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802nd Battalion 806th Battalion 812th Battalion. Casualties and losses. 24 killed. U.S. body count: 475 killed. Operation Jay was a U.S. Marine Corps and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) search and destroy operation on the Street Without Joy, northern Thừa Thiên Province, lasting from 25 June to 2 July 1966.
This article is a list of known military operations of the Vietnam War in 1966, conducted by the armed forces of the Republic of Vietnam, the United States and their allies. 3rd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division search and destroy operation. Follow-up to Operation Crimp. 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, 1st Battalion, 7th ...
80 estimated killed. The Battle of Xa Cam My was fought over two days from April 11–12, 1966, 10 miles (16 km) south of the village of Cam My in Phuoc Tuy Province, during the Vietnam War. [1] Originally planned as a U.S. search and destroy mission intended to lure out the crack Viet Cong (VC) D800 Battalion, Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion ...
Operation Coco Palms was a 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment search and destroy operation northwest of Cu Chi. The operation resulted in 25 VC killed. [49] 25 June - 3 July. Operation Jay was a U.S. 4th Marine Regiment and ARVN 1st Division search and destroy operation on the Street Without Joy. The operation resulted in 475 PAVN and 24 ...
2nd Battalion, 4th Marines. Locate, close with and destroy the enemy by fire and maneuver, or to repel the enemy's assault by fire and close combat. 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines (2/4) is an infantry battalion of the United States Marine Corps. The battalion, nicknamed the Magnificent Bastards from the Vietnam War, is based out of Marine Corps ...
1,275 wounded, captured or deserted [5] Operation Junction City was an 82-day military operation conducted by United States and Republic of Vietnam (RVN or South Vietnam) forces begun on 22 February 1967 during the Vietnam War. It was the first U.S. combat airborne operation since the Korean War and one of the largest Airmobile operations of ...
200 wounded. 15 captured. The Battle of Suoi Bong Trang (23–24 February 1966) was an engagement fought between US, Australian and New Zealand forces, and the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army during the Vietnam War. The battle occurred during Operation Rolling Stone, an American security operation to protect engineers building a tactically ...
John M. Carland (2000), Combat Operations, 430 pages. Marvin E. Gettleman (1995), Vietnam and America, 560 pages. William Rosenau (2001), Special operations forces and elusive enemy ground targets, 60 pages. Lyndon Baines Johnson (1971), The vantage point, 636 pages. Mike McKinney (2003), Chariots of the Damned, 256 pages.