List of allied military operations of the Vietnam War (1968) explained

This article is a list of known military operations of the Vietnam War in 1968, conducted by the armed forces of the Republic of Vietnam, the United States and their allies.

Date Duration	Operation Name	Unit(s) – Description	Location	VC - PAVN KIAs	Allied KIAs
68	Operation Keepout^[1]	USAF operation to sow anti-personnel mines	"Parrot's Beak" area Svay Rieng Province, Cambodia
68	Operation Leap Frog^[2]	Systematic canvassing of the opinions of senior ARVN officers by U.S. military intelligence on likely Vietcong actions
68 – 69
68 – 69		USAF operation to start fires by dropping bulk fuel from C-130s in concentrated areas. The operation was eventually deemed cost prohibitive
Jan 1 – Feb 1973	Operation Igloo White^[3] ^[4]
Jan 1 – Mar 1 1973	Operation Clearwater	US Navy operation to interdict enemy bases and lines of communications on inland waterways
Jan 5 – 25	Operation Sultan (1968)	Special Forces Project DELTA operation
Jan 5 – Apr 8		USAF bombing		unknown
Jan 10 – 21	Operation Duntroon^[5]
Jan 11 – 21		1st Brigade, 9th Infantry Division search and destroy operation
Jan 13 – 28		199th Infantry Brigade search and destroy operation
Jan 13 – Feb 18		199th Infantry Brigade search and destroy operation	Gia Định and Long An Provinces
Jan 14		1st Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment operation
Jan 15 – Feb 9		1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division search and destroy operation	Quang Duc and Phước Long Provinces	63	12
Jan 18 – Feb 13	Operation Coronado X^[6]	MRF 2nd Brigade, 9th Infantry Division and US Navy Task Force 117 search and destroy operation	Ba Xuyen, Dinh Tuong, Kien Hoa, Phuoc Dinh and Vĩnh Long Provinces	344
Jan 23 – 26		Operation Napoleon/Saline^[7] ^[8] BLT 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines and HMM-165 search and destroy operation to clear the north and south banks of the Cua Viet River and prevent enemy interdiction of river traffic		10	12
Jan 20 – 27		1st Infantry Division, 2nd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division and 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment search and destroy operation
Jan 20 – 31				1,042
Jan 21 – 24				1
Jan 21 – Feb 16		1st Battalion, 1st Marines and 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines search and destroy operation		24	2
Jan 21 – Nov 23				1801	359
Jan 22 – Feb 29		2/1 Cavalry and 4th Infantry Division operation	Bình Định and Quảng Ngãi Provinces	614	156
Jan 22 – Mar 31		1st Cavalry Division and 1st and 2nd Brigades, 101st Airborne Division operation		3,268	294
Jan 24 – Mar 1		2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment and 7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment reconnaissance in force operation, which incidentally placed it in excellent response positions to several Tet Offensive trouble spots	Biên Hòa and Phước Tuy Provinces
Jan 26 – Feb 29		3rd Battalion, 1st Marines and 1st Amphibian Tractor Battalion search and destroy operation to keep the Cua Viet River supply line open. Combined with Operation Napoleon on 28 Feb 68
Jan 31 – Mar 8
Feb 1 – Mar 2	Operation Hue City^[9]			5,113	668
Feb 1 – Mar 10		2nd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division and ARVN 5th Division and 18th Division search and destroy operation	Biên Hòa and Bình Dương Provinces
Feb 5 – 17	Operation Tran Hung Dao I^[10]			953
Feb 10 – Mar 22	Operation Uniontown III^[11]	199th Light Infantry Brigade and 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment security operations		40
Feb 13 – Mar 4		MRF 9th Infantry Division, 9th ARVN Division, ARVN 21st Division joint riverine, air and ground search operations to locate and destroy Vietcong MR 3 headquarters and to cordon and search Cu Lao May island in the Hậu River southwest of Cần Thơ. The operation was also to relieve enemy pressure on the city of Cần Thơ
Feb 15		2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment and 7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment cordon and search operation		9
Feb 16 – Mar 1		ROK Capital Division search and destroy operation		664
Feb 17 – Mar 28		Continuation of Operation Tran Hung Dao I in the Saigon area with slightly reduced forces		713
Feb 18 – 19		7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment cordon-and-search operation
Feb 20 – 21		2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment and 7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment cordon-and search operation with support elements and South Vietnamese police and interpreters
