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Đông Hà Combat Base (also known as Camp Spillman, Camp Red Devil or simply Đông Hà) is a former U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Army base northwest of Quảng Trị in central Vietnam. The base was first used by the 4th Marines in late April 1966. In mid-July Đông Hà was used by the Marines as a helicopter base and logistics area.
The base was located on Highway 1 approximately 8 km northwest of Quảng Trị and 8 km southeast of Đông Hà beside the Thạch Hãn River. [1]Following a series of artillery and rocket attacks on Đông Hà Combat Base, the Marines' major logistics and aviation support base in northern Quảng Trị Province, throughout the year, the Marines decided that Đông Hà was too vulnerable to ...
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: north and northeast of Tây Ninh: 1017: 119 May 6 - June 27
Redeployment of the 173rd Airborne Brigade from South Vietnam to the United States: Jul 1 – Oct 4: Unnamed [11] 23rd Infantry Division operation: Quảng Ngãi Province: 324: Aug 20 – Dec 3: Operation Chenla II [12] FANK operation against NVA to reopen Route 6: Route 6: 3500+ claimed: 4500+ claimed Sep 1 – Nov 30: Operation Keystone ...
The DMZ Campaign (1969–71) was a military campaign by the United States Army, United States Marine Corps (USMC) and the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) against the People’s Army of Vietnam (PAVN) along the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) in northern Quảng Trị Province from 1969 to 1971 during the Vietnam War.
North Vietnam withdrew its diplomats from Cambodia. [3]: 331 26 March. North Vietnam refused an offer by South Vietnam for the release and repatriation of 343 wounded or ill prisoners of war, declaring that there were no members of the PAVN in the south. The North Vietnamese representatives at the Paris Peace Talks asserted that the captives ...
On 2 April 1972, Camp Carroll was officially surrendered to the PAVN, with a white flag raised over the main gate of the camp. [7]: 259 Fifteen hundred ARVN troops were captured along with 22 artillery pieces, including a six-gun battery of M107 175mm guns and numerous quad-50's and twin-40's, the largest artillery assemblage in I Corps.
20 May 1970 500th Medical Detachment (RA) Quang Tri: Phu Bai: 20 May 1970 237th Medical Detachment (RA) Quang Tri: Phu Bai: 20 May 1970 507th Medical Detachment (FC) Chu Lai: Da Nang: 15 June 1970 673d Medical Detachment (OA)* Long Binh: Da Nang: 1 August 1970 8th Field Hospital: Nha Trang: An Khe: 1 August 1970 283d Medical Detachment (RA ...