Collection: US Marine Corps History Division Vietnam War Documents Collection

Existence: 23 April - 12 May 1965

General Note: III MAB (Third Marine Amphibious Brigade)
RLT-4 (Regimental Landing Team 4)
BLT 1/4 (Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion 4th Marines)
BLT 2/4 (Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion 4th Marines)
Regiment Artillery Group
Shore Party Group
BLT 3/3 (MAB Reserve) (Battlaion Landing Team 3rd Battalion 3rd Marines)
HMM-161

Command Post Located Aboard USS Estes AGC-12
Amphibious Landings at Chu Lai, RVN
Initial Shipping List
Resume of Activities
Chronology of Major Events
Request for Additional Forces in Chu Lai RVN
CTF 76 Operation Order 315-65
Third MAB Message Operation Order 301-65 - Expeditionary Airfield at Chu Lai)
Concept of Operation for Chu Lai Landing
FRAG Order 4-65 - USS Iwo Jima relieves USS Princeton in Chu Lai, 11 May 1965
FRAG Order 5-65 - BLT 3/3 lands by helicopter and surface means and reports OPCON RLT-4
Logistics and Administration to Third MAB Operation Order 301-65

Perma Link: https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=1201040042

Citation: COMMAND DIARY [III MAB], 1201040042. 23 April - 12 May 1965, Box __, Folder 040, 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=1201040042, Accessed 19 Jan 2026.

Pub Credit Line: 1201040042, 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