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On the morning of 2 July, Alpha and Bravo Companies, 1st Battalion, 9th Marines made their way up north on Highway 561 and secured a crossroad as their first objective. As they went further north between Gia Binh and An Kha, near a place called "The Market Place" (), they made contact with the elements of the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) 90th Regiment when sniper fire began to break
2nd Battalion 3rd Marines search and destroy operation: Đại Lộc District, Quảng Nam Province: Nov 13 – 30: Operation Foster [1] [9]: 123 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines and 3rd Battalion, 11th Marines search and destroy operation: Quảng Nam Province: Nov 16 – 24: Operation Kiên Giang 9-1 [1] [10]: 61
On 28 March the 3/3 Marines and 1/9 Marines were replaced by the 3rd Battalion, 9th Marines which conducted patrols and night ambushes north of Cam Lộ Combat Base. On 30 March Company I, 3/9 Marines had established ambush positions 9.5 km (5.9 mi) northwest of Cam Lộ when the company command post and the 2nd platoon's position was attacked ...
The operation resulted in 21 VC, seven Marines and one ARVN killed. [9]: 151 6 January - 31 May. Operation Palm Beach was conducted by the 3rd Brigade, 9th Infantry Division, 3rd Battalion 39th Infantry and 2nd and 3rd Battalions, 60th Infantry as a search and destroy operation and for the establishment of Đồng Tâm Base Camp. It resulted in ...
3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines, abbreviated as (3/3), was an infantry battalion of the United States Marine Corps, based out of Kaneohe, Hawaii.Known as either "Trinity" or "America's Battalion", the unit normally fell under the command of the 3rd Marine Regiment of the 3rd Marine Division. [1]
Later that day 1st Battalion, 9th Marines was landed at Hill 162 and began sweeping north, while the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines moved northwest from Cam Lộ in an attempt to squeeze any PAVN between them and the 1/9 Marines. [2]: 13–4 On 3 March aerial reconnaissance spotted three large groups of PAVN moving towards the DMZ carrying bodies.
Company F lost three Marines killed while Company G lost ten killed. On 30 September 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines replaced 2/7 Marines which returned to Chu Lai. [8]: 190–1 On the morning of 22 September, after bombarding a false target area, CH-46s began landing troops from the 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines 4.5 km east of the Núi Cây Tre. By ...
The 1st Battalion Commander, Lt.Colonel Peter Hilgartner sent 1/5 Marines's Company B, which was all he had at the time, to assist Company D. With Companies B and D heavily engaged, Companies K and M from the adjacent 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines were sent to relieve them. Ambushed and aggressively attacked, these two companies were also pinned ...