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The U.S. Army base was established in 1965. [2] Red tents for refugees from Operation Cedar Falls at Phu Loi, 29 January 1967 Phu Loi, 23 September 1967. The 2nd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division comprising: 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment [3] 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment [3]: 143 2nd Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment [3]: 143
The center was originally established in 1953 and located on Highway 1 approximately 16km northwest of Saigon. [1]In the mid-1950s, the Quang Trung Training Center was the principal ARVN training establishment providing eight weeks of basic training to all recruits and reservists and advanced courses to infantry soldiers.
LZ Bronco at Duc Pho became the base camp for Task Force Barker, an element of the 11th Brigade, Americal Division by 1968. Task Force Barker was named for Lt. Col. Frank Barker, its commander. Bronco was located near the southern border of I Corps, the northernmost corps in Vietnam, a particularly difficult area of operations.
Depending on the unit, extra support officers will round out the staff, including a medical officer, Judge Advocate General's Corps (legal) officer, and a battalion chaplain (often collectively referred to as the "special staff"), as well as essential non-commissioned officers and enlisted support personnel in the occupational specialties of the staff sections (S1 through S4 and the S6).
Landing Zone (LZ) Liz was a forward support base for the US Marines and later for the US Army during the Vietnam War.. LZ Liz was located in Quang Ngai Province, I Corps, south of Da Nang and Chu Lai, west of Highway 1, north of LZ Bronco and Đức Phổ.
Luong's father, Luong Xuan Duong (d. 1997), [2] was a Major (Thiếu tá) in the Republic of Vietnam Marine Division.On 29 April 1975 he and his family were evacuated from Tan Son Nhat International Airport during Operation Frequent Wind, landing on the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Hancock.
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During the Battle of Long Tan on 18 August 1966 the battalion fought against Australian Army forces from D Company, 6 RAR supported by New Zealand and US artillery. [7] According to the D445 Battalion political officer, the unit provided "guides for the units that mortared the Task Force" at Nui Dat base on 17 August 1966. [8]