Combat Assault Battalion
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The Combat Assault Battalion was a mechanized battalion of the United States Marine Corps and subordinate element of the 3rd Marine Division and the III Marine Expeditionary Force. The unit was last b
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Operation Napoleon/Saline
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Operation Napoleon/Saline was a multi-Battalion operation conducted by the United States Marine Corps and the United States Army along the Cửa Việt River south of the DMZ in Quảng Trị Province. The op
Combat Assault Battalion
…The battalion engaged in combat operations from July 1965 through July 1969. In April 1967 the battalion was moved to Cửa Việt Base and under the name Operation Napoleon together with the 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines was tasked with keeping waterways around the base open. Operation Napoleon/Saline concluded on 9 December…
Marines return from patrol during Operation Napoleon/Saline
Company A, 1st Amtrac Battalion, operating north of the Cửa Việt River (Song Thach Han), 14 September 1967
2/4 Marines search Dai Do village, May 1968
Marines provide machine gun cover for a CH-46 near Đông Hà, 5 May 1968