Collection: US Marine Corps History Division Vietnam War Documents Collection

Existence: August 1970
Existence: Majority of material found within 01 August 1970

General Note: 3D BN 1ST MARINES (3rd Battalion 1st Marines)

S-3 Journal (Operations)
FRAG Order 20-70 - preempt enemy rocket attacks against Danang and enemy attacks on pacification efforts
FRAG Order 21-70 - with 1/25th Regional Force Company conduct Recon in Force vicinity of Hill 1192
OpOrder 22-70 - Operation BALLARD VALLEY
FRAG Order 23-70 - assumes OPCON /ADCON of Company D, 7th Engineer Battalion
FRAG Order 24-70 - increase intensity of ops
FRAG Order 25-70 - Provice external security in support of free Vietnamese elections in Quang Nam Province
FRAG Order 26-70 - chops Lima Company as reserve/exploitation force to 7th Marines

Perma Link: https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=1201022010

Citation: COMMAND CHRONOLOGY [3D BN 1ST MARINES], 1201022010. 01 August 1970, Box __, Folder 022, US Marine Corps History Division Vietnam War Documents Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=1201022010, Accessed 21 Dec 2025.

Pub Credit Line: 1201022010, US Marine Corps History Division Vietnam War Documents Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Vietnam Center & Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive