Operation Dewey Canyon was the last major offensive by the 3rd Marine Division during the Vietnam War. It took place from 22 January through 18 March 1969 and involved a sweep of the People's …

Jun 5, 2007 · The primary purpose of audacious Operation Dewey Canyon was to kill North Vietnamese Army troops and deny them supplies and access to the densely populated areas of the coastal …

Operation Dewey Canyon was the last major offensive by the 3rd Marine Division during the Vietnam War. It took place from 22 January through 18 March 1969 and involved a sweep of the People's …

Operation Dewey Canyon officially ended on 3 March 1969 when Hotel Company left Laos. In those 56 days, US Marines built more than 20 base camps and accounted for more than 2,000 enemy casualties.

Deprive the enemy of the ability to fight by destroying his base areas. That, as MajGen Davis correctly saw it, was the key to the situation. It could be said that right about then Operation Dewey Canyon …

Operation Dewey Canyon, conducted from 22 January to 18 March 1969, marked the final major offensive by the 3rd Marine Division during the Vietnam War.

This U.S. Marine Corps film chronicles Operation Dewey Canyon, which was the last major offensive by the United States Marine Corps during the Vietnam War.

After a majority of the regiment deployed into the AO, the operational code name was changed from Dawson River South to Dewey Canyon. The terrain in the operational area was as rugged as any …

In 1969 Sgt Richard L. Yaco recorded this view of Marines struggling to assist wounded fellow members of the 9th Marines down steep and slippery slopes of Vietnam’s A Shau Valley in Operation...

Operation Dewey Canyon, perhaps the most successful high-mobility regimental-size action of the Vietnam War, began in the A Shau/Da Krong Valleys when the 9th Marines, commanded by Colonel …