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Operation Lam Son 719 or 9th Route – Southern Laos Campaign (Vietnamese: Chiến dịch Lam Sơn 719 or Chiến dịch đường 9 – Nam Lào) was a limited-objective offensive campaign conducted in the southeastern portion of the Kingdom of Laos.
South Vietnam and Operation Lam Son 719. 8 February- 25 March. Operation Lam Son 719 (Vietnamese: Chiến dịch Lam Sơn 719 or Chiến dịch đường 9 – Nam Lào) was an invasion by 20,000 soldiers of the armed forces of South Vietnam of southeastern Laos. The objective of the operation was the disruption of the Ho Chi Minh Trail which ...
Operation Lam Son 810 [13] ARVN operation with US support to disrupt the flow of PAVN supplies: northern Quảng Trị Province: 175: 75 Sep 18 – Oct 2: Operation Ivanhoe [14] 4th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment/Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment security operation in northern Phước Tuy Province: 5 Sep 28 – Oct 2: Operation Katum [1]
On 30 January 1971, the ARVN and US forces launched Operation Dewey Canyon II, which involved the reopening of Route 9, securing the Khe Sanh area and reoccupying of KSCB as a forward supply base for Operation Lam Son 719. On 8 February 1971, the leading ARVN units marched along Route 9 into southern Laos while the US ground forces and advisers ...
The lead-up to the Battle of Kontum began in mid-1971, when North Vietnam decided that its victory in Operation Lam Son 719 indicated that the time had come for large-scale conventional offensives that could end the war quickly.
Operation Ford [7]: 249 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines and 1st Battalion, 1st Marines sweep of the Phu Thu Peninsula to engage the VC 804th Main Force Battalion: east of Phu Bai: 145: 14 Mar 14 – 20: Operation Lam Son 194 [7]: 249 ARVN 1st Division operation tying in with Operation Ford: east of Phu Bai: Mar 16 – 17: Operation San Francisco [1]
Operation Keystone Pheasant [3] Redeployment of 3/1 Cavalry, 196th Infantry Brigade and four infantry Battalions from South Vietnam to the United States: May 8: Operation Pocket Money [4] Mining of Haiphong Harbour by A-7 Corsair IIs and A-6 Intruders from the USS Coral Sea: Haiphong Harbour: May 9 – Oct 23: Operation Linebacker I [5] U.S.
In his early years, Thanh fought in various battles of the Vietnam War notably in the Quảng Trị campaign and during the counter-offensive of the Vietnam People's Army against Operation Lam Son 719 where he served as company commander (đại đội trưởng) in the 9th Battalion, 64th Regiment, 320th Division (Vietnam).