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war. North of the town, the PAVN 341st
Infantry Division captured the ARVN communications center and the local police station after more than an hour of heavy fighting. However, all PAVN units moving down from the north were forced to stop when elements of the ARVN 52nd Task Force counter-attacked from the south. From the east, the PAVN 7th Infantry Division advanced on ARVN positions without tank support, so they sustained heavy casualties in the initial stages of the fighting. At 08:00, the 4th Army Corps Command sent eight tanks to support the 7th Infantry Division, but three were destroyed by entrenched ARVN soldiers at Bao Chanh A. By midday, the PAVN 209th and 270th Infantry Regiments captured the 18th Division headquarters and the Governor's Residence, which was defended by the ARVN 43rd and 48th Infantry Regiments, setting ablaze seven ARVN tanks in the process. In the south, the PAVN 6th Infantry Division attacked ARVN positions on Highway 1 from Hung Nghia to Me Bong Con, where they destroyed 11 tanks from the ARVN 322nd Armored Brigade. Throughout the day on 9 April, the 18th Division staged counter-attacks on the PAVN flanks to slow down their momentum, especially movements from the north and northwest.
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heavy losses on both sides, and another RF company, sent to reinforce, ran into strong resistance on
Highway 1 west of Ong Don. North of Ong Don, Gia Ray on Route 333 was under attack by the PAVN 274th Infantry Regiment, 6th Division. The 18th Division headquarters therefore realized that two PAVN divisions, the 6th and the 7th, were committed in Long Khánh. While the battle raged at Gia Ray, another post on Highway 1 west of Ong Don came under attack. Meanwhile, a bridge and a culvert on Highway 1 on each side of the Route 332 junction were blown up by PAVN sappers. Thus, all ARVN forces east of Route 332 were isolated from Xuân Lộc by formidable obstacles and PAVN roadblocks. North from Xuân Lộc, on Route 20, hamlets along the road were occupied to varying degrees by PAVN soldiers, and the RF outpost far to the northeast near the Lam Dong boundary was overrun. Đảo decided to counterattack up Route 20 with his 52nd Regiment, minus one battalion but reinforced with the 5th Armored Cavalry Squadron from Tây Ninh Province. The regiment was ordered to clear the road as far as Định Quán, but the attack quickly stalled as it met heavy resistance well short of its objective.
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one artillery battalion equipped with 15 artillery guns to bolster the 9th
Infantry Division. Following the arrival of these reinforcements, the PAVN continued their assault on the military zone of Chơn Thành. South Vietnam responded by deploying the 3rd Armored Brigade to relieve Chơn Thành, but they were stopped by elements of the 9th Infantry Division along Route 13. To avoid destruction, all surviving members from the ARVN 31st Ranger Battalion retreated to Bau Don in the east. On 2 April, the PAVN captured Chơn Thành; they claimed to have killed 2,134 ARVN soldiers, as well as capturing 472, and to have shot down 16 aircraft. In addition, North Vietnam captured 30 military vehicles (including eight tanks) and about 1,000 guns (including five artillery pieces) of various kinds. With the province of Binh Long firmly in their hands, the PAVN then set their sights on Xuân Lộc.
