nd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division security operation on Route 22: between Cu Chi and Tây Ninh: May 3 – 15: Operation Lewis and Clark [1] 2/1 Cavalry reconnaissance in force operation: from Pleiku to An Khê: May 4–6: Operation Dexter [1]
Quang Duc Province: 1012: Nov 14 – 17: Operation Burtrand [1] 5th Special Forces Group and 3rd Mike Force reconnaissance in force operation: Hon Tre Island southeast of Nha Trang: Nov 21 – 29: Operation While Away [1] 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment security operation: Biên Hòa Province: Nov 24 – 27: Operation Texas Traveller [1]
Ca Lu Combat Base (Vietnamese: Cà Lu) was an Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) and United States Marine Corps base located on Highway or Route 9, near Krông Klang, Đa Krông District, western Quảng Trị Province, South Vietnam. [1] Map showing location of the Ca Lu Combat Base