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The A Shau Valley (Vietnamese: thung lũng A Sầu) is a valley in Vietnam's Huế, along the border of Laos. The valley runs north and south for 40 kilometers and is a 1.5-kilometer-wide flat bottomland covered with tall elephant grass , flanked by two densely forested mountain ridges whose summits vary in elevation from 900 to 1,800 meters.
Two South Vietnamese camps at A Lưới and Ta Bat in the A Shau valley had been abandoned on 8 December 1965. [5] The special forces camp was routinely harassed by small Vietcong formations leading up to the battle. Throughout February and March, 1966, platoon-sized troops from the camp were sent out to conduct reconnaissance patrols in the ...
Operation Delaware/Operation Lam Son 216 was a joint military operation launched during the Vietnam War.It began on 19 April 1968, with troops from the United States and the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) moving into the A Sầu Valley.
A Shau Valley, Thừa Thiên Province: Aug 8 – Sep 6: Operation Nowra [1] [5] 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment defence of Bà Rịa and Long Điền District: Phước Tuy Province: Aug 12 – 16: Operation Dodge Valley [1] Elements of the 1st Marines, 7th Marines and 27th Marines clear and search operation: Quảng Nam Province: Aug ...
American Long Range Patrol soldiers on Dong Re Lao Mountain, which they dubbed Signal Hill, scanning for North Vietnamese vehicles in A Shau Valley below. In April 1968, during the Vietnam War , the mountain was the site of an intense battle between members of the American 1st Cavalry Division , long-range reconnaissance patrol troops, and the ...
Operation Delaware was a military operation in the A Shau Valley, an important PAVN logistics corridor and base area. American and South Vietnamese had not been present in the area since the Battle of A Shau, when a Special Forces camp located there was overrun. The PAVN lost 869 killed while the U.S. lost 142 killed and 47 missing and the ARVN ...
A Radio repairman from HQs 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry, 101st Airborne Division, tests an AN/PRC 77, 7 August 1968. The assault into the A Sầu Valley was preceded by an artillery bombardment from Firebase Berchtesgaden and Firebase Georgia and B-52 and tactical fighter-bomber strikes while tear gas was dropped at three routes into the valley from Laos.
Operation Apache Snow was a joint U.S. Army and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) military operation (10 May – 7 June 1969) during the Vietnam War designed to keep pressure on the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) units in the A Sầu Valley and prevent them from mounting any attacks on the neighboring coastal provinces.