Operation Flaming Dart

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Operation Flaming Dart was a U.S. military operation, conducted in two parts, during the Vietnam War.
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Vietnam War
Ap Bac – Binh Gia – Pleiku – Song Be – Dong Xoai – Starlite – Gang Toi – Ia Drang – Hastings – Masher/White Wing – A Shau – Xa Cam My – Duc Co – Long Tan – Attleboro – Cedar Falls – Tra Binh Dong – Bribie – Junction City – Hill 881 – Ong Thanh – Dak To – 1st Tet – Khe Sanh – 1st Saigon – Hue – Lang Vei – Lima Site 85 – Kham Duc – Dewey Canyon – 2nd Tet – Hamburger Hill – Binh Ba – Cambodia – Snuol – FSB Ripcord – Tailwind – Lam Son 719 – Ban Dong – FSB Mary Ann – Easter '72 – 1st Quang Tri – Loc Ninh – An Loc – Kontum – 2nd Quang Tri – Phuoc Long – Ho Chi Minh – Ban Me Thuot – Xuan Loc – Truong Sa – 2nd Saigon – SS Mayagez
Air operations
Ranch Hand – Pierce Arrow – Barrel Roll – Pony Express – Flaming Dart – Rolling Thunder – Steel Tiger – Arc Light – Tiger Hound – Igloo White – Commando Hunt – Menu – Chenla I – Chenla II – Linebacker I – Linebacker II


United States President Lyndon B. Johnson in February 1965 ordered a series of reprisal air strikes after several attacks on U.S. bases by Vietcong (NLF) units, particularly in reply to a mortar attack at Pleiku. These strikes had originally been intended to be part of a three-phase "program" beginning with attacks in Laos in December, 1964 (Operation Barrel Roll) to bring pressure to bear on North Vietnam, and so had been ready to fly.

49 sorties were flown for Flaming Dart I (February 7, 1965) and 99 more for Flaming Dart II (February 11, 1965). The Vietcong attacked a hotel billeting U.S. personnel in reaction to Flaming Dart I, prompting the second air strike. Flaming Dart I targeted North Vietnamese army bases near Dong Hoi, while the second wave targeted Vietcong logistics and communications near the Demilitarized Zone.

American reaction to Communist escalation was not restricted to the bombing of North Vietnam. Washington also authorized the use of U.S. jet attack aircraft to engage targets in the south. On February 19, U.S. Air Force B-57s conducted the first jet strikes flown by Americans in support of South Vietnamese ground units. On February 24, Air Force jets struck again, this time breaking up a Communist ambush in the Central Highlands with a massive series of tactical air sorties.

The Operation Flaming Dart raids were later followed by Operation Rolling Thunder, which began a 44-month campaign March 2, 1965. Operation Flaming Dart was featured in the computer game Battlefield: Vietnam.
Total dead: ~314,000
Total wounded: ~1,490,000 North Vietnam and NLF
dead and missing: ~1,100,000 [1] [2] [3] [4]
wounded: ~600,000+ [5]
People's Republic of China
dead: 1,446
wounded: 4,200

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Battle of Ap Bac was a small-scale action early in the Vietnam War that resulted in the first major combat victory by Viet Cong guerrillas against regular South Vietnamese forces.
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Battle of Binh Gia, which was part of a larger Communist campaign, was conducted by the Viet Cong from December 28, 1964, to January 1, 1965, during the Vietnam War in Binh Gia, Phuoc Tuy Province (now part of Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province), South Vietnam.
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Viet Cong attack on Pleiku airbase (aka Camp Holloway Airfield) occurred on the night of February 6, 1965. The attack left nine Americans dead and 128 wounded,[1] and it prompted the United States to launch Operation Flaming Dart against North Vietnam in retaliation.
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Battle of Song Be was a major action between the National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam (Viet Cong) and Army of the Republic of Viet Nam (ARVN). Planned as a major show of force against the rapidly collapsing ARVN forces, the NLF attempted to capture the capital of
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Battle of Dong Xoai was waged by the National Liberation Front, otherwise known as the Viet Cong, during the Communist winter-spring offensive of 1965. It was the largest battle during that stage of the Vietnam War.
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Operation Starlite was the first offensive military action conducted by a purely U.S. military unit during the Vietnam War. The operation was launched based on intelligence provided by Major General Nguyen Chanh Thi, the commander of the South Vietnamese forces in northern I Corps
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Battle of Gang Toi was fought on November 8, 1965. It was one of the first engagements between Australian and Viet Cong troops during the conflict.

