USMC Combat Histories
This
is NOT an official USMC combat operations page. It is provided for combat
histories and information on USMC military operations in the Vietnam War
from Marines and Corpsmen who participated, and from available historical
documentation.~DR
ORGANIZATION
OF FLEET MARINE FORCE, PACIFIC
(courtesy of John Gundersen, India 3/5)
1st
Marine Division in Vietnam
A brief summary from a plaque I had made for my husband, Brad
3rd Battalion, 5th Marines 1967-68~DR
Regimental
History of the Fifth Marines
A brief summary submitted by Chuck Greene, Mike 3/5.
(also posted on the History page of the Mike 3/5 website)
3rd
Battalion, 5th Marines Citations awarded in RVN
(Ed McCurry's 3/5 Battalion pointer site)
Department
of Defense Photos
Submitted by Warren Wilson, USMC Combat Photographer
Operation HASTINGS
3rd Battalion, 5th Marines
Citations for Operation HASTINGS
Hastings At
34
R ecollections by "Yukon" John Harris, Lima 3/5
Operation
HASTINGS
15 July – 03 August 1966
~Recollections
by George Neville~
John Olsen's recollection of his five days on Operation HASTINGS, Newsletter #2 on the India 3/5 website
Lt. Robert S. Williams' letter to his wife, written on August 7, 1966, about Operation HASTINGS, India 3/5 website (Lt. Williams was awarded the Navy Cross for his part in that operation, his citation is also on the India 3/5 site)
Operation HASTINGS remembered by the Marines of Lima 3/5
Operation
DESOTO
Jan.-April '67
Operation
UNION and UNION II
April-June 1967
Presidential
Unit Citation
Fifth Marine Regiment (Reinforced)
"...For extraordinary heroism in action
against North Vietnamese forces during Operations UNION and UNION II
in the Que Son area, Republic of Vietnam, from 25 April to 5 June 1967..."
Operation
HICKORY
2d Battalion, 26th Marine Regiment, Company H
May 1967
Operation
COCHISE
9-18 August 1967
Operation
SWIFT
4-15 September 1967
Operation
SHELBYVILLE
22-28 September 1967
Operation
ESSEX
6-16 November '67
Operation
AUBURN
26 December-3 January 1968
TET Offensive 1968
Bob Filice, 5th Marines
"Operation
ALAMO"
Jan. 30, 1968
Memoir of TET by John Gunderson, India 3/5
Operation
HOUSTON II
7-17 May 1968
Operation
ALLEN BROOK
4 May to 6 June 1968
Operation
MAMELUKE THRUST
9 June-23 October 1968
3
September 1968
Remembrance by Mike McFerrin, M/3/5
Operation
TAYLOR COMMON
6 December 1968
to 8 March 1969
27 May 1969
Memoir
by Paul O'Connell, Mike 3/5
Go Noi Island, June '69
Recollection by Keith Hansford, H&S 3/5
Lt.
Col. Rockey's Letter of Appreciation
to
the 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines
H&S
and Mike 3/5 Operations Page
H&s
and Mike 3/5 website
REFLECTIONS AND MEMORIES
VIETNAM 1969
Grady Rainbow, Mike 3/5
Mike 3/5 Website
Fifth Marine Regiment (Reinforced)
Meritorious Unit Citation
Operation
MAMELUKE THRUST
From the History section on the Mike 3/5 website
OPERATIONS
and CAMPAIGNS OF LIMA 3/5
VIETNAM 1966 - 1971
Lima 3/5 website
History
of The 5th Marine Regiment RVN 1966-71
5th Marine Snipers website
5th
Marines, 1967
Eric Hammel
AMTRAC OPERATONS
December
67- January 69
The Battle of Dai Do
The
3rd Marine Division, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, Golf Company's fierce fight
with the NVA in April-May 1968
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