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  The Final Offensive in the North
Quang Ngai territorials, never strong, had been weakened further by the departure of the 5th ARVN Regiment for Quang Tin Province and the shift of most of the 4th ARVN Regiment to 2d Division reserve in Chu Lai.
Tri Tam had fallen north of Saigon, and the NVA offensive was gathering momentum in Tay Ninh, Long Khanh, and Binh Tuy Provinces.
The Quang Tri province chief, Colonel Do Ky, gave a similar report; almost all civilians had left the province, morale was low and the territorials could not be expected to offer serious resistance to an attack now that the stiffening presence of the marines had been removed.
www.riciok.com /Cease_Fire/final_offensive_in_the_north.htm   (8472 words)

  
 Project number 46 : Cam Tuyenbridges project   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Quang Tri is a province located on Vietnam’s central coast through which runs the Ben Hai river, which formerly marked the border between North and South Vietnam.
Quang Tri is 594 km south of Hanoi.
Cam Lo District is one of 8 districts and one township of Quang Tri Province.
www.microprojects-vietnam.org /report.asp?id=46   (635 words)

  
 Quang Binh Province, ViêtNam  | WomPom.ca
Quang Tri Province is located in the Central ViêtNam, immediately south of the former Demilitarised Zone that existed between North and South ViêtNam during the American War.
It is bordered on the north by Quang Binh; on the south by Thua Thien Hué; on the east by the South China Sea coastline; on the west by Laos.
Bitter, violent battles took place in Quang Tri Province during the American War; these battles are marked by Hien Luong Bridge, Tung Gate, and Vinh Moc underground tunnels (1).
www.wompom.ca /vietnam/vnprovinc404.htm   (300 words)

  
 PeaceTrees Vietnam - History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
A: Quang Tri is a province (similar to a state in the United States) in the north of central Vietnam, located in the narrowest portion of the length of Vietnam.
It was the northern-most province in the former South Vietnam, bordering the former Demilitarized Zone that separated North and South Vietnam until 1975.
Quang Tri Province is 4,746 km2 in size, a terrain that is 75% hills and mountains.
www.peacetreesvietnam.org /HTML/faq.htm   (1114 words)

  
 AII POW-MIA InterNetwork   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Quang Tri, Jan. 2 (VNA) - Central Quang Tri province of Viet Nam has pledged further assistance to Laos' Savannakhet province in socio-economic development projects this year.
Furthermore, Quang Tri will assist Savannakhet in agricultural development and in education and training, supply new seedlings as well as promote the exchange of experiences in managing the Densavan trade zone in Savannakhet.
In 2003, Quang Tri helped Savannakhet build two major projects in Se Pon and Muong Noong districts and provided 20,000 coffee plants, 20 tonnes of fertilizer, thousands of pepper and cassava seedlings and a substantial number of pigs and poultry.
www.aiipowmia.com /inter24/in110104vnlao.html   (302 words)

  
 Quang Tri Province   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Quang Tri is located in the Central Vietnam near the crossways between North and South Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand.
Violent battles took place in Quang Tri during the war against the Americans; such battles have left revolutionary vestiges such as Hien Luong Bridge, Tung Gate, and Vinh Moc Underground Tunnels.
Dong Ha is 12.5km from Quang Tri Citadel, 41km from Vinh Moc, 65km from Khe Sanh, 74km from Hue, 80km from Lao Bao border crossing, 94km from Dong Hoi, 190km from Danang, 617km from Hanoi and 1,169km from Ho Chi Minh City.
vietnam-tourism.com /vietnam_gov/e_pages/Hanhchinh/64info/quangtri.htm   (254 words)

  
 Team clears mines from school yard   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
QUANG TRI — Hundreds of students in Tan Lien primary school in Huong Hoa District, Quang Tri Province can now enjoy quite and peaceful playtime in their school yard where 66 pieces of unexploded ordnance (UXO) have been cleared by the Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) response team.
Established in Viet Nam in 1995, PTVN is the first ever American organisation to be granted permission by the Government to sweep for UXOs throughout Quang Tri Province.
To entice the community to join with the people of Quang Tri to fight the difficulties of life and consequences of war, volunteers from United States have visited as a gesture of goodwill and have taken part in various activities in communes in Quang Tri Province.
vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn /2004-04/01/Stories/15.htm   (797 words)

