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2nd Battalion 5th Marines (2/5 or "Two Five") is an infantry battalion in the United States Marine Corps consisting of approximately 800 marines and sailors. They are based out of Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California and fall under the command of the 5th Marine Regiment and the 1st Marine Division.
In 2003, former 5th Marine sniper–turned–Vietnam War author, John J. Culbertson, [5] documented in 13 Cent Killers: The 5th Marine Snipers in Vietnam, the stories of 5th Marine Regiment marksmen who, as the publisher describes, "fought with bolt rifles and bounties on their heads during the fiercest combat of the war, from 1967 through the ...
Marine sources listed 21 dead PAVN/VC in the area. [4] Marine PFC Dan Bullock, the youngest American serviceman killed in action in the Vietnam War died at An Hòa on 7 June 1969. The 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines handed over the base to the ARVN 1st Battalion, 51st Regiment on 15 October 1970. [5]
While 1/1 Marines conducted mopping-up operations in southern Huế, 2/5 Marines had been conducting patrols south of the Phu Cam Canal. On 24 February 2/5 Marines launched an operation to the southwest of Huế to relieve the ARVN 101st Engineering Company compound which had been under siege by the PAVN since the start of the battle.
Operation Swift was a military operation in the Vietnam War, ... On 10 September Company H, 2/5 Marines discovered an unoccupied bunker system, when another Marine ...
Operation King Hit [1] [5] 9th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment cordon and search operation: An Nhut village, Phước Tuy Province: Dec 11 – Jan 9 1969: Operation Phu Vang IV [1] 2nd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division and ARVN 54th Regiment clear and search operation: Thừa Thiên Province: Dec 15 – Jan 5 1969: Operation Valiant Hunt [1 ...
Operation Union II was a search and destroy mission in the Quế Sơn Valley carried out by the 5th Marine Regiment.Launched on 26 May 1967 the operation ended on 5 June. U.S. reported the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) lost 701 killed and 23 captured, while U.S. casualties were 110 killed and 241 wounded.
On 2 December, the 3/5 Marines command group replaced the 2/5 Marines command group on Hill 381 and the 2/5 command group returned to LZ Baldy before redeploying to Hill 510 on 20 December. [1]: 114–5 From 16–23 December, Companies G and H, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines operated northwest of Hill 510 with minimal results. [1]: 115