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The 506th Infantry Regiment moved to the base in December 1967 as part of Operation Uniontown and remained there until October 1968. [2]: 159 In November 1968 the 1st Cavalry Division moved here from Camp Evans as part of Operation Liberty Canyon and would remain based here until April 1971. [2]: 73
The year was the most expensive in the Vietnam War with America spending US$77.4 billion (US$ 678 billion in 2025) on the war. The year also became the deadliest of the Vietnam War for America and its allies with 27,915 ARVN soldiers killed and the Americans suffering 16,592 killed compared to around two hundred thousand PAVN/VC killed.
6 May 17 – 21: Operation Providence [1] 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division search and destroy and route security operation from Tân Uyên District to Phuoc Vinh: May 19–26: Operation El Paso I [1] 3rd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division search and destroy operation and reinforcement of Lộc Ninh Special Forces camp: Bình Long Province: May 20 ...
The base was attacked by Vietcong forces as part of the Tet Offensive on 31 January 1968 resulting in seven U.S. killed and three Bell UH-1 Iroquois helicopters destroyed. The 2nd Brigade, 9th Infantry Division comprising: 3rd Battalion, 47th Infantry [2]: 150 4th Battalion, 47th Infantry [2]: 150 was based here from April–May 1968.
[4]: 351 On 8 October, Hay pulled 1/2nd Infantry back to Phuoc Vinh to act as the division's reaction force. Lieutenant colonel Terry D. Allen—commander of the 2/28th Infantry—was then ordered to depart from Lai Khê with three of his rifle companies (A, B and D) and air-lifted into a site about 21 kilometers (13 mi) northwest of Chon Thanh ...
“We watched 400 Vietnam documentaries, and some are amazing — the Ken Burns series is incredible — but we didn’t think we’d seen any that first and foremost really got you inside the ...
A monument on Highway 1 commemorates the eventual People's Army of Vietnam victory in the Battle of Xuân Lộc. PAVN victory monument at Xuan Loc A PAVN cemetery ( 10°55′23.37″N 107°14′18.57″E / 10.9231583°N 107.2384917°E / 10.9231583; 107.2384917 ) contains the graves of North Vietnamese troops killed in the Battle of ...
Murder, kidnapping, torture and intimidation were a routine part of Viet Cong (VC) and People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) operations during the Vietnam War.They were intended to liquidate opponents such as officials, leaders, military personnel, civilians who collaborated with the South Vietnamese government, erode the morale of South Vietnamese government employees, cow the populace and boost ...