| 词条 | Charlie 2 |
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|name=Charlie 2 |partof= |location= |coordinates={{Coord|16.855|N|107.005|E|display=inline|name=Charlie 2}} |image= |caption= |type=Marines/Army |code= |built=1966 |builder= |materials= |height= |used=1966–1972 |demolished= |condition= |ownership= |controlledby= |garrison= |commanders= |occupants= 3rd Marine Division 1st Brigade, 5th Infantry Division (Mechanized) |battles= Vietnam War Battle of Con Thien Easter Offensive |events= }} Charlie 2 (also known as C-2, Combat Base C-2, C-2 Strongpoint and Firebase Charlie 2) is a former U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Army and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) firebase north of Đông Hà in central Vietnam. History1966-7The base was established 12.5 km northwest of Đông Hà and 5 km southeast of Con Thien to protect the land route to Con Thien and particularly the C-2 bridge immediately north of the base.[1][2] By December 1967 all bunkers at C-2 had been completed and all minefields laid and perimeter barbed wire emplaced.[3] The Marines constructed Route 561 linking Con Thien to Route 9.[4] 1968–9During 1968 further improvements were made to the bunker system at C-2, totalling 81 reinforced bunkers.[4]{{rp|46}} In August 1969, responsibility for C-2 passed from the Marines to the 1st Brigade, 5th Infantry Division (Mechanized).[5] 1970-2On 21 May 1971 30 US infantrymen, many from Company A, 1st Battalion, 61st Infantry Regiment, were killed when a People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) 122mm rocket hit their bunker at Charlie 2.[6] On 1 April 1972 in the face of the PAVN's Easter Offensive the base was abandoned by the ARVN.[7] Current useThe base has been turned over to farmland. References{{Marine Corps}}1. ^{{cite book|last=Kelley|first=Michael|title=Where we were in Vietnam|publisher=Hellgate Press|year=2002|isbn=978-1555716257|page=5–78}} 2. ^{{cite book|last=Shulimson|first=Jack|title=U.S. Marines in Vietnam: An Expanding War 1966|publisher=History and Museums Division, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps|year=1982|url=https://archive.org/details/AnExpandingWar|isbn=978-1494285159|page=44}} 3. ^{{cite book|last=Telfer|first=Gary|title=U.S. Marines in Vietnam: Fighting the North Vietnamese 1967|publisher=History and Museums Division, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps|year=1984|url=https://archive.org/details/FightingTheNorthVietnamese|isbn=978-1494285449|page=94}} 4. ^1 {{cite book|last=Shulimson|first=Jack|title=U.S. Marines in Vietnam: 1968 The Defining Year|publisher=History and Museums Division, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps|year=1997|url=https://archive.org/details/USMarinesInVietnamTheDefiningYear1968|isbn=0160491258|page=44}} 5. ^{{cite book|last=Smith|first=Charles|title=U.S. Marines in Vietnam: High Mobility and Standdown 1969|publisher=History and Museums Division, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps|year=1988|url=https://archive.org/details/HighMobilityAndStanddown/page/n157|isbn=978-1494287627|page=144}} 6. ^{{cite journal|title=Deadly climax of ground war on Firebase Charlie 2|journal=Veterans of Foreign Wars|author=Richard Kolb|date=May 2011|url=http://digitaledition.qwinc.com/publication/?i=67000&article_id=703057&view=articleBrowser&ver=html5#{"issue_id":"67000","view":"articleBrowser","article_id":"703057"}} 7. ^{{cite book|last=Melson|first=Charles|title=U.S. Marines in Vietnam: The War That Would Not End, 1971–1973|publisher=History and Museums Division, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps|year=1991|isbn=978-1482384055|page=47}} 3 : Military installations of the United States Marine Corps in South Vietnam|Installations of the United States Army in South Vietnam|Installations of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam |
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