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The 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines (2/7) is a light infantry battalion of the United States Marine Corps. They are based at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms and consist of approximately 800 marines and sailors.
3rd Battalion, 1st Marines, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, ARVN 5th Airborne Battalion and Republic of Vietnam Marine Corps combined reaction force operation landing near An Hoa to encounter the 60th and 90th battalions of the 1st VC Regiment and the 11th Battalion, 21st NVA Regiment
2nd Battalion, 7th Marines search and destroy operation: Quảng Ngãi Province: Mar 29 – Apr 29: Operation Summerall [1] 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division search and destroy operation: Darlac, Khánh Hòa and Phú Yên Provinces: Apr – 11 May: Operation Spearhead [1] [19] 4th Battalion, 47th Infantry Regiment and TF 117 search and ...
2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment/Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment and 107th Field Battery series of reconnaissance and ambush and land clearing protection missions: centre and south-west Phước Tuy Province: Jul 15 – Aug 24: Operation Pickens Forest [2] 1st Battalion, 7th Marines and 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines clear and search ...
Operation Jasper Square was a 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines operation on Go Noi Island, Quảng Nam Province. The operation resulted in 54 PAVN/VC and six Marines killed. [13]: 250 13 April. In an unnamed operation east of Huế, the 1st Battalion, 27th Marines killed 60 PAVN/VC for the loss of 24 Marines. [13]: 252 15 April – 28 February 1969
[1]: 109 The plan was for the ARVN 1st Airborne Battalion to secure a landing zone at Chau Nhai, 15 km northwest of Quảng Ngãi and the 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines would then deploy into the landing zone and then both Battalions would move southeast along Route 527 with the ARVN patrolling north and the Marines patrolling south of Route 527. [1]
At 11:00 on 31 March HMM-165 helicopters landed the ARVN 2nd Battalion, 51st Regiment northeast of Thường Ðức Camp and the 3rd Battalion, 51st Regiment northwest of the camp. On 1 April the 3rd Battalion, 26th Marines and the 4.2in mortar battery from 1st Battalion, 13th Marines were landed at Landing Zone Robin overlooking Happy Valley.
On 10 December the 2/7 Marines continued their eastward advance while the 3/3 Marines continued advancing northwest in the hope of squeezing the VC between them. At 11:00 HMM-261 helicopters began landing the 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines at the hamlet of Cam La, 8 km southeast of Quế Sơn to seal off any escape route to the south. As the ...