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The Vũng Rô Bay incident refers to the discovery of a 100-ton North Vietnamese naval trawler attempting to unload supplies and munitions on a beach in South Vietnam's Vũng Rô Bay on 16 February 1965. The incident spurred further United States Navy involvement in the Vietnam War.
In February 1965 the bay was the site of the Vũng Rô Bay incident.. Port Lane, Vũng Rô Bay, 6 November 1968 1969 map of Port Lane. In July 1966 the U.S. Army secured the area as part of Operation John Paul Jones and the 39th Engineer Battalion constructed a small port facility here to support U.S. Army operations in the area and relieve the logistical pressure on Tuy Hòa. [2]
A map of South Vietnam showing provincial boundaries and names and military zones: I, II, III, and IV Corps. In 1965, the United States rapidly increased its military forces in South Vietnam, prompted by the realization that the South Vietnamese government was losing the Vietnam War as the communist-dominated Viet Cong (VC) gained influence over much of the population in rural areas of the ...
Your account of the Vung Ro Bay incident is interesting; however, not totally correct. In February 1965 I was the American Special Forces Advisor that took the 91st Airborne Ranger Battalion (Vietnamese) onto Vung Ro Bay. We were successful in gaining control of the Beach after the second landing via LSM's.
Jan 9 – 10: Operation Caloundra [5] 5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment operation against the VC village cadres, cordon-and-search: Bình Ba, 7 km (4 mi) north along Route 2: Jan 9 – 12: Operation County Fair 1-29 [1] 1st Battalion, 1st Marines security operation: Quảng Nam Province: Jan 10: Operation Glen Burnie [11]
The Vietnam People's Navy (VPN; Vietnamese: Hải quân nhân dân Việt Nam), internally the Naval Service (Vietnamese: Quân chủng Hải quân (QCHQ)), also known as the Vietnamese People's Navy or simply Vietnam/Vietnamese Navy (Vietnamese: Hải quân Việt Nam), is the naval branch of the Vietnam People's Army and is responsible for the protection of the country's national waters ...
South Korea's acting President Choi Sang-mok on Monday ordered an emergency safety inspection of the country's entire airline operation as investigators worked to identify victims and find out ...
Operation Tu Cuong 124 [6] ARVN operation: 5 km east of Đức Phổ, Quảng Ngãi province: Aug 15: Operation Dan Chi 54 [6] ARVN operation: Thừa Thiên province: Aug 17: Operation Quyet Thang 606 [6] ARVN operation: 43 km northwest of Cheo Reo, Phu Bon province: Aug 19–22: Operation Lien Lu 7 [6] ARVN operation: 11 km north of Tây Ninh ...