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	Operation Starlite
		It was to be a classic hammer and anvil operation with the amphibious force, 3/3, landing across Green Beach as the hammer, while the helicopter-borne force, 2/4, landing at LZs Red, White and Blue to the west of Van Tuong would be the anvil.
		The name for the operation was to be “Satellite,” but a generator failed when the clerks began typing up the order, and one of them, working by candlelight, misread the name and typed in “Starlite” instead.
		His “The First Battle: Operation Starlite and the Beginning of the Blood Debt in Vietnam,” published in 2004, is a graphic, well-researched rendering of the actions leading up to the battle as well as a detailed account of the battle.
	www.military.com /NewContent/0,13190,Leatherneck_050815_Starlite,00.html (2826 words)

	Operation Starlite - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		“Operation Starlite” was the first offensive military action conducted by a purely U.S. military unit during the Vietnam War.
		The Operation was launched on 17 August 1965, involving 5,500 marines of the 9th Marine Amphibious Brigade comprising 2/4 Marines, 3/3 Marines, 1/7 and Marines 3/7 Marines (from the Special Landing Force and originally a reserve component) in an assault on the Viet Cong base near Van Tuong.
		The Operation was conducted as an all arms assault involving ground, air and naval units.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Operation_Starlite (919 words)

	A Brief History of the 7th Marines Page 1
		Operation Starlite began on the 18th of August 1965 as a combined amphibian-helicopter assault on enemy fortified positions on the Van Tuong Peninsula, with major ground units being the 3rd Battalion 3rd Marines, 2nd Battalion 4th Marines, and 3rd Battalion 7th Marines.
		Operation Piranha began on the 7th of September 1965, with the 1st Battalion, 7th Marines coming ashore by landing craft on the Batangan Peninsula.
		Operation Indiana was short when compared to the previous two which preceeded it, but indredibly ferocious, on 28 March, 1966 HN3 Robert R. Ingram a Corpsman serving with "C" Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marines was awarded the Medal of Honor for his undaunted bravery during the battle that insued.
	www.marzone.com /7thMarines/Hst0001.htm (1239 words)

	Operation Starlite (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		It was to be a classic hammer and anvil operation with the amphibious force, 3/3, landing across Green Beach as the hammer, while the helicopter-borne force, 2/4, landing at LZs Red, White and Blue to the west of Van Tuong would be the anvil.
		The name for the operation was to be “Satellite,” but a generator failed when the clerks began typing up the order, and one of them, working by candlelight, misread the name and typed in “Starlite” instead.
		His “The First Battle: Operation Starlite and the Beginning of the Blood Debt in Vietnam,” published in 2004, is a graphic, well-researched rendering of the actions leading up to the battle as well as a detailed account of the battle.
	www.mca-marines.org /leatherneck/OperationStarliteAug05.htm (2623 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Operation Starlite (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Operation Starlite sent the Viet Nam War into the headlines across the nation and into the minds of Americans, where it took up residence for more than a decade.
		Starlite was the first step in Viet Nam's becoming America's tar baby.
		The subtitle of the book is: Operation Starlite and the Beginning of the Blood Debt in Viet Nam.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Operation-Starlite (211 words)

	Operation Startite
		The operation, code-named Starlite, would be a classic marine encounter, combining land and sea forces, including an amphibious landing and coordination with the navy.
		Conducting an aerial reconnaissance of the operational area, which was about ten miles south of Chu Lai, Colonel Peatross found that the terrain was dominated by sandy flats, broken by numerous streams and an occasional wooded knoll.
		Operation Starlite began inauspiciously at 10:00 A.M. on August 17, when Company M of the 3d Battalion, 3d Marines, took a short ride south of Chu Lai before marching four miles farther south and camping for the night just north of Van Tuong.
	www.3rdmarines.net /Vietnam_Operation_Starlite.html (1739 words)

	Operation Starlite - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Operation Starlite was a military operation conducted during the Vietnam War starting on August 21, 1965.
		It was the first major military action of the Vietnam War fought only by American forces.
		During the operation, 5,500 Marines destroyed a Viet Cong base near Van Tuong.
	www.encyclopedia-online.info /Operation_Starlite (107 words)

