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The U.S. Army, Air Force, Navy, Marines, and Coast Guard participated in the US invasion of Panama (1989–1990, Operation Just Cause). [1] Forces that participated include: U.S. soldiers holding a U.S. flag at La Comandancia. United States Southern Command [2] [3] United States Army South (USARSO) XVIII Airborne Corps – Joint Task Force South
Tactical map of Operation Just Cause showing major points of attack Elements of 1st Bn, 508th Infantry parachuting into a drop zone, during training, outside of Panama City. The U.S. Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force and Coast Guard participated in Operation Just Cause. [36] Ground forces consisted of: combat elements of the XVIII Airborne Corps
3rd Battalion, 1st Marines search and destroy operation: Quảng Nam Province: Dec 19 – 21: Operation Shasta II [1] 1st Battalion, 1st Marines search and destroy operation: Quảng Nam Province: Dec 19 – 22: Operation Santa Cruz [1] 1st Infantry Division cordon and search operation: Bình Dương Province: Dec 20 – Feb 16 67: Operation ...
The area of Operation Thayer, Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam. Operation Thayer was the largest air assault undertaken up until that time in the Vietnam War. [6] The focus of Operation Thayer was the Kim Son Valley where seven small rivers, separated by mountains, came together in what the Americans called the Crow's Foot.
This operation, re-christened Proud Deep Alpha was the biggest attack and deepest penetration of North Vietnam since the end of Operation Rolling Thunder in November 1968. [1]: 32 [2]: 30 It has been argued that the operation was timed for the Christmas holiday period to preempt any anti-war protests on university campuses. [3]
Original unissued patch. The Phoenix Program (Vietnamese: Chiến dịch Phụng Hoàng) was designed and initially coordinated by the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) during the Vietnam War, involving the American, South Vietnamese militaries, and a small amount of special forces operatives from the Australian Army Training Team Vietnam.
Once the elections were over, North Vietnam developed a new plan to move from the Ho Chi Minh trail in Cambodia, in central Vietnam (i.e., ARVN II Corps Tactical Zone), with a goal of driving through to the seacoast over Highway 19, splitting South Vietnam in half. For this large operation, the PAVN created its first division headquarters ...
The primary cause and motivation behind the intervention of the U.S. and CIA through 1954 was to gather intelligence and provide interpretations of the events that occurred in Indochina through an American perspective. Outside of North Vietnam, the agency's broad span of activities reached into almost every aspect of the Indochina war.