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Following the departure of the U.S. forces in 1972, Củ Chi became the base of the ARVN 25th Division. [1]As the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) forces closed in on Saigon in late April 1975, the camp was hit by PAVN artillery fire on 28 April and besieged the PAVN. 25th Division commander Major general Lý Tòng Bá ordered his forces to fight in place, but on the morning of 29 April after ...
The US 3rd Brigade, 9th Infantry Division, began operating with elements of the 46th and 50th Regiments, while the US 25th Infantry Division, moved an entire brigade south to the Củ Chi area to work with the 49th and 50th Regiments, which was later supplemented with similar efforts between armor and engineer units of the two divisions.
The woods were used by the Viet Cong (VC) as a base area during the Vietnam War. During Operation Circle Pines from 29 March to 5 April 1966, the 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment attacked the woods and discovered that the VC had built extensive bunker and tunnels systems with some of the tunnels three or four levels deep. [1]
Entrance sign at the tunnels. Part of the tunnel complex at Củ Chu, this tunnel has been made wider and taller to accommodate tourists. The tunnels of Củ Chi (Vietnamese: Địa đạo Củ Chi) are an immense network of connecting tunnels located in the Củ Chi District of Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam, and are part of a much larger network of tunnels that underlie much of the country.
Operation Saratoga was a search and destroy operation during the Vietnam War conducted by the 2nd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division that took place in northeastern Hậu Nghĩa, southern Tây Ninh and western Bình Dương Provinces, lasting from 8 December 1967 to 11 March 1968.
Operation Crimp (8–14 January 1966), also known as the Battle of the Ho Bo Woods, was a joint US-Australian military operation during the Vietnam War, which took place 20 kilometres (12 mi) north of Cu Chi in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam.
Ho Bo Woods, 20 km north of Cu Chi, Bình Dương Province: 129: 22 Jan 9 – 11: Operation Flying Tiger VI [2] ARVN and ROK Capital Division search and destroy operation: Bình Định Province: 192: 11 Jan 11 – 14: Operation Quick Kick II [1] 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division search and destroy operation: Bình Dương Province: Jan 11 – 17
The 65th was deployed to Vietnam in 1965 and spent six years supporting the 25th Infantry Division. One of the main assignments during the Vietnam War was jungle clearing operations near the 25th Division's Cu Chi, Dau Tieng and Tay Ninh base camps.