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AC-47 Spooky gunship Serial 44-76625 of the 4th Air Commando Squadron, March 1969 AC-119G Shadow gunship Serial 53-3178 17th Special Operations Squadron at Nha Trang The 14th Air Commando Wing was activated at Nha Trang on 8 March 1966 and it would be the host unit at the base until 15 October 1969 when it moved to Phan Rang Air Base .
After extensive pre-deployment training, Kerrey deployed to the Republic of Vietnam as assistant platoon commander with Delta Platoon, SEAL Team ONE in January 1969. [citation needed] Kerrey was seriously wounded and lost the lower part of his right leg in combat on Hon Tre island near Nha Trang Bay on March 14, 1969. While suffering shrapnel ...
A bomb exploded on an Air Vietnam DC-6 descending into Nha Trang. The plane crashed into a school killing 24 at the school (most of them schoolchildren) and 10 of the 70 passengers. [102] 24-6 December. The VC announced a three day Christmas truce, however Allied forces only observed a 24 hour truce starting at 18:00 on Christmas Day. [5]: 324
The 17th Special Operations Squadron (17 SOS) was constituted on 11 April 1969 and activated on 1 June, at Nha Trang Air Base during the Vietnam War with the 14th Special Operations Wing. It was equipped with Fairchild AC-119G Shadow gunships [7] and replaced the 71st Special Operations Squadron, which relocated to the United States for ...
On 20 June 1969, three officers assigned to Project GAMMA drugged Chuyen, took him out on a boat into Nha Trang Bay, shot him twice in the head, weighed his body down with chains, and dumped his body into the South China Sea. A cover story claiming that Chuyen had failed to return on a mission that was a test of his loyalty was later approved ...
Hon Tre Island southeast of Nha Trang: Nov 21 – 29: Operation While Away [1] 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment security operation: Biên Hòa Province: Nov 24 – 27: Operation Texas Traveller [1] 3rd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment operation: III Corps: Nov 24 – 28: Operation Ransom Raider [1]
15 April – 28 February 1969 CH-46s deploy the 2/4th Marines near Lang Vei during Operation Scotland II. Following the relief of Khe Sanh the 3rd Marine Division began Operation Scotland II in the area round Khe Sanh. The operation continued until February 28, 1969, and results in 3,304 PAVN killed and 435 Marines killed. [13]: 289 [78] 19-26 ...
Students climb a ladder to a UH-1D, MACV Recondo School, Nha Trang, 18 March 1969. When General Westmoreland became commander of the American forces in Vietnam he ordered the creation of the MACV Recondo School at Nha Trang in 1966.