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Vietnam Operations

Operation Name

CTZ

TAO

Start Date

End Date

Allied Units Involved

Enemy Units Involved

Allied

Enemy

Operational Operational

Strength Strength

Allied KIA

Allied Allied Enemy Enemy

WIA MIA KIA

WIA

Objective of Operation

Descriptive Narrative of Operation

Sources Used in Archive

"The Name of the S.

Operation".

Vietnam

Sometimes a Corps

Vietnamese and Tactical

an American

Zone (I,

name is given. II, III,

IV)

Description of the tactical area of operation. This can include provinces, cities, towns, or landmarks.

A listing of the A listing of the Total number of Total number of Allied Killed-

American, South North

allied soldiers enemy soldiers in-Action

Vietnamese, or Vietnamese involved

involved

other allied units and Viet Cong

involved in the units involved

operation. Each in the

force is

operation. Each

designated with force is

its branch of designated with

service (e.g. its branch of

USA=US Army, service (e.g.

USMC=US

PAVN=People's

Marine Corps, Army of

USAF= US Air Vietnam,

Force, USN=US VC=Viet Cong)

Navy,

ARVN=Army of

the Republic of

Vietnam, VNN=

South

Vietnamese

Navy)

Allied

Allied Enemy

Wounded- Missing- Killed-in-

in-Action in-Action Action

Enemy Wounded-inAction

Descriptive narrative of Descriptive narrative the operation's objectives of the operation from (e.g. search-and-destroy, beginning to end and reconnaissance in force, its consequences. etc.)

A List of all the sources used to compile the information by title and author.

"Vinh Loc"

I

Thua Thien Province - Vinh Loc Island

9/10/1968

9/20/1968 2d Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (USA); USN; 54th ARVN Regiment

pacification operation

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17-65

Phuoc Thanh Province

7/6/1965 7/9/1965 173d Airborne Brigade (USA)

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19-65 (Opord 19- III 65)

Phuoc Tuy Province

7/28/1965

8/2/1965 173d Airborne Brigade (USA); 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment

to disrupt suspected VC supply route from Rung Sat into III CTZ

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24 - 65 (OPORD III 24 - 65)

Binh Duong Province

9/14/1965

9/28/1965 173d Airborne Brigade (USA); 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment

search and destroy operation

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27 - 65 (OPORD III 27 - 65)

Bien Hoa Province

10/23/1965 10/26/1965 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment

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Abilene

III

40 miles east of 3/30/1966 4/15/1966 2d and 3d

D800 main

Saigon, south of

Brigades, 1st force VC

Cam My village;

Infantry Division battalion

Phuc Tuy and

(USA)

Long Khanh

(reinforced by

Provinces

the 1st Battalion

of the Royal

Australian

Regiment and

the 161st New

Zealand Artillery

Battery); 173d

36 from

71 from

Company C Company

(USA)

C (USA)

81-180 VC

search-and-destory operation

The major battle of The

the operation

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occurred on 11 April Of The

when Company C, 2d Vietnam War:

Battalion, 16th

A Political,

Infantry fought the Social &

VC force. The U.S. Military

killed a few of the VC History, edited

and then followed the by Spencer C.

retreating soldiers. Tucker;

However, the VC

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Airborne Brigade (USA); II Field Force Vietnam (HQ)

Adair Adairsville Adams Adelaide I

I

Quang Nam and 6/15/1967 6/24/1967 5th Marines

Quang Tin

(HQ, USMC); 1st

Provinces

and 3d

Battalions, 5th

Marines (USMC)

III

Ben Hoa

1/31/1968 3/8/1968 11th Armored

Province,

Cavalry (USA)

defense of Long

Binh

II

Phu Yen

10/26/1966 3/30/1967 1st Brigade, 4th 18B and 95th

Province

Infantry Division PAVN

(USA); 1st

Regiments

Brigade, 101st

Airborne

Division (USA);

47th ARVN

Regiment

III

III Corps

5/30/1966 6/9/1966 1st Brigade, 1st

Tactical Zone

Infantry Division

(USA)

Adelaide II

III

Binh Duong

5/31/1966 6/8/1966

Province

Adelaide III

III?

