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The origin of the name is presumed to have come from the First Indochina War, when there was a Viet Minh maritime logistics line called the "Route of Ho Chi Minh", [2]: 126 and shortly after late 1960, as the present trail developed, Agence France-Presse (AFP) announced that a north–south trail had opened, and they named the corridor La Piste ...
North Vietnam received foreign military aid shipments through its ports and rail system. This materiel (and PAVN manpower) was then shuttled south down the logistical corridor called by the Americans the Ho Chi Minh Trail (the Truong Son Strategic Supply Route to the North Vietnamese). At the end of an arduous journey the men and supplies ...
USAF electronic warfare program to interdict the Ho Chi Minh Trail: Ho Chi Minh Trail: Jan 1 – Mar 1 1973: Operation Clearwater [1] US Navy operation to interdict enemy bases and lines of communications on inland waterways: I Corps: Jan 5 – 25: Operation Sultan (1968) [1] Special Forces Project DELTA operation: Kon Tum Province: Jan 5 – Apr 8
In May 1959, Group 559 was established to maintain and upgrade the Ho Chi Minh Trail, at this time a six-month mountain trek through Laos. About 500 of the "regroupees" of 1954 were sent south on the trail during its first year of operation. [19] Diệm attempted to stabilise South Vietnam by defending against Việt Cộng activities.
In May 1959, the first major steps to prepare infiltration routes into South Vietnam were taken; Group 559 was established, a logistical unit charged with establishing routes into the south via Laos and Cambodia, which later became famous as the Ho Chi Minh trail. At about the same time, Group 579 was created as its maritime counterpart to ...
over the Ho Chi Minh Trail: Mar 21 – 25: Operation New Castle [1] [9]: 236 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines search and destroy operation: Quảng Nam Province: Mar 23 – 24: Operation Early [1] 1st Battalion, 1st Marines search and destroy operation: Quảng Nam Province: Mar 23 – 27: Operation Perry [1] 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines search and ...
Group 559, charged with transporting supplies down the Ho Chi Minh Trail to supply PAVN troops in both South Vietnam and Laos, numbered 24,400 personnel. [7]: 164–71 The U.S. estimated the number of Viet Cong (VC) and PAVN soldiers in South Vietnam at nearly 280,000 by June 1966, including part-time guerrillas.
Operation Commando Hunt was a covert USAF Seventh Air Force and U.S. Navy Task Force 77 aerial interdiction campaign against the Ho Chi Minh Trail. [154] 20 November - 9 December Exploring a tunnel during Operation Meade River. Operation Meade River was a 1st Marine Division cordon and search operation in Dodge City, Quảng Nam Province. The ...