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Long Binh Post was a sprawling logistics facility and the largest U.S. Army base in Vietnam, with a peak of 60,000 personnel in 1969. [4] The Viet Cong attacked the Long Binh ammunition supply point on 4 February 1967 destroying at least 15,000 high explosive 155 mm artillery rounds. [5]
South Vietnam. Viet Cong. North Vietnam. Tet 1969 refers to the attacks mounted by the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) and Viet Cong (VC) in February 1969 in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War, one year after the original Tet Offensive . Most attacks centered on military targets near Saigon and Da Nang and were quickly beaten off.
The attacks on Biên Hòa, Bien Hoa Air Base and Long Binh Post, occurred during the early hours of 31 January 1968 and continued until 2 February 1968. The attacks by Vietcong (VC) and People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) forces were one of several major attacks around Saigon in the first days of the Tet offensive. The attacks were repulsed with ...
5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment reconnaissance operations to prevent attacks by VC 5th Division on Long Binh base: Xuan Loc: 1 May 15 – Jun 7: Operation Dan Quyen 38-A [1] ARVN 42nd Regiment and 22nd Ranger Group operation: Ben Het–Đắk Tô region of II Corps: 945: May 15 – Jun 21: Operation Greene Basket [1]
22 January to 18 March. The U.S. 3rd Marine Division launched Operation Dewey Canyon to attack People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) base areas in the A Shau and Song Đa Krông Valleys of Quảng Trị Province. The operation results in 1,617 PAVN killed while 130 Marines were killed.
II Field Force, Vietnam was a United States Army Corps -level command during the Vietnam War . Activated on 15 March 1966, it became the largest corps command in Vietnam and one of the largest in Army history. II Field Force was assigned the lineage of the XXII Corps, a World War II corps in the European Theater of Operations.
The battle of Cholon and Phú Thọ Racetrack began during the early hours of 31 January 1968 and continued until 11 February 1968. The attacks by Vietcong (VC) forces were one of several major attacks around Saigon in the first days of the Tet offensive. The attacks were repulsed with the VC suffering heavy losses and substantial damage to the ...
NARA photo 111-CCV-250-CC54737 by SP4 Kenneth Powell: Licensing. ... halt their M-113s in a Vietnamese cemetery near Long Binh during Tet 1969, 23 February 1969.