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MAP, 1 ATF, NUI DAT - BINH BA - Vietnam War, 6430 III S
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Phuoc Tuy Province Nui Dat - Binh Ba MAP - 6430 III S Printed 1967 Binh Ba, Nui Dat Map - 6430 III S Superbly Rare Map covering Nui Dat, 1st Autralian Task Force Base, Phuoc Tuy Province and Binh Ba, site of the 1969 battle of Binh Ba. Large, Combat Pictomap Map, as used by ATF operatives, compiled by the US Army, Corps of Engineers 1967. Carrying Map number corresponding to the US Army Issue Maps and marked MAT (Secret) this is a 1965, North Vietnam Army issue Map of Phuoc Tuy Province titled Binh Ba. With the Australian Operations Base at Nui Dat circled this map covers a vast area of Phuoc Tuy Province and the major area of operations of the Australian and New Zealand Units in Vietnam. From the Southeast at Phuoc Le and the Da Bang River From the Southwest at the convergence of the Thi Vai, Go Gia and Dong Nai Rivers From the Northeast at Duc Hiep From the Northwest at Long PhuocThe map covers the Australian Operations base at Nui Dat, Duc My, Xa Binh Ba, Binh Ba and more. Battle of Binh Ba Whilst the Battle of Long Tan is widely known and needs no introduction here the Battle of Binh Ba lasting three days from the 6th to the 9th of June 1969 is remembered as one of the great Australian / New Zealand victories of the Vietnam War. Map To give an idea of the scale and detail of this map, Binh Ba is just 5 kilometres from Nui Dat. Map Measures - 45 x 29 inches ( 114 x 74 cms ) - Large Combat Pictomap Scale - 1:25,000 Excellent Condition Excellent Rare PieceThe Battle of Binh Ba (6–9 June 1969) ( also known as Operation Hammer ). The Battle occurred when troops from 5RAR fought a combined communist force NVA and NLF in the village at Binh Ba, 5 kilometres north of their Nui Dat base in Phuoc Tuy Province. The battle was unusual in Australian combat experience in Vietnam as it involved fierce close-quarter house-to-house fighting. In response to communist attempts to capture Binh Ba the Australians assaulted the village with infantry, armour and helicopter gunships, routing the Viet Cong and largely destroying the village itself and temporarily out of Phuoc Tuy Province entirely. Although the Australians did encounter communist Main Force units in the years to come, the battle marked the end of such large-scale clashes, and ranks as one of the major Australian victories of the war. Situated north of the 1 ATF ( 1st Australian Task Force ) base at Nui Dat on the western side of Route 2, the village of Binh Ba had a population of around 3,000 people. In an attempt to demonstrate that they could move freely with in the province, a combined communist force including a company from the 33 NVA Regiment, elements of the Viet Cong D440 Provincial Mobile Battalion , the Binh Ba and Ngai Giao Guerrilla Squad and the Chau Duc District Company had occupied Binh Ba on the evening of 5–6 June 1969. In response, South Vietnamese forces were sent from Duc Thanh the following morning. Initial intelligence suggested that a group of about platoon strength had infiltrated the village. Meanwhile during a separate operation 6RAR had also been engaged in a heavy contact several kilometres north of the task force base and at 08:00 on 6 June, an Australian Centurion tank and an armoured recovery vehicle moving through Binh Ba to assist 6RAR were fired upon. A rocket propelled grenade struck the Centurion penetrating the turret, and causing damage to the tank and severe injuries to one of the crewman. The district commander subsequently asked 1 ATF for assistance in clearing Binh Ba. The 1ATF Ready Reaction Force consisting of D Company 5RAR, a troop of tanks from 1st Armoured Regiment and a troop of armoured personnel carriers from 3rd Cavalry Regiment — under the command of Major Murray Blake— subsequently reacted to the incident. Meanwhile elements of the 1st Battalion 33 NVA Regiment took up defensive positions within...
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