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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.
1969 in the Vietnam War. The inauguration of Richard Nixon in January led to a reevaluation of the U.S. role in the war. U.S. forces peaked at 543,000 in April. U.S. military strategy remained relatively unchanged from the offensive strategy of 1968 until the Battle of Hamburger Hill in May which led to a change a more reactive approach.
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 ...
Operation Greene Cyclone [ 1] 1st Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment clear and search operation. Pleiku Province. Feb 10 – 28. Operation Wayne Green [ 1] 1st, 2nd & 3rd Battalions, 8th Infantry Regiment and 1st & 3rd Battalions, 12th Infantry Regiment clear and search operation.
Airfield information. Elevation. 140 feet (43 m) AMSL. Runways. Direction. Length and surface. 05/23. 5,000 feet (1,524 m) Asphalt. Bearcat Base (also known as Bearcat, Camp Martin, Camp Cox or Long Thanh North) is a former U.S. Army base near the city of Biên Hòa in Đồng Nai province in southern Vietnam .
Phước Vĩnh Base Camp. An aerial view of the Phuoc Vinh Base Camp in February 1969, showing the asphalt runway. Coordinates. 11°17′53″N 106°47′43″E. / 11.29806°N 106.79528°E / 11.29806; 106.79528 ( Phước Vĩnh Base Camp) Type. Army Base.
The Battle of Ong Thanh was fought at the stream of that name (Ông Thành) on the morning of 17 October 1967, in Chơn Thành District, at the time part of Bình Dương Province, South Vietnam, today in Bình Phước Province . During the first few months of 1967, the Viet Cong (VC) absorbed heavy losses as a result of large-scale search and ...
219 killed. 6 missing. 32 killed. 1 missing. US body count: 2898 killed. 53 captured. Operation Sheridan Sabre was a security operation during the Vietnam War in Bình Long Province to prevent People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) infiltration from Cambodia, that took place from 7 November 1968 to 4 April 1969.