	Operation Starlite (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Operation Blessing International Relief and Development Corporation (OBI) is a non-profit 501 (c) (3) humanitarian organization based in Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA.
		Abduls children play around the familys small house in Istalef as their father carefully examines the delicate buds of the five new fruit trees they received from Operation Blessing in April.
		As the former Iraqi regime spent money on lavish palaces and military might, one in eight of its children were dying before the age of five from malnourishment and illness.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Operation_Starlite.html (746 words)

	USMC in Vietnam - Operation Starlite, a scenario for Command Decision by Greg Novak. Introduction. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		USMC in Vietnam - Operation Starlite, a scenario for Command Decision by Greg Novak.
		The Marine ground units had been restricted to operating in the immediate area about the air bases, and were not allowed to move out and engage the Viet Cong.
		After the 1st Viet Cong Regiment had won an impressive string of victories against the ARVN forces in the area south of Chi Lai in the summer of 1965, the Marines stationed there were given permission to move out of their defensive perimeter and engage the enemy.
	www.gruntonline.com /Wargaming/Scenarios/starlite_1.htm (1284 words)

	Vernon County
		Vernon County operated with the Amphibious Forces of the Atlantic Fleet, alternating between Norfolk and Little Creek as her "home ports." During her years of operations from those places, she deployed regularly to the North Atlantic, Mediterranean, and Caribbean areas.
		After operating locally out of her home port and in Vietnamese waters, primarily at Chu Lai, Vernon County replenished and underwent a period of upkeep at Subic Bay in the Philippines.
		Operating slightly to the north of Square Bay and Point de Daniau, the LST remained at anchor 90 percent of the time, about 5,000 yards from shore.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/v2/vernon_county.htm (4649 words)

	VIETNAM TET OFFENCIVE 1968
		August 18-24 1965 - The 7th Marines conducted an amphibious and helicopter assault and defeated a large Communist force, the 1st VC Regiment, in Operation Starlite, inflicting heavy casualties on the enemy in heavy fighting on the Van Toung Peninsula south of Chu Lai.
		The new command has under its operational control the 3rd Marine Division, the 1st Cavalry Division (Air Mobile), and the 101st Airborne Division and is a subordinate headquarters to III MAF.
		Significance: While the operation was successful militarily, it led to wide-spread student and anti-war demonstrations and unrest in the United States.
	www.angelfire.com /pa4/MCLMUSEUM/vietnam.html (4823 words)

	How Much for a Pound of Communication?
		In OOTW scenarios small teams operating under a large organization may require access to high levels of command or may be widely separated from the main body of the force.
		The operations and eras are: Operation Forager, 1945; Operation Starlite, 1965 and Operation Desert Storm, 1990 or current doctrine.
		The military force operating in such an environment must modify their command and control structure to account for the fact that forces will tend to be smaller, widely dispersed and subject to a congested communication spectrum.
	www.fas.org /irp/eprint/ruud.htm (9225 words)

	ZBE INC. - Support (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The protocol for the information to and from the Starlite is a simple ASCII-based command set, usually consisting of one-character commands that result in a desired action at the colorhead, or some form of return status code.
		Commands that "ask" the Starlite to return status information may need several (3-5) seconds after the previous command, before the information they return is valid.
		Also, in relation to status-return commands, avoid polling the Starlite at a periodic rate exceeding "once every two seconds." The Starlite’s computer must process these commands as well as everything else, and the added processor load may cause invalid data to be returned, or lock up the system.
	www.zbe.com /support/starlite/tsd058.html (623 words)

	Marine Corps News -> Marine remembers Operation Starlite
		This was the scene at the landing of Operation Starlite Aug. 18, 1965 according to, then, Cpl. Robert A. Collins, fire team leader, 2nd Platoon, Company L, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment.
		The operation's original name was Operation Satellite, but because of electrical problems when the young Marine clerk typed the message he misspelled it, the name of the operation became Starlite.
		Operation Starlite was planned after intelligence indicated that the 1st Viet Cong Regiment was massing for an attack on the Marine base at Chu Lai in Quang Tin Province.
	www.usmc.mil /marinelink/mcn2000.nsf/lookup/2001120211427 (1009 words)

