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The Provincial Reconnaissance Units (PRUs) were South Vietnamese special paramilitary units, led by U.S. military and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) personnel. The PRU was the tasked with finding and neutralizing the Vietcong (VC) cadre and their political leadership of under the Phoenix Program during the Vietnam War. The PRU’s preferred ...
Tây Ninh Combat Base was established approximately 5 km west of the city of Tây Ninh and 12 km from the Vietnam-Cambodia border. [1] Tây Ninh served as the base for the 196th Light Infantry Brigade from April 1966 until August 1967. [2] Other units stationed at Tây Ninh included: 7th Battalion, 9th Artillery (August 1969 – April 1970) [2]: 98
1st Infantry Division operations in Binh Guong Province that extended to include the Loc Ninh area of Bình Long Province after PAVN/VC attacks on Loc Ninh on 29 October 1967. The Battle of Ong Thanh took place when U.S. forces were ambushed by a superior communist force. Bing Guong and Bình Long Provinces. Sep 29 – Oct 11
On 21 October an estimated VC platoon was observed moving from a base camp south of Tây Ninh, they were fixed in place by gunships until Companies A and B, 1/27th Infantry were airlifted to the area to engage them killing 18. On 31 October the 2/27th Infantry conducted airmobile assaults north of the Rach Tra Stream killing 28 VC and capturing ...
3rd Reconnaissance Battalion reconnaissance in force operation "Happy Valley", Quảng Nam Province: Feb 7 – May 1972: Operation Shed Light [9] USAF programme to develop night and adverse weather interdiction capabilities: South Vietnam & Laos: Feb 8 – 9: Operation Bald Eagle [1] 3rd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division search and destroy ...
K72 Unit (body recovery unit) [28] Military Command of Bình Thuận Province [29] 812th Infantry Regiment [30] Mechanized Reconnaissance Company ; Signals Company; Engineer Company; Military Command of Đồng Nai Province. Đồng Nai Regiment [31] Armored Company [32] Military Command of Tây Ninh Province [33] 174th Infantry Regiment [34]
War Zone C, located in the area designated as III Corps, was a section of South Vietnam with high strategic value due to its location in between Cambodia and Saigon as well as the fact that it was a popular jump off spot for PAVN/VC forces and supplies from the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
Tây Ninh is a province in the Southeast region of Vietnam, with the capital at the town of Tây Ninh. Tây Ninh province is located between Ho Chi Minh City and Phnom Penh, in Southern Key Economic Zone. Tây Ninh City is 99 km away from Ho Chi Minh City following National Route 22 and 40 km away from the border with Cambodia to the northwest. [4]