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Dec 1 – May 11, 1969: Operation Speedy Express [8]: 84 [24] 9th Infantry Division and ARVN 7th Division operation to prevent VC units from interfering with pacification efforts, interdict lines of communication and deny them the use of base areas: Kien Hoa and Vĩnh Bình Provinces: 10,889: 40 Dec 3 – Feb 17 1969: Operation Goodwood [5] [25]
The 3rd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division begins deploying to South Vietnam arriving at Chu Lai Base Area. [26]: 379 14–21 February. The 27th Marine Regiment landed at Da Nang. [13]: 227–9 16 February. North Vietnam released three American prisoners of war, the first of nine, to the custody of peace activists Daniel Berrigan and Howard Zinn. [51]
Binh Thuy Air Base (also known as Can Tho Air Base and Trà Nóc Air Base) was a United States Air Force (USAF), United States Navy, Republic of Vietnam Air Force (RVNAF) and Vietnam People's Air Force (VPAF) (Khong Quan Nhan Dan Viet Nam) military airfield used during the Vietnam War. It is located 7 km northwest of Cần Thơ in the Mekong ...
Tet offensive attack on Tan Son Nhut Air Base (31 January 1968) Tet offensive attack on the United States embassy (31 January 1968) Battle of West Saigon (5–12 May 1968) Battle of South Saigon (7–12 May 1968) Hijacking of Pan Am Flight 841 (2 July 1972) Bombing of Tan Son Nhut Air Base (28 April 1975) Operation Frequent Wind (29–30 April ...
Oct 25 – Oct 31 1968: Operation Sea Dragon [46] US Navy and Royal Australian Navy interdiction of sea lines of communication and supply from North Vietnam to South Vietnam: 5 Oct 29 – Dec 24: Operation Pawnee III [1] [5]: 224 2nd Battalion, 26th Marines search and destroy operation: Thừa Thiên Province: Oct 30 – 31: Operation Bundaberg ...
Tet offensive attack on Tan Son Nhut Air Base (31 January 1968) Tet offensive attack on the United States embassy (31 January 1968) Battle of West Saigon (5–12 May 1968) Battle of South Saigon (7–12 May 1968) Hijacking of Pan Am Flight 841 (2 July 1972) Bombing of Tan Son Nhut Air Base (28 April 1975) Operation Frequent Wind (29–30 April ...
By 1968 the Bien Hoa-Long Binh complex was the largest US/South Vietnamese military base in South Vietnam.Bien Hoa Air Base was the largest air base in the country, home to over 500 United States Air Force (USAF) and Republic of Vietnam Air Force (RVNAF) aircraft, while Long Binh Post was the US Army's largest logistics base, headquarters of United States Army Vietnam (USARV), the II Field ...
The attack on Tan Son Nhut Air Base, headquarters of the Republic of Vietnam Air Force (RVNAF) and the United States Air Force (USAF) 7th Air Force, occurred during the early hours of 31 January 1968. Tan Son Nhut Air Base was one of the major air bases used for offensive air operations within South Vietnam and for the support of United States ...