Feb 26 – Mar 3	Operation Tampa^[12]	1st Battalion, 7th Marines, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines and 3rd Squadron, 5th Cavalry Regiment search and destroy operation
Feb 26 – Sep 12				702	117
Feb 27 – mid Apr		2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment and 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment operation to cordon off the entire Long Hải hills area to stop a number of VC groups trying to escape through the cordon; Australians' first successful foray into the traditional VC stronghold of the Minh Dam Secret Zone		21
Feb 29 – Mar 1		1st Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment search and destroy operation
Feb 29 – Oct 31		2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines, 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, 1st Battalion, 9th Marines, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines, 2nd Battalion, 26th Marines and 2/1 Cavalry operation		3495	353
Mar 1 – 31		3rd Brigade 4th Infantry Division search and destroy and cordon and search operation
Mar 1 – May 21		ARVN 7th Division and 9th Division and 1st and 2nd Brigades, 9th Infantry Division search and destroy operations	Dinh Tuong, Kien Hoa, Kien Tuong, Vĩnh Bình and Bình Long Provinces	1546
Mar 3 – 7				5
Mar 4 – 6		MRF 9th Infantry Division, ARVN 9th Division, ARVN 21st Division search and destroy operation	Ba Xuyen and Phong Binh Provinces
Mar 5 – 13		4th Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment and ARVN 2nd Division search and destroy operation
Mar 6 – 10		3rd Battalion, 7th Marines sweep on the peninsula formed by the Vu Gia and Thu Bồn Rivers, the so-called "Arizona Territory",		35	3
Mar 7		199th Infantry Brigade, 3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division and 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment security operation
Mar 7 – 16		199th Infantry Brigade, 3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division and 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment search and destroy operation	Biên Hòa and Long Khánh Provinces
Mar 8 – 31		1st and 3rd Brigades, 101st Airborne Division and ARVN 1st Division search and destroy, cordon and search, reconnaissance in force operation
Mar 8 – Apr 7		1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division and 199th Infantry Brigade search and destroy operation
Mar 11 – Apr 7	Operation Quyet Thang/Operation Resolve to Win^[13]	1st Infantry Division, 9th Infantry Division and 25th Infantry Division; ARVN 5th Division, 25th Division, Airborne Battalions, and Marines post-Tet Offensive clearing operation to mop up VC	Saigon area and 5 surrounding provinces	2658	79 US
Mar 12 – 26		1st Battalion, 7th Marines, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines and 3rd Squadron, 5th Cavalry Regiment search and destroy operation		160	27
Mar 14 – 20				145	14
Mar 14 – 20
Mar 16 – 17		3rd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division search and destroy operation
Mar 16 – 28		3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division and 173rd Airborne Brigade search and destroy operation
Mar 17 – Jan 31 1969		3rd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment 173rd Airborne Brigade and 1st Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment search and destroy and security operation
Mar 17 – Jul 30				1357	93
Mar 21 – Apr 6		11th Armored Cavalry Regiment operation
Mar 23 – Apr 7		3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division security operation
Mar 25 – May 29		2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment/RNZIR (ANZAC) cordon-and-search operation	Long Hải village
Mar 28 – 29		7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment final operation as a company search in the Cay Den jungle		8
Mar 30 – Jan 31 1969	Operation Cochise Green/Dan Sinh	173rd Airborne Brigade and 4th Infantry Division reconnaissance in force and pacification operation	Bình Định and Quảng Ngãi Provinces	929	114
Apr – Oct
Apr 1 – 15	Operation Pegasus/Operation Lam Son 207			1100+ (est)	144
Apr 1 – 24		2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment security operation
Apr 1 – May 17		101st Airborne Division and 3rd Brigade 82nd Airborne Division operation		2,100	195
Apr 3 – 7		1st Infantry Division security operation
Apr 3 – 7		1st Infantry Division security operation
Apr 3 – 7		1st Infantry Division security operation		13
Apr 8 – 19	Operation Norfolk Victory	1st Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment clear and search operation		43	5
