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Operation Hickory was a search and destroy operation conducted by the 3rd Marine Division in the area around Con Thien, Quảng Trị Province known as Leatherneck Square from 18 to 28 May 1967. Operation Hickory was the first authorized incursion into the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone (DMZ).
ARVN 1st Division operation launched in conjunction with Operation Beau Charger and Operation Hickory: Route 1 north of Gio Linh to the Bến Hải River, 342: 22 May 19 – Dec 7: Operation Waimea [1] 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division search and destroy operation in the Ho Bo Woods, Bo Loi Woods, Filhol Plantation and the Iron Triangle
In Operation Hickory, the 2nd Battalion, 26th Marines and 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines advanced north from Con Thien on the morning of 18 May to press any PAVN against a blocking force from the 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines 3/4th Marines landed by helicopters on the Bến Hải River. At 10:00, 2/26th Marines made contact with 2 PAVN Battalions in ...
Oct 24 – Feb 11 1967: Operation Thayer II [2] [45] 1st Cavalry Division, 25th Infantry Division and Republic of Vietnam Marine Corps operation in the coastal plains and the Kim Son and Soui Ca Valleys: western Bình Định Province: 1,667: 193 Oct 25 – Apr 2 1967: Operation Adams [1]
1st Tank Battalion bulldozer tank supports 2/26 Marines operating south of Da Nang, 1967. In mid-April the battalion was moved to Phu Bai. [2]: 20 On 15 May the battalion joined Operation Prairie IV and then participated in Operation Hickory in the same area.
At the beginning of 1967 the United States was engaged in a steadily expanding air and ground war in Southeast Asia. Since its inception in February 1965, Operation Rolling Thunder, the bombing campaign against North Vietnam, had escalated in the number and significance of its targets, inflicting major damage on transportation networks industry, and petroleum refining and storage facilities.
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Operation Popeye / Sober Popeye (Project Controlled Weather Popeye / Motorpool / Intermediary-Compatriot) was a military cloud-seeding project carried out by the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam War in 1967–1972.