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The 3rd Brigade was based at Dầu Tiếng from March 1968-July 1969 and from August–November 1970. [2]: 145 On 24 June 1967 a Vietcong (VC) mortar attack on Camp Rainier disabled 29 UH-1 helicopters of the 188th Assault Helicopter Company. [4]
On 4 July, artillerymen at the Dau Tieng Base Camp repulsed a ground attack. From 11 to 14 July, the battalion occupied FSB Houston to support operations near the Sugar Mill. On 24 July, Battery B replaced Battery C at FSB Patton and Battery C returned to the brigade base camp at Phước Vĩnh.
Operation Igloo White [3]: 83–302 [4] USAF electronic warfare program to interdict the Ho Chi Minh Trail: Ho Chi Minh Trail: Jan 1 – Mar 1 1973: Operation Clearwater [1] US Navy operation to interdict enemy bases and lines of communications on inland waterways: I Corps: Jan 5 – 25: Operation Sultan (1968) [1] Special Forces Project DELTA ...
The year was the most expensive in the Vietnam War with America spending US$77.4 billion (US$ 699 billion in 2025) on the war. The year also became the deadliest of the Vietnam War for America and its allies with 27,915 ARVN soldiers killed and the Americans suffering 16,592 killed compared to around two hundred thousand PAVN/VC killed.
The Michelin Rubber Plantation was a rubber plantation in Vietnam.It was located near Dầu Tiếng District in Bình Dương Province, 72 km northwest of Saigon.The plantation was established by the Michelin company in 1925 [1] and at 12,400 hectares (31,000 acres) it was the largest rubber plantation in Vietnam.
U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Donald W. Downing was assigned to the 557th Tactical Fighter Squadron during the Vietnam War.
Feb 4 – 12: Operation Strangler I [1] 199th Infantry Brigade cordon and search operation: Gia Định Province: Feb 4 – Apr 19: Operation Cheyenne Sabre [1] 3/1 Cavalry search and destroy operation: Biên Hòa Province: 600: Feb 7 – Mar 12: Operation Greene Cyclone [1] 1st Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment clear and search operation ...
However, Hanoi is awaiting an important U.S. decision due by July 26, on whether to elevate Vietnam to market-economy status, and Alexander Vuving, a Vietnam and Asia expert at Hawaii's Daniel K ...