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Vietnam: Commanders and leaders; Xu Shiyou Zhu Yuehua: Nguyễn Duy Thương Nguyễn Xuân Khánh: Units involved; 55th Army 163rd Division; 164th Division; 165th Division; 54th Army. Unit 33980; Vietnamese sources: 700 men [1] 3rd Division 42nd Local Company (regular units). [2] 5th Armed Police Company [1] Casualties and losses
The NLF, also known as the Viet Cong (VC), was an umbrella of front groups, set up by North Vietnam (Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV) to conduct the insurgency in South Vietnam. The NLF also included fully armed formations – regional and local guerrillas, and the People's Liberation Armed Forces (PLAF).
According to Vietnam Television, most of the individuals involved in the attack are residing in the Dak Lak province. Some of the participants have stated that they were "enticed and lured" by certain individuals to carry out the assault on the People's Committee headquarters of Ea Tiêu and Ea Ktur communes in Cư Kuin district, Đắk Lắk ...
3rd Marine Division redeployment from South Vietnam to the United States: Sep 21 – Oct 28: Operation Putnam Cougar [1] 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division clear and search operation: Bình Định Province: Sep 27 – Oct 7: Operation Hancock Flame [1] 3rd Battalion, 506th Airborne Infantry Regiment clear and search operation: Bình Thuận ...
The provinces of Vietnam are subdivided into second-level administrative units, namely districts (Vietnamese: huyện), provincial cities (thành phố trực thuộc tỉnh), and district-level towns (thị xã).
Đắk Lắk, anglicized as Daklak, is a central mountainous province in the Central Highlands region, the Central of Vietnam. It borders Gia Lai to the north, Phú Yên and Khánh Hòa to the east, Lâm Đồng and Đắk Nông to the south, and Mondulkiri of Cambodia to the west.
During the early stages of the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War, several U.S. Special Forces Civilian Irregular Defense Group (CIDG) camps were established along the borders of South Vietnam in order both to maintain surveillance of PAVN and Viet Cong (VC) infiltration and to provide support and training to isolated Montagnard villagers, who bore the brunt of the fighting in the area.
In addition a LCU/YFU offloading facility operated by the Naval Support Activity Detachment, Dong Ha was developed to receive supplies ferried from the Cửa Việt Base. [2]: 198 On 12 April 1967 the 9th Marines moved their headquarters to Đông Hà. [3]: 20 On the night of 27/8 April the base was hit by more than 50 PAVN 140mm rockets.