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  2. Ochna integerrima - Wikipedia

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    Ochna integerrima, [1] popularly called yellow Mai flower (Vietnamese: mai vàng, hoa mai, hoàng mai in southern Vietnam, although in the north, mai usually refers to Prunus mume), is a plant species in the genus Ochna (/ ˈ ɒ k n ə /) and family Ochnaceae. In the wild, it is a small tree or shrub species (2-7 m tall).

  3. Bien Hoa Base Camp - Wikipedia

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    Sign for 1RAR's New Gallipoli Barracks at Bien Hoa. From 3 to 6 May 1965 United States Air Force (USAF) transport aircraft deployed the 173rd Airborne Brigade from Okinawa to Bien Hoa Air Base to secure the air base and surrounding areas and the port of Vũng Tàu. [1] The 173rd established their base on the northeast perimeter of the air base.

  4. NLF and PAVN strategy, organization and structure - Wikipedia

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    Viet Cong forces also struck hard at American air assets, destroying or damaging large numbers of US aircraft during daring raids at the Bien Hoa in 1964, and Pleiku in 1965. [21] Viet Cong Main Force units were not the only communist forces on the offensive in the early 1960s.

  5. Operation Hump - Wikipedia

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    Operation Hump was a search and destroy operation initiated by United States and Australian forces on 5 November 1965, during the Vietnam War.. The US-Australian objective was to drive out Viet Cong (VC) unit who had taken up positions on several key hills in War Zone D in an area about 17.5 miles (28.2 km) north of Bien Hoa.

  6. List of allied military operations of the Vietnam War (1966)

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    Apr 21 – May 3: Operation Mosby II [1] 2/1 Cavalry reconnaissance in force and interdiction of VC movement west of Route 14: Kon Tum and Pleiku Provinces: Apr 22 – 23: Operation Bowie [1] 3rd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division and ARVN 5th Division search and destroy operation and saturation patrolling along Route 13: vicinity of Lai Khe: Apr ...

  7. An Hoa Combat Base - Wikipedia

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    At 23:30, the PAVN/VC troops fell on CAP 2-9-1. AC-47 gunships held back the PAVN/VC while a platoon of Marines mounted in amphibian tractors, with tanks and helicopter gunships escorting, attacked east from An Hoa to reinforce the hamlet and bring an ammunition resupply. The battle raged for five hours, during which the Marines threw back four ...

  8. Operation Popeye - Wikipedia

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    Operation Popeye / Sober Popeye (Project Controlled Weather Popeye / Motorpool / Intermediary-Compatriot) was a military cloud-seeding project carried out by the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam War in 1967–1972.

  9. List of allied military operations of the Vietnam War (1965)

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    Date duration Operation name Unit(s) – description Location VC–PAVN KIAs Allied KIAs 1965–72: Operation Footboy [1]: MACVSOG covert operations in North Vietnam and North Vietnamese waters for the purpose of collecting intelligence, conducting psychological warfare operations, and other activities to create dissension among the populace, and for diversion of North Vietnamese resources