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The Provincial Reconnaissance Units (PRUs) were South Vietnamese special paramilitary units, led by U.S. military and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) personnel. The PRU was the tasked with finding and neutralizing the Vietcong (VC) cadre and their political leadership of under the Phoenix Program during the Vietnam War. The PRU’s preferred ...
Tây Ninh Combat Base was established approximately 5 km west of the city of Tây Ninh and 12 km from the Vietnam-Cambodia border. [1] Tây Ninh served as the base for the 196th Light Infantry Brigade from April 1966 until August 1967. [2] Other units stationed at Tây Ninh included: 7th Battalion, 9th Artillery (August 1969 – April 1970) [2]: 98
ARVN 24th Special Tactical Zone reconnaissance operation using elements of the 1st Ranger Group and 42nd, 45th and 47th Regiments: north of Dak Saeng, Kon Tum Province: Apr 7 – 19: Operation Phoi Hop [3] [8] 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment security operation: villages of Hoa Long, Suối Nghê, Duc My and Bình Ba: 11: Apr 14 - 17
9th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment reconnaissance in force operation: borders of Biên Hòa Province, Long Khánh Province and Phước Tuy Province: Apr 3 – 7: Operation Hancock Knight III [1] 3rd Battalion, 506th Airborne Infantry Regiment clear and search operation: Lâm Đồng Province: Apr 6 – 20: Operation Muskogee Meadows [1 ...
Operation Washington [1] [5]: 211–3 1st Reconnaissance Battalion reconnaissance operation in the Do Xa region: Quảng Ngãi Province: 13: Jul 6 – 26: Operation Springfield [1] 1st Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment search and destroy operation: III Corps: Jul 7 – Aug 3: Operation Hastings/Operation Deckhouse II [5]: 160–75
Phase III offensive, Tay Ninh Province, 17–18 August 1968. On the evening of 17 August a night ambush patrol from Company D, 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, operating between Nui Ba Den and Highway 13 3 km east of Tây Ninh, observed a VC unit marching toward the capital. They called in artillery fire and engaged the VC with small arms ...
3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment reconnaissance in force: north of Nui Dat, Phước Tuy Province: Aug 29 – Sep 9: Operation Sussex Bay [1] [7]: 381–3 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines and 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines clear and search operation: Quảng Nam Province: Sep: Operation Homestead [6]: 170
May 3 – 7: Operation Gulf [1] 2nd Battalion, 26th Marines search and destroy operation: Quảng Nam Province: May 3 – Jun 7: Operation Leeton [1] 7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment search and destroy operation: Phước Tuy Province: May 4 – 5: Operation Lam Son 48 [1] ARVN 1st Division operations: Thừa Thiên and Quảng Trị ...