Campaign Series: Vietnam is a new turn-based, tactical/operational war game that focuses on the Indochina War, Vietnam Civil War and the first years of US involvement in Vietnam with over 100 historical scenarios.
The Battle of Suoi Bong Trang was fought on the night of 23–24 February 1966 between the U.S. 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division and Australian 1 RAR and PAVN/VC. The battle occurred during Operation Rolling Stone, a major American security operation to protect engineers building a tactically important road in the vicinity of Tan Binh, in central Binh Duong Province, 30 kilometres (19 mi) northwest of Bien Hoa Air Base. The battle resulted 154 PAVN/VC killed and 15 captured and 11 U.S. killed.
11-28 Feb.
Operation EAGLE CLAW/WHITE
WING. Continuing its operations around Bong Son, the 1st Cavalry Division with the 1st and 3d Brigades will push into the Kim Son Valley, a long time enemy base area.
11 Feb.-2 Mar.
Operation ROLLING STONE/4-66 begins. The 1 Brigade, 1st Infantry Division with 1RAR opconed will conduct a search and destroy operation to provide security for the 1st Engineer Battalion's road construction between Lai Khe and Phuoc Vinh in Binh Duong Province.
19 Feb.-1 Mar.
Operation DOUBLE EAGLE II kicks off. TF Delta (3/1, 2/7, 2/9 Marines and SLF 2/3) will move 50 miles to the north and conduct a search & destroy operation between Tam Ky, Tien Phuoc and My Son, the 1st VC Regiment has been reported in the area.
20-27 Feb.
As a companion operation to DOUBLE EAGLE II, the 2d ARVN Division with a VNMC battalion will conduct Operation LIEN KET 24 and reopen the road between Tam Ky and the CIDG Camp at Tien Phuoc
21 Feb.-25 Mar.
Operation HARRISON begins. The 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, 2d ROK Marine Brigade and the 47th ARVN Regiment will continue search and destroy operations in Phu Yen Province, especially between Tuy An and Tuy Hoa.
21-27 Feb.
Operation MASTIFF will be launched in the Boi Loi Woods by the 2d and 3d Brigades, 1st Infantry Division to prevent an attack on Dau Tieng, the 9th VC Division has been reported in the area.
22-24 Feb.
Operation CLEAN SWEEP, 2d Brigade, 25th Infantry Division search and destroy around Cu Chi, Hau Nghia Province.
22 Feb.-3 Mar.
Two regiments of 1st ARVN Division launch Operation LAM SON 235, a nine-day search-and destroy operation in Quang Tri Province.
Two days in, Operation Junction City was an 82-day military operation conducted by U.S. and ARVN. It was the largest U.S. airborne operation since Operation Market Garden during World War II, the only major airborne operation of the Vietnam War and one of the largest U.S. operations of the Vietnam War. The operation resulted in 2,728 PAVN/VC and 282 U.S. killed.
Kind of a drag
When your baby don't love you
Kind of a drag
When you know she's been untrue
Oh oh, listen to what I've gotta to say
Girl, I still love you
I'll always love you
Anyway, anyway, anyway
Kind of a drag
When your baby says goodbye
Kind of a drag
When you feel like you want to cry
Oh oh girl, even though you make me feel blue
I still love you
I'll always love you
Anyway, anyway, anyway
Oh, listen to what I've gotta say
Girl, I still love you
I'll always love you
Anyway, anyway, anyway
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11-28 Feb.
Operation EAGLE CLAW/WHITE
WING. Continuing its operations around Bong Son, the 1st Cavalry Division with the 1st and 3d Brigades will push into the Kim Son Valley, a long time enemy base area.
11 Feb.-2 Mar.
Operation ROLLING STONE/4-66 begins. The 1 Brigade, 1st Infantry Division with 1RAR opconed will conduct a search and destroy operation to provide security for the 1st Engineer Battalion's road construction between Lai Khe and Phuoc Vinh in Binh Duong Province.
19 Feb.-1 Mar.
Operation DOUBLE EAGLE II kicks off. TF Delta (3/1, 2/7, 2/9 Marines and SLF 2/3) will move 50 miles to the north and conduct a search & destroy operation between Tam Ky, Tien Phuoc and My Son, the 1st VC Regiment has been reported in the area.
20-27 Feb.