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Infantry
Division and the 95B Infantry Regiment defeated a combined ARVN formation which included the 52nd Task Force and the 13th Armored Squadron west of Xuân Lộc. On 16 and 17 April, the PAVN 6th Infantry Division and the 95B Infantry Regiment defeated the ARVN 8th Task Force and 3rd Armored Brigade, when the ARVN tried to recapture the military zone of Dau Giay. Around Xuân Lộc, the ARVN 43rd and 48th Infantry Regiments, as well as the 1st Airborne Brigade, suffered heavy casualties as PAVN infantry units attacked them from all sides. The armored task forces on Route 1 had to pull back; half of their equipment had been destroyed. The 1st Airborne Brigade, frustrated in its attack toward Xuân Lộc, withdrew through the plantations and jungles toward Bà Rịa in
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Toàn, informed Thiệu that the South
Vietnamese forces at Xuân Lộc had been beaten and South Vietnam's armed forces could only hold out for a few more days as a result of their losses on the battlefield. According to North Vietnam's official account of the battle, about 2,036 South Vietnamese soldiers were either killed or wounded and another 2,731 were captured. Total casualties on the North Vietnamese side are unknown, but the 4th Army Corps alone claimed to have suffered 460 killed in action, and another 1,428 wounded. While Đảo claimed that the battle cost the PAVN over 50,000 killed and 370 tanks destroyed, American estimates only put PAVN casualties at around 10 percent of those figures with 5,000 troops killed or wounded and 37 tanks destroyed.
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to a new defensive line formed east of Bien Hoa at the town of Trảng Bom which was defended by the remnants of the
Division, the 468th Marine Brigade and the reconstituted 258th Marine Brigade. On 20 April, under the cover of heavy rain, South Vietnamese soldiers and civilians began pulling out from Xuân Lộc, in a convoy of about 200 military vehicles. On 21 April, Xuân Lộc was completely abandoned, with the ARVN 1st Airborne Brigade being the last unit to be evacuated from the area. At 04:00 on 21 April, the 3rd Battalion, 1st Airborne Brigade was completely destroyed by the PAVN at the hamlet of Suoi Ca. By the end of the day Xuân Lộc was under North Vietnamese control and the gateway to Saigon was open.
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defeats. Thiệu, buoyed by the fierce resistance of his army at Xuân Lộc, announced that the ARVN had "recovered its fighting ability" to defend the country. The new attack began at 04:50 against the headquarters and 1st
Battalion, 43rd Regiment, and lasted until 09:30. When the PAVN withdrew, they left 235 dead and about 30 weapons on the field. The attack picked up again at midday and lasted until 15:00, but the 43rd, with heavy RVNAF support, held. Meanwhile, the 1st Airborne Brigade continued to attack north toward Xuân Lộc and Task Force 322, now reinforced by the 315th and 316th Task Forces, struck from the west. RVNAF observers had discovered two batteries of
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initial stages of the battle, the 18th
Division managed to beat off early attempts by the PAVN to capture the town, forcing PAVN commanders to change their battle plan. However, on 19 April 1975, Đảo's forces were ordered to withdraw after Xuân Lộc was almost completely isolated, with all remaining units badly mauled. This defeat also marked the end of Thiệu's political career, as he resigned on 21 April 1975. Once Xuân Lộc fell, the PAVN battled with the last remaining elements of III Corps Armored Task Force, remnants of the 18th Infantry Division and depleted
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eventually give the country the necessary aid to resist the North
Vietnamese. Anti-war elements, on the other hand, strongly opposed the idea. They believed the Government should negotiate with the North Vietnamese, in order to avoid a catastrophic defeat. Despite their differences of opinion, members in both houses of South Vietnam's National Assembly agreed that Thiệu should be held responsible for the country's dire military and political situation, because his policies had allowed the North Vietnamese to easily penetrate South Vietnam's military defences.
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plantation, while two Marine battalions defended the eastern corridor leading to Bien Hoa. In addition, Tan Phong and Dau Giay received reinforcements from the 33rd Ranger
Battalion, 8th Battalion, 5th Division, 8th Artillery Battalion and three armored brigades (315th, 318th and 322nd Armored Brigades). As the reinforcements were making their way onto the battlefield, RVNAF fighter-bombers from Bien Hoa and Tan Son Nhat flew between 80 and 120 combat sorties per day to support the defenders at Xuân Lộc.
