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On 24 June 1967 a Vietcong (VC) mortar attack on Camp Rainier disabled 29 UH-1 helicopters of the 188th Assault Helicopter Company. [ 4 ] On 4 July 1968 the base was subjected to a heavy People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) rocket and mortar attack followed by probes on the base perimeter resulting in 5 U.S. and 16 PAVN killed.
The Michelin Rubber Plantation was a rubber plantation in Vietnam.It was located near Dầu Tiếng District in Bình Dương Province, 72 km northwest of Saigon.The plantation was established by the Michelin company in 1925 [1] and at 12,400 hectares (31,000 acres) it was the largest rubber plantation in Vietnam.
The Vietnam War marked the demise of the MASH units as only one unit, known as the "2nd MASH Unit", served actively, and only from October 1966 to July 1967. [10] The Vietnam War was a very different environment from the Korean War which MASH units were created in. [ 10 ] The Vietnam War required a change from MASH to MUST , or " Medical Unit ...
Following the departure of the U.S. forces in 1972, Củ Chi became the base of the ARVN 25th Division. [1]As the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) forces closed in on Saigon in late April 1975, the camp was hit by PAVN artillery fire on 28 April and besieged the PAVN. 25th Division commander Major general Lý Tòng Bá ordered his forces to fight in place, but on the morning of 29 April after ...
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An Australian couple has been reunited with their missing wedding footage 57 years later thanks to one savvy Facebook user. Aileen and Bill Turnbull, both 77, wed in Aberdeen, Scotland in 1967 at ...
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On the afternoon of 17 March four LOHs and one UH-1 command and control helicopter began the initial reconnaissance of the 11th ACR's area of operation. Upon arriving over the northeast Michelin Plantation it soon became evident that the area was being occupied by a large PAVN force.