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Operation Lam Son 719 or 9th Route – Southern Laos Campaign (Vietnamese: Chiến dịch Lam Sơn 719 or Chiến dịch đường 9 – Nam Lào) was a limited-objective offensive campaign conducted in the southeastern portion of the Kingdom of Laos.
South Vietnam and Operation Lam Son 719. 8 February- 25 March. Operation Lam Son 719 (Vietnamese: Chiến dịch Lam Sơn 719 or Chiến dịch đường 9 – Nam Lào) was an invasion by 20,000 soldiers of the armed forces of South Vietnam of southeastern Laos. The objective of the operation was the disruption of the Ho Chi Minh Trail which ...
1st Brigade, 5th Infantry Division, 101st Airborne Division and 2nd Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment operation to support the ARVN Operation Lam Son 719 effort to open Route 9 through Khe Sanh to the Laotian border and to reestablish Khe Sanh as a major combat support base: Route 9: estimated 75 Feb 2 – Mar 8: Operation Ivy [1]
On 30 January 1971, the ARVN and US forces launched Operation Dewey Canyon II, which involved the reopening of Route 9, securing the Khe Sanh area and reoccupying of KSCB as a forward supply base for Operation Lam Son 719. On 8 February 1971, the leading ARVN units marched along Route 9 into southern Laos while the US ground forces and advisers ...
1st Battalion, 50th Infantry Regiment and 3rd Battalion, 506th Airborne Infantry Regiment clear and search operation: Bình Thuận Province: Jul 9 – 15: Operation Clinch Valley [2] 3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division and ARVN 1st Division search and destroy operation: Khe Sanh plateau, Quảng Trị Province: Jul 12 – Aug 26: Operation ...
48th Assault Helicopter Company: Operation Lam Son 719: Laos, Savannakhet Province: Door gunner on a UH-1C gunship #66–700 shot down while providing air cover for a resupply mission [184] Presumptive finding of death [3] February 20: Johnson, Randolph L: Sergeant: US Army: 48th Assault Helicopter Company: Operation Lam Son 719: Laos ...
The 101st Airborne Division went into action during World War II. The Screaming Eagles were among the first Americans to descend into France on D-Day. Once again, everything is changing.
1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division and ARVN 1st Division operation: Thừa Thiên Province: Aug 14 – Sep 28: Operation Carolina Blaster [1] 3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division and ARVN 3rd Regiment search and clear operation: A Shau Valley and Đa Krông Valley in Quảng Trị and Thừa Thiên Provinces: Aug 14 – Sep 28: Operation ...