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The 7th Marine Regiment is an infantry regiment of the United States Marine Corps based at Marine ... The last elements of 7th Marines departed South Vietnam on 13 ...
The 3rd Battalion, along with the rest of the 7th Marines, was deployed to Vietnam from Camp Pendleton in late May 1965. The 3/7, under the command of LTC Charles H. Bodley, embarked on the amphibious ships USS Iwo Jima , USS Talladega , and USS Point Defiance at Okinawa on 24–26 June and landed near the city of Qui Nhon on 1 July 1965.
Operation Harvest Moon/Lien Ket 18 was a US Marine Corps and Army of the Republic of Vietnam search and destroy operation in the Quế Sơn Valley in western Quảng Tín Province, lasting from 8 to 20 December 1965.
1st Battalion, 7th Marines, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Battalion, 26th Marines, 1st, 2nd & 3rd Battalions, 27th Marines and 2nd Battalion, 13th Marines operation: Go Noi Island, southern Quảng Nam Province: 1,017: 240 May 9 – 16: Operation Concordia Square/Lam Son 224 [1] [8]: 74
On 14 September Company L, 3rd Battalion 7th Marines was ambushed 4 km south of Hill 55 resulting in 1 dead and 4 missing. The following day the bodies of the missing Marines were recovered and 72 bunkers were destroyed in the ambush area. [1]: 414–5 On 18 September BLT 2/7 Marines were deployed onto Route 4. The following morning as the ...
1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Battalion, 7th Marines, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines and ARVN 6th Regiment search and destroy operation to entrap the NVA 3rd and 21st Regiments: north of Tam Kỳ, Quảng Nam Province: 701: 110 May 30 – Jun 6: Operation Tulsa [11]
After sunset on 30 March the 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines landed at Hill 10 establishing Firebase Stallion and they began moving west into the operational area, at the same time 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines landed on Hill 41 and also began moving west and by the following morning both battalions were in positions along the slopes of Charlie Ridge.
In mid-July 1970, the 7th Marine Regiment began planning for an incursion into the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) Base Areas 112 and 127 in the mountain ranges of Quảng Nam Province. Since January more than 250 patrols into these two areas had killed more than 300 PAVN.