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On 1 June 1967, the Mobile Riverine Force (MRF) comprising the 2nd Brigade, 9th Infantry Division and the US Navy River Assault Squadrons 9 and 11 was established at Đồng Tâm. By this time the base occupied 12 square kilometres and included a 500m runway and a loading basin for boats.
The 9th Infantry Division is a division of the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN), first formed from Viet Cong units in 1965 in the Mekong Delta region. Vietnam War [ edit ]
Early in the Vietnam War, the 1st Special Forces established a base there. It was later the base camp for the 9th Infantry Division from January 1967 until the division moved to Đồng Tâm Base Camp near Mỹ Tho in late 1967.
2nd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division (April 1968, July 1968 – April 1970) comprising: 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment [2]: 140 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment [2]: 140 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment [2]: 146 3rd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division (August 1967 – February 1968, February–April 1970) comprising:
The base was originally established by the 9th Infantry Division. [1]: 86 Airfield facilities, 25 September 1967 Airfield, 25 September 1967 Airfield repairs, 28 March 1968 CH-47 destroyed in rocket attack on the Camp, 13 January 1969 Cần Thơ control tower, 29 April 1970. Other units stationed here included:
The 9th Infantry Division (nicknamed "Old Reliables") is an inactive infantry division of the United States Army. It was formed as the 9th Division during World War I , but never deployed overseas. In later years it was an important unit of the U.S. Army during World War II and the Vietnam War .
9th Infantry Division, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment and 3rd Squadron, 5th Cavalry Regiment security and escort operations: Long Khánh District: Apr 21 – 25: Operation Grand [1] 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines search and destroy operation: Quảng Nam Province: Apr 21 – May 17: Operation Union I/Operation Lien Ket 102 [1] [9]: 52
The 3rd Brigade, 9th Infantry Division was responsible for the security of Long An Province, southwest of Saigon.Long An Province was the gateway to the Mekong Delta the "rice-basket" of South Vietnam, in addition to producing over 280,000 tons of rice per year itself.