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The Vũng Rô Bay incident refers to the discovery of a 100-ton North Vietnamese naval trawler attempting to unload supplies and munitions on a beach in South Vietnam's Vũng Rô Bay on 16 February 1965. The incident spurred further United States Navy involvement in the Vietnam War.
In February 1965 the bay was the site of the Vũng Rô Bay incident.. Port Lane, Vũng Rô Bay, 6 November 1968 1969 map of Port Lane. In July 1966 the U.S. Army secured the area as part of Operation John Paul Jones and the 39th Engineer Battalion constructed a small port facility here to support U.S. Army operations in the area and relieve the logistical pressure on Tuy Hòa. [2]
A map of South Vietnam showing provincial boundaries and names and military zones: I, II, III, and IV Corps. In 1965, the United States rapidly increased its military forces in South Vietnam, prompted by the realization that the South Vietnamese government was losing the Vietnam War as the communist-dominated Viet Cong (VC) gained influence over much of the population in rural areas of the ...
Jan 3 – 7: Operation Water Trap [4] Mobile Riverine Force 9th Infantry cordon and search operation: Thoi Son Island, Mỹ Tho River, south of Dong Tam Base Camp: Jan 5 – 17: Operation Big Muddy [1] 3rd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division operations: along the Saigon River: Jan 10 – 18: Operation Treasure Island [1]
Your account of the Vung Ro Bay incident is interesting; however, not totally correct. In February 1965 I was the American Special Forces Advisor that took the 91st Airborne Ranger Battalion (Vietnamese) onto Vung Ro Bay. We were successful in gaining control of the Beach after the second landing via LSM's.
MIUWS 12 arrived at Vung Tau in mid-April and established a Harbor Entrance Control Post in an old French fort overlooking the Vung Tau anchorage and channel. During May MIUWS 12 began operations at Vung Tau with one radar installed and one Landing Craft Personnel (Large) Mark XI (LCPL) patrol boat for harbour patrol. Also in May MIUWS 22 and ...
On the night of 10 December, the VC 508th Battalion and elements of the 5th Nhà Bè Battalion attacked a Company A, 2/60th Infantry position at An Nhut Tan, on the Vàm Cỏ Đông River. The VC overran three perimeter bunkers as well as the mortar pit. The attack was eventually repulsed for the loss of 7 U.S. killed and 35 VC killed.
Assisted by a U.S. Air Force AC-47 gunship, swift boats PCF-42, PCF-43, PCF-46, PCF-47, PCF-48 and two SVN junks sortied to help the patrol craft chase the trawler to a cove where it ran aground in the Hon Heo Secret Zone [1] [10] [13] At 0230, 1 March, five 81-millimeter mortar rounds from PCF-47 were direct hits and the trawler exploded with ...