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Operation Lam Son 719 or 9th Route – Southern Laos Campaign (Vietnamese: Chiến dịch Lam Sơn 719 or Chiến dịch đường 9 – Nam Lào) was a limited-objective offensive campaign conducted in the southeastern portion of the Kingdom of Laos.
South Vietnam and Operation Lam Son 719. 8 February- 25 March. Operation Lam Son 719 (Vietnamese: Chiến dịch Lam Sơn 719 or Chiến dịch đường 9 – Nam Lào) was an invasion by 20,000 soldiers of the armed forces of South Vietnam of southeastern Laos. The objective of the operation was the disruption of the Ho Chi Minh Trail which ...
On 8 February 1971, the ARVN struck at the Ho Chi Minh Trail from the east with Operation Lam Son 719. Just how expected this offensive was to the RLG is uncertain. It is said that Silver Buckle was planned as a diversion to Lam Son 719. It is also claimed that the RLG was totally surprised by the South Vietnamese offensive.
Operation Lam Son 719: Laos, Savannakhet Province: Pilot of a UH-1H that was hit in the tail rotor, crashed inverted and burnt on impact. SAR forces recovered the remains of the other 4 crewmembers [173] Killed in action, body not recovered [3] February 15: Leonard, Marvin M: Chief Warrant Officer: US Army: 159th Aviation Battalion: Operation ...
Burrows died on 10 February 1971 with fellow photojournalists Henri Huet (Associated Press), Kent Potter (United Press International) and Keisaburo Shimamoto (freelancer with Newsweek), [15] when their helicopter was shot down over the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Laos [9] as the group covered Operation Lam Son 719.
In 1971, Khe Sanh was reactivated by the U.S. Army (Operation Dewey Canyon II) to support Operation Lam Son 719, the South Vietnamese invasion of Laos. On the night of 23 March a PAVN sapper attack on Khe Sanh resulted in 3 Americans killed and several aircraft and 2 ammunition dumps destroyed, PAVN losses were 14 killed and 1 captured. [ 4 ]
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He coordinated the South Vietnamese Operation Lam Sơn 719 offensive which aimed at striking the North Vietnamese logistical corridor known as the Ho Chi Minh trail in southeastern Laos during 1971. Due to his political connections with President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu , he was still serving as I Corps commander when the North Vietnamese ...