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A search of the area uncovered a large PAVN supply dump which the Marines destroyed before returning to Strongpoint C-4. [2]: 145–7 On 16 December a PAVN mortar and rocket attack on Cửa Việt Base killed 5 Marines. By the end of 1967 Operation Napoleon had resulted in 87 PAVN dead and 2 captured for the loss of 10 Marine dead. [1]: 38
Cửa Việt Base (also known as Cửa Việt Combat Base, Cửa Việt Naval Support Activity, Camp Kistler or simply Cửa Việt) is a former U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Navy, U.S. Army and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) base north of Quảng Trị in central Vietnam.
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE, Vietnamese: Bộ Tài nguyên và Môi trường) is a government ministry in Vietnam responsible for: land, water resources; mineral resources, geology; environment; hydrometeorology; climate change; surveying and mapping; management of the islands and the sea.
The relieving force sent to help the Mai Loc overrun was Troops A, B, and C of the 3/5 Cav Squadron stationed at Dong Ha. Mai Loc Camp (also known as Firebase Mai Loc and Firebase Victory ) was a U.S. Army and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) base located west of Quảng Trị in central Vietnam.
US Army map indicating War Zones C, D, and the Iron Triangle, circa 1965-1967. The Iron Triangle (Vietnamese:Tam Giác Sắt) was a 120 square miles (310 km 2) area in the Bình Dương Province of Vietnam, so named due to it being a stronghold of Viet Minh activity during the war.
February 26 – The first SARS patient in Vietnam hospitalized. [1] March 11 – Hôpital français de Hanoï stops accepting new patients. [1] April 28 – Vietnam became first country removed from the list of SARS-affected countries. [2] May 2 – Bus explosion in Bắc Ninh province kills more than 40 people. [3] July 1 – S-Fone was ...
Mỹ Lai and My Khê hamlets, Sơn Mỹ, Quảng Ngãi, South Vietnam 504 U.S. Army: Son Tra massacre: June 28/9, 1968 Sơn Trà, Bình Sơn District, Quảng Ngãi, South Vietnam 88 Viet Cong: Thanh Phong massacre (disputed) February 25, 1969 Thanh Phong village of Bến Tre Province, South Vietnam 21 U.S. Navy: Son Thang massacre: February 19 ...
Vietnam Fisheries Surveillance is allowed to use: [5] Handguns , submachine guns , assault rifles (noticeably the 7.62mm AK ), machine guns (noticeably the 12.7mm DShK / NSV and 14.5mm KPV ). Appropriate to be used with remote controlled weapon stations [ 6 ] [ 7 ] and any suitable ammunition to the armaments, however the caliber is limited at ...