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elements of the 9th Infantry Division, so they were unable to return fire. By 13 March, the PAVN was in complete control of the Dầu Tiếng military zone. After three hours of fighting, the PAVN 9th Infantry Division also captured ARVN positions at Vuon Chuoi, Nga ba Sac, Cau Tau and Ben Cui. The ARVN 3rd Brigade had planned to retake Dầu Tiếng using elements of the 5th Division, but Thiệu ordered them to pull back and defend Truong Mit, Bau Don and Tây Ninh instead.
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capturing all ARVN outposts in the surrounding areas and isolating the town center in the process; if the opportunity arose, the 4th Army Corps would launch a full frontal assault on the town center to capture all of Xuân Lộc. In the second option, if ARVN forces in Xuân Lộc did not have the strength to resist, the 4th Army Corps would strike directly at the town center using infantry units, with armored and artillery units in support.
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3482:, were among those arriving from I Corps. When reorganized and reequipped, they would take over the security mission in Hàm Tân. The 52nd Regiment meanwhile was pressing forward on Route 20 south of Định Quán and in sharp fighting on 1 April killed over 50 PAVN troops. The 43rd Regiment was fighting east along Highway 1, near Xuân Lộc and in contact with a major PAVN force.
3396:, whose strength were bolstered by the 16th Infantry Regiment, the 22nd Armored Battalion, one artillery battalion and one air-defence battalion. At 05:00 on 11 March the 9th Infantry Division commenced its attack on Dầu Tiếng. ARVN artillery positions in Rung Nan, Bau Don and Cha La were the primary targets of the 9th Infantry Division on the first day of the attack.
3529:, arrived at the headquarters of the 4th Army Corps. During the meeting with other commanders, Trần Văn Trà decided to alter certain aspects of the attack; the 6th Infantry Division and elements of the 341st Infantry Division would attack Dau Giay, which was the weakest point in the defensive line around Xuân Lộc, set up blocking positions along Highway 2 leading to
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11 April, the third day of the battle. At that time the battalion of the 48th Regiment securing Hàm Tân went back to Xuân Lộc and the 1st Airborne Brigade moved in closer to the town. Task Force 322 was making very slow progress opening the road from Trảng Bom to Xuân Lộc and Toàn ordered Task Force 315 from Cu Chi to reinforce it.
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to conduct further missions. On the same day, an artillery bombardment of 1,000 rounds fell on the headquarters and 3rd Battalion, 52nd Regiment, an artillery battalion, and elements of the 5th Armored Cavalry Squadron, four 155 mm and eight 105 mm howitzers were destroyed, and the PAVN 6th
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and the intersection of Highways 1 and 20, the ARVN 322nd Task Force and 1st Airborne Brigade (two battalions) were trying to force their way east against stiff resistance. The PAVN attacked the rear base of the 52nd Regiment on Route 20, the 43rd Infantry in Xuân Lộc and the 82nd Ranger Battalion on
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responded to the burgeoning threat on his eastern flank first by sending the 5th Armored Cavalry Squadron and then one battalion of the 48th Regiment from Tây Ninh to Long Khánh. The rest of the 48th Regiment was still heavily engaged near Go Dau Ha. The 3rd Battalion made contact with a PAVN company
3376:, four armored brigades and two Ranger battalions. Bình Dương hosted the ARVN 5th Division, one Ranger battalion and one armored brigade. To stop ARVN units from gathering in Tây Ninh and Bình Dương, and thereby regrouping for further resistance, the North Vietnamese decided to capture those regions.
