Vietnam War 1970

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C.VIETNAM  WAR 1970

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Iconic image ... Australian soldiers group at Nui Dat in Phuoc Tuy province awiting helicopter support for Operation Puckapunyal circa 1970, during the Vietnam War. Source: The Daily Telegraph COMBAT MEDIC VIETNAM WAR 1970                                                                     Viet Nam War Protest, 1970

UCSF faculty, students, and staff protest the US invasion of Cambodia, May 1970.      January 1970 (a)January 1, 1970  Operation Cuu Long  

• After terminating Operation QUYET THANG, the ARVN IV Corps launches a new Corps-wide campaign in IV CTZ named Operation CUU LONG.

• The 1st ARVN Division begins Operations LAM SON 249 and 250 in Quang Tri Province.

• The 41st ARVN Regiment of the 22d Division begins Operation NGUYEN HUE/41/1 in Binh Dinh Province.

• Members of the 5th ARVN Regiment find eight bodies, apparently civilians who had been killed approximately one week earlier. All victims had hands tied behind their backs and most had fractured skulls.

• Two hours after the New Year truce ends, an element of the 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division engages 50 enemy 10 km northwest of Go Dau Ha in Tay Ninh Province. Results are 16 enemy killed and no friendly casualties.

  __________________  (b)Trinh Duc info: "Early in 1970 I was ambushed along with eight others in jungle clearing. The nine of us were walking single file across a vegetable filed that the Villagers had carved out of the jungle, on our way from one hamlet to another ,It was a cloudy ninght. The moon was partially covered over and no one could see much. I knew I should have taken the line around the clearing,keeping to the jungle,but I was in too much of a hurry.Toward the middle of the clearinh there was a clump of banana trees.Just as I pulled even with them. I realized there were some  shapes in the trees.They saw me at exactly the same instant,and instictively I flattened to the ground. Just at that moment claymore mines fire off on the path behind me,huge explotions.the instant they stopped I crawled back along the path right over where they had gone off. As i crawled I felt some of the bodies,then squirmed off at a right angle toard the jungle. Firing was going on all around. At least two bullets hit my backpack before I got to the tree line>I had to leave the bodies there in the field. I kept thingking how demoralizing it would be for the peasant."  (3)January 2, 1970  

• The 44th ARVN Special Tactical Zone begins Operation CUU LONG/44/01 in Chau Doc Province.

• The 2nd ARVN Division begins Operations QUYET THANG 45, 54 and 63 in Quang Tin and Quang Ngai Provinces.

• Civilian woodcutters accidentally trip enemy claymore mine 3 km southwest of Hoi An in Quang Nam Province. Seven civilians are killed and 21 wounded.

• An elements of the 1st Marine Division observes 25 enemy with weapons moving west 15 km southwest of An Hoa in Quang Nam Province. Artillery is fired in reaction, killing 20.

• US infantry company commander is relieved of his command after enemy sappers slipped through his unit's night defensive positions killing 8 and wounding 5.

  __________________ (4)Jan.4th.1970 Operation Cliff  Dweller    

• The 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division with 4-9 Inf, 3-22 Inf and Co A, 2-34 Arm begins Operation CLIFF DWELLER IV to clear the slopes of Nui Ba Den used by the enemy as a staging area for attacks on Tay Ninh City.

• The 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division begins Operation WAYNE THRUST in northern Binh Dinh Province.

• Operation WAYNE BREAKER terminates. Operation was initiated 18 Oct 69 in the An Khe area under control of the 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division. Results are 154 enemy killed, 7 detained, 1 US KIA and 9 US WIA.

• A VC mortar attack on a refugee camp near An Hoa, Quang Nam Province kills 12 civilians and wounds 72 others.

  __________________ (5)January 6, 1970  

• The ROK Cavalry Regiment (CRID) begins Operation DOK SU RI 7Q in Binh Dinh Province.

• The ROK 26th Regiment (CRID) begins Operation JANG BI 1 in Binh Dinh Province.

• An element of the 7th Marines in night defensive positions 10 miles southeast of An Hoa in Quang Nam Province receives more than 200 rounds of 82mm mortar and a ground attack by unknown number of enemy. The Marines return fire with organic weapons and supporting artillery. Sappers penetrate the perimeter and are repulsed. Results are 39 enemy killed, 13 US KIA and 63 US WIA.

• An enemy force of unknown size is engaged by elements of the 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division 12 km northeast of Tay Ninh City with support from helicopter gunships and the 3d and 35th Tactical Fighter Wings. Results are 37 enemy killed, 1 US KIA and 6 US WIA.

  __________________ (6)January, 10th 1970

The Airforce VNAF free postal airoplane and rocket cover,  send from “KBC 4652 LDPT”VNAF 4th Division Phong Dinh, to Dinh Vu So 332-1 “KBC 3319” Cam Ranh Naval Training center with CDS Quan Buu 10.1.1970. and red KBC 4652 double circle stamped . At the top of cover handwritten “ Thu Ta The Ve Bien Nhatrang mien Cac nay”(what the meaning ?). Inside the letter in Vietnamese language:

