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Tay Ninh Combat Base in 1966, showing the
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On 21 June 1969 after two days of shelling, the PAVN attacked the base and Tây Ninh City but were repulsed, suffering 194 dead for the loss of 10 Americans.
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Tây Ninh Combat Base was established approximately 5 km west of the city of Tây Ninh and 12 km from the
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The base was handed over to the ARVN in
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Detachment 7 provided air traffic control from August 1965 until May 1968.
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337:Other units stationed at Tây Ninh included:
711:"Communists storm U.S. base near Tay Ninh"
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399:1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment
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366:1st Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment
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354:3rd Battalion, 82nd Artillery
348:2nd Battalion, 32nd Artillery
342:7th Battalion, 9th Artillery
332:196th Light Infantry Brigade
290:) is a former U.S. Army and
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736:. 22 March 1972. p. 4.
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732:"Vietnam base attacked".
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588:Where we were in Vietnam
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439:1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry
296:People's Army of Vietnam
161:1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry
101:People's Army of Vietnam
662:Vietnam Order of Battle
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222:300 ft / 91 m
508:45th Surgical Hospital
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175:Tây Ninh West Airfield
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298:(PAVN) base west of
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734:The New York Times
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748:Categories
717:2 November
570:References
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47:11°19′30″N
540:1970–1975
534:Fish Hook
315:1966–1970
241:Direction
149:Occupants
300:Tây Ninh
269:asphalt
248:Surface
310:History
304:Vietnam
245:Length
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211:Summary
168:Airport
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592:ISBN
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