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The Combined Action Program was a United States Marine Corps counterinsurgency tool during the Vietnam War.It was widely remembered by the Marine Corps as effective. Operating from 1965 to 1971, it placed a 13-member Marine rifle squad, augmented by a U.S. Navy Corpsman and strengthened by a Vietnamese militia platoon of older youth and elderly men, in or adjacent to a rural Vietnames
At about 10:00 members of the ROKMC 1st Company, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Brigade passed the CAP Delta-2 team At 10:30 the ROKMC company moved west towards Phong Nhị and Phong Nhất ( 15°55′N 108°13′E / 15.91°N 108.22°E / 15.91; 108.22 ) and began taking fire from Phong Nhất
2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment search and destroy operation: Hậu Nghĩa Province: Jul 13 – 22: Operation Kansas [5]: 132 III MAF operation which involved inserting a series of 13-man reconnaissance teams to observe and bring fire on the NVA and VC: Que Son Valley, Quang Tin and Quảng Nam Provinces: 85: 9 Jul 14 – 22: Operation ...
A Naval Advisory Group was established and the Commanding General, 2nd Air Division, became MACV's Air Force component commander. [3]: 41 That year the U.S. strength in Vietnam grew from about 16,000 men (10,716 Army) to about 23,300 (16,000 Army) in 1964. Logistic support operations were highly fragmented.
Transfer of command of I Corps from III MAF to XXIV Corps. XXIV Corps Headquarters moved from Phu Bai to Camp Horn. III MAF moved to Camp Hawkins: May 6 - 14: Operation Toan Thang 44 [2] 1st and 2nd Brigades, 25th Infantry Division, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment and ARVN Airborne Division operation against PAVN Base Areas 353, 354, and 707
III MAF, ROK 2nd Marine Brigade and ARVN 51st Regiment operation: Quảng Nam Province: Feb 8 – Mar 25: Operation Lam Son 719 [3]: 66–85 ARVN armored and airborne invasion of Laos with US airlift and air support along Route 9 to Tchepone to sever the Ho Chi Minh Trail: Route 9: 2163: 1529 ARVN KIA, 625 MIA, 215 US KIA, 38 MIA Mar 1 – Jul 1
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2nd Battalion, 1st Marines: South Vietnam, Thừa Thiên Province: Disappeared in a mine explosion while assisting in the rescue of the crew of a downed helicopter [278] Killed in action, body not recovered [3] August 20: Lindbloom, Charles D: Photographer 2nd Class: US Navy: VAP-62: South Vietnam: Passenger on a VAP-61 RA-3B on an R&R flight ...