  
 Quang Tri   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
A 600-man South Vietnamese battalion was sent to try to dislodge the North Vietnamese and reopen the road.
American B52s continued their high-level bombing in an effort to ease Communist pressure on Quang Tri, which now is open on all sides to the Communists but which so far has not come under major attack.
The U.S. command in Saigon said that "several" Americans have been killed or wounded during the six-day Communist offensive in the Quang Tri province, but said no details could be made available until after next of kin were notified.
www.alphaavengers.org /history/quangtri.htm   (246 words)

  
 Adopt-A-Minefield - Mine Action Projects in Vietnam   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Located south of Quang Tri city along national highway number 1, the area covers part of a 65 hectare clearance site that has been prioritized by the district and local community for the resettlement of 140 families (approximately 560 people) from poor areas that suffer bad flooding every year.
The explosive remnants of war continue to severely restrict development opportunities in many of the communes and are a constant and ever-present threat to children and their families who live, work, play and study in these areas.
CPI assists landmines survivors in the Quang Tri province, an area that was just south of the DMZ during the Vietnam war and which saw some of the heaviest fighting and bombing.
www.landmines.org.uk /Minefield_Country.asp?Country=Vietnam&o=Statusd   (7367 words)

  
 Travel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Host province Quang Tri will send the gong troupe comprising ethnic minority people from the highland district of Huong Hoa and the Barcarolle Folk-Singing Troupe of Hai Lang District.
Delegations from Quang Binh, Thua Thien-Hue and Quang Nam provinces, which are famous for their world-recognised natural and cultural heritage, are also coming.
A major tourism festival in Quang Tri Province is expected to boost trade and tourism along the East-West Economic Corridor (EWEC), which runs through Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Viet Nam.
vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn /2004-07/24/Columns/Travel.htm   (820 words)

  
 HMM-262 Home Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Quang Tri province bordered North Viet Nam with only the DMZ as a "buffer" between it, with the South China Sea to it's East, and, Laos formed it's Western border.
Quang Tri Province would host some of the fiercest battles of the entire war.
In the spring of 1967 the "Hill Wars" in the Khe Sanh area erupted with inflows of North Vietnamese regulars that would be the prelude for the famous Siege of Khe Sanh in January 1968.
www.hmm-262vietnam.org /evac.htm   (556 words)

  
 Schools Spring Up in Vietnam   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The province is financially unable to improve or construct schools for its burgeoning population of 520,000 that will reach 650,000 by the year 2000.
Completed schools are given to the province by the VMA to the Vietnamese, who staff and equip the school.
The prototype was built with $75,000 from VMA and $50,000 raised by the province of Quang Tri.
grunt.space.swri.edu /vma2.htm   (1249 words)

  
 LANDMINES VIETNAM QUANG TRI - Project RENEW - Description   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
E*TRADE Group, Inc Chairman and CEO Christos Cotsakos served from 1967 to 1968 with the U.S. Army in Quang Tri Province.
Former U.S. Ambassador Pete Peterson (left) talks with Quang Tri Province People’s Committee representative Hoang Dang Mai and VVMF Treasurer Bob Frank prior to a press briefing in Hanoi.
The overriding goal, of course, is to save lives, prevent injuries, and allow the people of the Province to resume normal lives, confident of the future and assured of opportunities for their families.
www.vietnam-landmines.org /project.htm   (206 words)

  
 Kids First ~ Home Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Kids First was formed in 1997 as a result of the co-founders traveling to Vietnam where they discovered that in Quang Tri Province there were 6,708 children not in school due to economic hardship.
Quang Tri Province was one of the most intense battlefields in Vietnam, and the Province most affected today by the residual of unexploded ordinance, landmines and dioxins from the use of Agent Orange.
Kids First vision is to create educational and vocational opportunities for the disadvantaged young people, some with disabilities, in Quang Tri Province so that they may mature into adults with equal opportunities, full community inclusion, self-reliance, and economic independence.
www.kidsfirstvietnam.org   (199 words)

