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The DMZ Campaign (1969–71) was a military campaign by the United States Army, United States Marine Corps (USMC) and the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) against the People’s Army of Vietnam (PAVN) along the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) in northern Quảng Trị Province from 1969 to 1971 during the Vietnam War.
US Navy and South Vietnamese Navy interdiction campaign in the Mekong Delta to disrupt PAVN/VC supply lines in and around the delta: Mekong Delta: Oct 12 – 30: Operation Capital [1] [5] 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment and 4th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment/Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment reconnaissance in force operation
Operation Prairie was a U.S. military operation in Quảng Trị Province, South Vietnam that sought to eliminate People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) forces south of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). Over the course of late 1965 and early 1966 the Viet Cong (VC) and the PAVN intensified their military threat along the DMZ. The tactical goal of these ...
Other weapons were specifically developed or otherwise became associated with the campaign as well. These notably included the BLU-31/B and Mk 36 air-dropped mines, BLU-43/B and BLU-44/B landmine system ( Dragontooth ), the BLU-72/B fuel-air explosive ( Pave Pat ), and the BLU-52/A chemical bomb (filled with bulk CS-2 powder ). [ 23 ]
On 2 July, in conjunction with the Operation Thor air and naval gunfire strikes on PAVN artillery positions north of the DMZ, the 1st and 2nd Battalions, 3rd Marines attacked PAVN position north of Lam Xuan. On 4 July Company C, 1/3 Marines engaged a PAVN force in the ruins of Lai An, establishing a cordon around the area, air and artillery ...
On 25 March with the chain of landing zones and firebases in their possession, the 3/5 Marines began reconnaissance into the DMZ. The Marines deployed small 14 man patrols which if engaged could call on rapid reinforcement from "Sparrowhawk" teams, however the patrols encountered only limited PAVN activity. [1]: 56
The operation was regarded as a success due as it was followed by a sharp decline in artillery fire across the DMZ and reduced antiaircraft fire from the target area. [ 1 ] : 36–1 179 artillery positions containing 19 guns, 789 anti-aircraft sites containing 63 weapons, 143 bunkers and storage areas were destroyed, including two SAM-2 sites ...
In mid-June, the 3rd Marines received intelligence that a PAVN force was infiltrating from the DMZ near Gio Linh District. On 16 June, the 3/3 Marines loaded onto trucks and were driven up Route 1 towards the DMZ at night. As they did so, they encountered the PAVN 27th Regiment and 33rd Sapper Battalion moving south along the roadside.