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The A Shau Special Forces Camp was located in the A Sầu Valley, about 30 miles (50 km) southwest of Huế and 2 km east of the Laos border in Thừa Thiên Province. [1] The valley was strategically important for the PAVN as a major infiltration route because it served as a bridge from the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Laos into populated coastal ...
The A Shau Valley (Vietnamese: thung lũng A Sầu) is a valley in Vietnam's Huế, along the border of Laos. The valley runs north and south for 40 kilometers and is a 1.5-kilometer-wide flat bottomland covered with tall elephant grass , flanked by two densely forested mountain ridges whose summits vary in elevation from 900 to 1,800 meters.
Operation Delaware/Operation Lam Son 216 was a joint military operation launched during the Vietnam War.It began on 19 April 1968, with troops from the United States and the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) moving into the A Sầu Valley.
Operation Delaware was a military operation in the A Shau Valley, an important PAVN logistics corridor and base area. American and South Vietnamese had not been present in the area since the Battle of A Shau, when a Special Forces camp located there was overrun. The PAVN lost 869 killed while the U.S. lost 142 killed and 47 missing and the ARVN ...
A Shau Valley and Đa Krông Valley in Quảng Trị and Thừa Thiên Provinces: Aug 14 – Sep 28: Operation Richland Square [1] 3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division and ARVN 3rd Regiment clear and search operation: A Shau and Đa Krông Vallies, Quảng Trị and Thừa Thiên Provinces: Aug 15 – Sep 15: Operation Neppabunna [1] [3]
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A Shau Valley, Thừa Thiên Province: Aug 8 – Sep 6: Operation Nowra [1] [5] 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment defence of Bà Rịa and Long Điền District: Phước Tuy Province: Aug 12 – 16: Operation Dodge Valley [1] Elements of the 1st Marines, 7th Marines and 27th Marines clear and search operation: Quảng Nam Province: Aug ...
The Battle of Signal Hill was a company size engagement between members of Company E, 52nd Infantry (LRP) long-range reconnaissance patrol of the 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) and the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) from 19 to 21 April 1968 during Operation Delaware.