	Operation Starlite
		Army General Westmoreland, the Commander in charge of all military operations in Vietnam, located in Saigon, and his staff, grew increasingly concerned that the Viet Cong were preparing to mount an attack on Chu Lai with “up to 3 regiments of Viet Cong”.
		Col. Don Wyckoff, Third Marine Division Operations Officer, designated the operation “Satellite” but as a young PFC smoothed out the plan, the generators failed and the clerk – with only a candle for light, altering history – typed “Starlite” instead of “Satellite” throughout the document.
		The operation was to be a 2 battalion assault – Lieutenant Colonel Fisher’s 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines and Lieutenant Colonel Joseph E. Muir’s 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines.
	www.usmcvta.org /AAR02.htm (1802 words)

	History of The USS Vernon County (LST-1161)
		In that operation, three battalion landing teams and a Navy mobile construction battalion went ashore with a two-fold mission: (1) extend American influence, and (2) initiate construction of an airfield.
		In that operation, marines from the group landed, unopposed, and swept through the sandy, marshy regions north of the Cua Viet, encountering several pockets of enemy resistance.
		Operating slightly to the north of Square Bay and Point de Damau, the LST remained at anchor 90 percent of the time, about 5,000 yards from shore.
	www.mrfa.org /lst_1161.htm (4760 words)

	Operation Starlite (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Beginning with Operation Starlite, III MAF began the practice of shuffling battalions, and even individual line companies, among regiments without regard to their historical lineage.
		In the planning sessions the operation was designated "Satellite." However, a harried operations clerk, working by flickering candle light due to a generator failure, typed the name as "Starlite." Rather than redo all the stenciled forms, the name Starlite was accepted.
		Operation Starlite was a major moral booster for the Marines.
	www.1stmarinedivisionassociation.org /operations-history-folder/starlite.htm (3242 words)

	Chapter III: Growth of U.S. Armored Forces in Vietnam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Operation CIRCLE PINES was carried out in the jungle and rubber plantations twenty kilometers north of Saigon, where heavy growth favored the concealment of Viet Cong base camps.
		Operating with South Vietnamese forces, the U.S. 1st Infantry Division mounted a series of operations in eastern War Zone C during June and July 1966.
		After Operation ATTLEBORO in September and October 1966, units of the 11th Cavalry returned to Bien Hoa to continue Operation ATLANTA, whose mission was to clear and secure lines of communication in three provinces near Saigon and to secure the new Blackhorse Base Camp, 13 kilometers south of Xuan Loc.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/books/Vietnam/mounted/chapter3.htm (10967 words)

	Men of Valor 1.3 Patch
		Operation Starlite - NVA mortar shots now always count during multiplayer missions.
		Operation Starlite - NVA objectives now say how many mortar shots need to be fired.
		Operation Starlite - Fire is no longer inappropriately heard after first round of map if the US team wins.
	www.mofunzone.com /game_patch_downloads/men_of_valor_1_3.shtml (549 words)

	Operation Starlite
		.Operation Starlite was the first major U.S. military operation in Vietnam.
		It was a classic Marine Corps exercise, where a coordinated land, sea, and air attack was executed against the Viet Cong.
		In memory of LCpl Robert Guy Brown, KIA on Operation Texas on March 21, 1966.
	www.geocities.com /kensympson.geo/OperationStarlite.html (999 words)

	Vernon County (LST 1161)
		In that operation, three battalion landing teams and a Navy mobile construction battalion went ashore with a two- fold mission: (1) extend American influence, and (2) initiate construction of an airfield.
		It was the first big battle for the marines, who came away from "Starlite" con fident in their ability to meet the enemy on the field of battle and defeat him.
		During that time, she acted as a floating landing pad for support helicopters; provided goods and services to small craft operating on the coastal interdiction and patrol functions of the "Market Time" operation, assumed the role of naval gunfire support ship; and established the central communica tions point for TG 115.7.
	www.hazegray.org /danfs/amphib/lst1161.htm (4719 words)

