COMMAND CHRONOLOGY [BLT 2/5] [2D BN 5TH MARINES]
Document Item Number: 1201048065
- Pages
- 0003
- 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: July - December 1965- General Note
- 2D BN 5TH MARINES (2nd Battalion 5th Marine Regiment) ;
19 July 1965 - 3D Bn 9th Marines redesignated 2D Bn 5th Marines ;
8 August 1965 - Returned to U.S. from WESTPAC deployment, arriving at San Diego, California ;
16 September 1965 - SEATO Demonstration, combined fire support exercise conducted by units of RLT-5 ;
3-5 November 1965 - Particiated in Operation TENDERTOUCH conducted by 3rd Brigade 5th Infantry Division (Mech);
19 November 1965 - Conducted PHIBLEX by helicopter from USS Princeton to Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton ;
- Perma Link
- https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=1201048065
- Citation
- COMMAND CHRONOLOGY [BLT 2/5] [2D BN 5TH MARINES], 1201048065. July - 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=1201048065, Accessed 14 Dec 2025.
- Pub Credit Line
- 1201048065, US Marine Corps History Division Vietnam War Documents Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University
- Added: 30 Nov 2004 [Updated: 03 Mar 2022]
Vietnam Center & Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive
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