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LZ Bronco at Duc Pho became the base camp for Task Force Barker, an element of the 11th Brigade, Americal Division by 1968. Task Force Barker was named for Lt. Col. Frank Barker, its commander. Bronco was located near the southern border of I Corps, the northernmost corps in Vietnam, a particularly difficult area of operations.
Đức Phổ (listen ⓘ) is a district-level town (thị xã) of Quảng Ngãi province in the South Central Coast region of Vietnam. As of 2019 the town had a population of 150,927. [1] The town covers an area of 372.76 km². The town capital lies at Nguyễn Nghiêm ward. [1]
Landing Zone (LZ) Liz was a forward support base for the US Marines and later for the US Army during the Vietnam War. LZ Liz was located in Quang Ngai Province, I Corps, south of Da Nang and Chu Lai, west of Highway 1, north of LZ Bronco and Đức Phổ. It was on the Duc Pho and Mo Duc borders, just south of the 515 Highway, that ran from the ...
C Battery was located in the Duc Pho area with four guns on the hillside of LZ Liz and two further guns on LZ Thunder, just south west of Duc Pho. In spring 1971, 1st Battalion, 82nd Artillery was deployed along the Vietnam Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) in support of Operation Lam Son 719, the ARVN invasion of Laos. The battalion made one of the ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. responded to Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to Vietnam on Thursday by saying Washington would stay focused on deepening ties with Hanoi, with which it has ...
Operation Baker was a security operation during the Vietnam War conducted by the U.S. 3rd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division from 22 April to 31 July 1967 in the Đức Phổ District of Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam.
SGT James McLean, an adviser from Advisory Team 88, Military Assistance Command, Vietnam was captured in the attack and later died in captivity. [3] In August 1969 the 3rd Mike Force launched Operation Bull Run I against the PAVN 5th Division near Đức Phong. [4] The base was handed over to the South Vietnamese Regional Force in May 1970. [5]
Dale Eugene Wayrynen (January 18, 1947 – May 18, 1967) was a United States Army enlisted soldier and a recipient of America's highest military decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in the Vietnam War.