Third enclave at Chu Lai information
for HMM-161
USS PRINCETON
USS IWO JIMA
4 MARINES
For date 650507
HMM-161 was a US Marine Corps unit
USS PRINCETON was a US Navy unit
USS IWO JIMA was a US Navy unit
4 MARINES was a US Marine Corps unit
Primary service involved, US Marine Corps
Quang Tin Province, I Corps, South Vietnam
Location, Chu Lai
Description: As part of the amphibious landings at Chu Lai, elements of the 1st Battalion and 2d Battalion, 4th Marines landed over RED Beach. After landing, they moved approximately three miles inland to secure LZ ROBIN which overlooked Route 1. HMM-161 lifted two companies from the 1/4th Marines from the USS Princeton onto ROBIN as part of RLT-4. Later in the day, the Navy substituted amphibious assault ships and HMM-161 relocated to the USS Iwo Jima to continue supporting the Chu Lai landings. The troops met no resistance and occupies their planned objectives. Elements of the 2nd ARVN Division had been operating in the area for security reasons since earlier in the month. By the end of the first day, the 4th Marines defensive postions extended in an irregular arc from the Ky Ha Peninsula in the north, to the high ground in the west, and from there seaward to a point three miles south of RED Beach.
Comments: LTC Morrison, Gene W.; HMM-161 CO; ;
The source for this information was USMC 1965 History P:29+
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