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    Operation Starlite (also known in Vietnam as Battle of Van Tuong) was the first major offensive action conducted by a purely U.S. military unit during...
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    3rd Battalion were deployed to the Vietnam War and participated in Operation Starlite, the first major Marine engagement of that conflict. The battalion...
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  • 1950 Korean War Operation Chromite – 15 September 1950 Suez Crisis Operation Musketeer – 6 November 1956 Vietnam War Operation Starlite – 21 August 1965...
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    VMFA-542 supported the 7th Marine Regiment in Operation Starlite—the first major American operation of the war. The squadron's first tour in South Vietnam...
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    VMFA-513 supported the 7th Marine Regiment in Operation Starlite – the first major American operation of the war. This one-year overseas deployment ended...
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    operations that the regiment was involved in were Operation Starlite ( 17–24 August 1965), Operation Hastings (15 July – 3 August 1966) and Operation...
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    Ranger Regiment during the Battle of Mogadishu (1993) in Somalia during Operation Gothic Serpent, which resulted in the now famous book and film Black Hawk...
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    Division on 28 July. The first major engagement for the battalion was Operation Starlite (the first regimental sized battle for American forces since the Korean...
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    the medal for his actions as a corporal on August 18, 1965, during Operation Starlite. O'Malley was born on June 3, 1943, in New York City. He was raised...
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    : 65  On 18 August the Marines launched Operation Starlite to secure the area around Chu Lai, the operation lasted until 24 August and resulted in 45...
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    In August 1965, the division's 7th Marine Regiment participated in Operation Starlite, the first major engagement against the Vietcong (VC) for American...
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  • Starlite is a thermal insulate material. Starlite or Star Lite may also refer to: Operation Starlite or Battle of Van Tuong, a 1966 battle in the U.S.–Vietnam...
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    1965, VMA-311 supported the 7th Marine Regiment in Operation Starlite, the first major American operation of the war. The squadron recorded a four-day sortie...
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  • Mimaropa and Western Visayas regions. Starlite Ferries Inc. started operations in 1995 with its first vessel MV Starlite Ferry. It began at a time when trade...
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  • gunship during Operation Starlite. The 14th Quartermaster Detachment suffered the greatest number of casualties of any allied unit during Operation Desert Storm...
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    1965. On 18 August 1965, the 3/7 took part in Operation Starlite, the first regimental size operation by US forces since the Korean War. The 3/7, along...
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    Marine Aircraft Group 11.: 149  In August group squadrons supported Operation Starlite.: 81  On the evening of 12–13 August helicopters from MAG-16 participated...
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    August Operation Starlite was the first offensive military action conducted by the U.S. Marines during the war and the first purely American operation. Lieutenant...
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    Retrieved 23 December 2007. Lehrack, Otto (2004). The First Battle – Operation Starlite and the Beginning of the Blood Debt in Vietnam. Havertown, Pennsylvania:...
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    South Vietnam in 1965. Peatross commanded his regiment during the Operation Starlite in August 1965, when the Viet Cong (VC) 1st Regiment had planned the...
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    Peninsula from 7 to 10 September 1965. Following the conclusion of Operation Starlite, on 24 August 1965, Marine intelligence concluded that the 1st VC...
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    operations in 1967 and early 1968 in this area were Operation Prairie III, Operation Prairie IV, Operation Hickory I, Operation Cimarron, Operation Buffalo...
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  • conflict in South Vietnam. On August 18, Operation Starlite began as the first major U.S. ground operation, destroying an NLF stronghold in Quảng Ngãi...
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    in Operation Starlite, a five-day search-and-destroy operation that killed some 600 Viet Cong. The successful Navy-Marine Corps amphibious operation, backed...
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    the Seabees continued lengthening the runway. It was involved in Operation Starlite on 18 August 1965, when the Marines made a pre-emptive strike on gathering...
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  • War: In a follow-up to August's Operation Starlite, United States Marines and South Vietnamese forces initiate Operation Piranha on the Batangan Peninsula...
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    3 during Operation Khanjar in Helmand Province. They returned to Helmand from late 2009 through May 2010, when it participated in Operation Moshtarak...
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    joint or combined operations. Be prepared for short-notice, worldwide employment in support of Marine Air-Ground Task Force operations. The squadron was...
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    of Tannenberg Line Operation Starlite Third Battle of Seoul Erzurum Offensive Battle of Moscow Operation Before the Dawn Operation Union Battle of Neuve...
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    military operations: Operation Starlite, Operation Piranha, Operation Harvest Moon, Operation Mallard, operations Texas and Indiana, Operation Golden Fleece...
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