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  2. Battle of Phước Long - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of Phước Long was a decisive battle of the Vietnam War which began on December 12, 1974, and concluded on January 6, 1975. The battle involved the deployment of the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) 4th Army Corps for the first time, against determined units of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) in Phước Long in Bình Phước Province near the Cambodian border (to be ...

  3. 1975 spring offensive - Wikipedia

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    After the initial success capturing Phước Long Province, the North Vietnamese leadership increased the scope of the People's Army of Vietnam's (PAVN) offensive and captured and held the key Central Highlands city of Buôn Ma Thuột between 10 and 18 March. These operations were intended to be preparatory to launching a general offensive in ...

  4. 1975 in the Vietnam War - Wikipedia

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    Phước Bình, the capital of Phước Long Province, 120 kilometres (75 miles) north of Saigon, was captured by the PAVN, becoming the first provincial capital controlled by the North Vietnamese. All but 850 of 5,400 South Vietnamese soldiers defending the province were killed or captured.

  5. Phước Long province - Wikipedia

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    Phước Long is a former province of Southeast region of Vietnam. It was established on 22 October 1956 by a presidential decree. It was one of South Vietnam's 22 provinces. It is now part of Bình Phước province. The province was originally into three districts: Phước Bình, Bù Đốp, and Phước Hòa. In 1961, it was reorganized as ...

  6. File:Map of the Battle of Phuoc Long.jpg - Wikipedia

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    English: Map of the Battle of Phuoc Long in South Vietnam, 1974-1975 Tiếng Việt: Đây là hình ảnh sơ đồ trận Phước Long lấy từ sách The Final Collapse Date

  7. 5th Division (South Vietnam) - Wikipedia

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    On 11 July 1967, a month following the beginnings of CORDS pacification project near Tan Hung, Bình Long Province, the first major program of civilian pacification and effective counterinsurgency, the HQ and HQ Company and two other companies would earn a Presidential Unit Citation from Lyndon Johnson. As CORDS would in-effect undermine the ...

  8. 52nd Ranger Battalion (South Vietnam) - Wikipedia

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    To Long Tan: The Australian Army and the Vietnam War 1950–1966. The Official History of Australia's Involvement in Southeast Asian Conflicts 1948–1975. Vol. Two. St Leonards, New South Wales: Allen and Unwin. ISBN 1863732829. Rowe, John (1987). Vietnam: The Australian Experience. North Sydney: Time–Life Books Australia. ISBN 0-949118-07-9.

  9. Phước Long, Bình Phước - Wikipedia

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    Phước Long is a district-level town in Bình Phước Province, in the Southeast region of Vietnam. It was the site of the Battle of Phước Long, a decisive battle during the Vietnam War. [1] The current administrative unit was established in 2009 from part of former Phước Long District, including Thác Mơ township and Phước Bình ...