Apr 8 – May 31		Allied reaction to the Tet Offensive, first of a series of massive operations combining the assets and operations of the ARVN's III Corps and the American II Field Force to maintain the post-Tet pressure on the enemy and to drive all remaining PAVN/VC troops from III Corps and the Saigon area. 3rd Brigade, 9th Infantry Division), 1st Infantry Division, 25th Infantry Division, 199th Infantry Brigade, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment and 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment participated		7,645	440
Apr 8 – Nov 11	Operation Burlington Trail	198th Infantry Brigade operation	border of Quảng Tín Province and Quảng Nam Provinces	1,931	212
Apr 10 – 14		3rd Battalion, 7th Marines operation		54	6
Apr 12 – 16		3rd Battalion, 1st Marines operation	Ba Long valley south of Cam Lo
Apr 13		1st Battalion, 27th Marines operation		60	24
Apr 14 – 28		173rd Airborne Brigade cordon and search operation
Apr 15 – 26		11th Armored Cavalry Regiment reconnaissance in force
Apr 15 – Feb 28 1969			Khe Sanh plateau	3,304	435
Apr 18 – May 17		1st and 3rd Battalion 26th Marines and 3rd Squadron, 5th Cavalry Regiment operation			21
Apr 19 – 26		2nd Battalion, 5th Marines and 1st Tank Battalion rice denial operation		55	13
Apr 19 – May 17	Operation Delaware^[14]	1st Marine Division, 1st Cavalry Division, 101st Airborne Division, 3rd Brigade 82nd Airborne Division and 196th Infantry Brigade, operation		869	45
Apr 19 – May 17
Apr 30 – May 3		US Navy River Assault Group, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, B Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines and 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment operation against the 48th and 52nd Regiments of the PAVN 320th Division to eliminate the threat to the junction of the Bo Dieu and Cua Viet Rivers		1568	110
May 1 – Nov 20
May 4 – Aug 24		1st Battalion, 7th Marines, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Battalion, 26th Marines, 1st, 2nd & 3rd Battalions, 27th Marines and 2nd Battalion, 13th Marines operation		1,017	240
May 9 – 16		2/1 Cavalry operation		349	19
May 10 – 12
May 17 – Nov 3		1st Cavalry Division operations		2114	212
May 17 – Feb 28 1969				3,299	353
May 19 – Oct 23		1st Battalion 7th Marines, 3rd Battalion 26th Marines, 1st Battalion 26th Marines, 3rd Battalion 5th Marines, A Troop, 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry, 3rd Battalion 7th Marines and 2nd Battalion 7th Marines clear and search operations		2728	269
May 21 – Aug 3				1546
May 24 – Jun 12		1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division and 3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division search and destroy operation		352	69
Jun
Jun 1 – Feb 16 1969		1st Infantry Division, 1st Cavalry Division, 9th Infantry Division, 199th Infantry Brigade, 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment and 4th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment/Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (ANZAC) and ARVN operations for static defense of designated tactical areas of responsibility as well as limited reconnaissance operations to prevent PAVN rocket fire on Saigon	Saigon and surrounding provinces	25,428	1,798
Jun 2 – 19				635	65+
Jun 7 - 14		BLT 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines clear and search operation
Jun 7 – 18		1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division reconnaissance in force operation	Lâm Đồng and Tuyen Duc Provinces
Jun 15 – 20		4th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment/Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (ANZAC) reconnaissance in force operation	between Nui Thia Vai mountain and Nui Dinh mountain	2
Jun 18 – Jul 1		1st and 3rd Battalions, 503rd Airborne Infantry Regiment reconnaissance in force operation	Binh Tuy, Lâm Đồng and Tuyen Duc Provinces
Jun 19 – 29		3rd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment and ARVN 2nd Division clear and search operation
Jun 19 – 29		1st Infantry Division security operation
Jun 20 – 30		3rd Battalion, 11th Infantry Brigade and ARVN 2nd Division clear and search operation
Jun 20 – Jul 2		198th Infantry Brigade clear and search operation
Jun 26 – 27		1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment and ARVN 1st Regiment search and destroy operation
Jul 1 – 7		Combined arms bombardment		125
Jul 5 – Aug 3		196th Infantry Brigade, 5th Battalion, 46th Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion, 26th Marines and ARVN 5th Regiment clear and search operation	Hiệp Đức Valley in Quảng Nam and Quảng Trị Provinces
Jul 17 – Mar 4 1969		ARVN 7th Division, 9th Division, 21st Division and US 9th Infantry Division operation		2,248	131
Jul 18 – 24	Operation Merino^[15]	3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment reconnaissance in force operation
