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RAN Clearance Diving Team 3, work from an inflatable boat in Vung Tau Harbour, 1969. In late 1966 the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) formed Clearance Diving Team 3 comprising one officer and five sailors and they arrived in Saigon in February 1967 before moving to Vung Tau. On 18 February Clearance Diving Team 3 (EOD) reported to the Officer in ...
Vung Tau Air Base (also known as Cap St Jacques Airfield and Vung Tau Army Airfield) (1955–1975) was a Republic of Vietnam Air Force (RVNAF) facility. It was located near the city of Vũng Tàu in southern Vietnam. The United States used it as a base during the Vietnam War (1959–1975), stationing Army, Air Force and Navy units there.
Initially operating out of Vung Tau Air Base, the EMU was relocated to Blackhorse Base Camp at the end of 1967. In late 1968, the unit was moved to near Biên Hòa . In mid-1970, the EMU was tasked to operations into Cambodia , but as the rules of engagement for the Australians forbade them from operating outside Vietnam, the unit operated ...
On 1 January 1967, the wing was organized and took over Caribou operations. Two squadrons each were located at Cam Ranh Bay, Vung Tau Air Base, and Phu Cat Air Base, [1] [6] [7] although detachments were maintained at an additional six locations. [b] In December 1967, a Viet Cong mortar attack on Can Tho Airfield damaged two wing C-7s
On 3 January 1969 VAL-4 was established with the mission of conducting surveillance and offensive operations in support of river patrol craft, as well as providing air support for SEALS and combined U.S. Army, Navy and South Vietnamese operations, complementing the operations of HA(L)-3.
Nui Dat (Núi Đất) is the former military base of the 1st Australian Task Force (1 ATF) now part of Ba Ria city in Ba Ria–Vung Tau province, Vietnam. It is not the name of an official ward, it just means "land hill" or "soil hill" ( núi đất ).
5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (5 RAR) (April 1966 – July 1967 and January 1969 – March 1970) 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (6 RAR) (April 1966 – July 1967 and May 1969 – May 1970) 7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (7 RAR) (April 1967 – April 1968 and February 1970 – March 1971)
A 1969 map of Vung Tau showing numerous military facilities in Vũng Tàu. After the Geneva Agreement was signed, the State of Vietnam and Republic of Vietnam resettled 1 million people from the North to southern Vietnam, including more than 800,000 Catholic Christians. Three temporary resettlement camps were established in Vung Tau.