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At 07:00 on 18 September 1965 the 2/502nd Infantry and an Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) Ranger company deployed by helicopter into an area near An Ninh, a hamlet 30km east of An Khê and about 14km north of Highway 19. Intelligence sources suggested the presence of an enemy unit in the mountains nearby.
Operation Yellowstone was an operation conducted by the 1st and 3rd Brigades, 25th Infantry Division in northeast Tây Ninh Province, lasting from 8 December 1967 to 24 February 1968. [ 1 ] : 27 Background
Operation Game Warden was a joint operation conducted by the United States Navy and South Vietnamese Navy in order to deny Viet Cong access to resources in the Mekong River Delta. Game Warden and its counterpart Operation Market Time are considered to be two of the most successful U.S. Naval actions during the Vietnam War .
The base was located approximately 7 km south of the Fishhook in Tây Ninh Province approximately 25 km east of Katum Camp. [1]On 13 November 1968 the base was defended by the ARVN 36th Regiment supported by Delta Battery, 1st Battalion, 5th Artillery when it was attacked by a 1000-man People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) force. [1]
Operation Gadsden officially concluded on 21 February, the US claiming that PAVN losses were 160 killed, U.S. losses were 29 killed. [1]The 196th Infantry Brigade returned to Tây Ninh Combat Base, while the 3rd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division deployed to blocking positions along Highway 22 for Operation Junction City.
On 25 November, a coordinated attack by the PAVN was directed at Landing Zone Ann (), at 06:40 elements of 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment came under ground attack southwest of LZ Ann which was followed by a mortar attack on LZ Ann. Counter-mortar fires stopped the mortar attack, and the combined fire support from tube and aerial rocket ...
In May 1967, I Field Force expanded the mission of the 1st Cavalry Division to include the destruction of the Viet Cong (VC) infrastructure in Bình Định Province.The South Vietnamese 816th National Police Field Force Battalion was assigned to assist the 1st Cavalry and was stationed at the 1st Cavalry's headquarters at Landing Zone Two Bits.
Following the completion of Operation Greeley, in September 1967 General William B. Rosson instructed the commander of the 173rd Airborne Brigade, Brigadier General Leo H. Schweiter, to locate and destroy the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) 95th Regiment, which was believed to be located in a base area known as “The Hub” in the foothills northwest of Tuy Hòa in Phú Yên Province.