Jul 20		4th Infantry Division operation
Jul 23 – 30		BLT 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines clear and search operation
Jul 29 – Aug 13		1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment and 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment reconnaissance in force
Aug 1 – 31		4th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment/Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (ANZAC) land-clearing operation
Aug 2 – Apr 24 1969	Operation Lam Son 245	ARVN 54th Regiment operation		636
Aug 4 – 20		101st Airborne Division, 1st Cavalry Division and ARVN 1st Regiment search and destroy operation
Aug 8 – Sep 6
Aug 12 – 16		Elements of the 1st Marines, 7th Marines and 27th Marines clear and search operation
Aug 22 – Dec 12		173rd Airborne Brigade and ARVN 22nd Division reconnaissance in force
Aug 23 – 31		ARVN 23rd Division, 2nd and 5th Mobile Strike Force defence of Duc Lap CIDG base
Aug 24 – Sep 9		ARVN 23rd Division operation		1091
Aug 28 – 31	Operation Cranberry Bog^[16]		Chuong Thien Province	2
Aug 28 – Sep 5		3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment reconnaissance in force
Aug 29 – Sep 9		2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines and 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines clear and search operation
Sep		MRF 9th Infantry Division search and destroy operation
Sep 1 – 9		196th Infantry Brigade security operation
Sep 3 – 24	Operation Champaign Grove^[17]	23rd Infantry Division operation		378	15
Sep 7 – 12		4th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment/Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (ANZAC) and 104th Field Battery cordon and search and reconnaissance in force operation
Sep 10 – 20		2nd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division and ARVN 54th Regiment pacification operation
Sep 10 – Oct 3		1st Cavalry Division and ARVN 1st Division clear and search operation
Sep 11 – 25		ARVN 2nd, 5th, 6th and 9th Airborne Battalions and 2nd, 3rd and 4th Battalions, VNMC operation
Sep 11 – Apr 24 1969	Operation Lam Son 261	1st ARVN Regiment operation	Thừa Thiên and Quảng Trị Provinces	724
Sep 12 – 24	Operation Hawkesbury^[18]	1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment and 4th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment/Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (ANZAC) security operation	Bien Hoa - Long Khánh Province border
Sep 13		1st Brigade, 5th Infantry Division search and destroy operation
Sep 16 – Oct 19
Sep 19 – 25		3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment reconnaissance in force operation
Sep 24 – Oct 4		1st Battalion, 11th Infantry Regiment clear and search operation
Sep 25 – Oct 14		3rd Battalion, 26th Marines clear and search operation
Sep 26 – Nov 17		2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Division operation
Sep 27 – 29		1st and 2nd Brigades, 101st Airborne Division and ARVN 54th Regiment search and destroy operation
Sep 29 – Oct 6		4th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment/Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (ANZAC) reconnaissance in force operation
Sep 29 – Oct 12		1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment reconnaissance in force			5
Sep 30 – Oct 5		2nd Battalion, 7th Marines clear and search operation
Oct 1 – 8		11th Infantry Brigade clear and search operation
Oct 3 – Nov 2		1st Cavalry Division clear and search operation
Oct 6	Operation Hung Quang 174^[19]	282nd Assault Helicopter Company and ARVN 51st Regiment operation to relieve pressure on surrounded Special Forces camp
Oct 6 – 19				353	28
Oct 7 – 12		1st Battalion 20th Infantry, 11th Light Infantry Brigade and 23rd Infantry Division search and destroy operation	northeast of Quảng Ngãi City	14	13
Oct 8 – Apr 1 1971	Operation Sealords^[20]	US Navy and South Vietnamese Navy interdiction campaign in the Mekong Delta to disrupt PAVN/VC supply lines in and around the delta
Oct 12 – 30		3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment and 4th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment/Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (ANZAC) reconnaissance in force operation		2	26
Oct 15	Operation War Bonnet^[21]	Special Forces Detachment B-52, Project DELTA and 282nd Assault Helicopter Company reconnaissance operation
Oct 16 – Apr 24 1969		ARVN 2nd Regiment operation		603
Oct 18 – 19		3rd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, 11th Light Infantry Brigade, 23rd Infantry Division search and destroy operation		23
Oct 23 – 27	Operation Rich			308	8
Oct 23 – Dec 6				700	110
