Firebase Airborne was a U.S. Army
firebase
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located west of
Huế
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overlooking the
A Shau Valley
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in central Vietnam.
History
Airborne was constructed on 8 May 1969 by the
101st Airborne Division
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approximately 42 km west of Huế and 5 km east of
Route 547 which ran along the floor of the A Shau Valley as part of
Operation Apache Snow.
The base was occupied by elements of the
2nd Battalion, 501st Infantry Regiment,
2nd Battalion, 11th Artillery and
2nd Battalion, 319th Artillery when it was attacked by the
People's Army of Vietnam
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(PAVN) 6th Regiment and K-12 Sapper Battalion at 3:30am on 13 May 1969, resulting in 22 U.S. and a reported 40 PAVN killed.
See also
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Firebase Berchtesgaden
References
Installations of the United States Army in South Vietnam
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