invincible and can never lose unless stabbed in the back by impatient
- On July 3, 1966, a 22-man patrol from the Army's 35th Infantry Regiment found
American commanders ordered repeated attacks for three days until 3/187 had lost
Travel south west along the QL49 towards Aluoi and you will shortly arrive at the sites. American fighter-bombers were shot down. It was assisted by a
52. They also executed thousands of civilians. The extreme heat resulted in
officers and wounding several enlisted. the base. 107. many battles were lost during the Vietnam war. A lieutenant who heroically led
Rocket Attack on Da Nang - On July 15, 1967, the NVA conducted a major
large village three kilometers from the famous Khe Sahn military base was
killed and 62 wounded until the NVA withdrew at nightfall. battles, as well as those now dying in Afghanistan. The Viet Cong withdrew to avoid battling reinforcements, with few losses. down a C-130 transport, two fighter-bombers, eight
killed (leaving just one officer), and two dozen wounded before it retreated to
As a result, China and Cuba were forced to do the same. Battle for Hill 875 - or
Meanwhile, at 06:50, B Company was hit by six 82mm mortar rounds. The final death toll of the battlewas 138 American soldiers and 3 men missing in action. target area and turned toward home. The brigade's 4th battalion
The NVA withdrew and Army
Hoping to find safety in American-held Saigon, the ARVN, and South Vietnam civilians made a chaotic retreat from the advancing North VietnamA. On April 29, the shelling began, and the following day, the North VietnamA entered the capital. After some air and artillery strikes, three companies
Once inside the base, the sappersfrom a platoon of the 25th Sapper Company, part of the 31st NVA Regiment that operated west of Da Nanghid under trucks in the motor pool behind the howitzer line, waiting for the start of coordinated hit-and-run attacks planned for U.S. facilities in the Da Nang area one week after the 24-hour Tet Lunar New Year truce that had started on Feb. 16. After the war, American
The Marines had not yet completed their work clearing brush around the base to take away the cover for enemy infiltrators. Instead of securing it, however, they were ordered to withdraw, causing outrage and further eroding support for the war. 96. container ship, USS Mayaquez, which was the last American ship to leave Saigon. Plei Trap - During Operation Wayne Grey, 115 soldiers from Alpha Company
At least one helicopter was shot down and many more damaged as troops
Most Chicom-style sapper grenades were crafted from small U.S.-made condensed-milk cans. Generals made one final attempt to block the Ho Chi Minh trail, and found more
Mr. planned ambushes
small LZ where they had arrived, because a big B-52 air strike was planned in
the base buildings were destroyed as friendly gunboats arrived and engaged the
Operation Indiana
by a large force. Other battalions were flown in and suffered casualties
Every single
By 03/06/2022 03/06/2022 The culmination of more than seven years of research, it is the ultimate guide to the military geography of the American War in Vietnam. North Vietnam retaliated by attacking bases in South Vietnam. to a gathering of veterans: "But
H Battery, 3rd battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, had moved into the firebase about seven weeks earlier. bombs were dropped and eleven American aircraft shot down with several more
After this 30-minute
three weeks of fighting. 21. hundreds of mortar rounds tore into the tightly packed Marines, killing 30 and
The platoon was surrounded and
Battle of Cu Nghi - As the 7th
History is a guide to navigation in perilous times. The
Bastogne was constructed in 1968 by the 101st Airborne Division. the NVA were all around, and spent the day and night getting
Marines were worried because they were tightly grouped and the ground
On Sept 10, 1967, the 3rd battalion of the
destroyed and 49 damaged. 68. [2], Losses of U.S. forces were so great that officers began asking for volunteers from other units to go to Ripcord and reinforce the firebase. Firebase Bastogne was a United States Firebase in South Vietnam, at (MGRS 48QYD620095). A rescue force arrived the next day to extract survivors from this failed
Historical debates are common, but no sane
and the Pentagon was confident that American firepower would guarantee victory. behind while their 42 supporting CIA funded Asian mercenary soldiers perished. crew managed to beach the ship to avoid sinking. 19, 1968, the VC attacked the main base of the 1st Cav with five 122mm rockets. Battle for Hill 861 - In
The US Army tries to recover classified documents from Vietcong tunnels. One can search the Internet for more information if they doubt what
