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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 ...
The operation resulted in 362 PAVN and 142 Marines killed and the removal of the entire civilian population and creation of a free-fire zone. [9]: 30 18 May – 7 December. Operation Barking Sands was a pacification operation conducted by the 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division in Hậu Nghĩa and Bình Dương Provinces. The operation resulted ...
Allied KIA (US Sources) Jan 1 – Mar 31. Operation Skysweep [ 1 ] 1st Battalion, 503rd Airborne Infantry Regiment clear and search operation. Jan 1 – Aug 31. Operation Rice Farmer [ 1 ] 9th Infantry Division and ARVN 5th Regiment operation. Dinh Tuong, Kien Tuong and Kien Hoa Provinces.
An A-4 Skyhawk making a bombing run on a Viet Cong position. On 27 January, Company L 3/7 Marines and Battery I, 12th Marines were deployed by helicopter to Núi Đàng.The following morning, Companies I and M 3/7 Marines were landed by helicopter north of Núi Đàng and moved west and east to secure the adjacent villages of Vinh Binh (1) and Truong Sanh
Bình Xuyên Force (Vietnamese: Bộ đội Bình Xuyên, IPA: [ɓɨ̂n swiəŋ]), often linked to its infamous leader, General Lê Văn Viễn (nicknamed "Bảy Viễn"), was an independent military force within the Vietnamese National Army whose leaders once had lived outside the law and had sided with the Việt Minh.
The Pleiku campaign took place from 23 October to 26 November 1965. [ 1 ] II Corps Command named it Pleime campaign, with a slightly different starting date of 20 October instead of 23 October, [ 2 ] consisted of three operations: [ 3 ] Operation Dân Thắng 21 (20 to 26 October 1965), the first Pleime preparatory phase, was the relief ...
3,007.8/km 2 (7,790/sq mi) Climate. Cwa. Vĩnh Yên (Vietnamese: [vǐɲˀ ʔīən] ⓘ) is the city capital of Vĩnh Phúc Province, in the Red River Delta region of northern Vietnam. As of census 2019, the population is 119,128 people, the area is 50.78 km 2. [ 1 ] This city hosted 2012 Asian Men's Cup Volleyball Championship.
On 7 February, Company C 2/502nd approached the hamlet of My Canh 2 (), 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) south of Canh Tanh 4 and came under heavy fire from entrenched forces, pinning down the company Air and artillery strikes were called in and reinforcements from Company B and Tiger Force of 1/327th commanded by Major David Hackworth were landed by ...