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Timeline, February 16th
INDOCHINA WAR:
February 16, 1965 (15th day of the 1st month, Year of the Snake [At Ti]) (US Defense): A U. S. Army pilot flying over Vung Ro Bay near Qui Nhon, north of Cam Ranh Bay, notices an "island" moving slowly from one side of the bay to the other. Upon closer observation he sees that it's really a camouflaged ship Air strikes by VNAF A-1H Skyraiders are called in and the ship, a North Vietnamese trawler, is sunk. It's carrying more than 100 tons of munitions. The incident convinces Allied leaders that a tight offshore patrol is needed and coastal surveillance centers are set up at Da Nang, Qui Nhon, Nha Trang, Vung Tau and An Thoi, and the Seventh Fleet's Task Force 71, the Vietnamese Patrol Force, is established to conduct Operation Market Time to counter infiltration. (TVW, OS) February 16, 1966 (27th day of the 1st month, Year of the Horse [Binh Ngo]) (US Counteroffensive): Operation Eagles Claw begins (it is also the third phase of Operation Masher/White Wing). February 16, 1966 (27th day of the 1st month, Year of the Horse [Binh Ngo]) (US Counteroffensive): The final day of Phase I of Operation Double Eagle. February 16, 1966 (27th day of the 1st month, Year of the Horse [Binh Ngo]) (US Counteroffensive): Lt. Colonel William Harold Bodner is killed by a mine on what US troops will call Bodner Hill, in II Corps. February 16, 1967 (8th day of the 1st month, Year of the Goat [Dinh Mui]) (US Counteroffensive Phase II): Operation Deckhouse VI begins. February 16, 1967 (8th day of the 1st month, Year of the Goat [Dinh Mui]) (US Counteroffensive Phase II): 1 ATF conducts Operation Dalby. Main Force Unit: 6 RAR. (OS) More information on this and other 6 RAR operations. February 16, 1967 (8th day of the 1st month, Year of the Goat [Dinh Mui]) (US Counteroffensive Phase II): A recon patrol from C/2/8th, 4th Infantry Division, is ambushed. February 16, 1967 (8th day of the 1st month, Year of the Goat [Dinh Mui]) (US Counteroffensive Phase II): Operation River Raider I begins in the Rung Sat Special Zone along the Long Tau shipping channel leading to the port of Saigon. (OS) February 16, 1968 (19th day of the 1st month, Year of the Monkey [Mau Than]) (US Tet Counteroffensive): The 57th Assault Helicopter Company compound at Kontum receives 40 to 50 mortar rounds at 2400 but no damage is reported. February 16, 1968 (19th day of the 1st month, Year of the Monkey [Mau Than]) (US Tet Counteroffensive): ROK troops begin Operation Maeng Ho 10 in Binh Dinh Province. February 16, 1968 (19th day of the 1st month, Year of the Monkey [Mau Than]) (US Tet Counteroffensive): 7 RAR begins two-day cordon-and-search Operation Oakleigh. (OS) February 16, 1968 (19th day of the 1st month, Year of the Monkey [Mau Than]) (US Tet Counteroffensive): Hue: Intercepted radio transmissions reveal that the NVA CO inside the Citadel has been killed and his successor has requested permission to withdraw. The NVA denies the request and ARVN moves another battalion into the fight. (VHPA) February 16, 1968 (19th day of the 1st month, Year of the Monkey [Mau Than]) (US Tet Counteroffensive): A US Army platoon, out on a night ambush near Bong Song, Hoai Nhon Province, is attacked. February 16, 1968 (19th day of the 1st month, Year of the Monkey [Mau Than]) (US Tet Counteroffensive): Khe Sanh: The C-123K Providers alone can't supply the base because of their small load capacity and the need for them throughout the country due to the general offensive. From this date forward, C-130s deliver cargo to the base, including heavy timbers for bunkers, via the parachute extraction method, where, after riggers have prepared the pallets by lashing strips of aluminum to metal pallets before loading them into the transports, the rear hatch is opened as the C-130 flies in low over the base and at the pilot's signal, the crew releases the bonds holding the pallet and a parachute, filled by the force of the plane's slipstream, snatches out the load, which falls a few feet onto the ground. Problems soon arise: the heavy pallets start tearing up the aluminum matting of the runway; aircrews are endangered because the C-130 has to fly dangerously close to a wrecked C-123k; and Marines are also at risk, since the slightest miscalculation will send a ton of cargo into their position (as happens on March 2, when a container crashes into a bunker and kills a man). The Air Force soon modifies the procedure so that a hook is extended from the cargo hatch to catch a cable strung across the runway. (TVW) February 16, 1968 (19th day of the 1st month, Year of the Monkey [Mau Than]) (US Tet Counteroffensive): A US Army platoon ambushes North Vietnamese troops who are infiltrating South Vietnam's Binh Duong Province from Cambodia at night. February 16, 1968 (19th day of the 1st month, Year of the Monkey [Mau Than]) (US Tet Counteroffensive): MAG-16 update, Marble Mountain. February 16, 1968 (19th day of the 1st month, Year of the Monkey [Mau Than]) (US Tet Counteroffensive): Team Box Score, an eight-man LRRP patrol of US Marines, contacts enemy troops in Quang Tri Province. February 16, 1969 (1st day of the 1st month, Year of the Rooster [Ky Dau]) (US Counteroffensive Phase VI): 5 RAR arrive at Vung Tau. 1 Troop C Squadron tanks are in a heavy engagement at Bien Hoc. B Squadron Centurion tanks arrive in Vietnam to support C Squadron. (OS) February 16, 1970 (11th day of the 1st month, Year of the Dog [Canh Tuat]) (US Winter-Spring 1970): The 119th AHC supports FSB Hopper. THIRD INDOCHINA WAR: February 16, 1979 (20th day of the 1st month, Year of the Goat [Ky Mui]): Vietnamese Premier Pham Van Dong arrives in Phnom Penh for talks with Kampuchean leaders. Western analysts estimate that Vietnam has 100,000 militia, with artillery and air support, near the Chinese border, and that up to 18 divisions are now committed in Kampuchea. (TVW) |
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Thanks for some more history about my beloved 123s... and for the remembrances.
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