List of allied military operations of the Vietnam War (T–Z and others)

Operation Take Out

28 – 30 Dec 65

2nd Battalion, 327th Airborne Infantry Regiment recovery of US remains from a crashed AC-47 Spooky serial number 43-49492 in Binh Thuan Province

Operation Tally Ho

20 Jul 66

Air and naval gunfire interdiction of lines of communication in the southern panhandle of North Vietnam

Operation Tam Thang 118

6 – 9 Sep 65

ARVN II Corps operation near Ban Me Thout

Operation Tampa (1966)

13 – 15 Mar 66

3rd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division security operation in III Corps

Operation Tangle

22 – 24 Dec 69

A Squadron, 1st Armoured Regiment pacification operation in Duc Thanh District, Phuoc Tuy Province

Operation Tat Thang 18

3 Apr – 3 May 70

ARVN 24th Special Tactical Zone reconnaissance operation using elements of the Vietnamese Rangers1st Ranger Group and 42nd, 45th and 47th Regiments north of Dak Saeng in Kontum Province

Operation Taylor

5 – 8 Feb 66

3rd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division search and destroy and road clearing operation in Kontum and Pleiku Provinces

Operation Tennessee Pride

23 Jun – 1 Jul 69

101st Airborne Division clear and search operation in Thua Thien Province

Operation Texas/Operation Lien Ket 28

20 – 25 Mar 66

3rd Battalion, 1st Marines, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, ARVN 5th Airborne Battalion and Republic of Vietnam Marine Corps combined reaction force operation to retake An Hoa outpost in Quang Ngai Province

283

99

Operation Texas Traveller

24 – 27 Nov 69

3rd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment operation in III Corps

Operation Thang Long 18

20 – 29 Aug 64

ARVN operation 27 km northwest of Le Trung in Pleiku Province

Operation Thang Long 243

8 – 12 Jul 66

ARVN operation in Darlac Province

107

17

Operation Than Phong II

8 Jul – 19 Aug 65

ARVN II Corps operation to reopen Route 19

349

Operation Than Phong IV

10 Sep 65

ARVN II Corps operation near Qui Nhon

Operation Thayer I

13 Sep – 30 Oct 66

1st Cavalry Division, ARVN 3rd Airborne Battalion and ARVN 41st Regiment operation in Binh Dinh Province

232

30

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Operation Thunder Dragon

17–27 May 67

ROK 2nd Marine Brigade search and destroy operation in Quang Ngai Province

147

14

Operation Thunderhead

3 – 12 Jun 72

US Navy SEAL Team One and Underwater Demolition Team (UDT)-11 operation to rescue 2 escaped US POWs from the Red River basin

1

Operation Tiger Balm

2 – 4 Jan 69

1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment and 1st Australian Civil Affairs Unit cordon and search operation in Phuoc Tuy Province

Operation Tiger Concordia VIII

24 – 25 Jul 67

3rd Battalion, 47th Infantry Regiment riverine and airmobile search and destroy operation in Long An Province

Operation Tiger Coronado III

14 – 16 Aug 67

3rd Battalion, 47th Infantry Regiment search and destroy operation in the Rung Sat Special Zone, Biên Hòa Province

Operation Tiger Coronado V

28 Jul – 1 Aug 67

3rd Battalion, 47th Infantry Regiment riverine and airmobile and mechanized search and destroy operation in Dinh Tuong Province

Operation Tiger Coronado IX

4 – 5 Dec 67

3rd Battalion, 47th Infantry Regiment riverine search and destroy operation in Dinh Tuong Province

Operation Tiger Mountain

26 Sep – 10 Oct 70

2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division operation

Operation Toan Thang I

8 Apr – 31 May 68

Allied reaction to the Tet Offensive, first of a series of massive operations combining the assets and operations of the ARVN's III Corps and the American II Field Force to maintain the post-Tet pressure on the enemy and to drive all remaining NVA/VC troops from III Corps and the Saigon area. 3rd Brigade, 9th Infantry Division), 1st Infantry Division, 25th Infantry Division, 199th Infantry Brigade, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment and 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment participated

7,645

440

Operation Toan Thang III

16 Feb – 31 Oct 69

25th Infantry Division and 3rd Brigade, 9th Infantry Division search and destroy operations in Binh Duong, Gia Dinh, Hậu Nghĩa, Long An and Tay Ninh Provinces

Operation Toan Thang 1/69

20 – 23 Jan 69

4th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment/Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (ANZAC) reconnaissance operation in Phuoc Tuy Province

Operation Toan Thang 42

29 Apr – 2 May 70

ARVN (two armored cavalry squadrons from III Corps and two from the 25th Division and 5th Division, an infantry regiment from the 25th Division, and four Ranger battalions from the 2nd Ranger Group) and US 1st Cavalry Division, 9th Infantry Division and 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment operation in the Parrot's Beak region of Kampong Cham Province. ARVN incursion into Cambodia, with US forces and air power in a supporting role, against the Parrot's Beak to target the NVA/VC’s base areas 367 and 706

