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Operation Speedy Express was a controversial military operation conducted by the United States Army 's 9th Infantry Division during the Vietnam War in the Mekong Delta provinces of Kiến Hòa and Vĩnh Bình. The operation, led by Major-General Julian Ewell, was part of counterinsurgency operations by the United States Armed Forces which ...
One of the MP ambush squads held a position within a kilometer of the VC stronghold. At 02:00 on 23 February, the 274th VC Regiment initiated their attack with an estimated 78 rounds of rocket and mortar fire from their positions. The rounds landed on post with some igniting the POL fuel site east of the highway. [1]
Operation Vinh Loc [1] 2nd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division and ARVN 54th Regiment pacification operation: Vinh Loc Island, Thừa Thiên Province: Sep 10 – Oct 3: Operation Commanche Falls I [1] 1st Cavalry Division and ARVN 1st Division clear and search operation: Quảng Trị and Thừa Thiên Provinces: Sep 11 – 25
The 1975 spring offensive (Vietnamese: chiến dịch mùa Xuân 1975), officially known as the general offensive and uprising of spring 1975 (Vietnamese: Tổng tiến công và nổi dậy mùa Xuân 1975), was the final North Vietnamese campaign in the Vietnam War that led to the capitulation of Republic of Vietnam.
8th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment reconnaissance and ambush operation in the western side of the Long Hải Hills to protect quarry operations being undertaken by 17 Construction Squadron, to establish Fire Support Base Isa and ambush likely VC routes leading from the hills: Long Hải Hills: 42: 12 Australians Feb 10 – Mar 29
The Vinh wiretap was an American espionage operation of the Vietnam War. From 7 December 1972 through early May 1973, CIA telephone intercepts of North Vietnamese military communications were supplied to American diplomat Henry Kissinger. As border phone lines were well watched, the decision was made to tap a military multiplex line in the ...
Free Fire (video game) Free Fire. (video game) Free Fire is a free-to-play battle royale game developed and published by Garena for Android and iOS. [4] It was released on 8 December 2017. It became the most downloaded mobile game globally in 2019 and has over 1 billion downloads on Google Play Store.
Free-fire zone. A free-fire zone in U.S. military parlance is a fire control measure, used for coordination between adjacent combat units. The definition used in the Vietnam War by U.S. troops may be found in field manual FM 6-20: A specific designated area into which any weapon system may fire without additional coordination with the ...