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The base was located south of Highway 1 approximately 1.5 km south of the city of Tam Kỳ. [1] The 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry was based at Tam Kỳ from March–April 1968 and August–November 1968. [2]: 136 The 198th Infantry Brigade, comprising: 1st Battalion, 46th Infantry [2]: 149 5th Battalion, 46th Infantry [2]: 150
The Battle of Tam Kỳ took place during the Vietnam War from 3–6 March 1968. After a night-time rocket attack on their base camp by the People’s Army of Vietnam (PAVN) 3rd Regiment, 3rd Division. The 1st Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment and Company A, 3rd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment engaged the PAVN killing 436.
5th Military Region: It is directly under the Ministry of Defense of Vietnam; tasked to organize, build, manage and command armed forces defending south central Vietnam, including the western highlands and south central coastal provinces. The headquarters is in Da Nang.
Đất Đỏ District: 7 Jun 6 – 8: Operation Hammer [3] 5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment operations against the PAVN 1st Battalion, 33rd Regiment: Bình Ba village: 107: 1 Jun 7 – 8: Operation Tong [3] 5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment operations against the VC Châu Đức District Unit Company: Hoa Long village: Jun 8 ...
During the Republic of Vietnam, the city was the main base of the US military in Quảng Nam Province (what was then Quảng Tín Province) for the war in Vietnam. The North Vietnamese captured the city on March 24, 1975. In 1997, the local government under the Socialist Republic of Vietnam made it the capital of Quảng Nam province. [3]
A scout platoon of M113s from the 2nd Battalion, 34th Armor enters the base, 9 August 1970. 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]
On the night of 22 February 1969 the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) attacked the camp which was defended by the 5th Special Forces Detachment A-102 and CIDG forces. The base was secured the following morning for a loss of 1 U.S. and 54 CIDG killed.
The base was established in October 1966. The camp was located in the Dầu Tiếng District, 60 km northwest of Tan Son Nhut Air Base and 24 km east of Tây Ninh between the Saigon River and the Michelin Rubber Plantation. [1] The 3rd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division comprising: 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry; 2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry [2]