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Air controllers of the 2nd Battalion, 28th Infantry calling in aircraft to lift troops for redeployment, 18 February 1970. The base was established in October 1966. The camp was located in the Dầu Tiếng District, 60 km northwest of Tan Son Nhut Air Base and 24 km east of Tây Ninh between the Saigon River and the Michelin Rubber Plantation.
On 3 December in the early morning there were attacks by fire on Dầu Tiếng Base Camp, Tây Ninh Combat Base and Quần Lợi Base Camp causing minimal damage. At 14:45 a unit of the 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, engaged an enemy force 2 miles (3.2 km) southwest of Bù Đốp, killing five and capturing two AK-47s.
At 20:00, Phước Vĩnh Base Camp was hit by 40 107 mm rockets and 75 mm recoilless rifle fire, and an hour later by five mortar rounds; the attacks caused little damage. An OH-6 was shot down 15 miles (24 km) west of Katum. On 30 December at 09:30, five 107 mm rockets hit Dầu Tiếng Base Camp, causing minimal damage.
At 18:45 on 19 August, the 33rd Regiment ambushed a column of Company B 1/5th Infantry and Troop A 3/4th Cavalry as they moved along Route 239 through the Bến Củi Plantation towards Dầu Tiếng Base Camp. B-40 and recoilless rifle fire knocked out the two leading vehicles and Company B established a defensive position north of the road ...
Đức Phổ Base Camp. / 14.815; 108.96 ( Đức Phổ Base Camp) Đức Phổ Base Camp (also known as Đức Phổ Airfield, LZ Bronco, LZ Montezuma and Núi Đàng) is a former U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Army base in the Đức Phổ District, Quảng Ngãi Province Vietnam .
Operation. Battle of Firebase Burt, 1–2 January 1968. Operation Yellowstone commenced on 8 December with two infantry battalions from the 1st Brigade landing by helicopter unopposed at the hamlet of Katum on Highway 4. When the two battalions finished securing the area, a task force consisting of tanks, artillery and engineers moved along ...
The district capital lies at Dầu Tiếng township. The district had a base with the same name during the war in Vietnam. Dầu Tiếng Base Camp played a prominent role in the fighting around northern III Corps. On 23 February 1969, the NVA launched a large scale attack on the base to coincide with their Tet 1969 campaign. References
Camp Humphreys, the largest United States overseas military base by population, with a combined military and civilian population of 40,000. Pituffik Space Base , the largest United States overseas military base by area, at 66,000 hectares.