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At 07:00 on 18 September 1965 the 2/502nd Infantry and an Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) Ranger company deployed by helicopter into an area near An Ninh, a hamlet 30km east of An Khê and about 14km north of Highway 19. Intelligence sources suggested the presence of an enemy unit in the mountains nearby.
With the arrival of 16 Boston Whaler skimmer crew personnel on 1 December Stable Door forces in South Vietnam reached a total of 496 men. The Inshore Undersea Warfare Group 1, (IUWG-1), WESTPAC Detachment, was moved from Saigon to Cam Ranh Bay on 5 December. MIUWS 11 was relieved at Cam Ranh Bay by Inshore Undersea Warfare Unit 2 on 9 December.
On 11 June, Company A 2/28th Infantry patrolling northwest of Lộc Ninh with a CIDG platoon was engaged by the VC 1st Battalion, 273rd Regiment located on two adjacent hills, Hill 150 and Hill 175. As the battle developed Company C 2/28th Infantry was deployed as reinforcements and following air and artillery strikes assaults were launched on ...
Landing Zone Dot, Tây Ninh Province; Landing Zone East (Landing Zone Mary Lou) Quảng Nam Province; Landing Zone English (Landing Zone Dog) Bình Định Province; Landing Zone Hereford, Bình Định Province; Landing Zone Kate, Quang Duc Province; U.S. Army base; Landing Zone Leslie, Quảng Nam Province; Landing Zone Liz, Quang Ngai Province
The 2/7th Cavalry and ARVN units conducted combined operations throughout late 1966 and into 1967, gradually improving security in the province but seldom encountering large VC units. By late October 1967 the operation had accounted for over 850 VC killed and 300 weapons captured for losses of 23 killed and 278 wounded.
On 14 July, South Vietnamese agents reported that the PAVN planned to attack Tây Ninh city and that night PAVN forces attacked positions between Tây Ninh and Dầu Tiếng District. The border sweeps were immediately cancelled and on 15 July the 2 Battalions, reinforced by the 2/22nd Infantry (Mechanized) moved to the scene of the attacks but ...
The single-engine aircraft, a Diamond DA40, declared an emergency after the door plummeted into the yard of a vacant home, minutes after it took off from Myrtle Beach International Airport at 2:53 ...
Operation Gadsden officially concluded on 21 February, the US claiming that PAVN losses were 160 killed, U.S. losses were 29 killed. [1]The 196th Infantry Brigade returned to Tây Ninh Combat Base, while the 3rd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division deployed to blocking positions along Highway 22 for Operation Junction City.