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Charlie 2 (also known as C-2, Combat Base C-2, C-2 Strongpoint and Firebase Charlie 2) is a former U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Army and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) firebase north of Đông Hà in central Vietnam.
On 14 April 1972, during the North Vietnamese Easter Offensive, following a rocket and artillery barrage, the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) 320th Division attacked Firebase Charlie 10 km from Dak Despite airstrikes and helicopter gunship support, Duffy and the 11th Airborne Battalion defenders were forced to abandon the base that night.
Fire support base Crook, Vietnam, 1969. A fire support base (FSB, firebase or FB) is a temporary military facility used to provide fire support (often in the form of artillery) to infantry operating in areas beyond the normal range of fire support from their own base camps.
On 14 April, following a rocket and artillery barrage, the 320th Division attacked Firebase Charlie on the northern end of Rocket Ridge and 10 km from Dak Despite airstrikes and helicopter gunship support the ARVN Airborne defenders were forced to abandon the base that night.
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FSB Mary Ann's construction was no different from many other U.S. firebases in South Vietnam. Running northwest to southeast, the firebase stretched 500 meters along the crest of a 200-meter-high (660 ft) ridge connecting two hillsides. Only 75 meters wide at its narrowest point, Mary Ann widened to 125 meters at the northwest and southeast ends.
He was reported to have been angered by the deaths of U.S. troops at Fire Base Mary Ann and Charlie 2 which he blamed on a lack of discipline and security precautions. [ 107 ] In Operation Lam Son 720 the ARVN reported killing 47 PAVN just east of the A Sầu Valley for the loss of three ARVN. 26 VC and seven RF/PF were killed in a convoy ...
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