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Pages in category "United States Marine Corps in the Vietnam War". The following 108 pages are in this category, out of 108 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
During this period, the Marines established three enclaves in South Vietnam's northern-most corps area, I Corps, and their mission expanded from defense of the Da Nang Airbase to a...
As 1969 began, III Marine Amphibious Force, then commanded by Lieutenant General Robert E. Cush man, Jr., estimated that there were about 90,000 enemy either in I Corps Tactical Zone (Icrz) or poised on its borders.
The U.S. Marine Corps provided ground, air, supply, and logistic support in the Vietnam War for over two decades as part of III Marine Amphibious Force. Initially in Vietnam as advisors, the Marines forces grew with the need to protect the key airbase at Da Nang.
This is the eighth volume of a projected nine-volume history of Marine Corps operations in the Vietnam War.
The U.S. Marine Corps provided ground, air, supply, and logistic support in the Vietnam War for over two decades as part of III Marine Amphibious Force.
The Vietnam War, longest in the history of the Marine Corps, exacted a high cost as well with over 13,000 Marines killed and more than 88,000 wounded. In the spring of 1975, Marines evacuated embassy staffs, American citizens, and refugees in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and Saigon, Republic of Vietnam.
Marine Corps' participation in the Vietnam War. A separate topical series will complement the operational histories . This volume details the change in focus of the III Marine Amphibious...
The longest sustained Marine battle of the Vietnam War, the fighting there stretched from May to September 1967, ultimately involving several Marine battalions, some ARVN, and a rotating division of North Vietnamese.
Vietnam War Timeline. The 3,500 Marines were deployed to secure the U.S. airbase, freeing South Vietnamese troops up for combat. On March 1, Ambassador Maxwell Taylor had informed South...