COMMAND CHRONOLOGY [BLT 1/5] [1ST BN 5TH MARINES]
Document Item Number: 1201048001
- Pages
- 0188
- Media Type
- Document
- Credit
- Courtesy the Marine Corps History Division
- Physical Location
- Box __, Folder 048,
- Copyright Statement
- Declassified by the USMC History Division
- Language(s)
- English
Dates
Existence: 22 May - December 1965- General Note
- BLT 1/5, 1ST BN 5TH MARINES (Battalion Landing Team 1/5 ; 1st Battalion 5th Marine Regiment) ;
22 May 1965 - 2nd Bn 9th Marines redesignated as 1st Bn 5th Marines ;
15 June 1965 - redesignated BLT 1/5 ;
15-30 June 1965 - Camp Pendleton, California ;
1-26 July 1965 - Enroute to Oahu, Hawaii ;
27 July to 31 December 1965 - Marine Corps Air Station, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii ;
Operation Plan 201A-66 - Landing over designated beach via LVT's and landing craft ;
Operation Plan 201B-66 - Land by combined surface/helicopter means in support of designated contingency plan ;
Operation Plan 201C-66 - Land by helicopter means in support of designated contingency plan ;
- Perma Link
- https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=1201048001
- Citation
- COMMAND CHRONOLOGY [BLT 1/5] [1ST BN 5TH MARINES], 1201048001. 22 May - December 1965, Box __, Folder 048, 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=1201048001, Accessed 06 Feb 2026.
- Pub Credit Line
- 1201048001, US Marine Corps History Division Vietnam War Documents Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University
- Added: 30 Nov 2004 [Updated: 02 Mar 2022]
Vietnam Center & Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive
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