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ANNEX 1-1 |
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1965 Marine Operations |
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Operation Blast Out |
2 – 3 Aug 65 |
65 |
8 |
2 |
1st Battalion, 3rd Marines
and ARVN 4th Regiment first search and clear operation in Cam Ne
village 16 km southwest of Da Nang, Quang Nam Province, I Corps.
The operation was filmed by a CBS news crew who showed the
Marines setting fire to Vietnamese huts with their Zippo
lighters |
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Operation Marble Mountain |
4 – 5 Aug 65 |
65 |
8 |
4 |
USMC search and destroy operation in I Corps |
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Operation Binh Dinh |
10 – 11 Aug 65 |
65 |
8 |
10 |
Search and destroy
operation in II Corps |
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Operation Midnight |
12-Aug-65 |
65 |
8 |
12 |
3rd Marines search and
destroy mission about 10 miles northwest of Da Nang in Elephant
Valley, Quang Nam Province, I Corps |
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*Operation Starlite |
17 – 24 Aug 65 |
65 |
8 |
17 |
2nd Battalion 4th Marines,
3rd Battalion 4th Marines, 3rd Battalion 3rd Marines and 3rd
Battalion 7th Marines operation at Van Tuong peninsula (south of
Chu Lai) Quang Tri Province |
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Operation Stomp |
5 – 7 Sep 65 |
65 |
9 |
5 |
2nd Battalion, 7th Marines
search and destroy operation 16 km north of Qui Nhon in the Ky
Son Mountains, Binh Dinh Province |
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*Operation Piranha |
7 – 10 Sep 65 |
65 |
9 |
7 |
BLT 1st Battalion, 7th
Marines, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines and 3rd Battalion, 7th
Marines and ARVN 2d Battalion, 4th Regiment and 3rd Vietnamese
Marine Battalion operations on the Batangan Peninsula and An Ky
Peninsula aimed at the remnants of the 1st VC Regiment, to shut
down reported places of entry for a VC network of seaborne
infiltration |
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Operation Hard Rock |
26 – 27 Sep 65 |
65 |
9 |
26 |
USMC search and destroy operation in I Corps |
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Operation Sayonara |
28 Sep – 13 Nov 65 |
65 |
9 |
28 |
1st Brigade, 101st Airborne
Division and 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines area and route security
operation to cover the deployment of the ROK Capital Division in
Qui Nhon, Binh Dinh Province |
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Operation Quick Draw |
2 – 4 Oct 65 |
65 |
10 |
2 |
3rd Battalion, 7th Marines
search and destroy operation in Quang Ngai Province |
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Operation Spread Out |
Oct-65 |
65 |
10 |
4 |
2nd Battalion, 7th Marines
search and destroy operation in Vân Canh Valley, Binh Dinh
Province |
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Operation Medina |
10 – 20 Oct 67 |
65 |
10 |
10 |
1st Battalion, 1st Marines,
2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines, 1st
Battalion, 4th Marines, 1st Battalion, 11th Marines and two
battalions of the ARVN 1st Division in the Hai Lang Forest
Reserve |
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Operation Triple Play |
18 – 19 Oct 65 |
65 |
10 |
18 |
3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines
search and destroy operation in Quang Tin Province |
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Operation Red Snapper |
22 – 25 Oct 65 |
65 |
10 |
22 |
2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines
and 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines and two ARVN Battalions, one ARVN
Ranger Battalion, and four Regional Force/Popular Force
companies operation on the Phu Gia Peninsula 36 km north of
Danang |
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Operation
Hercules/Operation Drum Head |
26 – 27 Oct 65 |
65 |
10 |
26 |
3rd Battalion, 7th Marines
search and destroy operations in Quang Ngai Province |
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Operation Drum Head |
27-Oct-65 |
65 |
10 |
27 |
3rd Battalion, 7th Marines
search and destroy operation in Quang Ngai Province |
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Operation Triple Trouble |
28 – 29 Oct 65 |
65 |
10 |
28 |
1st Battalion, 16th
Infantry Regiment search and destroy operation in Binh Duong
Province |
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Operation Lien Ket 10 |
29 – 31 Oct 65 |
65 |
10 |
29 |
2nd Battalion, 4th Marines
and 3rd Battalion, 6th Regiment ARVN 2nd Division operation
against the VC Do Xa base area 20 km west of Chu Lai |
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Operation Black Ferret |
3 – 5 Nov 65 |
65 |
11 |
3 |
1st Battalion, 7th Marines
and 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines and 4th Regiment ARVN 2nd
Division search and destroy operation 16 km south of Chu Lai,
Quang Ngai Province, I Corps. Correspondent Dickey Chapelle was
killed by a mine booby-trap on this operation |
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Operation Blue Marlin |
7 – 10 Nov 65 |
65 |
11 |
7 |
BLT 2nd Battalion 7th
Marines, 3rd Battalion 3rd Marines, VNMC amphibious operation
near Tam Ky, Quang Tin Province, I Corps |
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Operation Blue Marlin II |
16 – 19 Nov 65 |
65 |
11 |
16 |
BLT 3rd Battalion, 3rd
Marines amphibious operation tying in with two ARVN Ranger
Battalions 35 km south of Da Nang |
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Operation Song Ve 6 |
22 – 24 Nov 65 |
65 |
11 |
22 |
3rd Battalion, 7th Marines,
3rd VNMC Battalion and ARVN 11th and 37th Ranger Battalions
operation in Quang Ngai Province |
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Operation Harvest Moon |
9 – 20 Dec 65 |
65 |
12 |
9 |
2nd Battalion, 7th Marines
3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines, "Lima" and "Echo" 2nd Battalion, 9th
Marines, and "Golf" Company 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines and 3rd
Battalion, 1st ARVN Regiment, 1st Battalion, 5th ARVN Regiment,
1st Battalion, 6th ARVN Regiment and ARVN 11th Ranger Battalion
operation in Quang Tin Province 37 km NW of Chu Lai in Phuoc Ha
and Que Son Valley's |
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Operation Beaver I |
17 – 21 Dec 65 |
65 |
12 |
17 |
3rd Brigade, 1st Infantry
Division road clearing and security operation in III Corps |
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Operation Hoa Xuan |
27-Dec-65 |
65 |
12 |
27 |
1st Battalion, 4th Marines
search and destroy operation on Hoa Xuan island |