12,354

434 US, 66 ARVN

Operation Toan Thang 44

6–14 May 70

1st and 2nd Brigades, 25th Infantry Division, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment and ARVN Airborne Division operation against NVA Base Areas 353, 354, and 707 located north and northeast of Tay Ninh

1017

119

Operation Toan Thang 46

May – Jul 70

ARVN 5th Division operation in the "Fishhook" area of Svay Rieng Province, Cambodia, north of Loc Ninh to attack and destroy the NVA 70th and 80th Rear Service Groups

79

Operation Toan Thang 8/B/5

23 Oct – 10 Nov 70

ARVN 5th Division operations in the Snoul area of Cambodia, for the purpose of destroying communist forces and installations, and obtaining intelligence

Operation Todd Forest

31 Dec 68 – 13 Jan 69

3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division reconnaissance in force operation with the 1st Battalion, 506th Airborne Infantry Regiment and the ARVN 1st Regiment into the area 16 km south of Hue, Thua Thien Province

12

Operation Tolare Falls II

27 Oct 70

5th Marines clear and search operation in Quang Nam Province

Operation Toledo

10 Aug – 7 Sep 66

173rd Airborne Brigade, 2nd Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, BLT 1st Battalion, 26th Marines, 1st Australian Task Force and ARVN 33rd and 35th Ranger Battalions multi-battalion search and destroy operation in the May Tao Secret Zone in Long Khanh, Binh Tuy and Phuoc Tuy Provinces. The deserted headquarters area for the 5th VC Division was located and destroyed along with vast amounts of supplies

11

Operation Townsville

23 Mar – 24 Apr 70

6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment/Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (ANZAC) reconnaissance in force operation in northeast Phuoc Tuy Province

Operation Trail Blazer

18 – 24 Oct 65

3rd Reconnaissance Battalion reconnaissance operation in Quang Nam Province

Operation Trail Dust

10 Aug 61 – 31 Oct 71

USAF defoliation operation in Thua Thien and Quang Tri Provinces

Operation Tran Hung Dao II

17 Feb – 28 Mar 68

a continuation of Operation Tran Hung Dao I in the Saigon area with slightly reduced forces

713

Operation Treasure Island

10 – 18 Jan 69

2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment cordon and search operation in Binh Duong Province

Operation Trinidad II

7 – 11 Dec 66

1st Battalion, 1st Marines search and destroy operation in Quang Nam Province

Operation Triple Play

18 – 19 Oct 65

3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines search and destroy operation in Quang Tin Province

Operation Troy

1 – 4 Sep 66

2nd Battalion, 1st Marines search and destroy operation in Quang Nam Province

Operation Truong Cong Dinh

21 May – 3 Aug 68

9th Infantry Division reconnaissance in force operation in Dinh Tuong Province. Replaced by Operation Quyet Chin

1546

Operation Tucson

14 – 17 Feb 67

1st and 3rd Brigades 1st Infantry Division and 5th Regiment, 9th Infantry Division operation against the Vietcong 272nd Regiment and the Phu Loi Battalion in southwest Binh Long Province near the Michelin Rubber Plantation

13

3

Operation Tulsa

30 May – 6 Jun 67

11th Armored Cavalry Regiment reconnaissance in force operation along Route 1 near Suoi Cat and to secure the Gia Ray rock quarry

Operation Tuscaloosa

24 – 28 Jan 67

2nd Battalion, 5th Marines search and destroy operation 24 km southwest of Danang in Quang Nam Province

72

Operation Twickenham II

22 May – 1 Jun 69

5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment search and destroy operations around Nui Thi Vai Mountain and Nui Dinh

Operation Union II

25 May – 5 Jun 67

1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Battalion, 7th Marines, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines and ARVN 6th Regiment search and destroy operation to entrap the NVA 3rd and 21st Regiments north of Tam Kỳ in Quang Nam Province

220

701

Operation Uniontown

17 Dec 67 – 8 Mar 68

199th Infantry Brigade, 3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division and 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment security operation, encompassing Tet Offensive operations in Biên Hòa and Gia Định Provinces

922

76

Operation Uniontown (1966-67)

11 Oct 66 – 17 Nov 67

173d Airborne Brigade, 199th Light Infantry Brigade and 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment security and defence operations around Long Binh

Operation Upshur Stream

11 Jan – 29 Mar 71

1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Battalion, 1st Marines and 1st Battalion, 11th Marines search and destroy operation in Quang Nam Province

