Collection: US Marine Corps History Division Vietnam War Documents Collection

Existence: 19 June - 31 December 1965

General Note: SLF, TASK GROUP 78.5 (Special Landing Force, Task Group 78.5) ;

Command Chronology for HMM-163 - SLF (TG 78.5), 19 June - 10 October 1965 ;
Operation Order 1-65 - Land at Qui Nhon and provide security for U.S. Military Complex ;
Operation Order 3-65 - Be prepared on order to withdraw or reinforce recon and surveillance teams ;
Operation Order 4-65 - Operation BLUE MARLIN, attack and destroy VC installations ;
Post Operations Report (Lessons Learned) - Operataion DAGGER THRUST Targets 2, 4, and 11 ;
Command Chronology for SLF (TG 79.5), 11 October - 31 December 1965 ;
Operation Order 5-65 - Operation HARVEST MOON, 7-20 December 1965 ;
HMM-261 Operations Report for Dagger Thrust Objective C ;
HMM-261 Operations Report for Dagger Thrust Objective U ;
BLT 2/1 Unit Report for Dagger Thrust Objective C ;
BLT 2/1 Unit Report for Dagger Thrust Objective U ;
Administrative Order 1-66 (Hue-Phu Bai Battalion Landing Team Rotation).
COMSEVENTHFLT message 23 December 1965 ;

Perma Link: https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=1201063026

Citation: COMMAND CHRONOLOGY [SLF] [TASK GROUP 78.5], 1201063026. 19 June - 31 December 1965, Box __, Folder 063, 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=1201063026, Accessed 10 Jan 2026.

Pub Credit Line: 1201063026, 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