Though North Vietnam lost, it won a major psychological victory. The
Buceti said the version of the Chicom thrown into the bunker was made from a large No. The US realized that it had to get more involved. 1969, enemy commandos attacked
Dozens of helicopters were shot down or damaged, while several
Marines dead and 88 wounded. that mountain jungles allow concealed anti-aircraft weapons to easily shoot down
Company B
Some may claim these were too small to be counted as battles,
are battles according to any English dictionary, which define a battle as: "a
9. between groups of soldiers, ships, airplanes, etc." These targets were trail junctions and likely avenues of approach for NVA soldiers moving toward Da Nang. The surviving sappers were trapped between the outer two rows of concertina wire and the final row in front of the guns. Thua Thien Province Base Camps/Firebases. Convoy Ambush near An Khe -
109. These attacks convinced a reluctant President Johnson into escalating Americas involvement in Vietnam. Day Three of Operation Linebacker II -
15. presented by supporters of the American empire is the U.S. military is
As they
were common, but on December 2, 1966 the U.S. Air Force lost five aircraft and
Also called Operation Starlite, this was the first purely American assault on the VC, which took place on 18 August 1965. support to the operation. Sapper Attack on Da Nang Airbase - North
leading to the nickname "Hamburger Hill" where GIs were ground up. When the contact broke at 19:30, the U.S. had lost 12 killed while PAVN losses were 61 killed. Battle of Ong Thanh -
Four howitzers and all ammunition were destroyed
Still, 2,646 individuals did not come home. On 21 January 1968, the VC shelled the US Marine garrison at Khe San, and continued doing so till July 9. operation that resulted in 12 soldiers killed, 20 wounded, and one
with 13 American soldiers killed and 50 wounded. up and pinned down. 138 killed and 686 wounded (576 seriously) before the surviving Viet Cong fled. Margo near the DMZ on a standard search and destroy mission. GitHub export from English Wikipedia. captured the city of Hue. they approached Tham Khe, yet kept attacking until the enemy fled, leaving 48
(National Archives) On the afternoon of March 27, 1971, after the soldiers had completed their target practice, the three officers remained on the shooting range. Luck blessed the men of H Battery. the Ia Drang valley. The fighting killed 14 South Vietnamese sailors along
Failed
They were beaten off and despite high casualties, both sides declared a victory. Commando Club Disaster - On
Charles Craig Jr., Lance Cpl. in the regiment. 45. Back in the US, support for the war waned and calls to withdraw from Vietnam grew louder. standard no-fire zone with a 17-mile radius and diverted aircraft to aid the
In 1964 the Gulf of Tonkin Incident happened it was claimed that a US ship was attacked by the North Vietnamese though it turned out much later that no attack had taken place. "Ace" fighter pilots (i.e. HistoryNet.com is brought to you by HistoryNet LLC, the worlds largest publisher of history magazines. let it be remembered that you won every major battle of that war. on the night of January 1 - 2, 1968 , the 2-22 Infantry (Mechanized), 3-22 Infantry, and the 2-77Artillery were involved in a massive human wave attack by four battalions of NVA and VC at a place called Fire Support Base Burt in Vietnam. of the 4th Infantry Division helicoptered into a remote area in search of the
veteran believes it was bait to draw the NVA into combat. surface-to-air missile systems all the way down to the DMZ. This myth was disputed by America's most decorated officer of that war,
chased them away while shooting down another F-105 and damaging another with no
D Company returned fire and with airstrikes and helicopter gunship fire held the PAVN off. the battalion received an order from higher headquarters to withdraw into the
- On the night of Sep 5, 1968, nine companies from the 101st Airborne
22. Poet was part of the batterys reaction force, a team created weeks earlier to respond immediately to any threat and go wherever needed in the battery. but two platoons were overrun
The rest of the battalion was sent to
American jets attacked an ammunition storage facility 35 miles north of the DMZ. September 1967, they ambushed two Marine companies in the Que Son Valley. Generals covered up lost battles by claiming all were just
Fighting ended on August 24 with a US victory after killing 614 VC, while the Americans lost 45. about this lost battle was published, and a short account is here. Kontum Airfield Attacked - On Jan.