  
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Per 3rdmarines- operations 3rd Mar Div operation in Quang Tri Province against NVA 324B Division in area of DMZ with 882 Enemy KIA and 183 U.S. 03Aug66 to 29Sep66 PRAIRIE I Province: Quang Tri- in Con Thien and Gio Linh areas of DMZ.
Per 3rdmarines-operations Bear Claw was 3rd Mar Div operation in Quang Tri Province vicinity of Con Thien, SLF part of operation Buffalo with 424 Enemy KIA and 29 U.S. Operation Buffalo, totals with SLF were 1281 Enemy KIA and U.S. 14Jul67 to 16July67 HICKORY II Province: Quang Tri near DMZ.
The 1st Cav Div was to reinforce the III MAF in area between Quang Tri and Hue and Phu Bia.
1stbattalion3rdmarines.com /vietnam/OfcOps2.doc   (4188 words)

  
 101st ORLL - LS 719 transcription
On 20 February the 101st Abn Div (Ambl) committed infantry units into QUANG TRI Province when the 3d Bde forward CP passed OPCON to the 1st Bde, 5th Inf Div (Mech), moving to CAMP CARROLL.
On 28 February the 2d Bn (Ambl), 327th Inf moved north into QUANG TRI in the vicinity of Fire Base SARGE and KHE GIO.
On 2 March the 11th Bde, 23d Inf Div passed OPCON to the 101st Abn Div (Ambl) continuing its mission of operating along the eastern edge of the DMZ.
www.societyofthefifthdivision.com /LS719-101.htm   (1873 words)

  
 Battle Quang Tri   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
He takes his readers to Quang Tri in 1967, as Kilo Company took casualties and new dead, in order to bring out old dead from a previous firefight.
Quang Tri Province alone reports 500 children dead and over 4000 injured since 1975.
And their version of ARVN's efforts to retake Quang Tri near the demilitarized zone later in the war was also very good.
www.mocde.com /search/battle-quang-tri.html   (791 words)

  
 30,000 'INVADERS' HURL BACK S. VIETS
Quang Tri city has been mentioned as one of the main Communist objectives.
Military sources said the few dozen Americans not already evacuated from the northernmost Quang Tri Province would be moved out within 24 hours.
The big rear-area combat base of Quang Tri, three miles north of Quang Tri city, was attacked Saturday night by Communist commandos.
www.thebattleofkontum.com /stars/1.html   (687 words)

  
 1968: The Definitive Year   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
As part of the Checkers plan to concentrate the 3d Marine Division in Quang Tri Province, Colonel Joseph E. Lo Prete's 3d Marines took over the Operation Osceola sector centered around the relatively new Quang Tri complex from the 1st Marines.
The NVA Quyet Thaig Artillery Regiment equipped with 82mm mortars and rockets was deployed to the southwest and west of the Marines.
For the most part, the enemy largely bypassed the Marine positions and confined his attacks on the Marine base areas and the Quang Tri airfield to harassing sniper fire, occasional mortar shelling, and rocket bombardment.
ehistory.osu.edu /vietnam/books/1968/0118.cfm   (712 words)

  
 Culture   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Until now, Quang Tri province has attracted US$13.6 million from four foreign investment projects, implemented 28 ODA projects with a total investment capital of US$113.7 million and received between US$7-8 million from non-government organizations.
It will also help countries and provinces along EWEC and sub-Mekong Delta region promote their own culture, especially tourism products, and introduce World Heritage Sites in the Central region of Vietnam as well as Quang Tri’s tourism potential.
Quang Tri has a great deal of potential to develop its tourism industry as it has many historic sites and beautiful spots, including the Da Krong natural reservation, Cua Tung beach, Hien Luong River, Vinh Moc tunnel, Quang Tri old citadel, and the legendary Ho Chi Minh trail.
www.vov.org.vn /2004_07_20/english/vanhoa1.htm   (1179 words)

  
 Culture   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Scientists and local and overseas businesses also discussed issues relating to developing tourism among provinces in the central region, especially Quang Tri province as well as in regional countries of the East-West Economic Corridor.
Quang Tri has great tourism potential with a range of historic relics including the Lao Bao border gate and the Cua Tung beach.
By doing so, the province will be able to compete and associate with other provinces in Vietnam as well as other countries along the East — West Corridor.
www.vov.org.vn /2004_07_28/english/vanhoa1.htm   (510 words)

