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2nd Battalion 5th Marines (2/5 or "Two Five") is an infantry battalion in the United States Marine Corps consisting of approximately 800 marines and sailors. They are based out of Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton , California and fall under the command of the 5th Marine Regiment and the 1st Marine Division .
Company H, 2/5 Marines and Company M, 3/5 Marines moved to support the pinned down platoon and with air and artillery support overran the PAVN position. The bodies of 40 PAVN were discovered, Marine losses were 9 dead. Several of the dead Marines were found with their jammed M-16s broken open for cleaning. [1]: 118
While 1/1 Marines conducted mopping-up operations in southern Huế, 2/5 Marines had been conducting patrols south of the Phu Cam Canal. On 24 February 2/5 Marines launched an operation to the southwest of Huế to relieve the ARVN 101st Engineering Company compound which had been under siege by the PAVN since the start of the battle.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 21 September 2024. Part of the Vietnam War (1968) Operation Meade River Part of Vietnam War Marines of the 5th Marine Regiment deploy by helicopter to begin the operation Date 20 November – 9 December 1968 Location Dodge City, Quảng Nam Province, South Vietnam 15°54′N 108°12′E / 15.9°N ...
Operation Bold Mariner [5]: 300 (part of Operation Game Warden) HMM-362, SLF-A, ARVN 2nd Division, 2/26th Marines, HMM-164 cordon, search, and sweep operation was the largest amphibious assault of the war: Batangan Peninsula, Quảng Ngãi Province: 239: 5 Jan 15 – 20: Operation Russell Beach [1] [5]: 101
On 2 December, the 3/5 Marines command group replaced the 2/5 Marines command group on Hill 381 and the 2/5 command group returned to LZ Baldy before redeploying to Hill 510 on 20 December. [1]: 114–5 From 16–23 December, Companies G and H, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines operated northwest of Hill 510 with minimal results. [1]: 115
On 21 June 1/1 Marines left the operation and the sweep was taken over by the 2/1 Marines who suffered a steady toll of dead and wounded from mines and booby-traps. [3]: 179–80 On 27 June 1/1 Marines conducted a sweep of northern Dodge City finding some PAVN/VC killed in the earlier operation but meeting minimal opposition. At the end of June ...
After 13:30 the CAP Delta-2 members attempted unsuccessfully to contact the U.S. liaison officer at ROK 2nd Marine Brigade headquarters. The 2nd Marine Brigade G-3 officer advised the CPA Delta-2 team that ROK Marines were not in the Phong Nhị area. The CAP Delta-2 team requested mortar fire into the Phong Nhị area but this request was denied.