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Operation Platypus (1969) [1] [3] B Squadron, 1st Armoured Regiment interdiction of VC movement across Route 15: Phước Tuy Province: Aug 4 – Oct 16: Operation Greene Ace [1] 2nd Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 1st and 2nd Battalions, 35th Infantry Regiment clear and search operation: Pleiku Province ...
An aerial view of the Phuoc Vinh Base Camp in February 1969, showing the asphalt runway Coordinates 11°17′53″N 106°47′43″E / 11.29806°N 106.79528°E / 11.29806; 106.79528 ( Phước Vĩnh Base
The base was established in 1968 by the 23rd Infantry Division and was located approximately 32 km northwest of Chu Lai and 16 km southwest of Landing Zone East. [1]The base was occupied by elements of the 1st Battalion, 46th Infantry Regiment and 1st Battalion, 14th Artillery when it was attacked by the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) V-16 Sapper Battalion on the early morning of 12 May 1969.
The 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry was based at Quản Lợi in April 1969. [2]: 126 In July 1969 the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment moved to Quản Lợi and would remain here until September 1969. The regiment would be based here again from December 1969 to July 1970, during which time it participated in the Cambodian Incursion. [2]: 131
The base was established in 1967 by the 196th Infantry Brigade and was located approximately 17 km west of Tam Kỳ and 7 km northeast of Tiên Phước Camp. [1]The base was occupied by elements of the 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment and 3rd Battalion, 82nd Artillery when it was attacked by the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) 35th Sapper Battalion on the morning of 11 June 1969 ...
On 9 April 1969 a Marine Sikorsky CH-53A Sea Stallion helicopter (BuNo 153738) of HMH-462 crashed into the logistics support area at Vandegrift triggering a large fire. [4] Destruction of Vandegrift Combat Base, 26 September 1969. In October 1969 the base was handed over to the ARVN 2nd Division who dismantled it and used it to reinforce Camp ...
was based at Sông Bé from May until June 1969. The 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division was based at Sông Bé in January 1968. [2]: 157 In August 1969 Headquarters, 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division comprising: 5th Battalion, 7th Cavalry [2]: 128 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry [2]: 132 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry [2]: 132
Firebase Birmingham (also known as FSB Birmingham, LZ Birmingham and Huế Southwest Airfield) is a former U.S. Army and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) firebase southwest of Huế in Thừa Thiên–Huế Province, Vietnam.