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1st Cavalry Division UH-1 damaged in the rocket attack on Camp Evans on 19 May 1968. In January 1968 Camp Evans was taken over by the 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile). [3]On the night of 19 May 1968 the ammunition dump at Camp Evans was hit by People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) rockets and exploded causing a chain reaction and fire that lasted more than 12 hours and damaged or destroyed 124 ...
Office of History, Headquarters, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers USACE LNO trip slides Vietnam 11.50: ... Camp Evans, 17 March 1968. Items portrayed in this file
Members of the 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry rest after breaking down the equipment on Landing Zone Pepper while waiting transportation back to Camp Evans, 11 May 1968. The first cargo aircraft, a C-7 Caribou, landed at A Lưới on 2 May. After further improvements to the airstrip, the first C-130 Hercules landed on 4 May.
The year was the most expensive in the Vietnam War with America spending US$77.4 billion (US$ 678 billion in 2025) on the war. The year also became the deadliest of the Vietnam War for America and its allies with 27,915 ARVN soldiers killed and the Americans suffering 16,592 killed compared to around two hundred thousand PAVN/VC killed.
2nd Battalion, 4th Marines and 1st Battalion, 9th Marines clearing operation to provide cover for the 1st Cavalry Division's arrival at Camp Evans: 24 km northwest of Huế: 1: Jan 21 – Feb 16: Operation Osceola II [1] [7]: 723 1st Battalion, 1st Marines and 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines search and destroy operation: Quảng Trị Province: 24: ...
In late March 1968 COSVN and B2 Front leaders held meetings to review the results of the Tet Offensive. Lê Duẩn, the driving force behind the Tet Offensive, and General Hoàng Văn Thái wished to renew the offensive before the start of the southern monsoon began in mid-May in order to improve their position at the Paris Peace Talks which were about to commence.
The 506th Infantry Regiment moved to the base in December 1967 as part of Operation Uniontown and remained there until October 1968. [2]: 159 In November 1968 the 1st Cavalry Division moved here from Camp Evans as part of Operation Liberty Canyon and would remain based here until April 1971. [2]: 73
Camp Evans Historic District is an area of the Camp Evans Formerly Used Defense Site in Wall Township, New Jersey. The site of the military installation ( 40°11′08″N 074°03′45″W / 40.18556°N 74.06250°W / 40.18556; -74.06250 [ 4 ] ) is noted for a 1941 transatlantic radio receiver and various World War II / Cold War ...