| 词条 | Operation Maine Crag |
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| conflict = Operation Maine Crag | partof = Vietnam War | image = File:2.3 Marines pass a destroyed North Vietnamese truck south of Khe Sanh.jpg | caption = 2/3 Marines pass a destroyed PAVN truck | date = 15 March – 2 May 1969 | place = Vietnam Salient, Quảng Trị Province, South Vietnam | coordinates = {{Coord|16.579|N|106.753|E|display=inline}} | result = Allies claim operational success | combatant1 = {{flag|United States}} {{flagicon|South Vietnam}} South Vietnam | combatant2 = {{flagicon|North Vietnam}} North Vietnam | commander1 = {{flagicon|United States}} Paul D. Lafond {{flagicon|South Vietnam}} Hoàng Xuân Lãm | commander2 = Unknown | strength1 = {{flagicon|United States}}: 2nd Battalion 3rd Marines 1st Battalion 3rd Marines 1st Battalion 12th Marines Company B, 1st Battalion, 61st Mechanized Infantry 1st Battalion, 77th Armor 1st Battalion, 44th Artillery {{flagicon|South Vietnam}}: 3rd Battalion, 2nd Regiment | strength2 = Unknown | casualties1 = Unknown | casualties2 = US body count: 207 killed | notes = | campaignbox = {{Campaignbox Vietnam War}} }} Operation Maine Crag was a US Marine Corps, United States Army and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) operation that took place in northwest Quảng Trị Province, lasting from 15 March – 2 May 1969. BackgroundSince early March 1969, U.S. reconnaissance detected an increase in People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) activity south of Route 9 in the area known as the "Vietnam Salient" where Vietnam protrudes into Laos as the PAVN sought alternative supply routes to avoid U.S. forces engaged on Operation Dewey Canyon against Base Area 611 and Operation Massachusetts Striker in the A Shau Valley[1] The plan for the operation called for the 1st Battalion 3rd Marines and 2nd Battalion 3rd Marines to launch a helicopter assault from Firebase Snapper ({{Coord|16.587|N|106.701|E|display=inline}}),[2] 4 km south of Lang Vei to establish fire support bases in the south of the salient and then conduct search operations along Route 616, supported by the ARVN 3rd Battalion, 2nd Regiment. Several days later an Army task force Task Force Remagen comprising Company B, 1st Battalion, 61st Mechanized Infantry, 1st Battalion, 77th Armor, 1st Battalion, 44th Artillery and Army and Marine bulldozer teams under operational control of the 3rd Marine Regiment would move west from Vandegrift Combat Base along Route 9 to Lang Vei and then south to join up with the Marines, deterring any PAVN armored threat. On 10 March 2/3 Marines deployed by helicopter to Landing Zone Hawk south of Route 9 and marched the 7 km to Landing Zone Snapper.[1]{{rp|64}} OperationDue to bad weather, the helicopter deployment from Landing Zone Snapper was delayed and 2/3 Marines marched into the salient establishing Firebase Saigon ({{Coord|16.524|N|106.703|E|display=inline}})[2]{{rp|5–454}} overlooking Route 616. On 17 August Battery A 1st Battalion 12th Marines was landed at Firebase Saigon and Companies G and H began patrolling southwest onto Route 616.[1]{{rp|64}} On 18 March Company G ambushed two PAVN supply trucks on Route 616 killing more than 7 PAVN. On 19 March Task Force Remagen set out west along Route 9, while 1/3 Marines was landed by helicopter at Firebase Saigon and then began patrolling southwest supported by 2 M50 Ontos. 2/3 Marines continued patrolling Route 616 engaging several PAVN squads in brief firefights and on 20 March the PAVN ambushed a Company H water detail killing 3 Marines and wounding 15.[1]{{rp|64}} On 21 March near the site of the previous day's ambush Company H discovered a PAVN staging area including over 350 tons of rice, 7000 pounds of salt and large stocks of ammunition.[1]{{rp|64–6}} 2/3 Marines continued patrolling the Route 616 area encountering few PAVN but finding additional storage sites, prisoner interrogation confirmed that the area was only lightly defended by supply units and recently infiltrated soldiers. In early April the PAVN began firing rockets and artillery on the salient from positions in Laos causing limited damage as the Marines had already begun to leave the area. On 6 April control of Task Force Remagen passed from the Marines back to the Army which began operations on the Khe Sanh plateau and later the 3rd Battalion, 2nd ARVN Regiment which had been based at Landing Zone Torch ({{Coord|16.524|N|106.787|E|display=inline}})[2]{{rp|5–517}} east of Landing Zone Saigon was lifted back to Đông Hà Combat Base. The Marines moved south from the salient into the Đa Krông Valley where they patrolled with no significant contacts for a further 2 weeks before being redeployed to the central DMZ for Operation Virginia Ridge.[1]{{rp|66}} AftermathOperation Maine Crag concluded on 2 May, in addition to the loss of large quantities of weapons and supplies the PAVN had allegedly lost 207 killed.[1]{{rp|67}} Notes{{Marine Corps}}1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 {{cite book|last=Smith|first=Charles|title=U.S. Marines In Vietnam: High Mobility And Standdown, 1969 |publisher=History and Museums Division, Headquarters US Marine Corps|url=https://archive.org/details/HighMobilityAndStanddown|year=1988|isbn=9781494287627|page=63}} 2. ^1 2 {{cite book|last=Kelley|first=Michael|title=Where we were in Vietnam|publisher=Hellgate Press|year=2002|isbn=978-1555716257|pages=5–470}} 3 : Battles and operations of the Vietnam War|United States Marine Corps in the Vietnam War|Battles and operations of the Vietnam War in 1969 |
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