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Operation Mameluke Thrust was a US Marine Corps operation that took place in Happy Valley southwest of Danang, lasting from 19 May to 23 October 1968. Background [ edit ]
Operation Mameluke Thrust [1] [7]: 725–6 1st Battalion 7th Marines, 3rd Battalion 26th Marines, 1st Battalion 26th Marines, 3rd Battalion 5th Marines, A Troop, 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry, 3rd Battalion 7th Marines and 2nd Battalion 7th Marines clear and search operations: central Quảng Nam Province: 2728: 269 May 21 – Aug 3
The Valley was the scene of numerous engagements during the Vietnam War, to disrupt PAVN movement and counter the rocket belt, including: Operation Mameluke Thrust. Operation Mameluke Thrust was a 1st Marine Division operation from 19 May to 23 October 1968 resulting in 269 U.S. and 2,728 PAVN killed. [2] Operation Oklahoma Hills
[3]: 289 The 26th Marines was transferred from the operational control of the 3rd Marine Division to the 1st Marine Division on 18 May 1968. [3]: 716 From 26 May to 6 June the battalion participated in Operation Allen Brook. [3]: 339–40 The battalion then joined Operation Mameluke Thrust on 7 June.
[2]: 716 The battalion and 1/26th Marines participated in Operation Mameluke Thrust from 18 May until 20 July 1968 when they went Phu Bai Combat Base to relieve the 5th Marine Regiment conducting Operation Houston. [2]: 338–7 On the conclusion of Operation Houston on 12 September the 26th Marines were moved south to the Da Nang TAOR.
In late March 1968 COSVN and B2 Front leaders held meetings to review the results of the Tet Offensive. Lê Duẩn, the driving force behind the Tet Offensive, and General Hoàng Văn Thái wished to renew the offensive before the start of the southern monsoon began in mid-May in order to improve their position at the Paris Peace Talks which were about to commence.
1st Battalion, 7th Marines crossing a river during Operation Mameluke Thrust. Operation Mameluke Thrust was a 1st Marine Division spoiling attack into the valleys west of Danang and around Thường Ðức Camp. The operation resulted in 2,728 PAVN killed and 47 captured and U.S. losses of 269 killed. [13]: 726 23 May
The 3rd Battalion, 26th Marines participated in Operation Kingfisher around Con Thien from 7–11 September 1967. [7]: 132 The 1st and 3rd Battalions, 26th Marines participated in Operation Mameluke Thrust from May–June 1968. [8]: 338–44 The 1st Battalion, 26th Marines participated in Operation Allen Brook from 26 May to 6 June 1968.