As a companion operation to DOUBLE EAGLE II, the 2d ARVN Division with a VNMC battalion will conduct Operation LIEN KET 24 and reopen the road between Tam Ky and the CIDG Camp at Tien Phuoc
21 Feb.-25 Mar.
Operation HARRISON begins. The 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, 2d ROK Marine Brigade and the 47th ARVN Regiment will continue search and destroy operations in Phu Yen Province, especially between Tuy An and Tuy Hoa.
21-27 Feb.
Operation MASTIFF will be launched in the Boi Loi Woods by the 2d and 3d Brigades, 1st Infantry Division to prevent an attack on Dau Tieng, the 9th VC Division has been reported in the area.
22-24 Feb.
Operation CLEAN SWEEP, 2d Brigade, 25th Infantry Division search and destroy around Cu Chi, Hau Nghia Province.
22 Feb.-3 Mar.
Two regiments of 1st ARVN Division launch Operation LAM SON 235, a nine-day search-and destroy operation in Quang Tri Province.
New Operations today in 1966:
24-25 Feb.
Operation COUNTY FAIR, 3/3 Marines cordon and search around Phong Bac, Quang Nam Province.
Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev made his "secret speech" On the Cult of Personality and Its Consequences to the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. The speech was a major cause of the Sino-Soviet split in which China (under Chairman Mao Zedong) and Albania (under First Secretary Enver Hoxha) condemned Khrushchev as a revisionist. In response, they formed the anti-revisionist movement, criticizing the post-Stalin leadership of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union for allegedly deviating from the path of Lenin and Stalin. Khrushchev also announced a policy of Peaceful coexistence between the Soviet-allied socialist states and the capitalist bloc in contrast to the earlier Soviet policy of world revolution.
11-28 Feb.
Operation EAGLE CLAW/WHITE
WING. Continuing its operations around Bong Son, the 1st Cavalry Division with the 1st and 3d Brigades will push into the Kim Son Valley, a long time enemy base area.
11 Feb.-2 Mar.
Operation ROLLING STONE/4-66 begins. The 1 Brigade, 1st Infantry Division with 1RAR opconed will conduct a search and destroy operation to provide security for the 1st Engineer Battalion's road construction between Lai Khe and Phuoc Vinh in Binh Duong Province.
19 Feb.-1 Mar.
Operation DOUBLE EAGLE II kicks off. TF Delta (3/1, 2/7, 2/9 Marines and SLF 2/3) will move 50 miles to the north and conduct a search & destroy operation between Tam Ky, Tien Phuoc and My Son, the 1st VC Regiment has been reported in the area.
20-27 Feb.
As a companion operation to DOUBLE EAGLE II, the 2d ARVN Division with a VNMC battalion will conduct Operation LIEN KET 24 and reopen the road between Tam Ky and the CIDG Camp at Tien Phuoc
21 Feb.-25 Mar.
Operation HARRISON begins. The 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, 2d ROK Marine Brigade and the 47th ARVN Regiment will continue search and destroy operations in Phu Yen Province, especially between Tuy An and Tuy Hoa.
21-27 Feb.
Operation MASTIFF will be launched in the Boi Loi Woods by the 2d and 3d Brigades, 1st Infantry Division to prevent an attack on Dau Tieng, the 9th VC Division has been reported in the area.
22 Feb.-3 Mar.
Two regiments of 1st ARVN Division launch Operation LAM SON 235, a nine-day search-and destroy operation in Quang Tri Province.
24-25 Feb.
Operation COUNTY FAIR, 3/3 Marines cordon and search around Phong Bac, Quang Nam Province.
New Operations today in 1966:
25 Feb.-4 Mar.
Operation GARFIELD phase I is launched. The 3d Brigade, 25th Infantry Division will airlift two of its battalions (1/14 and 1/35) to the Ban Me Thuot East airfield and conduct search and destroy operations in the vicinity of the Mewal Plantation. 2/35 will remain at Pleiku to provide security,
In the Battle of Long Dinh, the ARVN, despite overwhelming numbers and firepower, was not aggressive in its attack, and the VC 514th Battalion escaped. The battle resulted in 40 VC and 16 ARVN killed.
11-28 Feb.
Operation EAGLE CLAW/WHITE
WING. Continuing its operations around Bong Son, the 1st Cavalry Division with the 1st and 3d Brigades will push into the Kim Son Valley, a long time enemy base area.
