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The 3rd Battalion, 9th Marines (3/9) is an infantry battalion of the United States Marine Corps. Formed during World War I it served until the early 1990s when it was redesignated as 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines (3/4) during a realignment and renumbering of the Marine Corps' infantry battalions, following the deactivation of the 9th Marine Regiment.
Marines fire a 60 mm mortar. The operation commenced on 21 April with the continued build up for forces at An Hoa airstrip with 2 companies arriving on LVTHs of Company B, 1st Amphibian Tractor Battalion and Company I, 3/9 Marines and Battery B, 12th Marines arriving by air. [1]: 93 The Marines divided up the area of operations into 20 company-sized areas and began systematic sweeps with the ...
3rd Battalion, 9th Marines (3/9) - US Marines in Vietnam. 3rd Battalion, 9th Marines. 3D BN 9TH MARINES COMMAND CHRONOLOGY Mar-1965 DOCUMENT NO. 1201056111 3D BN 9TH MARINES COMMAND CHRONOLOGY Apr-1965 DOCUMENT NO. 1201056112 3D BN 9TH MARINES COMMAND CHRONOLOGY May-1965 DOCUMENT NO. 1201056113 3D BN 9TH MARINES COMMAND CHRONOLOGY 1-16 JUN 1965 ...
15 maj 2024 · A nurse attempts to comfort a wounded U.S. Army soldier in a ward of the 8th army hospital at Nha Trang in South Vietnam on February 7, 1965. The soldier was one of more than 100 who were wounded during Viet Cong attacks on two U.S. military compounds at Pleiku, 240 miles north of Saigon.
Marines from BIT 3/9 came ashore on 8 March 1965 at RED Beach 2, northwest 0/ Da Nang. The heavy surfdelayed the landing/or an hour. (USMC PhotoA183676) U.S. MARINES IN VIETNAM. THE LANDING AND...
Following the conclusion of Operation Georgia on 10 May, the 3rd Battalion, 9th Marines remained at An Hoa Combat Base to provide security for the An Hoa Industrial Complex.
The following day, 8 March, the first wave of Marine Battalion Landing Team (BLT) 3/9 at Da Nang. On the beach waiting for the Marines was a host of welcoming South Vietnamese dignitaries and local schoolgirls who bedecked the 9th MEB commander, Brigadier General Frederick J. Karch, with a garland of flowers.
