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Operation Market Time was the United States Navy, Republic of Vietnam Navy and Royal Australian Navy operation begun in 1965 to stop the flow of troops, war material, and supplies by sea, coast, and rivers, from North Vietnam into parts of South Vietnam during the Vietnam War.
With the closing of the port at Sihanoukville to Communist shipping in August 1969, attempted North Vietnamese trawler traffic into South Vietnam resumed. [Note 1] [22] Of 15 trawlers detected by Market Time assets from August 1969 to late 1970, one was sunk, 13 were turned back and only one got through. [21]
Operation Market Time [5] Combined U.S. Navy and South Vietnamese Navy effort to stop the flow of supplies from North Vietnam into South Vietnam: South China Sea: Mar 31: Operation Quyet Thang 512 [6]: 17–8 ARVN 5th Airborne Battalion, MAG-16, HMM-163 and HMM-162 air assault: near Tam Ky 40 km south of Da Nang, Quảng Tín Province: 2 US
During the Vietnam war USS Excel was involved in Operation Market Time which interdicted arms smuggling from North Vietnam to the many rivers and estuaries of South Vietnam by everything that could float, now considered the most successful naval operation of the Vietnam war, although it led to the vast improvement of the Ho Chi Minh trail.
The Vietnam Campaign Medal was an award of South Vietnam for those individuals who served in Vietnam for a period of at least six months. Although it was a personal award, Coast Guard regulations permitted its display on a cutter's port and starboard bridge wings since Squadron One's cutters served during the eligibility period of 1 March 1961 ...
Beginning in April 1965, USS Firm was assigned to Operation Market Time, a program instituted to curb the Communist infiltration of arms and other contraband into South Vietnam during the Vietnam War.
I knew flying back to Japan wasn't an option, as I was embarking on a river cruise out of Vietnam in less than 12 hours. So I chose the latter. So I chose the latter.
[2] [5] As head of the Naval Advisory Group he played a key role in the planning and organization of Operation Market Time, the program to stop arms and supplies from being smuggled into South Vietnamese coastal waters by North Vietnam. [2] On 1 April 1966 the Naval Advisory Group was disestablished and Ward became Commander, Naval Forces ...