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weakened due to a lack of manpower and resources. Even though Tây Ninh and Bình Dương did not play a significant role in the defensive posture of South Vietnam, large ARVN units made their way into those areas as a result of the early defeats in 1975. Tây Ninh became a refuge for elements of the ARVN
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In the days following the loss of Xuân Lộc, there was still much debate in both houses of South Vietnam's National Assembly about the country's wartime policies. Pro-war elements in the National Assembly argued South Vietnam should fight until the very end, in the belief that the United States would
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With Dau Giay and all the main roads under PAVN control, Xuân Lộc was completely isolated, the 18th Division was cut off from reinforcements and surrounded by the PAVN 4th Army Corps. On 19 April, the Joint General Staff ordered Đảo to evacuate the 18th Division and other support units from Xuân Lộc
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After the first PAVN attempt to seize Xuân Lộc had been repulsed, the PAVN began a second assault on the town. At 05:40 on 9 April 1975, the PAVN 4th Army Corps began bombarding South Vietnamese positions around Xuân Lộc firing about 4,000 rounds, in one of the heaviest artillery bombardments of the
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supporting the RF. Anticipating the attack, Đảo had reinforced the La Nga bridge the day before, but the intense fire forced a withdrawal from the bridge. After repeated assaults, the 209th Infantry penetrated Định Quán and the 2nd Battalion, 43rd Infantry, as well as the RF battalion were forced to
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and 20, striking outposts, towns, bridges and culverts north and east of Xuân Lộc. On 17 March, the PAVN 209th Infantry Regiment and the 210th Artillery Regiment, 7th Division, opened what was to become the Battle of Xuân Lộc. The 209th struck first at Định Quán, north of Xuân Lộc, and at the La Nga
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On 24 March, two regiments from the PAVN 9th Infantry Division, in coordination with two provincial infantry battalions from Bình Phước, attacked Chơn Thành with full force but were repeatedly driven back from the ARVN defensive lines. On 31 March, the PAVN 4th Army Corps sent the 273rd Regiment and
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resigned from his position. Thiệu, in response to the Senate's recommendations, immediately approved Tran Thien Kiem's resignation and swore in Nguyễn Bá Cẩn as the new Prime Minister. On 4 April, while announcing the changes of government on Saigon television, Thiệu also ordered the arrest of three
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Finally at 20:00 on 21 April 1975, Thiệu officially resigned as the president of the Republic of Vietnam upon learning that Xuân Lộc had fallen that morning. In his final effort to save South Vietnam, Thiệu gambled his political career by sending the last units of the ARVN to Xuân Lộc in an attempt
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headquarters in Bien Hoa. The PAVN 141st Regiment, 7th Infantry Division had apparently participated in the attack on Định Quán. Hoai Duc was overrun by the PAVN 812th Regiment, 6th Infantry Division, while that division's other two regiments, the 33rd and 274th, seized Gia Ray. The ARVN outpost on
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Also on 17 March, the 3rd Battalion, 43rd Regiment killed 10 PAVN in heavy fighting northwest of Hoai Duc. At the same time another outpost of Xuân Lộc District, Ong Don, defended by an RF company and an artillery platoon, came under artillery and infantry attack. The PAVN assault was repulsed with
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Bui Cat Vu, deputy commander of the 4th Army Corps, would direct operations from the east. While the PAVN were closing in on Xuân Lộc, Đảo and the chief of Long Khánh Province, Colonel Nguyen Van Phuc, were also busy lining up their units in anticipation of the PAVN onslaught. Prior to the battle,
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in the Central Highlands, the PAVN 4th Army Corps initiated their own operations against South Vietnamese forces in Tây Ninh and Bình Dương, in the southwestern regions of South Vietnam. Unlike in the previous three years, South Vietnamese defences around Tây Ninh and Bình Dương were significantly
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Following their costly victory at Xuân Lộc, the PAVN effectively controlled two-thirds of South Vietnam's territory. The loss of Xuân Lộc dealt a severe blow to the military strength of South Vietnam, which had lost almost every unit from its general reserve. On 18 April 1975, III Corps commander
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bombs on PAVN positions in the town of Xuan Vinh, close to Xuân Lộc, killing about 200 PAVN soldiers. The Joint General Staff made the decision to bolster the defences at Xuân Lộc with units drawn from the general reserve. Subsequently, the ARVN 1st Airborne Brigade arrived at the Bao Dinh rubber
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In the first half of 1975, the government of the Republic of Vietnam was in deep political turmoil, which reflected the military situation on the battlefield. At least two assassination attempts specifically targeting President Thiệu were foiled. On 23 January an ARVN officer tried to shoot Thiệu
