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1965 Vietnam Combat Operations VIETNAM COMBAT OPERATIONS – 1965 A chronology of Allied combat operations in Vietnam 1 VIETNAM COMBAT OPERATIONS – 1965 A chronology of Allied combat operations in Vietnam Stéphane Moutin-Luyat – 2009 distribution unlimited Front cover: Lt. Johnny Libs, 2d Platoon, Company C, 2d Battalion, 16th Infantry, 1st Inf Div. Bien Hoa, September 1965. (First Division Museum) 2 VIETNAM COMBAT OPERATIONS – 1965 A chronology of Allied combat operations in Vietnam This volume is the first in a series of chronologies of Allied 8th Fld Hosp combat operations conducted during the Vietnam War from 765th Trans Bn 1965 to 1973, interspersed with significant military events and 56th Trans Co augmented with a listing of US and FWF units arrival and depar- 330th Trans Co ture for each months. It is based on a chronology prepared for 339th Trans Co the Vietnam Combat Operations series of scenarios for The 611th Trans Co Operational Art of War III I've been working on for more than 101st ASA Co three years, completed with additional information obtained in Marine Unit Vietnam (CTU 79.3.5) primary source documents. It does not pretend to be a compre- Sub-Unit 2, MABS-16 hensive listing, data are scarcely available when dealing with HMM-365 South Vietnamese or Korean operations, for example. Co L, 3/9 Marines 2d Air Division Each operation is presented in the following format: 507th TCG 315th ACG (TC) Date Operation: name of the operation, when available 33d TG Location: population centers, landmarks, province. Type: type 34th TG of operation, when available. Controlling headquarters: when 23d ABG available. Task organization: friendly units involved, when 428th TFS available. Intelligence: enemy situation and forces, when Det 3, 405th FW available. Execution: brief description, when available. Res- Det 5, 405th FW ults: friendly and enemy casualties, when available. 1st ACS 19th ACS A glossary of acronyms and abbreviations is available on page 602d ACS 19. 309th TCS 310th TCS Color Code: 311th TCS 19th TASS COLOR United States Army Task Force 71 COLOR United States Marine Corps COLOR United States Air Force COLOR United States Navy JANUARY COLOR Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces COLOR Free World Forces Jan. A new CIDG camp opens at Binh Hung for Det A-411. 1 Jan. US military strength in Vietnam is approximately 23,000. US units already in-country prior to 1 January 1965: 1 Jan.-7 Feb. Operation: NGUYEN VAN NHO Location: Vung Tau Special Area; Ba Ria, Phuoc Tuy Province; Headquarters MACV Long Thanh District, Bien Hoa Province; Xuan Loc District, Long 5th Special Forces Group (Abn) Khanh Province. Type: search and Destroy. Controlling Co A, 5th SFGA headquarters: VNMC Brigade. Task organization: 1st, 2nd and Co B, 5th SFGA 3rd VNMC Bns. Intelligence: Two regiments, 9th PLAF Division. Co C, 5th SFGA Execution: With one Bn in reserve at Vung Tau, the VNMC Bri- Co D, 5th SFGA gade swept a 25-square-miles area extending 10 miles north- Co E (Signal), 5th SFGA east of Vung Tau to find and destroy the Communist force that B-51 Det (VNSF Training Center) attacked Binh Gia on 31 Dec 1964. B-52 Det Project DELTA 5 Jan. Operation: - B-53 Det (Special Missions Advisory Force) Location: War Zone C, Tay Ninh Province. Type: search and B-55 Det (5th MSFC) Destroy. Task organization: A-114, A-411. Execution: A-411 MACV-SOG SF Det from the CIDG camp at Trang Sup and A-114 from Suoi USASA Grp, Vietnam Da conducted a six-company CIDG operation into War Zone C. 8th ASA Fld Station 15 Jan. A-222 Bu Prang CIDG camp closed. 13th Avn Bn 15 Jan. A new CIDG camp opens at Plateau Gi (Chuong Nghia) 14th Avn Bn for Det A-334A1. 52d Avn Bn 15 Jan.-? Operation: 1-65 145th Avn Bn Location: Phuoc Tuy Province. Type: reconnaissance. Con- 18th Avn Co trolling headquarters: 5th SFGA. Task Organization: Det B- 61st Avn Co 52 Project DELTA, 91st Abn Rgr Bn. Execution: reconnaissance 68th Avn Co from FOB Vung Tau. 73d Avn Co 22 Jan. Buddhists demonstrate against RVN Government at US 92d Avn Co Embassy in Saigon. 114th Avn Co 25 Jan. Martial law imposed in Hue after serious disturbances. 