Oct 24 – Nov 25		1st Battalion, 9th Marines, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines and 3rd Battalion, 9th Marines clear and search operation
Oct 25 – Nov 2		3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment reconnaissance in force and interdiction operation
Oct 25 – Nov 2		11th Infantry Brigade clear and search operation		455	35
Oct 25 – Nov 6		2nd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division and ARVN 54th Regiment clear and search operation
Oct 25 – Nov 16		2nd Battalion, 26th Marines clear and search operation		19	7
Oct 27 – Nov 1		2nd Battalion, 7th Marines clear and search operation
Oct 28 – Nov 20
Nov 1 – Feb 69	Operation Napoleon Saline II
Nov 2 – 7	Operation Search Turn^[22]			219
Nov 2 – 15		1st Cavalry Division, 1st Brigade, 5th Infantry Division and ARVN 1st Division clear and search operation	southeast of Quảng Trị City
Nov 2 – Feb 28 1969		11th Infantry Brigade operation		455	35
Nov 7 – 13		1st Battalion, 13th Marines and 1st and 3rd Battalions, 26th Marines clear and search operation
Nov 15 – Mar 1972			eastern Laos
Nov 16 – Mar 12 1969		2/1 Cavalry, 3/1 Cavalry, 1st Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment and ARVN 36th Regiment screening operation to prevent PAVN infiltration		2898	219
Nov 20 – Dec 9		1st Battalion, 1st Marines, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Battalion, 7th Marines, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines and 2nd and 3rd Battalions, 26th Marines and ARVN 51st Regiment cordon and search operations in support of Accelerated Pacification Campaign		1023	108 US, 2 ARVN
Nov 20 – Dec 16		9th Infantry Division reconnaissance in force operation
Nov 24 – 30		2nd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division clear and search operation
Nov 28 – Jan 26 1969		1st Battalion, 9th Marines, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines and 3rd Battalion, 9th Marines clear and search operation
Dec 68 – Jan 14 1969	Operation Blackhawk^[23]	1/7 Cavalry operation in the 44th Special Tactical Zone to place round-the-clock pressure on infiltration routes along the Cambodian border and keep a constant watch for VC movement		30	29
Dec 1 – Feb 28 1969		198th Infantry Brigade clear and search operation
Dec 1 – May 11, 1969	Operation Speedy Express^[24]	9th Infantry Division and ARVN 7th Division operation to prevent VC units from interfering with pacification efforts, interdict lines of communication and deny them the use of base areas	Kien Hoa and Vĩnh Bình Provinces	10,889	40
Dec 3 – Feb 17 1969	Operation Goodwood^[25]	2nd Squadron SAS 9th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment and 4th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment/Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (ANZAC) security operation
Dec 6	Operation Giant Slingshot^[26]	Third Sealords barrier established along the Vam Co Tay and Vam Co Dong rivers to interdict PAVN/VC supply routes leading from the Cambodian Parrot's Beak into the III Corps area of South Vietnam
Dec 6 – Mar 9 1969	Operation Taylor Common^[27]	1st Battalion, 3rd Marines, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines, 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines and 2nd and 3rd Battalions, 26th Marines operation to clear the An Hoa Basin, neutralize PAVN Base Area 112 and develop Fire Support Bases to interdict PAVN infiltration routes leading from the Laotian border		1398	151
Dec 8 – Feb 10 1969		ARVN 1st Ranger Group operation		695
Dec 9 – Feb 28 1969		1st Brigade, 5th Infantry Division and ARVN 1st Regiment clear and search operation		78	6
Dec 10 – 11		9th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment cordon and search operation
Dec 11 – Jan 9 1969		2nd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division and ARVN 54th Regiment clear and search operation
Dec 15 – Jan 5 1969		BLT 2nd Battalion, 26th Marines and HMM-362 clear and search operation		33	3
Dec 15 – Feb 13 1969		1st Cavalry Division operation
Dec 15 – Feb 28 1969		196th Infantry Brigade clear and search operation		322	72
Dec 16 – 24		3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division clear and search operation
Dec 18 – 25		US Army-VC prisoner release operation
Dec 27 – 31		9th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment blocking and search operation
Dec 30		2nd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division search and destroy operation
Dec 31 – Jan 13 1969		3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division reconnaissance in force operation with the 1st Battalion, 506th Airborne Infantry Regiment and the ARVN 1st Regiment		12

