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On 24 June 1967 a Vietcong (VC) mortar attack on Camp Rainier disabled 29 UH-1 helicopters of the 188th Assault Helicopter Company. [4] On 4 July 1968 the base was subjected to a heavy People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) rocket and mortar attack followed by probes on the base perimeter resulting in 5 U.S. and 16 PAVN killed.
Dong Ba Thin hangar construction, 21 September 1967. The base comprised several different adjacent facilities: Dong Ba Thin Airfield, a short asphalt runway army airfield; Dong Ba Thin Heliport (also known as Flanders Army Heliport) on the west side of the airfield and the Special Forces Camp. [1]
Marines and Army shelling of PAVN gun positions: in and north of the DMZ: Feb: Operation Lam Son 46 [14] ARVN 1st Division operations: Thừa Thiên and Quảng Trị Provinces: Feb 1 – 8: Operation Tamborine [1] [5] 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment ambush operation along Route 23: between Đất Đỏ District and Song Tre, Phước ...
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.
At the beginning of 1967 the United States was engaged in a steadily expanding air and ground war in Southeast Asia. Since its inception in February 1965, Operation Rolling Thunder, the bombing campaign against North Vietnam, had escalated in the number and significance of its targets, inflicting major damage on transportation networks industry, and petroleum refining and storage facilities.
US Army map indicating War Zones C, D, and the Iron Triangle, circa 1965-1967. The Iron Triangle (Vietnamese:Tam Giác Sắt) was a 120 square miles (310 km 2) area in the Bình Dương Province of Vietnam, so named due to it being a stronghold of Viet Minh activity during the war.
The base appears to have been initially used to support Operation Junction City in February–May 1967. The base was established in 1967 on the site of a former French rubber plantation and was located approximately 6 km east of An Lộc in Bình Long Province. [1] The 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division comprising:
Due to lack of available dry land, the base was created by dredging from the river. [3] Dredging work to create the base commenced in August 1966 and involved the reclamation of 600 acres of swampland. [2] The Vietcong attempted to sabotage the base construction sinking the dredgeship Jamaica Bay on 9 January 1967 with the loss of 3 crewmembers.