Di An to Phuoc 6/7/1966 6/9/1966

Vinh

Ahina

III

Binh Duong and 5/13/1967 5/18/1967 25th Infantry

Tay Ninh

Division (HQ);

Provinces, War

3rd Brigade, 4th

Zone C

Infantry Division

(USA); 1st



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to protect rice harvest in Tuy Hoa/Tuy An Area

their battalion base. United States The VC attacked with Military mortar, automatic Operations In weapons and human- Southeast Asia wave assaults. Company C had to be evacuated by helicopter. Company B reached the battle area before dawn, but there were no other major contacts. During this operation, Allied forces penetrated VC jungle, but the area was still controlled by the Communists. Gen. Johnson, the Army Chief of Staff, realized that more high casualty battles like Operation ABILENE would result in a loss of the American public's support.

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Part of III corps Operation Quyet Thang

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Search-and-destroy operation and security and repair of Highway 16

search-and-destroy and cordon and search operation

suspended June 7 to move troops to Adelaide III

search-and-destroy, road clearing from Di An to Phuoc Vinh

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Aiea Ainslie Akron

III?

Hau Nghia

Province

8/8/1966

Brigade, 9th Infantry Division (USA)

9/1/1966 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry (2d Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, USA)

III

8/31/1967 9/21/1967 1st Australian

Task Force,

Vietnam (HQ);

2d and 7th

Battalions, Royal

Australian

Regiment

III

10 km North of 5/8/1966 5/11/1966 1st Brigade,

Cu Chi

25th Infantry

Division (USA)

Akron (2nd part) III

Akron II

III

Phuc Tuy and Bien Hoa Provinces

6/9/1967

6/29/1967 1st and 2d Brigades, 9th Infantry Division; 11th Armored Cavalry

Long Khanh Province

8/22/1967 8/27/1967 9th Infantry Division

Akron III

III

Bien Hoa

Province

9/26/1967 10/21/1967 1st Brigade, 9th Infantry Division (USA)

Akron V

III

Akumu / Xay III Duong 12-7

Ala Moana

III

Bien Hoa Province Southeast Binh Son rubber plantation

1/11/1968 1/21/1968 1st Brigade, 9th Infantry Division (USA)

Binh Duong Province

7/8/1967

8/24/1967 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division (USA); 7th ARVN Regiment

Binh Duong,

12/1/1966 5/14/1967 25th Infantry VC

Hau Nghai, and

Division (USA)

Tay Ninh

Provinces



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Southeast Asia

Search-and-destroy Resettlement operation

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search-and-destroy

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search-and-destroy operation in conjunction with 1st Australian Task Force operation DUNTROON

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cordon and search operation

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to push VC away from a In December of 1966, The

major rice producing area the US troops

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near Sai Gon; search- occasionally made Of The

and-destroy

contact with the VC Vietnam War:

near Duc Hoa. In

A Political,

1967 the Division Social &

moved to along

Military

Highway 1. CEDAR History, edited

FALLS was taking by Spencer C.

place at the same Tucker;

time and part of the Preliminary

division temporarily Checklist Of

served there. In Late United States

February the divison Military

saw the heaviest

Operations In

action. The 4th

Southeast Asia

Battalion, 9th Infantry

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Alabama

III

3/29/1966 3/30/1966 USMC

Alcorn Grove III

Long Khanh Province

3/21/1968 4/6/1968 11th Armored Cavalry (USA)

Alexandria

Duc Thanh and Xuan Loc Provinces

12/4/1966 12/5/1966 11th Armored Cavalry (USA)

Alice

III

Tay Ninh

Province

9/1/1966 9/7/1966 196th Infantry Brigade (USA)

All The Way

II

Pleiku Province 10/24/1965 11/26/1965 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division (USA)

Allegheny

I

Quang Nam Province

8/19/1966 8/29/1966 2d Battalion, 3d Marines (USMC)

Allenbrook

I

Quang Nam Province, Go Noi Island, west of Hoi An City

5/3/1968

8/24/1968 7th Marines (HQ, USMC); 1st, 2d, & 3d Battalions, 7th Marines (elements, USMC); 3d Battalion, 5th



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search-and-destroy operation Security Operation

search-and-destory operatoin clear and search operation

and the 3d Squadron, 4th Cavalry engaged in a fight northeast of Cu Chi. After CEDAR FALLS ended, the action shifted to around Duc Hoa. During the time that the 25th Division was carrying out ALA MOANA, elements of the division pariticpated in JUNCTION CITY. Most of the division was assigned to clearing operations during ALA MOANA. However, little contact was made. After the operation concluded, the 25th Division focused on pacification in Hau Nghia Province.

