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People's Army of Vietnam: Garrison/HQ: ... Military Command of Vĩnh Long province. 890th Infantry Regiment [35] Armored Company [36] Reconnaissance Company;
CH-21s at Vĩnh Long, February 1963 Airfield facilities, October 1964.jpg The base was originally established in 1963 approximately 3 km west of Vĩnh Long and 48 km southwest of Mỹ Tho . The base was named after Captain Roger Gauvin and SP5 Carleton Upton of the 114th Aviation Company who were killed in action on 15 March 1964.
Operation Coronado X was the tenth of the Operation Coronado series of riverine military operations conducted by the U.S. Mobile Riverine Force (MRF) and units of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN), originally planned as a sweep of western Dinh Tuong Province and eastern Kien Phong Province, however with the outbreak of the Tet Offensive on 31 January 1968 it instead became the MRF ...
During 1971 the Division focused on destruction of People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) and VC Base Area 400 in the That Son (Seven Mountains) region. [6]: 141 By the end of 1972 the Division was responsible for Sa Đéc, Vĩnh Long, Vĩnh Bình and Kien Hoa Provinces. The Division was opposed by only one main force regiment, the D3 under the ...
In April 1975, while the PAVN 1975 Spring Offensive overran much of the country, the Division protected Binh Thuy Air Base, the Arc Road Line at outer Cần Thơ, the ferry crossing between Cần Thơ-Bình Minh, Vĩnh Long province and the provincial capitals at An Xuyen , Chuong Thien (Hậu Giang), Rạch Giá (Kiên Giang), Bạc Liêu and ...
Ba Xuyen, Dinh Tuong, Kien Hoa, Phuoc Dinh and Vĩnh Long Provinces: 344: Jan 23 – 26: Operation Badger Catch: Operation Napoleon/Saline [7]: 723 [8]: 66 BLT 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines and HMM-165 search and destroy operation to clear the north and south banks of the Cua Viet River and prevent enemy interdiction of river traffic: Quảng ...
Vĩnh Long is a province located in the Mekong Delta of southwestern Vietnam. Its capital is Vĩnh Long. Its population is 1,046,390 and its area is 1,525.73 km 2 (589.09 sq mi). [1] Vĩnh Long (spelled 永隆 in the former Hán-Nôm writing system) is a Sino-Vietnamese name, translating as "eternal prosperity."
Operation Coronado IX was a riverine military operation conducted by the Mobile Riverine Force (MRF) of the United States and elements of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) from November 1967 to January 1968 in an attempt to destroy Viet Cong (VC) strongholds in the Mekong Delta. In the middle of November, clashes resulted in the ...