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ordered the 95B Infantry Regiment to join the 4th Army Corps in its efforts to capture Xuân Lộc. As PAVN commanders began to implement their new strategy, the South Vietnamese military declared it had successfully repulsed the "Communist attack" on Xuân Lộc, thereby ending a period of continuous
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committed the nation's final reserve forces in Saigon's defense. In the last-ditch effort to save South Vietnam, Thiệu ordered the 18th Infantry Division to hold Xuân Lộc at all costs. The PAVN, on the other hand, was ordered to capture Xuân Lộc in order to open the gateway to Saigon. During the
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tanks destroyed. ARVN casualties had been moderate. Most of the 43rd Regiment was holding east of the town; the 48th was southwest; the 1st Airborne Brigade was south but moving north toward the 82nd Ranger Battalion; and the 322 Task Force was on Route 1 west of the Route 20 junction attacking
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regiments (24th and 25th Engineering Regiments), the 26th Communications Regiment, two armored battalions, two artillery battalions, and two Long Khánh provincial infantry battalions. On 3 April 1975, the 4th Army Corps Command came up with two options for attack; the first option would involve
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ordered the 345th Armored Squadron to move out from Bau Don to relieve the military zone of Dầu Tiếng, but they were defeated by the PAVN 16th Infantry Regiment at Suoi Ong Hung, and forced to retreat to their base. At the same time, ARVN artillery units at Bau Don and Rung Nan were subdued by
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On 15 April, the situation on the battlefield began to change as PAVN artillery stopped their shelling of Xuân Lộc, but started pounding Bien Hoa Air Base instead. In just one day, the RVNAF 3rd Air Force Division at Bien Hoa was forced to cease all operations due to continuous PAVN artillery
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On 12 April, the battalions of the 52nd Regiment were still engaged in heavy fighting north of Xuân Lộc, but the town, although demolished, was still held by the 43rd Regiment. PAVN losses to that point were probably in excess of 800 killed, 5 captured, 300 weapons captured and 11
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was appointed president, and he was ordered by the National Assembly to seek a negotiated peace with North Vietnam at any cost, to the disappointment of many in South Vietnam's political elite, who argued that the situation could have been different if Thiệu had gone earlier.
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In contrast to the situation faced by their opponents in Saigon, the North Vietnamese government were buoyed by the victories achieved by their armies since December 1974. By 8 April 1975, the PAVN had captured all of South Vietnam's I and II Corps, as well as
3471:Đảo told foreign media that: "I am determined to hold Xuân Lộc. I don't care how many divisions the Communist will send against me, I will smash them all! The world shall see the strength and skill of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam".
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helicopters brought in 93 tons of artillery ammunition and followed with 100 tons the next day. Meanwhile, RVNAF airplanes flying against intense antiaircraft fire, took a heavy toll on the PAVN divisions around Xuân Lộc flying over 200
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the conical peak of Chua Chan, standing 2,200 ft (670 m) above Xuân Lộc and providing excellent observation, also fell to PAVN 6th Infantry Division forces and Xuân Lộc itself began to receive artillery fire, including
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The PAVN 4th Army Corps Command selected Dầu Tiếng–Chon Thanh as the first target for their operation, as it was the weakest point in the South Vietnamese defensive line in the north-west area. South Vietnam maintained four
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on 3 April, Thiệu outlined his strategy to defend South Vietnam, vowing to hold what was left of his country. In his strategy, Thiệu decided that Xuân Lộc would be the center of his country's resistance, together with
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The PAVN resumed the attack on 10 April, this time committing the 165th Regiment of the 7th Infantry Division along with regiments of the 6th and 341st Divisions; again the attack failed. West of Xuân Lộc, between
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As the PAVN 4th Army Corps was the first PAVN formation to arrive at Xuân Lộc, the PAVN Central Military Committee decided that it would lead the assault. The 4th Army Corps fielded three divisions (6th,
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After capturing all key objectives surrounding Xuân Lộc in Long Khánh Province, the PAVN 4th Army Corps spent four days preparing for the final push against the ARVN 18th Division. PAVN Major General
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northeast of Xuân Lộc and attacked them. The PAVN continued sending additional forces into III Corps with the 320B and 325th Divisions moving to Long Khánh where they entered the battle on 15 April.
