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Ernest Patrick Chamberlain commented on the post, Tet '68 in Phuoc Tuy: Impact on communities 6 years, 2 months ago
The article is very interesting indeed and quite topical. Some readers who visited – or were stationed in, Baria during the War, might think of Baria more of a “town” than a “village”. However, according to the official Vietnamese administrative history:
“Before 1975, the city of Baria – from an administrative perspective, was only the village (xã) of Phước Lễ. On 8 December 1982, the t…Read More -
Ernest Patrick Chamberlain commented on the post, The Tet Offensive in Ba Ria, Viet Nam 1968 6 years, 5 months ago
Hi All, Thanks for the map David – very useful indeed to have it “Internet-accessible”. I have a copy of the original ie: Baria (Special), 1:10,000 (AFV/F7-12/2114), prepared from aerial photography flown in April 1968. Regrettably, I no longer have a map of Baria Town (circa 1966-67) with all the streets “named”. Apropos earlier postings, the Van Kiep National Training Center/Centre can…Read More
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Ernest Patrick Chamberlain commented on the post, The Tet Offensive in Ba Ria, Viet Nam 1968 6 years, 5 months ago
Hi All,
The “Baria airstrip” was on the north-eastern edge of the Town – ie just to the north of the MACCORDS Team 89 compound (within the Van Kiep National Training Centre). In 1969, I lived in the Team 89 compound, and several times was a passenger in fixed-wing aircraft (eg Beaver) that took off/landed on that airstrip.
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Ernest Patrick Chamberlain commented on the post, The Tet Offensive in Ba Ria, Viet Nam 1968 8 years, 10 months ago
The CORDS report of February 1968 on the Tet attacks on Baria and Long Dien posted by Bob Hall includes very interesting information – new to me. The “National Police Advisor” killed by an RPG while being rescued by 1ATF troops was a CIA officer: W. J. Johnson – who was the advisor to the Province Reconnaissance Unit. Euphemistically, the CIA officers were referred to as officials of the…Read More
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Ernest Patrick Chamberlain commented on the post, The Tet Offensive in Ba Ria, Viet Nam 1968 8 years, 10 months ago
Very interesting information. Not surprisingly, the Vietnamese communist account is quite different – hyperbolic and inaccurate. However, there are some interesting admissions in their versions including: ““On 31 January 1968, 445 Battalion ((purportedly 608-strong)) and the Châu Đức District armed forces assembled in the base east of Núi Dinh Mountain in readiness to receive orders…Read More
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