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United States Marine Corps in the Vietnam War
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The list United States Marine Corps in the Vietnam War includes
Vietnam War, Stanley S. Hughes, Thuy Bo incident, Combined Action Program and Operation Badger Tooth.
The list consists of 99 members
and 3 sublists.
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Vietnam War
1955–1975 conflict in Vietnam
Overview: The Vietnam War was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and a major conflict of the Cold War ...
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Operation Prairie IV
US Marine Corps operation in South VietnamOverview: Operation Prairie IV was an operation conducted by the United States Marine Corps in the area around Con Thien, South Vietnam known as Leatherneck Square from 20 April until 17 May 1967. During the course ... 0
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Operation Rolling Thunder
US aerial bombing campaign against North Vietnam (1965–68)
Overview: Operation Rolling Thunder was a gradual and sustained aerial bombardment campaign conducted by the United States (U.S.) 2nd Air Division (later Seventh Air Force), U.S. Navy, and Republic of Vietnam Air ... 0
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Phong Nhị and Phong Nhất massacre
1968 killing of Vietnamese villagers by South Korean marines during the Vietnam War
Overview: The Phong Nhị and Phong Nhất massacre (Korean: 퐁니·퐁넛 양민학살 사건, Vietnamese: Thảm sát Phong Nhất và Phong Nhị) was a massacre of unarmed civilians in the villages of Phong Nhị and Phong Nhất, Điện Bàn District ... 0
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Operation Mameluke Thrust
1968 military operation in the Vietnam War
Overview: Operation Mameluke Thrust was a US Marine Corps operation that took place in Happy Valley southwest of Danang, lasting from 19 May to 23 October 1968. 0
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Battle of Hill 488
Military engagement of the Vietnam War
Overview: The Battle of Hill 488 was a military engagement of the Vietnam War that took place on the night of 15–16 June 1966. A small United States Marine Corps (USMC) reconnaissance platoon inflicted large ca ... 0
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Operation Lam Son 719
1971 Vietnam War military offensive in Laos by the US-backed ARVN
Overview: Operation Lam Son 719 or 9th Route – Southern Laos Campaign (Vietnamese: Chiến dịch Lam Sơn 719 or Chiến dịch đường 9 – Nam Lào) was a limited-objective offensive campaign conducted in the southeastern ... 0
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Mayaguez incident
Last battle of the Vietnam War
Overview: The Mayaguez incident took place between Kampuchea and the United States from May 12–15, 1975, less than a month after the Khmer Rouge took control of the capital Phnom Penh ousting the U.S.-backed Khmer ... 0
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Stanley S. Hughes
Recipient of the Navy Cross
Overview: Stanley Smith Hughes (29 October 1918 – 5 January 2001) was raised in Tioga County Pennsylvania and was of Welsh, German and Native American descent. He joined the Marines in 1940 as an enlisted man and ...Date of birth: 29 October 1918Date of death: 5 January 2001Age: 82 (age at death)Occupation: Military 0
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Operation Fremont
US Marine Corps operation in the Vietnam WarOverview: Operation Fremont was a US Marine Corps operation that took place during the Vietnam War The operation was carried out in Quang Tri and Thua Thien Province, from 10 July 1967 to 31 October 1967. 0
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Operation Shufly
Part of the Vietnam War (1962–1965)
Overview: Operation Shufly was a United States Marine Corps operation to improve the mobility of Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) forces in the early phases of the Vietnam War from 1962 to 1965. Beginning ... 0
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Operation Houston
operation conducted during the Vietnam WarOverview: Operation Houston was a security operation in the Vietnam War conducted by the United States Marine Corps’ Task Force X-Ray to reopen and secure Route 1 between Da Nang and Phu Bai Combat Base that took ... 0
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Combined Action Program
military unit
Overview: The Combined Action Program was a United States Marine Corps counterinsurgency tool during the Vietnam War. It was widely remembered by the Marine Corps as effective. Operating from 1965 to 1971, it placed ... 0
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Operation Badger Tooth
Part of the Vietnam War (1967–1968)
Overview: Operation Badger Tooth was a search and destroy mission in the Street Without Joy area of Quảng Trị Province carried out by the 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines. Launched on 26 December 1967 the operation ended ... 0
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Operation Harvest Moon
Vietnam 1965
Overview: Operation Harvest Moon/Lien Ket 18 was a US Marine Corps and Army of the Republic of Vietnam search and destroy operation in the Quế Sơn Valley in western Quảng Tín Province, lasting from 8 to 20 December ... 0
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Operation Deckhouse IV
1966 military operationOverview: Operation Deckhouse IV was an operation conducted by the Special Landing Force (SLF) Battalion Landing Team (BLT) of 1st Battalion, 26th Marines in the eastern Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), lasting from 15 ... 0
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Operation Kentucky
multi-battalion operation
Overview: Operation Kentucky was a multi-battalion operation conducted by the United States Marine Corps in the area south of the DMZ in Quảng Trị Province. This was another operation to secure the Con Thien area ... 0
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Project Dye Marker
operational strategy employed by the United States during the Vietnam WarOverview: The McNamara Line was an operational strategy employed by the United States in 1966–1968 during the Vietnam War, aimed to prevent infiltration of South Vietnam by NVA forces from North Vietnam and Laos ... 0
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Operation Steel Tiger
1965 military operation
Overview: Operation Steel Tiger was a covert U.S. 2nd Air Division, later Seventh Air Force and U.S. Navy Task Force 77 aerial interdiction effort targeted against the infiltration of People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) ... 0
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Operation Linebacker
1972 an aerial operation during the Vietnam War
Overview: 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 ... 0
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