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3384:(RF) battalions (35th, 304th, 312th and 352nd Battalions) totalling 2,600 soldiers in the area, along with one armored brigade and ten 105 mm artillery guns. The military zone of
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On 1 April, Toàn returned the headquarters and two battalions of the 48th Regiment to the 18th Division. The regiment moved to the Xuân Lộc area but sent its 2nd Battalion to
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personally took control of the operation; he decided to launch a full-frontal assault on Xuân Lộc using his infantry, tank and artillery units from the north and northwest.
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and the 33rd Ranger Battalion. Air support came in the form of two RVNAF divisions; the 5th Air Force Division based at Bien Hoa Air Base, and the 3rd Air Force Division at
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on the coast of Bình Tuy Province to secure the city and port. Large numbers of refugees poured into the province from the north. About 500 troops, survivors of the ARVN
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On 8 April 1975, the ARVN 18th Division was the main unit defending Xuân Lộc, composed of three infantry regiments: the 43rd, 48th and 52nd. There were also five armored
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on 17 March, killed 36, and captured a number of weapons. On 26 March, Toàn sent the headquarters and two battalions of the 48th Regiment to reinforce Khiem Hanh.
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The PAVN began their Long Khánh-Bình Tuy campaign with strong attacks against ARVN positions on the two principal lines of communication in the region, Highways
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was located adjacent to the three provinces of Tây Ninh, Bình Dương and Binh Long. The task of capturing Dầu Tiếng–Chon Thanh was entrusted to the PAVN
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Battalions in a fighting retreat that lasted nine days, until they reached Saigon and PAVN armored columns crashed through the gates of South Vietnam's
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bridge, west of Định Quán. Eight tanks supported the initial assault on Định Quán and PAVN artillery fire destroyed four
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3638:25 September
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3527:Trần Văn Trà
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3480:2nd Division
3473:
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3455:west of the
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3369:Ban Me Thuot
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3324:5th Division
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3186:Phạm Văn Phú
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3079:Mekong Delta
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2333:
2327:FSB Mary Ann
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2282:
2278:Son Tay Raid
2270:
2263:
2256:
2249:
2239:Chicago Peak
2237:
2230:
2223:
2216:
2209:
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2174:
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2134:Idaho Canyon
2132:
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2118:
