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The base was located on Highway 1 approximately 8 km northwest of Quảng Trị and 8 km southeast of Đông Hà beside the Thạch Hãn River. [1]Following a series of artillery and rocket attacks on Đông Hà Combat Base, the Marines' major logistics and aviation support base in northern Quảng Trị Province, throughout the year, the Marines decided that Đông Hà was too vulnerable to ...
The Battle for Quang Tri occurred in and around Quảng Trị City (Quảng Trị Province), the northernmost provincial capital of South Vietnam during the Tet Offensive when the Vietcong (VC) and People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) attacked Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) and American forces across major cities and towns in South Vietnam in an attempt to force the Saigon government to ...
The Rockpile was first observed and made note of by a small Marine reconnaissance team on 4 July 1966. The area later became a key outpost from which American and South Vietnamese forces could observe movements by the North Vietnamese People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) and Viet Cong (VC) troops near the DMZ and in the central and west sectors of northern I Corps.
1969 map of the Demilitarized Zone. The Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone was a demilitarized zone at the 17th parallel in Quang Tri province that was the dividing line between North Vietnam and South Vietnam from 21 July 1954 to 2 July 1976, when Vietnam was officially divided into 2 de facto countries, which was 2 de jure military gathering areas supposed to be sustained in the short term after ...
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The ancient citadel of Quang Tri is the site of the Second Battle of Quảng Trị, a large battle in the Vietnam War between the People's Army of Vietnam and the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam against the United States Armed Forces and the Army of the Republic of Vietnam. After 80 days, the Allies and South Vietnam successfully ...
Quang Duc Province: 1012: Nov 14 – 17: Operation Burtrand [1] 5th Special Forces Group and 3rd Mike Force reconnaissance in force operation: Hon Tre Island southeast of Nha Trang: Nov 21 – 29: Operation While Away [1] 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment security operation: Biên Hòa Province: Nov 24 – 27: Operation Texas Traveller [1]
173rd Airborne Brigade and ARVN 22nd Division reconnaissance in force: Bong Son Plains, Bình Định Province: Aug 23 – 31: Operation Duc Lap [1] ARVN 23rd Division, 2nd and 5th Mobile Strike Force defence of Duc Lap CIDG base: Quang Duc Province: Aug 24 – Sep 9: Operation Tien Ho [1] ARVN 23rd Division operation: Quang Duc Province: 1091 ...