Operation Utah Mesa

12 Jun – 9 Jul 69

1st Battalion, 9th Marines, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines, 1st Brigade, 5th Infantry Division and ARVN 1st Division clear and search operation in the vicinity of Khe Sanh, Quang Tri Province

309

572

Operation Valdosta II

20 – 23 Oct 67

11th Armored Cavalry Regiment security operations in central Long Khánh Province

Operation Valley Forge

7 – 16 Mar 68

199th Infantry Brigade, 3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division and 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment search and destroy operation in Biên Hòa and Long Khánh Provinces

Operation Vance Canyon

20 Jun – 2 Jul 68

198th Infantry Brigade clear and search operation in Quang Ngai Province

Operation Velvet Hammer

14 – 28 Apr 68

173rd Airborne Brigade cordon and search operation in Binh Dinh Province

Operation Vernon Lake I

25 Oct – 2 Nov 68

11th Infantry Brigade clear and search operation west of Quảng Ngãi, Quang Ngai Province

455

35

Operation Vinh Loc

10 – 20 Sep 68

2nd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division and ARVN 54th Regiment pacification operation on Vinh Loc Island, Thua Thien Province

Operation Viper I

1 Nov – 8 Dec 65

2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment and 1st and 2nd Battalions, 18th Infantry Regiment search and destroy operation in Biên Hòa Province

18

Operation Virginia

17 Apr – 1 May 66

1st Battalion, 1st Marines search and destroy and reconnaissance in force operation in the vicinity of Khe Sanh Special Forces camp, Quang Tri Province

Operation Wahiawa

16 May 66

1st and 2nd Brigades, 25th Infantry Division search and destroy operation in the Bo Loi Woods, Ho Bo Woods and Filhol Plantation in Hậu Nghĩa Province

103

25

Operation Waikiki

4 Mar 66

2nd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division search and destroy operation in Hậu Nghĩa Province

Operation Waiouru

5 Jul 69

6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment/Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (ANZAC) and 1st Armoured Regiment road clearing operation along Route 15 between Ba Ria and Phú Mỹ

Operation Walker

16 Jan 68 – 31 Jan 69

173rd Airborne Brigade and 1st Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment search and destroy and security operation in the vicinity of An Khe, Pleiku Province

Operation Wallowa

4 Oct – 11 Nov 67

23rd Infantry Division and 3/1 Cavalry search and destroy and security operation in Quang Nam and Quang Tin Provinces

Operation War Bonnet

15 Oct 68

Special Forces Detachment B-52, Project DELTA and 282nd Assault Helicopter Company reconnaissance operation around An Hoa, Quang Nam Province

Operation Wasco Rapids

13 – 27 Mar 71

198th Infantry Brigade and ARVN 2nd Division clear and search operation in Song Ve river valley in Quang Ngai Province

Operation Washington Green

15 Apr 69 – 1 Jan 71

173rd Airborne Brigade pacification operation in the An Lao Valley of Binh Dinh Province

1,957

64

Operation Waterford

3 – 7 Apr 68

1st Infantry Division security operation in Binh Long Province

13

Operation Wayne

10–12 May 66

4th Marines search and destroy operation 10 km southwest of Phu Bai in Thua Thien Province

Operation Wayne Boulder

10 Sep – 11 Oct 69

1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment clear and search operation in Binh Dinh Province

Operation Wayne Dart

2 – 7 Feb 69

1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment clear and search operation in Pleiku Province

Operation Wayne Forge

28 Aug – 14 Oct 70

1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division clear and search operation in Binh Dinh Province

Operation Wayne Grey

1 Mar – 14 Apr 69

1st, 2nd & 3rd Battalions, 8th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment and 1st Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment clear and search operation in Kontum Province

608

Operation Wayne Javelin

13 Apr – 18 Oct 69

1st, 2nd & 3rd Battalions, 8th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, 2nd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment and 1st Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment clear and search operation in Binh Dinh and Pleiku Provinces

Operation Wayne Pierce

5 – 27 Aug 70

1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division clear and search operation in Binh Dinh Province

Operation Wayne Sabre

4 Oct – 17 Nov 70

1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division clear and search operation in Binh Dinh Province

Operation Wayne Span II

28 Jul – 5 Aug 70

1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division clear and search operation in Binh Dinh Province

Operation Wayne Thrust

4 – 30 Jan 70

1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division clear and search operation in Binh Dinh Province

Operation Wheaton

17 – 18 Mar 66

2nd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division operation in III Corps

Operation Wheeler/Wallowa

11 Sep 67 – 11 Nov 68

Task Force Oregon (originally 196th Infantry Brigade, 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division and 3rd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division later reconstituted as 23rd Infantry Division consisting of the 196th, 198th and 11th Infantry Brigades operations in the Nui Luc Son Valley, Quang Nam and Quang Tin Provinces

10,020

683

Operation While Away

21 – 29 Nov 69

2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment security operation in Biên Hòa Province

