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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 9th Infantry Division ( Vietnamese: Sư đoàn 9; Chữ Hán: 師團9) of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN)—the army of the nation state of South Vietnam that existed from 1961 to 1975—was part of the IV Corps that oversaw the southernmost region of South Vietnam, the Mekong Delta. The 9th Infantry Division was based in Sa Dec ...
A free-fire zone in U.S. military parlance is a fire control measure, used for coordination between adjacent combat units. The definition used in the Vietnam War by U.S. troops may be found in field manual FM 6-20: A specific designated area into which any weapon system may fire without additional coordination with the establishing headquarters.
The firefighters also used their fire truck to ram the gun turret to free the tail gunner. [77] Several of the firemen received medals for their heroism. On 19 July, a B-52G (Tail number 58‑0208) from the 42nd Bombardment Wing out of Loring AFB, Maine, was destroyed in a ground fire on the ramp at the base. There were no injuries.
Operation Linebacker was the codename of a U.S.Seventh Air Force and U.S. Navy Task Force 77 air interdiction campaign conducted against North Vietnam from 9 May to 23 October 1972, during the Vietnam War.
The attack on the Joint General Staff (JGS) Compound, the headquarters of the Republic of Vietnam Military Forces, occurred during the early hours of 31 January 1968. The JGS was located east of Tan Son Nhut Air Base. The attack by Vietcong (VC) forces was one of several major attacks on Saigon in the first days of the Tet offensive.
Operation Crazy Horse (16 May to 5 June 1966), named after Lakota warrior Crazy Horse, was a search and destroy mission during the Vietnam War conducted by military forces of the United States, South Vietnam, and the Republic of South Korea in two valleys in Bình Định Province of South Vietnam.
PBR on patrol in Vietnam with its front facing twin, and rear facing single .50-caliber machine guns, and mid-ship 40 mm grenade launcher clearly visible. In response to the deficiencies of the Republic of Vietnam Navy (RVNN), [5] on 18 December 1965 the U.S. Navy established Operation Game Warden and placed Task Force 116 in command. [6]