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The location of the Iron Triangle was between the Saigon River on the west and the Tinh River on the east and bordering Route 13 about 25 miles (40 km) north of Saigon. The southern apex of the "triangle" was seven miles (11 km) from Phú Cường, the capital of Bình Dương Province. Its proximity to Saigon was both a reason for American and ...
The fire triangle. The fire triangle or combustion triangle is a simple model for understanding the necessary ingredients for most fires. [1] The triangle illustrates the three elements a fire needs to ignite: heat, fuel, and an oxidizing agent (usually oxygen). [2] A fire naturally occurs when the elements are present and combined in the right ...
Operation Cedar Falls was a military operation of the Vietnam War conducted primarily by US forces that took place from 8 to 26 January 1967. The aim of the massive search-and-destroy operation was to eradicate the Iron Triangle, an area northwest of Saigon that had become a major stronghold of the Viet Cong (VC).
3rd Battalion, 1st Marines, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, ARVN 5th Airborne Battalion and Republic of Vietnam Marine Corps combined reaction force operation landing near An Hoa to encounter the 60th and 90th battalions of the 1st VC Regiment and the 11th Battalion, 21st NVA Regiment
1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division search and destroy operation in the Ho Bo Woods, Bo Loi Woods, Filhol Plantation and the Iron Triangle Bình Dương and Tây Ninh Provinces May 21 – Jul 9
The Battle of the Iron Triangle took place from 16 May to 20 November 1974, when the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) 9th Division captured Rach Bap and An Dien. The Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) regained the lost towns in a series of costly counterattacks.
According to the article, missile specialists had been sent to train the Vietnamese on how to fire SAMs and had been forced to dodge U.S. bombing. [126] 3 October. The West German hospital ship MV Helgoland arrived at Saigon and would treat civilian patients until September 1967 when it moved to Danang. [118]: 165 3 October to 20 November
Joint US/Vietnamese attempt to inject an allied presence into An Xuyen Province, 175 miles southwest of Saigon to penetrate areas traditionally controlled by the VC and to extend allied control over the strategic Nam Can region of the Cà Mau Peninsula: An Xuyen Province: Jun 29 – Aug 30: Operation Keystone Eagle [1]