Operation Wilcox

10 – 12 Aug 66

1st Battalion, 9th Marines search and destroy operation in Quang Nam Province

Operation Williams Glade

12 Jul 69

1st Battalion, 4th Marines and 1st Brigade, 5th Infantry Division search and clear operation between Mai Loc and Ba Long in Quang Tri Province

Operation Winchester

8 Oct – 4 Dec 66

4th Battalion, 503rd Airborne Infantry Regiment search and destroy operation to relieve the 2nd Battalion, 26th Marines and to occupy and maintain control of an assigned sector of the Da Nang TAOR

Operation Winfield Scott

30 Jul 67

5th Special Forces Group MIKE Force reconnaissance operation in II Corps

Operation Wollongong

11 Jan – 14 Feb 67

5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment and 103rd Field Battery operation near the village of La Son, Phuoc Tuy Province

Operation Worth

12 – 26 Mar 68

1st Battalion, 7th Marines, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines and 3rd Squadron, 5th Cavalry Regiment search and destroy operation 24 km northwest of Danang in Quang Nam Province

160

27

Operation Wright Blue

24 – 28 Jun 70

1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment security operation in Pleiku Province

Operation Wyoming

26 – 30 Apr 66

3rd Battalion, 1st Marines and 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines search and destroy operation 15 km northwest of Chu Lai in Quang Tin Province

Operation Xray I

4 – 6 Oct 65

173rd Airborne Brigade search and destroy operation in Biên Hòa Province

Operation Yass

6 – 7 Nov 66

5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment cordon and search of Phuoc Hoa village and the clearance of Long Son Island

Operation Yell

17 – 20 Apr 66

1st Battalion, 1st Marines and 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines search and destroy operation in Quang Nam Province

Operation York

1 – 7 Apr 66

1st Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment search and destroy operation in III Corps

Operation Yorktown

23 Jun – 9 Jul 66

173rd Airborne Brigade search and destroy operation in Xuân Lộc Province

Operation Yuma

15–17 May 66

3rd Battalion, 7th Marines search and destroy operation in Quang Ngai Province

Operation 19-65

28 Jul – 2 Aug 65

173rd Airborne Brigade and 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment operation to disrupt VC movement from the Rung Sat Special Zone into Phuoc Tuy Province

Operation 27-65

23 – 26 Oct 65

1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment search and destroy operation in Biên Hòa Province

Operation 33-64

17 Jun 64

ARVN operation in the Rung Sat Special Zone, Gia Định Province

8 Mar 62

ARVN troops flown by U.S. helicopters to besieged villages in Tay Ninh and Phuoc Thanh Provinces

110

22 Apr 62

ARVN troops are airlifted by 29 U.S. helicopters (the largest force employed to date) to join an equal number engaged in a sweep in Kien Phong Province

12 May 62

ARVN operation in a series of clashes with the Vietcong in the Mekong Delta, about 120 km southwest of Saigon

15 Aug 62

ARVN ground, air and naval forces, 16-day campaign against the Vietcong in the Ca Mau peninsula, supported by U.S. aircraft

500

18 Sep 62

ARVN operation around the village of An Hu in the Plain of Reeds supported by fighter-bombers, amphibious forces, and U.S. helicopters,

168

8 – 10 Nov 62

ARVN operation, air-lifted by U.S. helicopters, in the Plain of Reeds

64

13 Mar 63 – 16 Mar 64

ARVN attack in the Plain of Reeds near the Cambodian border in an effort to wipe out a VC stronghold, in Kien Phong Province, IV Corps

18 Jan 64

115 helicopters carry 1,100 ARVN troops in an air assault north of Biên Hòa, Long Khánh Province in the largest airlift of the war to date

5 Jan 65

Six-company CIDG and Special Forces A-114 and A-411 Detachments operation in Tay Ninh Province

31 May – 3 Jun 65

173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team first brigade sized operation in Vietnam, a series of airmobile assaults near Bien Hoa, Bien Hoa Province, III Corps

7

6 – 10 Jul 65

173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment and ARVN 43rd Regiment combined operation to make multiple air assaults into War Zone "D" just north of the Dong Nai River, Long Khanh Province, III Corps

1 Sep 65

173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team sent the 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry and supporting elements to Kon Tum, Kon Tum Province, II Corps

8 – 14 Oct 65

Following one of the first B-52 strike of the war in support of ground troops, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team put the 1st and 2nd Battalion, 503d Airborne Battalions in LZs near Ben Suc and the 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment midway between Ben Cat and Ben Suc, Iron Triangle

28 Apr – 4 May 68

101st Airborne Division operation in Thua Thien Province

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312

1 Jul – 4 Oct 71

23rd Infantry Division operation in Quang Ngai Province

324