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Operation Hastings

Part of the Vietnam War

Marines of Company H, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment take to the water as they move to join up with other elements of their battalion.

Date	July 7–25, 1966
Location	Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone
Result	South Vietnamese and U.S. victory

Belligerents

South Vietnam

United States

North Vietnam

Commanders

Lew Walt
Lowell E. English

Nguyen Van

Strength

8,500

3,000

Unknown

Casualties and losses

51 killed, 162 wounded

824 killed, 14 captured^{[citation needed]}

Military engagements
of the Vietnam War

Sunrise – 1st Ap Bac – Go Cong – Hiep Hoa – Chan La – 34A – Long Dinh – Kien Long – Quyet Thang 202 – Nam Dong – Thanh Hóa – Gulf of Tonkin – An Lao – Bình Gia – Pleiku airbase – Market Time – Vung Ro Bay – Thanh Hoa Bridge – Song Be – Ba Gia – Đồng Xoài – Starlite – Chu Lai – Plei Me – Minh Thanh – Hump – Gang Toi – Ia Drang Valley – Game Warden – Sea Dragon – Crimp – Masher/White Wing – Cu Nghi – Kim Son Valley – A Shau – Birmingham – Xa Cam My – 1st Dong Ha – Wahiawa – Hastings – Minh Thanh Road – Prairie – Đức Cơ – Long Tần – Beaver Cage – Attleboro – Bong Son – Tân Sơn Nhứt airbase – LZ Bird – Deckhouse Five – Cedar Falls – Tuscaloosa – Tra Binh Dong – Bribie – Junction City – Francis Marion – Union – Hill 881 – 2nd Ap Bac – 1st Con Thien – Malheur I and Malheur II – Baker – Nine Days in May – Union II – Vinh Huy – Buffalo – 2nd Con Thien – July Two – Hong Kil Dong – Swift – Dong Son – Wheeler/Wallowa – 3rd Con Thien – Medina – Ông Thanh – 1st Loc Ninh – Dak To – Mekong Delta – Tam Quan – Thom Tham Khe – Phoenix – Khe Sanh – Ban Houei Sane – Bien Hoa – 1st Tet – 1st Saigon – Huế – Lang Vei – Lima Site 85 – Toan Thang I – Delaware – 2nd Dong Ha – May '68 – Kham Duc – Coral-Balmoral – Duc Lap – Sealords – Speedy Express – Dewey Canyon – 2nd Tet – Apache Snow – Hamburger Hill – Twinkletoes – Binh Ba – LZ Kate – Bu Prang – Texas Star – Chicago Peak – Khe Gio Bridge – Cambodia – Kompong Speu – Prey Veng – Snuol – FSB Ripcord – Tailwind – Chenla I – Jefferson Glenn – Son Tay Raid – Lam Son 719 – Chenla II – Ban Dong – Hill 723 – FSB Mary Ann – Long Khanh – Easter '72 – 1st Quảng Trị – 2nd Loc Ninh – An Lộc – Đồng Hới – 3rd Dong Ha – Kontum – Thunderhead – 2nd Quảng Trị – End Sweep – Hoang Sa – Iron Triangle – Svay Rieng – Phuoc Long – Ho Chi Minh – Buôn Ma Thuột – Xuân Lộc – Truong Sa – 2nd Saigon – SS Mayagüez

Air operations
Farm Gate – Chopper – Ranch Hand – Pierce Arrow – Barrel Roll – Pony Express – Flaming Dart – Iron Hand - Rolling Thunder – Steel Tiger – Arc Light – Tiger Hound – Shed Light – Carolina Moon – Bolo – Popeye – Niagara – Igloo White – Giant Lance – Commando Hunt – Menu – Patio – Freedom Deal – Linebacker I – Enhance Plus – Linebacker II – Homecoming – Baby Lift – New Life – Eagle Pull – Frequent Wind

Operation Hastings was an American military operation in the Vietnam War.

Having been threatened by numerous encounters with enemy troops in the Cam Lo area, on July 7, 1966, United States Marine Corps General Lew Walt led a joint U.S. Marine and ARVN force of 8,500 and 3,000 troops in a strike through the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). Plans to maintain U.S. occupation of the Cam Lo area in the Quang Tri province soon became known as Operation Hastings.

Under the command of Brigadier General Lowell E. English, the operation continued on July 15. His responsibility was to secure landing sites so that more U.S. Marines and ARVN soldiers could occupy the rear of the province. However, the major goal of the operation was to thwart the North Vietnamese 324 B Division's efforts to take control of Quang Tri Province. The mission was a strategic success in terms of driving off the 324 B Division, but the People's Army of Vietnam (NVA) forces successfully withdrew across the DMZ. When the ease with which the NVA was able to move across the DMZ became apparent, the US military leadership ordered a steady build-up of U.S. Marines near the DMZ from 1966 to 1968.

1 In popular culture
2 Contemporary news reporting
3 External links
4 References

In popular culture

This operation is mentioned in the film Full Metal Jacket.

In Battlefield Vietnam, Operation Hastings is featured as a playable map.

Contemporary news reporting

"U.S. Accused of Zone Violation". NY Times. 1966-07-20. pp. 3. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60F12F73559117B93C2AB178CD85F428685F9.
Tuohy, William (1966-07-24). "N. Viet Division Fails in Aim to Seize 2 Cities". LA Times. pp. E1. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/496951642.html?dids=496951642:496951642&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&date=Jul+24%2C+1966&author=WILLIAM+TUOHY&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=N.+Viet+Division+Fails+in+Aim+to+Seize+2+Cities&pqatl=google.
"A Prisoner's Tip Sparks A Battle". NY Times. 1966-07-25. pp. 2. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60711F93955117B93C7AB178CD85F428685F9.
"Division from the North". Time. 1966-07-29. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,899285,00.html. Retrieved 2007-04-08.
"B-52s Attack 3 Red Positions In S. Vietnam". Washington Post/Times Herald. 1966-07-29. pp. A1. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost_historical/access/198386812.html?dids=198386812:198386812&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=JUL+29%2C+1966&author=&pub=The+Washington+Post&desc=B-52s+Attack+3+Red+Positions+In+S.+Vietnam&pqatl=google.
"Hanoi's Humanitarianism". Time. 1966-08-05. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,836140,00.html. Retrieved 2007-04-08.
Norris, John G. (1966-08-07). "Rout of North Viet Division Indicates Big Change in War". Washington Post/Times Herald. pp. A18. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost_historical/access/197167232.html?dids=197167232:197167232&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=AUG+07%2C+1966&author=By+John+G.+Norris+Washington+Post+Staff+Writer&pub=The+Washington+Post&desc=Rout+of+North+Viet+Division+Indicates+Big+Change+in+War&pqatl=google.
"Quiet No More". Time. 1966-08-12. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,842587,00.html. Retrieved 2007-04-08.

External links

References

Pearson, Lieutenant General Willard, The War in the Northern Provinces: 1966-1968, Washington D. C.:U.S. Government Printing Office, 1975

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Operation Hastings

Contents

In popular culture

Contemporary news reporting

External links

References