11 Feb.-2 Mar.
Operation ROLLING STONE/4-66 begins. The 1 Brigade, 1st Infantry Division with 1RAR opconed will conduct a search and destroy operation to provide security for the 1st Engineer Battalion's road construction between Lai Khe and Phuoc Vinh in Binh Duong Province.
19 Feb.-1 Mar.
Operation DOUBLE EAGLE II kicks off. TF Delta (3/1, 2/7, 2/9 Marines and SLF 2/3) will move 50 miles to the north and conduct a search & destroy operation between Tam Ky, Tien Phuoc and My Son, the 1st VC Regiment has been reported in the area.
20-27 Feb.
As a companion operation to DOUBLE EAGLE II, the 2d ARVN Division with a VNMC battalion will conduct Operation LIEN KET 24 and reopen the road between Tam Ky and the CIDG Camp at Tien Phuoc
21-27 Feb.
Operation MASTIFF will be launched in the Boi Loi Woods by the 2d and 3d Brigades, 1st Infantry Division to prevent an attack on Dau Tieng, the 9th VC Division has been reported in the area.
22 Feb.-3 Mar.
Two regiments of 1st ARVN Division launch Operation LAM SON 235, a nine-day search-and destroy operation in Quang Tri Province.
25 Feb.-4 Mar.
Operation GARFIELD phase I is launched. The 3d Brigade, 25th Infantry Division will airlift two of its battalions (1/14 and 1/35) to the Ban Me Thuot East airfield and conduct search and destroy operations in the vicinity of the Mewal Plantation. 2/35 will remain at Pleiku to provide security
New Operations today in 1966:
26-28 Feb.
Operation KOLCHAK I, 1/5 (25th Infantry) search and destroy around Cu Chi, Hau Nghia Province.
26 Feb.-22 Mar.
Operation PHOENIX, 2/503 (173d Airborne) search and destroy 5km W of Tan Uyen, Bien Hoa Province.
26 Feb.
Operation LIGHTNING III, ROK Capital Division operation about 30 kilometers NW of Qui Nonh.
Ongoing Operation Harrison was conducted by the 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division in Phú Yên Province. The month-long operation resulted in 288 PAVN killed and 35 captured and 43 U.S. killed and two missing.
11-28 Feb.
Operation EAGLE CLAW/WHITE
WING. Continuing its operations around Bong Son, the 1st Cavalry Division with the 1st and 3d Brigades will push into the Kim Son Valley, a long time enemy base area.
11 Feb.-2 Mar.
Operation ROLLING STONE/4-66 begins. The 1 Brigade, 1st Infantry Division with 1RAR opconed will conduct a search and destroy operation to provide security for the 1st Engineer Battalion's road construction between Lai Khe and Phuoc Vinh in Binh Duong Province.
19 Feb.-1 Mar.
Operation DOUBLE EAGLE II kicks off. TF Delta (3/1, 2/7, 2/9 Marines and SLF 2/3) will move 50 miles to the north and conduct a search & destroy operation between Tam Ky, Tien Phuoc and My Son, the 1st VC Regiment has been reported in the area.
20-27 Feb.
As a companion operation to DOUBLE EAGLE II, the 2d ARVN Division with a VNMC battalion will conduct Operation LIEN KET 24 and reopen the road between Tam Ky and the CIDG Camp at Tien Phuoc
21 Feb.-25 Mar.
Operation HARRISON begins. The 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, 2d ROK Marine Brigade and the 47th ARVN Regiment will continue search and destroy operations in Phu Yen Province, especially between Tuy An and Tuy Hoa.
21-27 Feb.
Operation MASTIFF will be launched in the Boi Loi Woods by the 2d and 3d Brigades, 1st Infantry Division to prevent an attack on Dau Tieng, the 9th VC Division has been reported in the area.
22 Feb.-3 Mar.
Two regiments of 1st ARVN Division launch Operation LAM SON 235, a nine-day search-and destroy operation in Quang Tri Province.
25 Feb.-4 Mar.
Operation GARFIELD phase I is launched. The 3d Brigade, 25th Infantry Division will airlift two of its battalions (1/14 and 1/35) to the Ban Me Thuot East airfield and conduct search and destroy operations in the vicinity of the Mewal Plantation. 2/35 will remain at Pleiku to provide security
26-28 Feb.
Operation KOLCHAK I, 1/5 (25th Infantry) search and destroy around Cu Chi, Hau Nghia Province.