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2099:
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2062:
2055:
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1973:
1968:Dewey Canyon
1966:
1961:Bold Mariner
1959:
1946:
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1910:
1903:
1896:
1889:
1877:
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1856:
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1809:
1807:
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1795:Nevada Eagle
1793:
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1767:
1763:South Saigon
1735:
1728:
1721:
1714:
1707:
1701:Toan Thang I
1700:
1698:
1691:
1684:
1677:
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1654:Lima Site 85
1646:
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1484:Badger Tooth
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1367:1st Loc Ninh
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1340:
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1326:
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1303:
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1277:
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1067:2nd Bàu Bàng
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568:Harvest Moon
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548:1st Bau Bang
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220:Total forces
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209:Total forces
208:
129:Belligerents
31:Part of the
18:
3448:105 mm
3335:Lê Minh Đảo
3073:, the ARVN
3056:Lê Minh Đảo
3024:Vietnam War
2865:Stable Door
2851:Game Warden
2845:Vung Ro Bay
2839:Market Time
2711:Giant Lance
2697:Igloo White
2652:Tiger Hound
2631:Steel Tiger
2594:Barrel Roll
2519:Hue–Da Nang
2504:Spring 1975
2452:Trung Nghia
2426:(1973–1974)
2403:Thunderhead
2314:Finney Hill
2306:Lam Son 719
2189:FSB Ripcord
2176:Green River
2094:Lamar Plain
2078:Apache Snow
2043:Geneva Park
2029:Atlas Wedge
1912:Meade River
1844:Quyet Chien
1748:West Saigon
1730:Allen Brook
1716:Scotland II
1660:Quyet Thang
1622:Coronado XI
1470:Yellowstone
1405:Coronado IX
1312:Dragon Fire
1298:Coronado IV
1272:Coronado II
1146:Prairie III
1114:Beaver Cage
1007:Sam Houston
985:Cedar Falls
977:Deckhouse V
802:Nathan Hale
755:Crazy Horse
748:Paul Revere
661:Silver City
647:Cocoa Beach
335:Vietnam War
333:during the
225:At Xuân Lộc
214:At Xuân Lộc
197:Lê Minh Đảo
104: /
92:107°14′21″E
33:Vietnam War
4102:Categories
3610:References
3390:Chơn Thành
3312:battalions
3271:Long Khánh
3211:. General
3192:, General
3144:Background
3105:Bình Dương
3016:Vietnamese
2877:Sea Dragon
2797:Eagle Pull
2771:Homecoming
2659:Shed Light
2580:Ranch Hand
2497:Phước Long
2487:Thượng Đức
2472:Svay Rieng
2457:Ap Da Bien
2341:Long Khánh
2218:Elk Canyon
2183:Texas Star
2022:Maine Crag
2003:Wayne Grey
1885:Thượng Đức
1556:US Embassy
1538:Coronado X
1456:Manchester
1328:Coronado V
1279:Hood River
1245:The Slopes
1174:Kingfisher
1153:Prairie IV
1139:Prairie II
1021:Enterprise
925:Shenandoah
783:Lam Son II
727:Birmingham
253:PAVN claim
89:10°55′24″N
4046:159658662
3567:Aftermath
3492:Trảng Bom
3464:Hoàng Cầm
3443:III Corps
3386:Dầu Tiếng
3316:companies
3291:Long Binh
3267:Bình Long
3244:President
3240:Phan Rang
3198:Nha Trang
3163:Viet Cong
3159:F-5 Tiger
3157:with his
3101:III Corps
3099:The ARVN
