OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS And CAMPAIGNS OF LIMA 3/5 . . . VIETNAM 1966 - 1971

Dates of these Operations may vary from the origin to closure, depending upon Lima 3/5’s actual participation, which may have been joined after and/or completed prior to the conclusion of the named Operation. Dates taken from Lima Company and USMC records. Individuals’ entries may vary . . . per 201-B USMC records.

1966
MONTH	OPERATION NAME	DATES	KIA's	WIA's	AWD
MAY
JUNE	DECKHOUSE I	18th
JULY	HASTINGS	7th thru the 31st
	DECKHOUSE II	16th thru the 18th
AUGUST	HASTINGS	1st thru the 3rd
	COLORADO
SEPTEMBER
OCTOBER
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER
1967
JANUARY
FEBRUARY	DESOTO	6th thru the 11th
	RIO GRANDE	18th thru the 24th
MARCH
APRIL	BOONE	1st thru the 8th
	UNION I - Quang Tin	21st thru the 30th			PUC
MAY	UNION I - Quang Tin	1st thru the 17th
	UNION II - Quang Tin	26th thru 31st
JUNE	UNION II - Quang Tin	1st thru the 5th
	ARIAONA - BAI LOC	13th thru the 18th
	ADAIR	19th thru the 24th
	CALHOUN - Quang Tin	25th thru the 30th
JULY	CALHOUN - Quang Tin	1st
AUGUST	PIKE	1st thru the 3rd
	COCHISE - Quang Tin	11th thru the 27th
	YAZOO - Quang Nam	27th thru the 30th
SEPTEMBER	YAZOO - Quang Nam	1st thru the 5th
	SWIFT - Quang Tin	6th thru the 15th
	SHELBYVILLE	21st thru the 28th
OCTOBER	ONSLOW	15th thru the 17th
	BAXTER	19th thru the 21st
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER	"No-Name"	2nd thru the 5th
	AUBURN	23rd thru the 31st
1968
JANUARY	AUBURN	1st thru the 3rd
	HUE CITY	31st			PUC
FEBRUARY	HUE CITY	1st thru the 28th
	NUTCRACKER	4th thru the 6th
MARCH	HUE CITY	1st thru the 2nd
APRIL	HOUSTON I	11th thru the 30th
MAY	HOUSTON II	1st thru the 17th
	ALLEN BROOK	18th thru the 31st
JUNE	MAMELUKE THRUST	9th thru the 12th			MUC
	HOUSTON III	17th thru the 30th
	ALLEN BROOK	23rd thru the 30th
JULY	ALLEN BROOK	1st thru the 16th
	HOUSTON IV	1st thru the 28th
	MAMELUKE THRUST	29th thru the 31st			MUC
AUGUST	MAMELUKE THRUST	1st thru the 23rd			MUC
	SUSSEX BAY	29th thru the 30th
SEPTEMBER	SUSSEX BAY	1st thru the 8th
	MAMELUKE THRUST	9th thru the 30th
OCTOBER	MAMELUKE THRUST	1st thru the 6th
	MAUI PEAK	6th thru the 19th
	HENDERSON HILL	20th thru the 31st
NOVEMBER	HENDERSON HILL	1st thru the 20th
	MEADE RIVER	21st thru the 30th			PUC
DECEMBER	MEADE RIVER	1st thru the 5th			PUC
	TAYLOR COMMON	7th thru the 31st
1969
JANUARY	TAYLOR COMMON	All of January			NUC
FEBRUARY	TAYLOR COMMON	All of February
MARCH	TAYLOR COMMON	1st thru the 8th
APRIL	MUSKOGEE MEADOW	4th thru the 21st
MAY	PIPESTONE CANYON	26th thru the 31st
JUNE	PIPESTONE CANYON	1st thru the 15th
JULY	FORSYTH GROVE	1st thru the 3rd
	DURHAM PEAK	20th thru the 31st
AUGUST	DURHAM PEAK	1st thru the 7th
SEPTEMBER
OCTOBER
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER
1970
OCTOBER	NOBLE CANYON	22nd thru 31st
NOVEMBER	NOBLE CANYON	1st thru 3rd
DECEMBER	IMPERIAL LAKE	12th thru 31st
1971
JANUARY	IMPERIAL LAKE	1st thru 11th
*Incoming THANKS to the Noonkester Plan . . .* have received "Operations" from Phil Fairbanks and** Lynwood Scott . . . we are establishing our chronology. Next? How About YOU!! We have gaps and nothing for 1970 or 71, need a little help here, OVER! Thanks to Jim Dreksler for supplying operations during '70 & '71.