                  Con Tho ngay 31.12.69                                                 Chu Ngen Hom nay tap nhan dtuoc Tho Qui, tep Lay Lam Ngung, Vi Qui dta chon dtuoc nganh Hai Phoa theo tap nghi thi Qui se La chanh thuc La nguoi lungcua dai duong. Vi qui Se dti tau bien Luc Qui nang Khoa nganh hai Phai Xem xen, voi nganh Bom dtau cua nganh H.Q.vey,Khi Ban dtuoc dti tau Bien Bau se dtuoc dti tat ca cac tinh cua V,N. Tap lat tiet La dta mot Phen tinh nguyen dti nganh Xa thu, De Lau nguoi hung o Giang Nghung tap o toai nguyen dtuoc, vi tap dta La RQ ma o dtuoc tren Trei Anh Ban dtuoc, nhung Ban dti hoi Pkao Eoi Chung Cuoi o co vo dto vi no so Ban thut Sap Nha dto Q suen tap cang quen luc qui dti co gei Lai cho thieu Ba lo noi o?———. Can dtoi voi tap thi o co nhung noi o co thi o dtuoc ngoi nhung nguo: Qui biet Ra con tiet nhiem nhung tap dtem tu choi vi  tap ho mat cam ve van dte am uong vay le lat ra nhung au o tap cung xen xen voi ban ma thu. Con phep thi Bi cap roi tai du ky roi nen o duoc ve cuoi thu tep cung chuc qui dtuoc nhiem mai mang ve  suc khoc nan nay tap cung nhu qui au tet tai dton vi cung nhu noel vua roi nhung C.T.cung Vui vui dto ban. Thoi tap xin tau dtung biet va mong tho qui dtien neu Ban co dti dtan coi tap o mai ta dta chi cu.                                                             Thau ly                                     Tap luc nay ngheo quc qui vi                   _____________________________________________________________   (Free  airmail –rocket VNAF 4th Air Division  cover, postally used with red KBC 4652 and Black Quan Buu stamped 10.1.1972  from KBC 4652(Phong Dinh Air Force)  L.D.P.T (?)  to CTTT Chong Thu literaly mean Gouverment Building,Tao Tac literally mean Building & Construc-tion, CTTT means Corps of Engineers , Ve Bien Nha Trang mien Cac Truong, Dinh Vu Sro 332-1(?),KBC 3319(Naval Training center Cam Rahn). The back side of the cover pencil written nhan ngay (arrive) 17.01-1970. one week after postal date stamped auth), and the type letter fron the same sender to “Huyen Trin Qui” from Phong Dinh 20.2.1970. Huyen Trin Qui covers were the best collection for showed because many variations during the war 1969 until 1971-aut) (5) January,15th.1970 The Bird triangle stamps were isuued in this day and  the uncommon mint stamp 30 pi.   (6)January 19, 1970  

• The 1st Brigade, 5th Infantry Division (Mech) begins Operation GREENE RIVER in the Ba Long Valley of Quang Tri Province.

• The 3d Mobile Strike Force Command begins Operation BULL RUN II in Phuoc Long Province.

• The 7th ARVN Division begins Operation CUU LONG/7/01 in Dinh Tuong and Kien Hoa Provinces.

• The 9th ARVN Division begins Operation CUU LONG/9/03 in Vinh Binh Province.

• As part of Operation WASHINGTON GREEN, the 3d Battalion, 506th Infantry under opcon of the 173d Airborne Brigade begins a month-long battle for the control of Hill 474 in Binh Dinh Province defended by elements of the 22nd PAVN Regiment.

• At 1145, a suspected VC terrorist threw three grenades into a school yard in Thanh Quit Hamlet 10 km northwest of Hoi An in Quang Nam Province. Four children were killed and eleven others were wounded. Four US Marines were also wounded.

• At 1445 a mechanized infantry element of the 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, discovered a significant enemy cache 15 km east of Lai Khe containing 51,750 rounds of 7,62mm ammunition, 1,350 rounds of 12.7mm heavy machine gun ammunition, 165 RPG-7 rocket-grenade rounds, 75 pounds of TNT and 17 60mm mortar rounds.

• At 1525, an helicopter gunship from the 1st Squadron, 9th cavalry observed and engaged a group of 20-30 enemy soldiers 10 km southeast of Duc Phong in Phuoc Long Province, killing 12.

• The enemy detonated claymore mines on an ARVN company traveling to the training area at Thu Duc Infantry School in Gia Ding Province. Results were 20 ARVN KIA and 43 ARVN WIA.

Some great pictures of Hill 474 in the An Lao Valley:

  __________________ (7)January,24th.1970 (a) January 24, 1970  

• At 1420 an element of the 1st brigade, 25th Infantry Division engaged an unknown size enemy force 25 km west of Tay Ninh City and 2 km from the Cambodian border. Results were 22 enemy killed and no US casualties.

• Sales of LIFE magazine 19 Jan issue are banned by the GVN from sale in RVN because the article on My Lai are "violent and helpful to the enemy."

  __________________ (b) Banque Francaise De L'Asie (Phap A Ngan Wang) Compte D'Epargne Money  Deposit's Bank Book: (a) Front cover

(b) Inside

January 28, 1970  

• Troops of the 28th ROK Infantry Regiment engage an unknown size enemy force 24 km north of Ninh Hoa in Khanh Hoa Province. Results are 25 enemy killed and no friendly casualties.

• The 3rd Battalion, 16th ARVN Regiment with OV-10 support engages an unknown size enemy force 14 km southwest of Vi Thanh in Chuong Thien Province. results are 34 enemy killed, 2 detained, 3 ARVN KIA and 11 ARVN WIA.

• An F-105 fighter-bomber is shot down over NVN by ground fire as it returned fire from an attack on an unarmed photo reconnaissance aircraft. Less then two hours later a USAF search and rescue helicopter was shot down by an air-to-air missile while attempting to locate the missing pilots of the F-105. Eight US personnel are listed missing.