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		The first major U.S. ground combat operation of the Vietnam War began when a Viet Cong deserter revealed that the 1,500-strong main force VC 1st Regiment, with its 60th and 80th battalions and 52nd Company, was planning an attack on the airfield at Chu Lai.
		Marines retrieve the dead commander of an LVTP during Operation Starlite.
		After the commitment of the rest of 3/7, the attack continued on August 19, and by nightfall the sweep of the area was completed.
	www.angelfire.com /pa/hotshot478/starlite.html (680 words)

	3rd Battalion 12th Marines, RVN era, 1965-69, Golf, Hotel, India, Papa, Sierra Battery, Tango, Whiskey Batteries>"> ...
		The battalion supported 7th Marines in "Operation Starlite," the first regimental size combat operation of the war.
		The operation resulted in the defeat of the 1st Viet Cong Regiment on the Van Tuong Peninsula, south of Chu Lai.
		Eventually the battalion shifted its TAOR to the northern sector of South Vietnam, named "I Corps." Elements of the battalion, during July and August 1966, participated in Operation Hastings, the largest multi-battalion operation to date in the war.
	12thmarinesassoc.homestead.com /3rd.html (402 words)

	piranha 1965
		Seeking to complete the destruction of the Viet Cong unit that had withdrawn further south to the Batangan Peninsula Operation Piranha began on September 7, 1965, with the 1st Battalion, 7th Marines coming ashore by landing craft on the Batangan Peninsula.
		Results were less than expected and less spectacular than Operation Starlite, as the Marines found no large concentrations of enemy personnel.
		The concept of operations for PIRANHA was similar to that of STARLITE.
	www.duprel.com /usmcgeocitiespaid/piranha.html (1798 words)

	The Naming of Camp Radcliff
		Intelligence indicated that the 1st VC Regiment was massing for an attack on the Marine base at Chu Lai in Quang Tin Province.
		Rather than prepare defenses and brace for the attack, the Marines decided to meet the enemy on their own terms and launch a preemptive attack, code named Operation Starlite.
		Operation Starlite, the largest planned US military operation in Vietnam to that time, was to be a combined amphibious/air assault operation against the Viet Cong regiment twelve miles south of Chu Lai.
	1-22infantry.org /history/campradcliff.htm (944 words)

	Marine Tanks/Vietnam Oct-Dec 65
		Operations RED SNAPPER and LIEN KET-10 were typical with a maximum amount of planning and coordination and a paucity of results.
		None of these operations included the tactical offensive deployment of Tanks which were used mainly for blocking positions, road check points, and some convoy duty in and around the Chu Lai TAOR.
		On 6 October 1965 a platoon from B Company was placed in direct support of the 3d Battalion, 9th Marines operating in the center portion of the southern flank of the Danang enclave (around the Da Nang Airfield).
	www.usmcvta.org /VnTks02.htm (854 words)

	Amazon.com: FIRST BATTLE: Operation Starlite and the Beginning of the Blood Debt in Vietnam: Books: Otto Lehrack (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Codenamed Operation Starlite, this action was a resounding success for the Marines and its result was cause for great optimism about America's future in Viet Nam.
		Operation Starlite sent the Viet Nam War into the headlines across the nation and into the minds of Americans, where it took up residence for more than a decade.
		I visited the Operation Starlite battlesite for the first time and saw one of the rapidly deteriorating Amtrac's that the Vietnamese have recently covered and hold up as a symbol of America's defeat in Vietnam.
	www.amazon.com /FIRST-BATTLE-Operation-Starlite-Beginning/dp/1932033270 (1819 words)

	Vietnam War > Events >Operation Starlite Begins
		Operation Starlite, the first major action fought by only US forces,takes place.
		US marines numbering 5,500 destroy a Viet Cong base area nearVan Tuong.
		The US marines lose 45 and claim to kill 668 Viet Cong.
	www.multied.com /vietnam/Starlite.html (57 words)

	"Operation Starlite" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Originally code named "Satellite", due to a loss of electricity, a clerk made a typing error when the plan was being typed up and Operation "Starlite" was born.
		These ground units were to participate in the operation with support from numerous other Marine units.
		Small pockets of resistance still remained as the VC were holed up in bunkers and caves, directing small arms fire on the Marines.
	www.marzone.com /7thMarines/Hst0101.htm (943 words)

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