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Long Thanh North Airfield Long Thanh Army Airfield, July 1967. Aviation paragraph. 210th Aviation Battalion (January 1968-August 1971) [3]: 117 25th Aviation Company (February 1968-July 1971) [3]: 117 54th Aviation Company (January 1968-March 1971) [3]: 117 73rd Aviation Company (January 1968-May 1970) [3]: 117
File:Long Thanh Army Airfield, July 1967.jpg. ... English: Aerial view of the heliport constructed by the 86th Engineer Battalion at Long Thanh. Date: 19 July 1967 ...
At the beginning of 1967 the United States was engaged in a steadily expanding air and ground war in Southeast Asia. Since its inception in February 1965, Operation Rolling Thunder, the bombing campaign against North Vietnam, had escalated in the number and significance of its targets, inflicting major damage on transportation networks industry, and petroleum refining and storage facilities.
1st Infantry Division operations in Binh Guong Province that extended to include the Loc Ninh area of Bình Long Province after PAVN/VC attacks on Loc Ninh on 29 October 1967. The Battle of Ong Thanh took place when U.S. forces were ambushed by a superior communist force. Bing Guong and Bình Long Provinces. Sep 29 – Oct 11: Operation Kenmore ...
In light of the setbacks which People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) and VC forces had experienced early in 1967, PAVN General Trần Văn Trà suggested that PAVN and VC forces could still be victorious if they inflicted as many casualties as possible on U.S. military units, hoping that the Americans would conclude that the war was too costly and ...
Long An Province was believed to shelter the 267th, 269th, and 6th Bình Tân Battalions in the west and the 506th, 508th, 5th Nhà Bè and Phu Loi II Battalions in the east. The VC had successfully established control over most of the province with the result that South Vietnamese Government control was limited to the major towns and outposts ...
Long Thanh helicopters, 27 January 1967. Items portrayed in this file depicts. ... U.S. Army Corps of Engineers USACE LNO trip slides Vietnam 6.154 from https ...
Loc Ninh is a town located in Binh Long Province, approximately 9 miles (14 km) east of the Cambodian border and 70 miles (110 km) north of Saigon. [3] As a part of his strategic preparations for the Tet Offensive in early 1968, General Võ Nguyên Giáp began attacking isolated allied bases in the fall of 1967 in hopes he could draw US and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) forces outside ...