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The base was located on the Kỳ Hà peninsula north of Highway 1 approximately 60 kilometres (37 mi) southeast of Da Nang. [1]On 6 May units from the ARVN 2nd Division and 3rd Battalion, 9th Marines secured the Chu Lai area.
A fascinating account of Murry's service with A Company, 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry during the Vietnam War. Murry relates the way he saw the war during 1966–67, especially the Battle of Xom Bo II (LZ X-Ray) in June 1967. It is a well-written, very readable account of life as a grunt in the relatively early stages of the conflict.
Originally planned as a U.S. search and destroy mission intended to lure out the crack Viet Cong (VC) D800 Battalion, Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment soon found itself fighting for survival in the rubber plantations of Cam My village, approximately 42 miles (68 km) east of Saigon. During this battle 134 men of Charlie ...
Firebase Bird was a U.S. Army firebase located in the Kim Son Valley in southern Vietnam during the Vietnam War. [1]In December 1966 Bird was occupied by C Battery 6th Battalion, 16th Artillery and B Battery 2nd Battalion, 19th Artillery and defended by elements of the 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry.
1st Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment and 2nd Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment search and destroy operation: 10 km west of Lai Khe, III Corps: Sep 15 – 24: Operation Deckhouse IV [1] [5]: 188 SLF 1st Battalion, 26th Marines and 3rd Marine Reconnaissance Battalion operation as an adjunct to Operation Prairie: 12 km northeast of Dong Ha in I ...
The base was located west of Highway 1, 12 km northwest of Tam Kỳ and 16 km southeast of Landing Zone Baldy. [1] The 1st Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment and the 3rd Battalion, 16th Artillery were based at Hawk Hill in 1968. The 236th Medical Detachment flying medevac helicopters used Hawk Hill as their main remote site. [2]
The base was established in mid-1965 and was located approximately 35 km north of Biên Hòa in Phước Thành Province. [1] The 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division comprising: 1st Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment [2] 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment (December 1965-November 1966) [2]: 142 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment [2]: 146
The 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery Regiment is a field artillery battalion assigned to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division.Carrying the lineage of Battery C, 16th Field Artillery Regiment, the battalion carries campaign streamers from World War I, World War II, and Vietnam, and has served with the 4th Infantry Division and 8th Infantry Division.