See also

• List of allied military operations of the Vietnam War (1969)

External links

• HELICOPTER Operations in VIETNAM
• Special Operations in Vietnam
• Information About Records Relating to the Vietnam War Operations Analysis (OPSANAL) System
• Naval Operations in Vietnam

Media

Notes and References

1. Web site: Vietnam Archive Operations Database . The Vietnam Center and Archive.
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3. Book: Nalty, Bernard. The War Against Trucks: Aerial Interdiction in Southern Laos, 1968-1972. Air Force Museums and History Program. 2005. 978-0-16-072493-0.
4. Book: Morocco, John. The Vietnam Experience Rain of Fire: Air War, 1969–1973. Time-Life Books. 1985. 978-0-939526-14-7. 38. registration.
5. Web site: Vietnam War Timeline 1970 . Veterans Support and Advocacy Service Australia . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130503092425/http://www.ausvets.com.au/vietnam/1968/ops1968.htm . 2013-05-03 .
6. Book: Fulton, MAJ GEN William. Vietnam Studies: Riverine Operations 1966-1969. Department of the Army. 1973. 978-0-9773198-4-8.
7. Book: Shulimson, Jack. U.S. Marines in Vietnam: 1968 The Defining Year. History and Museums Division, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps. 1997. 0-16-049125-8.
8. Book: Ronnie, Randall. A Vietnam War Chronology: According to Military Assistance Command Vietnam (MACV) Records. Global Book. 2003. 978-1-58898-959-8.
9. Web site: Ready for Armageddon, Appendix B Lesson Learned, Operation Hue City. Rand Corporation. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20091007202202/http://www.rand.org/pubs/conf_proceedings/CF179/CF179.appb.pdf. 2009-10-07.
10. Book: Stanton, Shelby. Vietnam Order of Battle. Stackpole Books. 2003. 978-0-8117-0071-9. 13.
11. Book: Hay, Lt GEN John. Vietnam Studies, Tactical and Material Innovations. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1974. B000Q72ZOG.
12. Web site: FMFPAC WESTPAC SITREP #1066 for 27 February 1968 Operation Tampa.
13. Web site: Combat After Action Report, Operation Quyet Thang, Headquarters 3rd Brigade, 9th Infantry Division, Period 11 Mar – 7 Apr 68. Department of the Army, Office of the Adjutant General. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20121003030653/http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=AD392316&Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf. 2012-10-03.
14. Book: Stanton, Shelby. The Rise and Fall of an American Army: U.S. Ground Forces in Vietnam, 1965-1973. Presidio Press. 2003. 978-0-89141-827-6. 248.
15. Web site: 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment. Australian War Memorial.
16. Book: Veith, George. Code-Name Bright Light: The Untold Story of U.S. POW Rescue Efforts During the Vietnam War. Dell. 1998. 978-0-440-22650-5. 211.
17. Web site: Americal Daily New Sheets Information for 680918. Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association.
18. Web site: 4th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment-New Zealand (ANZAC). Australian War Memorial.
19. Web site: Operational report information - Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association.
20. Web site: By Sea, Air and Land, An illustrated history of the U.S. Navy and the War in Southeast Asia. Department of the Navy, Naval Historical center. https://web.archive.org/web/20100409203808/http://www.history.navy.mil/seairland/chap4.htm. 2010-08-03. 2010-04-09. dead. Alt URL
21. Book: Stanton, Shelby. Green Berets at War: U.S. Army Special Forces in Southeast Asia, 1956-1975. Ballantine Books. 1999. 978-0-8041-1884-2. 226.
22. Book: Wiest, Andrew. Rolling Thunder in a Gentle Land. Osprey Publishing. 2007. 978-1-84603-216-5 . 245.
23. Book: Bernstein, Jonathan. US Army AH-1 Cobra Units in Vietnam. Osprey Publishing. 2003. 978-1-84176-606-5. 29–30.
24. Web site: 231st Transportation Company. U.S. Army Transportation School, Fort Eustis. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090327090809/http://www.transchool.eustis.army.mil/lic/documents/231st%20Trans%20Co.doc. 2009-03-27.
25. Web site: 9th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment. Australian War Memorial.
26. Book: Cutler, Thomas. Thomas J. Cutler

    . Thomas J. Cutler. Brown Water, Black Berets: Coastal and Riverine Warfare in Vietnam. U.S. Naval Institute. 2000. 978-1-55750-196-7. 296.

27. Book: Smith, Charles. U.S. Marines in Vietnam High Mobility and Standdown 1969. History and Museums Division, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps. 1988. 354.