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in conjunction with Operation LONG REACH

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Allentown / Lam III Son II South

Marines (USMC); 1st Battalion, 26th Marines (USMC); 1st, 2d, & 3d Battalions, 27th Marines (USMC); 2d Battalion, 13th Marines (USMC)

Bien Hoa, Binh 10/21/1966 11/5/1966 2d Brigade, 1st

Duong, and Gia

Infantry Division

Dinh Provinces

(USA)

Allons Altoona

Dong Nai float bridge

4/22/1968

4/26/1968 168th Engineer Battalions; 100th Float Bridge Company; 573d Float Bridge Company

III

Bien Hoa

Province

1/13/1968 1/23/1968 199th Infantry Brigade (Light) (Separate)(USA)

Amarillo

III

Binh Duong

8/22/1966 9/1/1966 1st Brigade, 1st

Province

Infantry Division

(USA)

Ambush Ally

III

Highway 13

3d Brigade, 1st Infantry Division (USA)

Anvil

III

8/16/1965 8/17/1965

Apache

I

Quang Tri

6/6/1966 6/12/1966 2d Battalion, 5th

Province

Marines (USMC)

Apache Snow I

Quang Tri and Thua Thien Provinces, A Shau Valley

5/10/1969

6/7/1969 1st and 2d

29th Regiment

Battalions, 9th (7th and 8th

Regiment

Battalions)

(USMC); 3d

PAVN

Brigade, 101st

Airborne

Division

(Airmobile, USA)

(3d Battalion,

187th Infantry;

2d Battalion,

502d Infantry;

2d Battalion,

506th Infantry

in "Hamburger

Hill"); ARVN 2d



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Battle, by Shelby L. Stanton

56-70 (US); 372 (US) 5 (ARVN)

630-977 PAVN

search-and-destroy

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Security operation, road clearing operation

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road and convoy security operation on Highway 13

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search-and-destroy operation

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search-and-destory operations

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to keep pressure on PAVN During the operation, Vietnam:

units and base camps in most units

Order Of

the A Shua Valley; to

encountered some Battle, by

disrupt and destroy PAVN resistance from the Selby L.

units to prevent attacks PAVN. However, the Stanton; The

on the coastal provinces 3d/187th engaged in Encyclopedia

(included battle of Ap Bia the most heavy

Of The

Mountain or "Hamburger fighting as they

Vietnam War:

Hill"); a sweep and clear approached Ap Bia A Political,

operation

Mountain (Hill 937). Social &

Here the PAVN

Military

uncharacteristically History, edited

decided to stand

by Spencer C.

against U.S. frontal Tucker;

attacks. The 3d/187th Historical Atlas

assaulted the hill for Of The

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Battalion, 3d Regiment, 1st Infantry Division

Arc Light (B-52 Raids)

South South Vietnam Vietnam and Laos, flown and Laos from Thailand

and Guam

6/18/1965

8/15/1973 USAF B-52 Stratofortresses (7th, 22d, 91st, 99th, 306th, 320th, 454th, 461st Bomb Wings

VC; PAVN

31 B-52s lost



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three days before Vietnam War,

they were reinforced. by Harry G.

Then two other 101st Summers, Jr.;

Airborne Division

Preliminary

battalions and a

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battalion from the 3d United States

ARVN Regiment

Military

joined the original Operations In

battalion to fight

Southeast Asia

against the 7th and

8th Battalions of the

29th PAVN Regiment

in the major battle of

APACHE SNOW. It

became one of the

bloodiest battles in

the war. A two

battalion assault

nearly took the hill on

18 May when weather

forced them back.

Finally on the 20 May,

the PAVN were forced

out of A Shau and

into Laos. However,

they soon returned

after the Allied forces

withdrew. This

caused more

controversy in the

U.S. concerning the

lives spent to take the

territory when it was

only abandoned for

the Communists to

reoccupy. Eventually

this led to limitations

on U.S. military

operations.