The battle occurred when the 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, struck a Viet Cong bunker system in the Gang Toi Hills
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X-Ray: Est. 634 killed (Moore)
Albany: Unknown [1]
(reported 403 killed)
Overall for Ia Drang campaign (not only these battles):
1,519 killed by body count [2] X-Ray: 79 killed
121 wounded
Albany: 155 killed
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Operation Hastings was an American military operation in the Vietnam War.

Having been threatened by numerous encounters with enemy troops in the Cam Lo area, on July 7th 1966, United States Marine Corps General Lew Walt led a joint U.S.
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Operation Masher was a combined US, ARVN, and ROKA operation that began on January 28, 1966. The name Operation Masher was changed to Operation White Wing, because the name was deemed too crude for 'nation-building'.
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Battle of A Shau was waged in 1966 during the Vietnam War. The battle began on March 9 and lasted until March 10 with the fall of the special forces camp of the same name. The battle was an outright victory for the North Vietnamese; it was nevertheless a costly battle that U.S.
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Battle of Xa Cam My was a battle of the Vietnam War fought over two days from April 11 to April 12, 1966. Originally planned as a U.S. search and destroy mission intended to lure out the "crack" Viet Cong D800 Battalion, Charlie Company soon find itself fighting for survival in the
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Battle of Duc Co was a major engagement between the North Vietnamese 5th Battalion of the 33rd Regiment and the South Korean 3rd Battalion of the 1st Cavalry Regiment.

The battle resulted from North Vietnamese attempts to infiltrate Duc Co from Cambodia.
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Battle of Long Tần is arguably the most famous battle fought by the Australian Army during the Vietnam War. It was fought in a rubber plantation (in UTM Grid YS 49-66[3]
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Operation Cedar Falls was conducted by the U.S. and South Vietnamese forces during the Vietnam War on January 8 – January 26, 1967 to root out Viet Cong base camps in the so-called Iron Triangle.
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Operation Bribie was an Australian quick reaction operation conducted on February 17, 1967.

The operation began with the 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment setting out to establish a blocking force and prevent the withdrawal of Viet Cong forces following an
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Operation Junction City was a 72-day military operation conducted by U.S. and Republic of Vietnam (RVN or South Vietnam) forces begun on 22 February 1967 during the Vietnam Conflict. It was the largest U.S.
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Battle of Hill 881 was a battle between soldiers of the North Vietnamese Army and U.S. Marines during the Vietnam War. It became known as "the Hill Fights", involving Hills 881 North, 881 South, and 861.[1] The numbers refer to the elevation of the hills in meters.
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Battle of Ong Thanh was a battle of the Vietnam War that occurred on October 17, 1967.

During this little known battle, the soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, the "Black Lion Battalion", was ambushed and subsequently destroyed by a well-entrenched and
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Battle of Dak To was a series of major engagements of the Vietnam War that took place between 3 November and 22 November 1967, in Kontum Province, in the Central Highlands of the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam).
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Phase I: 2,788 killed, 8,299 wounded, 587 missing
Phase II: 143 killed, 646 wounded
Phase III: unknown
Civilian: 14,000 killed, 24,000 wounded
Phase I: 1,536 killed, 7,764 wounded, 11 missing
Phase II: 1,161 killed, 3,954 wounded
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Battle of Khe Sanh was conducted in northwestern Quang Tri Province, Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam), between 21 January and 8 April 1968 during the Vietnam War. The combatants were elements of the United States (U.S.
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First Battle of Saigon fought during the Tet Offensive of the Vietnam War was the coordinated attack by the NVA and VC, by which they attacked South Vietnam's capital Saigon from all sides.

Background

In 1968 the NVA and VC launched the Tet Offensive.
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ARVN: 452 Killed; 2,123 wounded
U.S.: 216 killed; 1,584 wounded[1]
Total: 668 killed; 3,707 wounded 5,000 killed in city, 3,000 killed in surrounding area, 98 captured[2]|

The Battle of Huế,(pronounced like way)
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Battle of Lang Vei was a battle of the Vietnam War fought on the night of 6 February 1968, between elements of the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) and the United States-led Detachment A-101, 5th Special Forces Group.
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Battle of Lima Site 85 was a battle of the Vietnam War. The site was located at Phou Pha Thi—a mountain 15 miles (24 km) from the border of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV or North Vietnam) and 30 miles (48 km) from Sam Neua, capital of the Pathet Lao.
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Battle of Kham Duc was the struggle for the United States Army Special Forces camp located in Quang Tin province, South Vietnam. It began on May 10 and ended on May 12, 1968.

The Kham Duc special forces camp was occupied by the 1st Special Forces detachment consisting of U.
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