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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
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:
Bearcat was originally a French airfield, later used by the Japanese during World War II. 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.
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.
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 following is a list of units of the United States Army during the Vietnam War. Active Duty Divisions and Brigades in Theater ... 9th Infantry Division; 23rd ...
In June 1966, the Army Vietnam Combat Artists Program was established as part of the United States Army Art Program, utilizing teams of soldier-artists to make pictorial records of U.S. Army activities in the course of the Vietnam War for the annals of military history.
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.