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Operation Double Eagle was a US Marine Corps and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) operation that took place in southern Quảng Ngãi Province, lasting from 28 January to 17 February 1966, during the Vietnam War.
Operation Double Eagle II [5]: 34 BLT 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines and 3rd Battalion, 12th Marines search and destroy operation to engage the 1st VC Regiment: Que Son Valley: 125: Feb 18 – 19: Operation Belt Line [1] 3rd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division road clearing and security operation along Route 13: Bình Dương Province: Feb 21 – 27 ...
On 17 May the US forces returned to South Vietnam, leaving the area to the ARVN. [8]: 201 During Operation Binh Tay II from 14–26 May, the Division moved against Base Area 702. The second phase of the operation was carried out between 20 May and 27 June against Base Area 701 by elements of the Division.
Double Eagle was designed by Ed Yost and had a 101,000 cubic foot (2,860 cubic meter) envelope. Abruzzo and Anderson rode in an insulated open gondola measuring 6 by 6.5 feet (1.8 by 2 meters) which was later reused for Double Eagle II. [1]
Original unissued patch. The Phoenix Program (Vietnamese: Chiến dịch Phụng Hoàng) was designed and initially coordinated by the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) during the Vietnam War, involving the American, South Vietnamese militaries, and a small amount of special forces operatives from the Australian Army Training Team Vietnam.
The Battle of Hill 488 was a military engagement of the Vietnam War that took place on the night of 15–16 June 1966. A small United States Marine Corps (USMC) reconnaissance platoon inflicted large casualties on regular People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) and Viet Cong (VC) fighters before withdrawing with only a few dead.
Operation Attleboro was a Vietnam War search and destroy operation initiated by the 196th Light Infantry Brigade with the objective to discover the location(s) of People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) and Viet Cong (VC) base areas and force them to fight.
Scott T. Barnes, (1987) " BOHICA" Daring Publications ISBN 0-938936-61-1 Operation Grand Eagle and Jerry Daniels aka Michael J Baldwin< BOHICA, published by Daring Books, 1987, US Senate Testimony 1986 code name BOHICA. Timothy N. Castle (1999), One Day Too Long: Top Secret Site 85 and the Bombing of North Vietnam, Columbia University Press.