Operation Prairie
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Operation Prairie was a U.S. military operation in Quảng Trị Province, South Vietnam that sought to eliminate People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) forces south of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). Over the course of late 1965 and early 1966 the Viet Cong (VC) and the PAVN intensified their military threat along the DMZ. The tactical goal of these incursions was to draw United States military forces away from cities and towns. Operation Hastings, a series of actions in defense of the DMZ, lasted from 15 July to 3 August 1966. It was considered a strategic success. Operation Prairie was conceived as a larger, longer mission covering the same areas along the DMZ.
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La operazione Prairie fu una grande operazione di "individuazione e distruzione" (Search and Destroy) sferrata durante la Guerra del Vietnam dai Marines della III Marine Amphibious Force schierata nella Zona Smilitarizzata (DMZ) al confine con il Vietnam del Nord. Lo scopo dell'operazione (come del resto la precedente operazione Hastings) consisteva nel blocco dell'infiltrazione di unità nordvietnamite a sud del 17º parallelo e nella distruzione della Divisione nordvietnamita 324B, di cui era stata individuata la pericolosa presenza nel settore.
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U.S. Marines from 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines during Operation Prairie.
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Operation Prairie was a U.S. military operation in Quảng Trị Province, South Vietnam that sought to eliminate People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) forces south of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). Over the course of late 1965 and early 1966 the Viet Cong (VC) and the PAVN intensified their military threat along the DMZ. The tactical goal of these incursions was to draw United States military forces away from cities and towns. Operation Hastings, a series of actions in defense of the DMZ, lasted from 15 July to 3 August 1966. It was considered a strategic success. Operation Prairie was conceived as a larger, longer mission covering the same areas along the DMZ. It commenced on 3 August 1966 and lasted for six months. The majority of the activities were conducted by the 3rd Marine Division in the Con Thien and Gio Linh regions with the main objective of stopping the PAVN 324B Division from crossing the demilitarized zone and invading Quang Tri Province. Various units engaged in fiercely fought actions during the operation, usually supported by a mixture of artillery, air and helicopter gunship support, sometimes including B-52 strategic bombers. By November the 324B Division had been withdrawn after heavy losses. It was replaced by other PAVN units, but these remained inactive. The operation was considered highly successful by the Americans. They had lost 226 Marines killed against estimated PAVN of over 1,700 dead or captured and suppressed PAVN activity. However, the PAVN strategy had tied down large numbers of US troops in the area south of the DMZ, leaving population centers under-protected.
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La operazione Prairie fu una grande operazione di "individuazione e distruzione" (Search and Destroy) sferrata durante la Guerra del Vietnam dai Marines della III Marine Amphibious Force schierata nella Zona Smilitarizzata (DMZ) al confine con il Vietnam del Nord. Lo scopo dell'operazione (come del resto la precedente operazione Hastings) consisteva nel blocco dell'infiltrazione di unità nordvietnamite a sud del 17º parallelo e nella distruzione della Divisione nordvietnamita 324B, di cui era stata individuata la pericolosa presenza nel settore. L'operazione venne duramente contrastata dalle combattive forze nemiche e diede luogo ad alcuni aspri e prolungati scontri in impervie località della zona smilitarizzata che divennero tristemente note per le sofferenze e le sanguinose perdite subite dalle due parti. La campagna si concluse con alcuni successi tattici locali dei Marines ma non raggiunse i suoi risultati strategici, logorò ulteriormante le forze americane già duramente impegnate nella I Regione militare del Vietnam del Sud e non impedì rinnovati e pericolosi concentramenti nordvietnamiti che dovettero essere nuovamente affrontati dai Marines durante il resto del 1966 e durante tutto il 1967.
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