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- Battle_of_Lima_Site_85 abstract "The Battle of Lima Site 85, also called Battle of Phou Pha Thi, was fought as part of a military campaign waged during the Vietnam War and Laotian Civil War by the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) (then known as NVA) and the Pathet Lao, against airmen of the United States Air Force 1st Combat Evaluation Group, elements of the Royal Laos Army, Royal Thai Border Patrol Police, and the Central Intelligence Agency-led Hmong Clandestine Army. The battle was fought on Phou Pha Thi mountain in Houaphanh Province, Laos, on 10 March 1968, and derives its name from the mountaintop where it was fought or from the designation of a 700 feet (210 m) landing strip in the valley below, and was the largest single ground combat loss of United States Air Force members during the Vietnam War.During the Vietnam War and the Laotian Civil War, Phou Pha Thi mountain was an important strategic outpost which had served both sides at various stages of the conflict. In 1966, the United States Ambassador to Laos approved a plan by the United States Air Force (USAF) to construct a TACAN site on top of Phou Pha Thi, as at the time they lacked a navigation site with sufficient range to guide U.S. bombers towards their targets in North Vietnam. In 1967 the site was upgraded with the air-transportable all-weather AN/TSQ-81 radar bombing control system. This enabled American aircraft to bomb North Vietnam and Laos at night and in all types of weather, an operation code-named Commando Club. Despite U.S. efforts to maintain the secrecy of the installation, which included the \"sheep-dipping\" of the airmen involved, U.S. operations at the facility did not escape the attention of the North Vietnamese and Pathet Lao forces.Towards the end of 1967, North Vietnamese units increased the tempo of their operations around Phou Pha Thi, and by 1968 several attacks were launched against Lima Site 85. In the final assault on 10 March 1968, elements of the VPA 41st Special Forces Battalion attacked the facility, with support from the VPA 766th Regiment and one Pathet Lao battalion. The Hmong and Thai forces that were defending the facility were overwhelmed by the combined North Vietnamese and Pathet Lao forces.".
- Battle_of_Lima_Site_85 causalties "13 U.S. killed".
- Battle_of_Lima_Site_85 causalties "42 Thai and Hmong killed".
- Battle_of_Lima_Site_85 causalties "Total casualties:".
- Battle_of_Lima_Site_85 combatant "Kingdom of Laos".
- Battle_of_Lima_Site_85 combatant "North Vietnam".
- Battle_of_Lima_Site_85 combatant "Pathet Lao".
- Battle_of_Lima_Site_85 combatant "ThaiBorder Patrol Police"volunteers"".
- Battle_of_Lima_Site_85 commander Richard_Secord.
- Battle_of_Lima_Site_85 commander Vang_Pao.
- Battle_of_Lima_Site_85 date "1968-03-11".
- Battle_of_Lima_Site_85 isPartOfMilitaryConflict Laotian_Civil_War.
- Battle_of_Lima_Site_85 isPartOfMilitaryConflict Vietnam_War.
- Battle_of_Lima_Site_85 place Houaphanh_Province.
- Battle_of_Lima_Site_85 place Laos.
- Battle_of_Lima_Site_85 result "North Vietnamese and Pathet Lao victory".
- Battle_of_Lima_Site_85 strength "3,000".
- Battle_of_Lima_Site_85 strength "Kingdom of Laos: 1,000".
- Battle_of_Lima_Site_85 strength "Thailand: 300".
- Battle_of_Lima_Site_85 strength "United States: 19".
- Battle_of_Lima_Site_85 thumbnail LS85_Phou_Pha_Thi.jpg?width=300.
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