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The battalion arrived in South Vietnam on 17 November 1969 and replaced 9 RAR six days later. Like the other Australian Army units in Vietnam, the battalion formed part of the 1st Australian Task Force and was based in Phuoc Tuy province. [1] In early 1970 8 RAR took part in Operation Hammersley, a reconnaissance operation in the Long Hải area.
The Long Hải Hills are hills near Long Hải, in Long Điền District, Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu province, Vietnam. During the Vietnam War, the Long Hảis were a Viet Cong base area, known as Minh Dam secret zone. [1] The VC D445 Battalion and VC C25 Long Đất District Company used the hills as a
1 January. U.S. military personnel in South Vietnam totaled 334,600 on 31 December 1970. [3]: 359 1 January - May 1971. Project Copper was an unsuccessful operation to use three Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)-trained Cambodian irregular force battalions to interdict the Sihanouk Trail.
southwest of Rai Truong, Hải Lăng District: 20: Feb 1 – Apr 15: Operation Keystone Blue Jay [2] 1st Infantry Division and 3rd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division redeployment from South Vietnam to the United States: Feb 10 – Mar 9: Operation Hammersley [3] (the Battle for the "Long Hais")
Operation Lam Son 719 or 9th Route – Southern Laos Campaign (Vietnamese: Chiến dịch Lam Sơn 719 or Chiến dịch đường 9 – Nam Lào) was a limited-objective offensive campaign conducted in the southeastern portion of the Kingdom of Laos.
HELICOPTER Operations in VIETNAM; Special Operations in Vietnam; Information About Records Relating to the Vietnam War Operations Analysis (OPSANAL) System; Naval Operations in Vietnam; The short film A-1-5 1st Air Cavalry, Bình Tuy Province (1971) is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
Ultimately this policy—which was an unusual step among allied bases in Vietnam—required the resettlement of the villages of Long Hải, with a population of 1000, and Long Phuoc, with a population of 3000. Both villages were subsequently destroyed and the villagers rehomed in brand new and improved villages built by Australian engineers; a ...
Pages in category "Battles and operations of the Vietnam War in 1971" ... Operation Cuu Long 44-02; D. DMZ Campaign (1969–1971) F. Operation Finney Hill;