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    Chu Lai Base Area (also known as Chu Lai Combat Base or simply Chu Lai or Kỳ Hà) is a former U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Army and Army of the Republic of Vietnam...
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    Chu Lai Air Base was a military airport in Chu Lai, Vietnam, operated by the United States Marine Corps between 1965 and 1970. It was located near Tam...
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    the site of the Chu Lai Open Economic Zone (Vietnamese: Khu Kinh Tế Mở Chu Lai). Chu Lai was a United States Marine Corps military base from 1965 to 1970...
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    located in the Chu Lai Open Economic Zone, Núi Thành district. The airfield was originally established in the Vietnam War, as Chu Lai Air Base, by the United...
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    Vietnam which now comprised the enclaves at Da Nang, Chu Lai Base Area and Phu Bai Combat Base.: 36  In mid-July, VMFA-513 relieved VMFA-531 and VMFA-542...
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    and the team hastily scrambled aboard and were safely flown back to Chu Lai Base Area. The other five recon teams remained undetected and continued reporting...
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    William Calley (category Mỹ Lai massacre)
    not read a map or use a compass properly. In May or June 1969 near Chu Lai Base Area, Calley and two other Americal Division lieutenants were involved...
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    free to manoeuvre his brigades subject to maintaining the defense of Chu Lai Air Base.: 227  Task Force Oregon originally comprised the following units:...
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    years later, she was assigned to the 91st Evacuation Hospital at Chu Lai Base Area in South Vietnam, where she served for a year. Barbisch completed...
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  • Company M, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines, walked through Marine lines at Chu Lai Base Area toward a nearby village. In answer to a Marine sentry's shouted question...
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  • fishing village located approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) southeast of Chu Lai Base Area. It had a population of approximately 4,000 people, including many...
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    of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) base located northwest of Chu Lai, Quảng Nam Province in central Vietnam. The base was located at the intersection of...
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    Vietnam. He served as a Supply Corps officer for the Navy at the Chu Lai Base Area until 1967. Staubach supervised 41 enlisted men. Staubach returned...
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  • Vietnam's sovereignty. Massacres did not start with the Americans in My Lai, or the Vietnamese communists in Hue in 1968. And yet, the French Union's...
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    base 1 mile (1.6 km) north of the Bến Hải River. 1 August The Republic of Korea Marine Corps 2nd Marine Brigade began to arrive at Chu Lai Base Area.: 358 ...
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    Vietnam on 7 May 1965 and was attached to the 4th Marine Regiment at Chu Lai Base Area. Company B deployed to South Vietnam on 8 July and was attached to...
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    196th Infantry Brigade; the 3rd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division at Chu Lai Base Area; and the 1st Brigade, 10lst Airborne Division. On 25 September 1967...
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    4 April the squadron was assigned to Marine Aircraft Group 13 at Chu Lai Base Area.: 281  In September the squadron supported Operation Swift.: 113 ...
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    operational on 20 April 1967, when troops from the 196th landed at Chu Lai Base Area in I Corps. Over the next month, it was joined by the 1st Brigade...
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    helicopter crashed into jungle approximately 7 miles (11 km) west of Chu Lai Base Area killing two onboard and wounding him and others. The survivors were...
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    a shrapnel wound after her hospital was hit by an enemy rocket in Chu Lai Base Area. Lane was awarded a posthumous Bronze Star Medal with "V" device and...
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    Nam and Quảng Ngãi Provinces met in a base area in the hills of northern Quảng Ngãi to plan attacks on Chu Lai and on Quảng Ngãi City.: 143  While the...
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    Freeze, research base (1955–1956) For Vietnam War: Naval Support Activity Danang, Da Nang Air Base Chu Lai Base Area, Chu Lai Advance Base Đông Hà airfield...
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    damage. At Chu Lai Base Area, Hester damaged or destroyed 75 percent of the structures in the base. Sustained winds and gusts in the base were estimated...
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    commanding officer of 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division at Chu Lai Base Area. He was subsequently appointed Chief of Staff of Task Force X-Ray...
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    coinciding with the increased movement of the amphibious ships at Chu Lai Base Area.: 88   This article incorporates public domain material from websites...
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    1965, when the Viet Cong (VC) 1st Regiment had planned the attack on Chu Lai Base Area. He attacked the VC forces and repeatedly exposed himself to intense...
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  • Professional or Hill 185) is a former U.S. Army base northwest of Chu Lai, Quang Tin Province, Vietnam. The base was established in 1968 by the 23rd Infantry...
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    Sharon Ann Lane, an army nurse at the 312th Evacuation Hospital at Chu Lai Base Area, was killed in a PAVN rocket attack. She was the only U.S. servicewoman...
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    District. Lai Châu, or Muang Lay (Vietnamese: Mường Lay) was the seat of lords of the White Tai who were dominant over other Thai peoples of the area, though...
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