26 Feb.-22 Mar.
Operation PHOENIX, 2/503 (173d Airborne) search and destroy 5km W of Tan Uyen, Bien Hoa Province.
New Operations today in 1966:
27 Feb.-3 Mar.
Operation NEW YORK/THUA THIEN 177 begins. The 2/1 Marines from the Phu Bai TAOR will assist the 1/3 ARVN Battalion (1st Division) to clear the Phu Thu Peninsula (124,26) east of Phu Bai.
Note to the followers of the "On This Day" series:
Where possible, I try to post entries accurately, exactly matching today's date.
Where not possible, I will post about an "ongoing" operation launched some days or weeks earlier. You can be sure that a reported combat operation did in fact occur in part "on this date" Especially as "the" Vietnam War progresses, there is no shortage of ongoing combat operations.
In order to exactly match today's date, I am forced to hop, skip, jump around from year to year. The narrative is not strictly or anywhere near chronological. "Impressionistic history" as it were.
With Campaign Series: Vietnam's initial release extending only up until 1967's end, for now I restrict reporting events from 1967 and earlier. With each new DLC (the planned next one being Tet '68), I will extend the covered timeline to include later and later dates.
So as not to report, and display photos of, combat operations only (that might soon become boring, particularly if overly America-centric), I try to mix it up, reporting/displaying the broader political and geo-political context. The many Indo-China conflicts from the late 1940s through the late 1980s were part and parcel set in the global East vs. West, Socialism vs. Capitalism Cold War. Context matters!
Every posted photo is carefully selected, as much as possible, to depict the actual reported event(s). The photos are never random or arbitrary.
Rules Are Meant to Be Broken, including any of the above.
The U.S. and South Vietnam announced that sustained bombing of North Vietnam would begin during the coming week. As a result of the announcement, North Vietnam's leaders ordered the evacuation of children and elderly residents from Hanoi and other major cities.
11-28 Feb.
Operation EAGLE CLAW/WHITE
WING. Continuing its operations around Bong Son, the 1st Cavalry Division with the 1st and 3d Brigades will push into the Kim Son Valley, a long time enemy base area.
11 Feb.-2 Mar.
Operation ROLLING STONE/4-66 begins. The 1 Brigade, 1st Infantry Division with 1RAR opconed will conduct a search and destroy operation to provide security for the 1st Engineer Battalion's road construction between Lai Khe and Phuoc Vinh in Binh Duong Province.
19 Feb.-1 Mar.
Operation DOUBLE EAGLE II kicks off. TF Delta (3/1, 2/7, 2/9 Marines and SLF 2/3) will move 50 miles to the north and conduct a search & destroy operation between Tam Ky, Tien Phuoc and My Son, the 1st VC Regiment has been reported in the area.
21 Feb.-25 Mar.
Operation HARRISON begins. The 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, 2d ROK Marine Brigade and the 47th ARVN Regiment will continue search and destroy operations in Phu Yen Province, especially between Tuy An and Tuy Hoa.
22 Feb.-3 Mar.
Two regiments of 1st ARVN Division launch Operation LAM SON 235, a nine-day search-and destroy operation in Quang Tri Province.
25 Feb.-4 Mar.
Operation GARFIELD phase I is launched. The 3d Brigade, 25th Infantry Division will airlift two of its battalions (1/14 and 1/35) to the Ban Me Thuot East airfield and conduct search and destroy operations in the vicinity of the Mewal Plantation. 2/35 will remain at Pleiku to provide security
26-28 Feb.
Operation KOLCHAK I, 1/5 (25th Infantry) search and destroy around Cu Chi, Hau Nghia Province.
26 Feb.-22 Mar.
Operation PHOENIX, 2/503 (173d Airborne) search and destroy 5km W of Tan Uyen, Bien Hoa Province.
27 Feb.-3 Mar.
Operation NEW YORK/THUA THIEN 177 begins. The 2/1 Marines from the Phu Bai TAOR will assist the 1/3 ARVN Battalion (1st Division) to clear the Phu Thu Peninsula (124,26) east of Phu Bai.
The U.S. and South Vietnam announced that sustained bombing of North Vietnam would begin during the coming week. As a result of the announcement, North Vietnam's leaders ordered the evacuation of children and elderly residents from Hanoi and other major cities.
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I was nine years old at the time, so I do not remember that the U.S. engaged in indiscriminate bombing like that.
