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Operation Starlite (also known in Vietnam as Battle of Van Tuong) was the first major offensive action conducted by a purely U.S. military unit during the Vietnam War from 18 to 24 August 1965. The operation was launched based on intelligence provided by Major general Nguyen Chanh Thi , the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) I Corps commander.
English: "MAG-36 helicopter landing pads at Chu Lai. This helipad is constructed of AM-2 matting laid on a compacted laterite base. It is 600' x 900'. MAG-36 maintenance facilities are located in the foreground - September 1965." From the Frank Harris Collection (COLL/3731) at the Marine Corps History Division OFFICIAL USMC PHOTOGRAPH
Chu Lai was a United States Marine Corps military base from 1965 to 1970, and a United States Army military base from 1970 to 1971 during the Vietnam War.Roughly 56 miles (90 km) southeast of Đà Nẵng, the base had an airfield to supplement the major base at Đà Nẵng.
The cargo was a U.S. Marine helicopter that had crashed about 15 miles from the U.S. airfield at Chu Lai in South Vietnam, and the Deuce carried the cargo back to Chu Lai. [ 79 ] The first of 20,000 troops of the U.S. Army's air mobile 1st Cavalry Division of the United States Army arrived at Qui Nhon in South Vietnam , as the U.S. presence ...
Date duration Operation name Unit(s) – description Location VC–PAVN KIAs Allied KIAs 1965–72: Operation Footboy [1]: MACVSOG covert operations in North Vietnam and North Vietnamese waters for the purpose of collecting intelligence, conducting psychological warfare operations, and other activities to create dissension among the populace, and for diversion of North Vietnamese resources
In May 1965 the squadron, now flying A-4Es, deployed to Chu Lai Air Base, South Vietnam and on 2 June, they conducted their first combat mission of the Vietnam War. In August 1965, VMA-311 supported the 7th Marine Regiment in Operation Starlite, the first major American operation of the war. [21] The squadron recorded a four-day sortie total of ...
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MCB 4 conducted four tours during the Vietnam War. In December 1965, the battalion flew to Chu Lai, Vietnam. This was to be the first of many important operations performed in Vietnam. At Chu Lai, Four repaired monsoon-ravaged airfields, installed runway lighting systems for night operations and built a helicopter landing pad.