UDORN Thailand 432nd Tac Recon Wing - Navy COTTON 12th Marines deployed to Đông

12th Marines deployed to Đông Hà Combat Base and Cam Lộ

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On 6 May 1965 units from the ARVN 2nd Division and 3rd Battalion

Cua Viet was under mortar

UDORN Thailand 432nd Tac Recon Wing - Navy COTTON 12th Marines deployed to ĐôngUdorn RTAFB was established in the 1950s. The civil war inside Laos and fears of it spreading into Thailand led the Thai government to allow the United States to use covertly five Thai bases beginning in 1961 for the air defense of Thailand and to fly reconnaissance flights over Laos. Udorn was one of those bases. Under Thailand's "gentleman's agreement" with the US, RTAF bases used by the US Air Force (USAF) were considered RTAF bases and were