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Troops of the 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division were inserted into Landing Zones Tiger and Vicki at the north of A Sầu Valley, as the 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division moved west from Firebase Bastogne along Route 547, the 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment moved southwest meeting up with the 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry which had ...
The firebase was to be used to support Operation Chicago Peak, a planned offensive by the 101st Airborne to destroy PAVN supply bases in the A Shau Valley. Meanwhile, the PAVN 324B Division , having encountered soldiers of the U.S. 101st Airborne Division several times, especially the Battle of Hamburger Hill in May 1969, had become aware of ...
101st Airborne Division, 1st Cavalry Division and ARVN 1st Regiment search and destroy operation: 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]
1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division and ARVN 1st Division operation: Thừa Thiên Province: Aug 14 – Sep 28: Operation Carolina Blaster [1] 3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division and ARVN 3rd Regiment search and clear operation: A Shau Valley and Đa Krông Valley in Quảng Trị and Thừa Thiên Provinces: Aug 14 – Sep 28: Operation ...
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.
Initially, the operation went routinely for the 101st Airborne Division (Airmobile). Its units experienced only light contact on the first day, but documents captured by 3/187th indicated that the PAVN 29th Regiment, nicknamed the "Pride of Ho Chi Minh" and a veteran of the 1968 Battle of Hue, was somewhere in the valley. Past experience in ...
The base was named after the German town of Berchtesgaden, where the Nazi leadership had their alpine retreats and which was captured by the 101st Airborne in May 1945. [ 1 ] The firebase was assaulted by the 6th Regiment, People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) on the night of 14 June 1969, the assault was repulsed for the reported loss of 12 U.S ...
1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division and ARVN 3rd Regiment, 1st Division operation: A Shau Valley: 97: 3 Jul 27 – Aug 24: Operation Lyon Valley [2] 5th Marines clear and search operation: southwest of Da Nang: 5: Jul 28 - Aug 5: Operation Wayne Span II [2] 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division clear and search operation: Bình Định Province ...