10 MAR--This Day in US Military Hisory

2015-03-10T09:51:53-04:00

1968 – Battle of Lima Site 85, concluding the 11th with largest single ground combat loss of United States Air Force members (12) during the Vietnam War.

Also called Battle of Phou Pha Thi, was fought as part of a military campaign waged during the Vietnam War and Laotian Civil War by the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) (then known as NVA) and the Pathet Lao, against airmen of the United States Air Force 1st Combat Evaluation Group, elements of the Royal Laos Army, Royal Thai Border Patrol Police, and the Central Intelligence Agency-led Hmong Clandestine Army.
The battle was fought on Phou Pha Thi mountain in Houaphanh Province, Laos, on 10 March 1968, and derives its name from the mountaintop where it was fought or from the designation of a 700 feet (210 m) landing strip in the valley below.

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March 10

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Response by SFC Mark Merino made Mar 11 at 2015 2:33 AM

2015-03-11T02:33:32-04:00

Vietnam veteran RESPECT!

Response by MAJ Ken Landgren made Oct 30 at 2021 5:05 PM

2021-10-30T17:05:01-04:00

I firmly believe we need to conduct a military analysis of how terrain impacts wars. The Jungle hid the enemy. The mountains in Afghanistan made it a completely different fight.