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Nov 2 – Jan 5 1968: Operation Santa Fe (1967-68) [1] [11] 1st Brigade, 9th Infantry Division, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, 7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment and ARVN 2nd Battalion, 43rd Infantry Regiment operations to open Route 1: Gia Ray to Ham Tan: 8: Nov 5 – Feb 29 68: Operation Napoleon ...
In the early morning of 12 September, two PAVN Companies attacked Company I, 3/5 Marines' night defensive position, the attack was repulsed with 35 PAVN killed and 4 captured. [1]: 118 On the evening of 13 September the PAVN attacked the 37th Rangers again and additional ARVN units and 1/5 and 3/5 Marines were airlifted to support them.
Operation Breezeway [1] 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment road clearing and security operation along Route 13: Bình Dương Province: Feb 14 – 16: Operation Paddy Bridge [1] 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment search and destroy operation: Hậu Nghĩa Province: Feb 15 – 21: Operation Thang Long 234 [2] ARVN operation: Darlac ...
On 29 September Hay ordered Colonel George E. Newman—commander of the 1st Brigade—to place the 1st Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment and the 1/28th Infantry Regiment, in the northern portion of Long Nguyen. On the next day, Colonel Frank E. Blazey, commander of the 3rd Brigade, was ordered to deploy the 2/2nd Infantry and the 2/28th Infantry ...
[21]: 220–1 4–15 September Marine forward air controller during Operation Swift. Operation Swift was a search and destroy mission in the Quế Sơn Valley carried out by the 1st Marine Division. Launched on 4 September 1967, the ensuing battles resulted in an estimated 600 PAVN killed and 127 U.S. and 28 ARVN killed. [9]: 118–9
Operation Greene Orange [1] 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment clear and search operation: Pleiku Province: Apr 15 – Jan 1 1971: Operation Washington Green [9] 173rd Airborne Brigade pacification operation: An Lao Valley, Bình Định Province: 1,957: 64 Apr 17 – May 1: Operation Greene Typhoon [1] 1st Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment ...
Operation Crown [1] [5] 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment reconnaissance in force operation: Phước Tuy Province: Sep 24 – Oct 4: Operation Pioneer [1] 1st Battalion, 11th Infantry Regiment clear and search operation: Quảng Trị Province: Sep 25 – Oct 14: Operation Owen Mesa [1] 3rd Battalion, 26th Marines clear and search operation
Following the completion of Operation Greeley, in September 1967 General William B. Rosson instructed the commander of the 173rd Airborne Brigade, Brigadier General Leo H. Schweiter, to locate and destroy the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) 95th Regiment, which was believed to be located in a base area known as “The Hub” in the foothills northwest of Tuy Hòa in Phú Yên Province.