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Free-fire zone. 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 ...
Operation Speedy Express was a controversial military operation conducted by the United States Army 's 9th Infantry Division during the Vietnam War in the Mekong Delta provinces of Kiến Hòa and Vĩnh Bình. The operation, led by Major-General Julian Ewell, was part of counterinsurgency operations by the United States Armed Forces which ...
The New Year's Day battle of 1968 was a military engagement during the Vietnam War in Tây Ninh province that began on the evening of 1 January 1968. It involved units assigned to the U.S. 25th Infantry Division and two regiments of the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN). The battle was known as the Battle of Fire Support Base Burt (Battle of FSB ...
The base was established in late 1966 by the 5th Special Forces Detachment AB-31. The camp was located in Xuân Lộc and 28 km north of Nui Dat. [1] On 18 May 1969 at 01:00 the 7th Battalion, 9th Artillery Regiment and the 2nd Battalion, 35th Artillery Regiment, 54th Artillery Group at the base were attacked by elements of the Viet Cong (VC ...
90 minutes. Country. Vietnam. Language. Vietnamese. The Abandoned Field: Free Fire Zone ( Vietnamese: Cánh đồng hoang) is a 1979 Vietnamese drama film directed by Nguyễn Hồng Sến [ vi]. It won the Golden Prize and the Prix FIPRESCI at the 12th Moscow International Film Festival. [1]
History. This firebase was named for US Army Corporal John James Illingworth, a member of Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, posthumous recipient of the Silver Star. [ 1][ 2] The firebase was first established on 17 March 1970 by the 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 35 km northwest of Tây Ninh and approximately 5 km from ...
2 people suffered serious injuries, 1 person suffered minor injuries. On 6 September 2022, the An Phú karaoke bar in Thuận An, Bình Dương Province, Vietnam caught fire, killing at least 33 people. [1] [2] Some survivors jumped from second and third storey windows. [3] It is one of the deadliest fires in modern Vietnamese history.
In use. 1968-9. Battles/wars. Vietnam War. Garrison information. Occupants. 101st Airborne Division. Firebase Berchtesgaden (also known as Firebase Eagle's Nest or Hill 1030) was a U.S. Army firebase located west of Huế overlooking the A Shau Valley in central Vietnam.