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Operation Starlite (also known in Vietnam as Battle of Van Tuong) was the first major offensive action conducted by a purely U.S. military unit during the Vietnam War from 18 to 24 August 1965. The operation was launched based on intelligence provided by Major general Nguyen Chanh Thi , the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) I Corps commander.
Amphibious landing of Sidi-Ferruch – 14 June 1830 General de Bourmont; Mexican–American War. Siege of Veracruz – 9 March 1847 Winfield Scott lands army in Central Mexico; Crimean War. Assault of Bomarsund – 8 August 1854 Brigadier-général Harry Jone, Colonel Jacques Fieron Anglo-French operation against Russia in Finland; Second Opium War
US 7th Fleet combined forces amphibious landing and sweep operation: southern half of the DMZ in the Bến Hải River area: 83: 23 May 19 – 25: Operation Duval [1] 1st Battalion, 7th Marines and 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines search and destroy operation: Quảng Nam Province: May 19 – 27: Operation Lam Son 54 [9]: 25
Operation Deckhouse Five was a United States Marine Corps (USMC) and Republic of Vietnam Marine Corps operation that took place from 6–15 January 1967 in the Mekong Delta, during the Vietnam War. "The ten-day sweep," reported the AP from its daily military roundup from Saigon, "proved unproductive."
On 27 July 1953, the French landing craft departed from their assembly points, and by 04:00 on the following had begun disembarking 160 amphibious landing craft belonging to Group A's 3rd Amphibious opposite the coastline. By 06:00, these vehicles had landed on the beach and proceeded to occupy sand ridges overlooking the dunes beyond ...
The landing was unopposed and the Marines discovered a VC weapons cache with 18 carbines and 1,000 grenades. [ 1 ] : 101 Over the following days the U.S. Marines and South Vietnamese Marines conducted three further amphibious assaults into the zone uncovering VC base areas and supplies, but without meeting any serious resistance.
The operation evacuated 310,000 people from communist-controlled North Vietnam to South Vietnam and carried 58,000 tons of cargo and humanitarian aid. Amphibious Ready Group Alpha with USS Princeton (LPH-5) off Vietnam, in 1968. 1965 – Participated in amphibious landings, assaults and demonstrations off the eastern coast of the Republic of ...
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