40 Years After My Time in Vietnam
  • 9th Infantry, 3/60th, Operations
  • How we traveled
  • Vietnam Veterans - Must Read
  • My Return to Vietnam 2008
  • Blog
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  • "Scent ofh a Woman" - Speech
  • Health
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  • Combate Marine Outdoors Vietnam vet Fishing and Alligator Hunt Trip
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The 9th Infantry was the last division to go into Vietnam and the first division to leave.  Their area of operations was the Mekong Delta, located south of Saigon.  This was the birthplace of the People Liberation Front who rose up against the French in 1954 and later in the 60's against the South Vietnamese.
49% of the population were Viet Cong.  The US  had stayed out of this area until 1967 when they had to sent in a division. 
The 3/60th  was one of the three battalions (2/60, 3/60, and 5/60 Mech)  that were activated at Fort Riley, Kansas, and assigned to the 9th Infantry Division for its deployment to the Republic of Vietnam in December 1966. The division was the only major U.S. combat unit to conduct operations in the Mekong Delta. The battalions of the 60th participated in both Riverine operations and "jitterbug tactics" which featured split-second timing of airmobile insertions in close proximity to enemy units. These operations won the battalions unit citations and campaign streamers, including one Presidential Unit Citation. Although they were only in Vietnam 30 months they were the only division to receive two US President Citations.  US casualties topped 60%.  Their were 10 Medal of Honor awarded to the 9th Division, 4 of which were from this unit, 3/60th
                                               Heroes, each and everyone of them

9th Infantry Mobile Riverine Force

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This was the first time since the Civil War that the Army and Navy had combined operations.
9th Inf,  3rd/60th Co C  - Operations         


9th Infantry, 3rd/60th Inf , Co C.

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Air Mobile, Fire Support Base Moore, 9th Division - Dong Tam Operations


  • 9th Infantry, 3/60th, Operations
  • How we traveled
  • Vietnam Veterans - Must Read
  • My Return to Vietnam 2008
  • Blog
  • Unrelated - Bike page
  • "Scent ofh a Woman" - Speech
  • Health
  • Documentary
  • Combate Marine Outdoors Vietnam vet Fishing and Alligator Hunt Trip