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The Battle for Quang Tri occurred in and around Quảng Trị City (Quảng Trị Province), the northernmost provincial capital of South Vietnam during the Tet Offensive when the Vietcong (VC) and People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) attacked Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) and American forces across major cities and towns in South Vietnam in an attempt to force the Saigon government to ...
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 ...
American Long Range Patrol soldiers on Dong Re Lao Mountain, which they dubbed Signal Hill, scanning for North Vietnamese vehicles in A Shau Valley below. In April 1968, during the Vietnam War , the mountain was the site of an intense battle between members of the American 1st Cavalry Division , long-range reconnaissance patrol troops, and the ...
It is one of many underneath the soil in Quang Tri province, north-central Vietnam. The area was one of the most heavily bombed of the war and the U.S. Department of Defence estimates that 10 ...
At 08:15 on 29 August Company M, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines engaged a PAVN force 4 km south of Hill 55. Company D 1st Battalion, 1st Marines and Company G 2/27th Marines supported by tanks arrived to support the 3/7 Marines killing 42 PAVN for the loss of two Marines killed and 41 wounded. ARVN Rangers engaged a PAVN Battalion between the ...
1 Company from each of the 1st Battalion, 7th Marines, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines and 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines search and destroy operation: Quảng Nam Province: Jun 9 – 27: Operation Akron [11] 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment reconnaissance in force operation along encountered elements of the VC 274th Regiment and 5th Division: Route 2: 56: ...
US Navy River Assault Group, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, B Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines and 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment operation against the 48th and 52nd Regiments of the PAVN 320th Division to eliminate the threat to the junction of the Bo Dieu and Cua Viet Rivers
Quang Tin and Quảng Ngãi Provinces: 7,524: 600 Mar 18 – Feb 28 1971: Operation Geneva Park [1] 198th Infantry Brigade clear and search operation: Quang Tin and Quảng Ngãi Provinces: 2,237: 253 Mar 19 – Apr 14: Operation Greene Hurricane [1] 1st Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment clear and search operation: Pleiku Province: Mar 20 ...