117th Avn Co 27 Jan. LTG Nguyen Khanh takes over RVN Government from 118th Avn Co Premier Tran Van Huong in bloodless coup. 119th Avn Co 31 Jan. Casualties for the month: US – 12 KIA, 90 WIA; RVNAF 120th Avn Co – 800 KIA, 1800 WIA, 400 MIA; Enemy – 1635 KIA, 555 121st Avn Co detained. Co A, 501st Avn Bn Co A, 502d Avn Bn Arrival: 39th Signal Bn 23 Jan. Co D, 1/3 Marines 178th Signal Co 232d Signal Co 362d Signal Co 1 TDY 1st SFGA, later A-242 under 5th SFGA. 3 VIETNAM COMBAT OPERATIONS – 1965 A chronology of Allied combat operations in Vietnam FEBRUARY Force lands across RED BEACH then proceed to Da Nang airbase to secure it. At the same time, 1/3 Marines is airlifted directly Feb. A new CIDG camp opens at Phu Quoc for Det A-427. from Okinawa to the air base where an HAWK battalion and an 7 Feb. Camp Holloway near Pleiku comes under heavy attack helicopter squadron are already deployed. during the night of 6-7 February with mortar, demolition, small 8 Mar. The Kannack CIDG camp north of An Khe is attacked by arms and bazooka fire while saboteurs who have infiltrated the an estimated enemy battalion. st rd base place numerous satchel charges on and near parked air- 9 Mar. The VNMC Task Force ALPHA with the 1 and 3 Bns craft. Friendly casualties are 8 killed and 108 wounded. 18 air- engages a VC battalion near Hai An in Binh Dinh Province, killing craft are destroyed or damaged. 63. Friendly casualties are 4 KIA and 11 WIA. 7-8 Feb. Operation: FLAMING DART I 11 Mar. 65-Dec. 72 Operation: MARKET TIME Location: Vit Thu Lu, Dong Hoi barracks, Chap Le barracks. Location: RVN territorial waters, Rung Sat Special Zone. Con- 3 Type: Air strike. Task organization: 18th TFS, VNAF, CVW-15, trolling headquarters: Task Force 71 ; VNN. Execution: MAR- CVW-21. Intelligence: Headquarters, 325th PAVN Division. KET TIME was the codename for the coastal surveillance effort. 8 Feb. President Johnson orders evacuation of US government It was turned entirely to VNN control in September 1970. sponsored dependents from RVN. President also orders HAWK 14 Mar. 24 South Vietnamese Air Force planes, led by Vice-Mar- air defense missiles to SVN. shal Nguyen Cao Ky and supported by U.S. jets, bomb the bar- 9 Feb. First elements of USMC 1st LAAM Bn operational at Da racks and depots on Con Co Island, 20 miles off the coast of Nang. North Vietnam. The next day, 100 U.S. Air Force jets and car- 10 Feb. The VC blows up a four story hotel serving as BEQ in rier-based bombers struck the ammunition depot at Phu Qui, Qui Nhon. Casualties are 23 US killed, 21 US and 14 VN 100 miles south of Hanoi. This is the second set of raids in Oper- wounded. ation ROLLING THUNDER and the first in which U.S. planes use 10-11 Feb. Operation: FLAMING DART II napalm. Location: Chanh Hoa Barracks, Vu Con barracks . Type: Air 14 Mar. Operation: QUYET THANG 127 strike. Task organization: 18th TFS, VNAF, CVW-15, CVW-21. Location: An Ninh, Binh Dinh Province. Type: POW rescue. Intelligence: 325th PAVN Division. Controlling headquarters: ARVN Airborne Brigade. Task rd 15 Feb. Dr. Phan Huy Quat named RVN Premier. organization: 3 Abn Bn. Intelligence: Estimated VC Com- 15 Feb. The VC ambushes and destroys a large South Viet- pany. Execution: 38 friendly POWs liberated and evacuated. namese convoy near the Mang Yang Pass, Binh Dinh Province. Results: 5 enemy killed, no friendly casualties. 16 Feb. The largest collection of VC weapons captured to date 15 Mar. Gen. Harold K. Johnson, Army Chief of Staff, reports on is found near and aboard an NVN trawler attacked and sunk off his recent visit to Vietnam to President Lyndon B. Johnson and the coast of Vung Ro Bay, Phu Yen Province. The haul is estim- Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara. He admitted that the ated at 80 tons. recent air raids ordered by President Johnson had not affected 19 Feb. US jets used for the first time in RVN as USAF F-100's the course of the war and said he would like to assign an Amer- and B-57's conduct interdiction strikes against VC targets in ican division to hold coastal enclaves and defend the Central Phuoc Tuy Province. Highlands. 19 Feb. Operation: 2-65 15 Mar. Route 19 from Qui Nhon to Pleiku is reopened after Location: Phu Yen Province. Type: reconnaissance. Con- almost two months without traffic. trolling headquarters: 5th SFGA. Task Organization: Det B- 15-20 Mar. Operation: 9-65 52 Project DELTA, 91st Abn Rgr Bn. Execution: reconnaissance Location: Thua Thien Province. Type: reconnaissance. Con- th of the Vung Ro Bay area. trolling headquarters: 5 SFGA. Task Organization: Det B- st 5 Feb. Operation: DAN CHI 121 52 Project DELTA, 91 Abn Rgr Bn. Execution: reconnaissance Location: West of Can Tho, Phong Dinh Province. Controlling from FOB Hue. headquarters: 21st ARVN Division. 21 Mar. MACV publicly confirms riot-control agents have been 22 Feb. MG Tran Van Minh replaces Khanh as CINCRVNAF. used in RVN. 27 Feb. US White Paper accuses NVN of deliberate campaign of 21 Mar. South Vietnamese fighter-bombers escorted by U.S. aggression in SVN.
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