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Battalion Timeline
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| 1966 | ||
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1 Feb |
Ft. Riley, Kansas |
battalion reactivated, organic to 1st Brigade 9th US Infantry Division |
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Feb-Nov |
Ft. Riley, Kansas |
battalion conducts Basic, Advanced Individual, and Unit training |
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28 Nov |
Ft. Riley, Kansas |
depart Ft. Riley via troop train en route to Oakland Army Terminal |
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30 Nov |
Oakland Army Terminal |
arrival and embarkation aboard transport vessel |
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1 Dec |
USS Rose |
depart Oakland en route to Vietnam with port call in Okinawa |
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21 Dec |
Vung Tau |
arrival and disembarkation in South Vietnam |
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22 Dec |
Camp Bear Cat(Bien Hoa province) |
first battalion base camp established at Bear Cat east of Saigon and Long Binh in Bien Hoa province |
| 1967 | ||
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Jan |
small patrol base established by A Company at a French Rubber Plantation 10km from Bear Cat | |
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Jan |
Riverine training with US Navy at Vung Tau | |
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4 Feb |
2LT James H. Scott, 3/A/2/60 is WIA, dies of wounds 5 Feb 67 first 2/60 officer KIA, (perhaps first man of 2/60 KIA) | |
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Feb |
Tan Tru |
battalion makes a waterborne assault at Tan Tru and establishes base - Camp Scott becomes home of 2/60 Inf |
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(Long An province) |
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Nov |
patrol bases established at Ap Than Thuan and at An Nhut Tan | |
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Nov |
patrol base at An Nhut Tan attacked and temporarily overrun | |
| 1968 | ||
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1-3 Feb |
B Company retakes Ben Tre City in Kien Hoa province during Tet and wins a Valorous Unit Award | |
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7 Mar - |
battalion wins a Presidential Unit Citation for actions in Long An province | |
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22 Jun |
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Apr |
patrol base closed at Ap Than Thuan | |
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Apr |
patrol base established at My Phuoc Tuy | |
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Apr |
2/60 Inf reassigned from 1st BDE to 3rd BDE of 9th Inf Div | |
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Jun |
patrol bases closed at An Nhut Tan and My Phuoc Tuy | |
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Oct |
patrol base opened in Rach Kien or Can Giouc district | |
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Nov |
patrol base in Rach Kien or Can Giouc district turned over to 5/60 Inf | |
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13 Dec |
VC/NVA mount large scale rocket, morter, and ground attack against Camp Scott but do not penetrate the perimeter | |
| 1969 | ||
| 1970 | ||
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Jun |
Tan Tru (Cambodia) |
battalion deploys into Cambodia by air via Cu Chi, Tay Ninh province, South Vietnam and Katum (location unknown), establishes forward base camp in a pineapple plantation near Memut, Cambodia |
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Jul |
Tan Tru |
battalion deploys to FSB Jamie, in South Vietnam |
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(Tay Ninh province) |
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Aug |
Tan Tru |
battalion deploys to FSB Eloise, in South Vietnam |
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(Fishhook area Cambodian/Vietnamese border) |
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Aug |
Tan Tru |
battalion closes FSB Eloise and deploys to Camp Scott |
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(Long An province) |
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Aug |
Dau Tieng |
battalion closes Camp Scott and deploys to Dau Tieng |
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( ? province) |
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Sep |
Di An |
battalion departs Dau Tieng and deploys to Di An |
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12 Oct |
Di An |
Colors depart South Vietnam, short timers DEROS, others reassigned in-country |
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13 Oct |
Ft. Lewis, Washington |
battalion inactivated |