  
 Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund - Major Gift Given to Project RENEW
Quang Tri Province’s nine districts (including Quang Tri and Dong Ha towns) have seen a major reduction in casualties since the establishment of Project RENEW
In the first half of 2004, 66 mine-related incidents occurred in Quang Tri Province with 34 resulting in fatalities.
Quang Tri Province is located in central Vietnam along the 17th parallel — the Demilitarized Zone between North and South Vietnam from 1954 to 1975.
www.vvmf.org /index.cfm?SectionID=376   (852 words)

  
 Vietnam Villagers Find Profit, Risk in Bomb Hunting
Like hundreds of other villagers along the DMZ, in the Quang Tri province, Hun is digging for live American bombs, which he will recover and sell.
Some of the heaviest fighting occurred within the Quang Tri province, where North and South Vietnam met at the DMZ—a swath of land stretching three miles (five kilometers) on each bank of the Ben Hai River.
For the last 20 years, villagers in the Quang Tri province have capitalized on the war, gathering chunks of metal and selling them to buyers in Hanoi who recycle it.
news.nationalgeographic.com /news/2004/01/0107_040107_tvbombdigger.html   (920 words)

  
 [devel-vn] OFFICE OF GENETIC COUNSELING AND DISABLED CHILDREN (OGCDC) Newsletter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Nai Cuu hamlet, Trieu Dong commune,Trieu Phong district, Quang Tri Provin=
Vinh Tien commune, Vinh Linh district, Quang Tri province.
with disabilities in Thus Thien Hue and Quang Tri provinces.
www.undp.org.vn /mlist/develvn/102001/post68.htm   (1514 words)

  
 Construction Mechanic
EOH3-E4 From Raleigh, NC Casualty was in Quang Tri, South Vietnam
Casualty was in Dong Ha, Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam.
On August 7, 1969, at the age of 35, he perished in the service of our country in South Vietnam, Quang Tri.
www.mcb11.com /Honors.htm   (697 words)

  
 Vietnam Maps I Corps
If you would like to order a map from USGS and do not know the name-series number, send me an email with the place name (Within Quang Tri and Thua Thien Province's Only) and I will try and identify the map for you.
Below is a hand drawn gazetteer and map listing showing the maps in Quang Tri Province with map name and ordering number for the USGS.
PAVN Map of Northern I Corps 504kb file - This is a scan of a PAVN hand drawn map showing their positions across the northern portion of Quang Tri Province just prior to the Siege Of Khe Sanh and the Tet Offensive 1968.
www.georgeneville.com /maps.htm   (869 words)

  
 C 2/5 Cav - April 1968
C Company is airlifted north from the southern Quang Tri Province and stages through LZ Stud to help occupy LZ Tom, the 2nd Brigade base.
Platoon was killed by fragments from an incoming 122mm rocket at LZ Tom (coordinates XD 900345, Map 6342-2) in Quang Tri Province.
April 1 - C 2/5 mortar crew during an actual fire mission near the Song Ma (the river that is the boundary between Thua Thien Province and Quang Tri Province, on Highway Nine.
www.tallcomanche.org /April_1968.htm   (752 words)

  
 Functional Architecture and distinctive design of libraries.
Vinh Linh District, Quang Tri Province, Viet Nam
Trieu Phong District, Quang Tri Province, Viet Nam
Nui Thanh District, Quang Nam Province, Viet Nam
libraryofvietnam.org /Thelibrary.htm   (451 words)

  
 PeaceTrees Vietnam - The Need   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
In Vietnam's Quang Tri Province, a child is killed or maimed nearly once a week by landmines and unexploded bombs left over from the Vietnam war.
Twice each year, we also lead groups of citizen diplomats to plant trees in areas that were formerly mined.
We're asking everyone who supports or has supported our work in the war-torn province of Quang Tri to take a five minute survey so we can mobilize your energy, resources and inspiration at this historical time.
www.peacetreesvietnam.org /HTML/getinvolved.htm   (194 words)

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