3091:President
3064:Hoàng Cầm
2922:End Sweep
2665:Thanh Hoa
2638:Arc Light
2615:Iron Hand
2566:Farm Gate
2525:Phan Rang
2462:Quang Duc
2347:Chenla II
2120:Utah Mesa
1891:Maui Peak
1615:Hop Tac I
1588:Quảng Trị
1477:Muscatine
1398:Lancaster
1375:MacArthur
1362:Ong Thanh
1239:Concordia
1197:Kole Kole
1121:Con Thien
1102:Manhattan
911:Attleboro
790:Hawthorne
769:Hardihood
741:Austin IV
714:Xa Cam My
596:Van Buren
493:Dong Xoai
426:Kien Long
421:Long Dinh
366:Đồng Khởi
174:Hoàng Cầm
4075:Archived
3535:Vũng Tàu
3308:brigades
3287:Bien Hoa
3236:Tây Ninh
3207:for the
3188:for the
3126:Airborne
3113:Vũng Tàu
3075:II Corps
3028:Xuân Lộc
2933:East Sea
2902:Đồng Hới
2896:Sealords
2829:stations
2790:New Life
2783:Babylift
2684:Yen Vien
2531:Xuân Lộc
2467:Tri Phap
2442:Hồng Ngự
2437:Cửa Việt
2382:Loc Ninh
2272:Tailwind
2251:Chenla I
1918:Hat Dich
1879:Vinh Loc
1775:Kham Duc
1723:Delaware
1679:Carentan
1607:Lo Giang
1530:Lang Vei
1519:Khe Sanh
1463:Saratoga
1440:Napoleon
1419:Santa Fe
1265:Coronado
1232:Billings
1211:Union II
1183:Crockett
1167:Kentucky
1062:Suoi Tre
1014:Pershing
946:Geronimo
874:Amarillo
860:Long Tan
849:Colorado
823:Hastings
796:Hill 488
701:Jackstay
694:Fillmore
640:Harrison
633:New York
582:Marauder
554:Ia Drang
541:Gang Toi
511:Starlite
473:Qui Nhơn
457:Binh Gia
446:Nam Dong
409:Hiep Hoa
360:Biên Hòa
211:: 40,000
203:Strength
72:Xuân Lộc
67:Location
4090:YouTube
3511:sorties
3468:Colonel
3363:Prelude
3318:of the
3228:General
3217:I Corps
3087:Da Nang
2992:1973–74
2690:Niagara
2573:Chopper
2492:Phú Lộc
2482:Duc Duc
2154:LZ Kate
2107:Binh Ba
2016:Ben Het
1983:2nd Tet
1864:Duc Lap
1824:Binh An
1686:Pegasus
1636:Patrick
1629:Houston
1593:Bến Tre
1551:Da Nang
1448:Phoenix
1391:Osceola
1342:Bolling
1218:Dragnet
1160:Buffalo
1132:Hickory
1081:Lejeune
1000:Gadsden
958:Fairfax
932:Atlanta
842:Prairie
776:Wahiawa
762:El Paso
720:Georgia
687:Lincoln
621:Mastiff
529:Plei Me
524:An Ninh
518:Piranha
483:Sông Bé
404:Go Cong
384:Sunrise
372:Chopper
4044:
3925:
3860:
3832:
3734:
3531:Bà Rịa
3519:BLU-82
3412:Battle
3283:Da Lat
3273:. The
3130:Ranger
3122:Marine
3046:. The
3044:Saigon
2823:&
2820:Yankee
2678:Popeye
2397:Kontum
2387:An Lộc
2353:Nui Le
1758:An Bao
1743:Dai Do
1672:Walker
1642:Tam Kỳ
1600:Coburg
1512:McLain
1491:Auburn
1412:Neosho
1382:Dak To
1349:Medina
1291:Benton
1033:Bribie
993:Desoto
895:Seward
855:Duc Co
673:Oregon
488:Ba Gia
478:Ka Nak
451:An Lao
398:Ấp Bắc
391:Shufly
152:
117:Result
4042:S2CID
3919:(PDF)
3506:CH-47
3352:341st
2871:PIRAZ
2826:Dixie
2725:Patio
2422:Post-
2297:Snuol
1818:Robin
1426:Essex
1335:Kunia
1305:Swift
1225:Akron
1095:Baker
1088:Union
1057:Ap Gu
816:Macon
680:Texas
667:A Sau
589:Crimp
438:USNS
3923:ISBN
3858:ISBN
3830:ISBN
3732:ISBN
3640:2010
3501:T-54
3350:and
3269:and
3238:and
3200:and
3128:and
3085:and
3010:The
2997:1975
2987:1972
2982:1971
2977:1970
2972:1969
2967:1968
2962:1967
2957:1966
2952:1965
2947:1964
2718:Menu
2671:Bolo
2359:1972
1830:Thor
970:1967
881:Byrd
654:Utah
575:1966
535:Hump
504:1965
440:Card
353:Laos
57:Date
46:ARVN
4088:on
4034:doi
3348:7th
3083:Huế
1582:Hue
1125:DMZ
865:SS
809:Jay
415:34A
4104::
4040:.
4030:68
4028:.
4024:.
3985:^
3965:^
3947:^
3890:^
3872:^
3844:^
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3792:^
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3716:^
3682:^
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