USAF B-52 bombing

These operations

The

missions to support

were most often used Encyclopedia

ground tactical operations in close air support Of The

and to interdict enemy (CAS) bombing raids Vietnam War:

supply lines in Vietnam, of enemy base

A Political,

Laos, and Cambodia and camps, troop

Social &

later to strike at targets in concentrations, or Military

North Vietnam

supply lines. They History, edited

were usually carried by Spencer C.

out at high altitudes Tucker;

and often called

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"aerial excavations" Checklist Of

by the ground forces. United States

Most of the sorties Military

were carried out in Operations In

South Vietnam,

Southeast

though a few were History

flown near the DMZ.

The first ARC LIGHT

raid occured on 28

June 1965, and

though the media

questioned its

effectiveness, Gen.

Westmoreland

continued to support

the program. Most

missions during 1965

were saturation

attacks, with a few

tactical support

missions. Eventually

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Arcadia

I

Quang Nam

11/8/1966 11/14/1966 1st and 3d

Province

Battalions,1st

Marines (USMC)

Ardmore

I

Quang Tri

7/17/1967 10/31/1967 26th Marines

Province

(HQ USMC); 1st

Battalion, 13th



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the need to deliver bigger payloads led to increasing the amount of bombs the B-52D could carry in the "Big Belly" program. In April of 1966, the bombers raided outside South Vietnam for the first time when bombing Laos to stop PAVN inflitrations in the Mu Gia Pass and later the Ho Chi Minh Trail. In 1968, the B-52s supported the U.S. Marines at Khe Sanh and attacked other targets including the A Shau Valley, the Kontum-Dak To border area, and the PAVN/VC infiltration area in War Zone C. Strikes continued throughout 1969. Vietnamizationn began to reduce ARC LIGHT raids during 1970, though missions continued to be flown in Laos and Cambodia. In April 1970, the B-52s flew in COMMANDO HUNT III. In response to the PAVN's Easter Offensive, the bombers participated in raids on Ha Noi and Hai Phong. LINEBACKER I and LINEBACKER II were composed of ARC LIGHT missions. Even though Ha Noi agreed to return to negotiations on 30 December 1972, the bombings continued until 15 August 1973 due to cease-fire violations. At the end of ARC LIGHT, 55 percent of the sorties were flown in South Vietnam. The USAF lost 31 B-52s, 18 to enemy fire and due 13 to operations problems.

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renamed Operation Preliminary

SCOTLAND at the end Checklist Of

of October and

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Arizona

I

Arkansas City I III

Quang Nam Province

Phuoc Tuy Province

Marines (USMC); 1st and 3d Battalions, 26th Marines (USMC)

6/13/1967

6/22/1967 7th Marines (HQ, USMC); 2d Battalions, 5th Marines (USMC); 2d and 3d Battalions, 7th Marines (USMC); 3d Battalion, 11th Marines (USMC)

9/18/1967 9/23/1967 11th Armored Cavalry (USA)

Arkansas City II III

Phuoc Tuy Province

9/24/1967 10/9/1967 11th Armored Cavalry (USA)

Arlington

1/27/1969 1/27/1969 2d Battalion, 1st Infantry (USA)

Arlington Canyon I

Quang Tri Province

Asheville

III

7/3/1969

9/21/1969 4th Marines (HG, USMC); 2d and 3d Battalions, 4th Marines (USMC)

5/12/1966 5/13/1966 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry (USA)

Ashfield

5/15/1970 5/25/1970 2d RAR/NZ (ANZAC) Battalion

Ashgrove Tram

3/25/1968 3/26/1968 2d RAR/NZ (ANZAC) Battalion

Ashland

III

Bien Hoa and 5/18/1967 6/8/1967 3d Squadron,

Long Khanh

5th Cavalry

Provinces

(USA)

Atalla

III

Binh Long

Province

1/20/1968

1/27/1968 1st Infantry Division (USA); 2d Brigade and 101st Airborne (USA); 11th



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Clear and search operation; security of Vandegrift Combat Base from rocket attacks search and destroy operation

Rifle company reconnaisance and ambush operation cordon and search operation

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