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Mar 11: Operation Stingray II [1] 173rd Airborne Brigade clear and search operation: Bình Định Province: Mar 12 – 14: Operation Lulu [1] 3rd Brigade, 9th Infantry Division, 199th Infantry Brigade, ARVN 46th Regiment and 5th Ranger Group clear and search operation: Long An Province: Mar 15 – May 2: Operation Maine Crag [1] [5]: 63–4
Operation Menu was the codename of a covert United States Air Force (USAF) Strategic Air Command (SAC) bombing campaign conducted in eastern Cambodia from 18 March 1969 until 26 May 1970. The supposed targets of these attacks were PAVN/VC sanctuaries and base areas used for resupply, training, and resting between campaigns across the border in ...
March 12: Kollman, Glenn E: Commander: US Navy: VA-35, USS Enterprise: Operation Rolling Thunder: North Vietnam, Gulf of Tonkin: Pilot of A-6A # 152943that ditched on launch [104] Killed in action, body not recovered [3] March 12: Rogers, Edward F: Private First Class: USMC: 2nd Battalion 4th Marines: South Vietnam, Quảng Trị Province
South Vietnam March 11–12, 1966 Helicopter commander Ricardo C. Binns: Marine Corps Corporal Hill 488, Quảng Tín Province Jun 15–16, 1966 Despite being wounded in both legs, he directed the fire of seven Marines in his scout team to repulse an NVA battalion throughout the night. William C. Bird Marine Corps Private First Class
The Nixon Administration embarked upon a policy of "Vietnamization", or turning over ground combat to the South Vietnamese. Despite the name, significant numbers of American troops continued to fight in Vietnam in 1969 and onward; the scaling back was gradual, and the US continued to support South Vietnam heavily in supplies and with air power.
Operation Wayne Grey was an operation carried out by the United States Army, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division and supporting elements, on March 1 to April 14, 1969. Its main objective was to cut off lines of communication and supply to the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) 24th and 66th Infantry Regiments as well as preventing them from retreating into Cambodia.
At the time of the battle, there were 12 Green Beret advisers and three companies of CIDG numbering 400 in total, alongside two M42A1 tanks and a 175mm artillery battery. [ 1 ] In March 1969 one platoon of the 69th Armor Regiment 's 1st Battalion, Company B under Captain John P. Stovall was stationed at Ben Het, equipped with M48 Patton tanks .
[3]: 346–7 On the conclusion of Operation Houston on 12 September the 26th Marines were moved south to the Da Nang tactical area of responsibility (TAOR). [3]: 414 At the beginning of 1969 the battalion was responsible for security on the northern approaches to Da Nang including the Hải Vân Pass.