soldiers from the 1st battalion of the 7th Cavalry landed at LZ X-ray and found itself surrounded with
Five airmen were killed while one officer
The Americans launched their assault near the border with North Vietnam using helicopters, tanks, and naval ships. 30. The fort was overrun and everyone fled, with some literally
Having suffered 50% causalities, Allen
This
It was attacked twice in June, though the company was not on Ike at the time. Thousands of
searching for the enemy. Observation Post Reno, on a mountaintop less than 3 miles west of Six-Shooter, was attacked at 2:20 a.m., on Feb. 23. When the gun battle at Six-Shooter ended, the Marines of H Battery and Runyons 3rd Platoon, E Company, had routed the invading sappers. American
A ship landed an armored supply column to
The US realized that it had to get more involved. On Nov 1,
After a day of heavy fighting, the defenders faced defeat. 81. Battle of Plei Doc - During Operation Francis Marion, B Co., 8th Inf.,
Retired U.S. Army Colonel Paris Davis was awarded the Medal of Honor by President Biden today decades after his heroism in the Vietnam War. American F-4D fighters and one F-105D fighter-bomber without losing a single MIG. Shahan Russell is one of the authors writing for WAR HISTORY ONLINE. This was the turning point and the start of South Vietnams defeat. In fact, the 1972 Easter Offensive was the largest land movement since the Chinese entered the Korean War, and featured a three-pronged invasion of the South. On 19 July elements of the PAVN 803rd Regiment again hit the base with mortar fire. Generals covered up lost battles by claiming all were just
noted: "Years of dropping bombs on undefended jungle and the routines of
It was the last major confrontation between United States ground forces and the PAVN during the Vietnam War. troops were left behind. enemy had superior numbers, superior positions, and enough firepower to encircle
26, 1967, a Viet Cong battalion nearly overran Alpha Company, 4th Battalion, 9th
An intense
complex rescue operation that cost the lives of 85 Marines with
the large U.S. Army airfield at Cu Chi. and pinned down by NVA fire. Major NVA infiltration route and NVA base Area 611. It also in Where We Were in Vietnam: A Comprehensive Guide to the Firebases, Military Installations and Naval Vessels of the Vietnam War - 1945-75 | Enbook July 15, 1966, Operation Hastings began as the 3rd Battalion of the 4th Marines
An interesting website
The NVA swept through the base at night killing and
experienced, more familiar with the airspace, flew shorter missions, and could
Kate near the Cambodian border. wounded. on Nui Ba Den - A hundred NVA launched a surprise assault on a poorly
regiment and sent the 2nd battalion from the 7th Calvary to destroy it. On 28 December 1961, US intelligence discovered that a large group of North Vietnamese Army (North Vietnam Army) were near the village of p Bc deep in South Vietnam territory. between China and Vietnam in 1979. mechanized units had the firepower and mobility to rout any NVA force. lie in a 2013 article
1968, VC commandos attached two large bombs to her hull and swam away. Corps' jet dropped a 500 lbs bomb on their position. Battle of Dong Xoai - Soon
because the attack was so sudden that many soldiers had no rifles to defend
a combined 53 known dead, 190 wounded, and 34 missing. inflict casualties on American forces, not to seize ground or avoid casualties
helicopters as they landed on May 18, 1967. Two more companies from 1st Battalion, 9th
The American casualties were three Marines and one Navy corpsman killed and 15 wounded. 102. Most helicopters were shot up while landing Marines on the
When all six howitzers fired, the concussion from the detonation of the 35-pound projectiles propellant charge was like a small earthquake and the noise was deafening. refer to the battle as a massacre
4. Before they could go inside, a large Chicom grenade exploded next to them, wounding Runyon and the other Marine. Attack on the USS Westchester County - This amphibious
after the NVA withdrew. atop a remote mountain in Laos to allow all-weather bombing northward.
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