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Operation Lam Son 719 or 9th Route – Southern Laos Campaign (Vietnamese: Chiến dịch Lam Sơn 719 or Chiến dịch đường 9 – Nam Lào) was a limited-objective offensive campaign conducted in the southeastern portion of the Kingdom of Laos.
The first of five Vietnamese journalists to be murdered, Duong Trong Lam was shot by an assassin July 21, 1981. He was known as a "left-wing" publisher of Cai Dinh Lang (Translated: The Village Temple), a Vietnamese-language newspaper published in San Francisco, California, and for his criticism of the Vietnam War.
South Vietnam and Operation Lam Son 719. 8 February- 25 March. Operation Lam Son 719 (Vietnamese: Chiến dịch Lam Sơn 719 or Chiến dịch đường 9 – Nam Lào) was an invasion by 20,000 soldiers of the armed forces of South Vietnam of southeastern Laos. The objective of the operation was the disruption of the Ho Chi Minh Trail which ...
Operation Lam Son 719: Laos, Savannakhet Province: Pilot of a UH-1H that was hit in the tail rotor, crashed inverted and burnt on impact. SAR forces recovered the remains of the other 4 crewmembers [173] Killed in action, body not recovered [3] February 15: Leonard, Marvin M: Chief Warrant Officer: US Army: 159th Aviation Battalion: Operation ...
On 8 February 1971, the ARVN struck at the Ho Chi Minh Trail from the east with Operation Lam Son 719. Just how expected this offensive was to the RLG is uncertain. It is said that Silver Buckle was planned as a diversion to Lam Son 719. [9] It is also claimed that the RLG was totally surprised by the South Vietnamese offensive. [11]
Operation Ford [7]: 249 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines and 1st Battalion, 1st Marines sweep of the Phu Thu Peninsula to engage the VC 804th Main Force Battalion: east of Phu Bai: 145: 14 Mar 14 – 20: Operation Lam Son 194 [7]: 249 ARVN 1st Division operation tying in with Operation Ford: east of Phu Bai: Mar 16 – 17: Operation San Francisco [1]
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 ...
Operation Lam Son II (Vietnamese: chiến dịch Lam Sơn II) was a combined United States and South Vietnamese military and public relations operation in the village of Tân Phước Khánh, Tân Uyên District, in III Corps around 40 km north of the capital Saigon staged from June 2 to June 5, 1966, during the Vietnam War.