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• D445_Battalion abstract "The 445th Battalion (D445 for short), also known as the D445 Provincial Mobile Battalion or the Ba Ria Battalion, was a Local Force battalion of the Viet Cong during the Vietnam War. The battalion operated in the Dong Nai river basin and also the Bien Hoa, Phuoc Tuy and Long Khanh provinces. It recruited principally from Dat Do, Long Dien and Hoa Long. The battalion was formed on 19 May 1965. It consisted of three rifle companies and one weapons company with a total strength of approximately 350 men and was commanded by Nguyen Van Kiem.The battalion fought initially against the 173rd Airborne Infantry Brigade between 24 May and 4 June 1966 during Operation Hardihood. American casualties during that operation were 23 killed and 160 wounded and 48 Viet Cong soldiers were reported to have been killed.During the Battle of Long Tan on 18 August 1966 the battalion fought against Australian Army forces from D Company, 6 RAR supported by New Zealand and US artillery. According to the D445 Battalion political officer, the unit provided \"guides for the units that mortared the Task Force\" at Nui Dat base on 17 August 1966. A Viet Cong medic, Chung, reported that three of the Viet Cong RCL detachment were killed in the Australian counter-battery fire and were buried nearby. During the battle an 80-strong Vo Thi Sau civil labour company commanded by Chin Phuong, comprising mainly women and children, lent support by evacuating the casualties. Australian veterans and historians, in the main, claim that at Long Tan D445 Battalion suffered heavy casualties, with captured personnel reportedly later stating that D445 Battalion's casualties had been 70 killed and 100 wounded, or approximately 50 percent of its strength.The total number of Vietnamese dead in the battle, according to Viet Cong and NVA histories were 47 killed. (Source: The Battle of Long Tan: NVA/VC Forces - Revisited. By Ernest Patrick Chamberlain. August 2013.) Only one member of D445 was captured at Long Tan (reportedly a 57 mm RCL gunner); and two members of 275 Regiment were captured who declared themselves to be members of \"Doan 45\" as their cover story.During the retreat, Nguyen Duc Thu, the commander of D445's rear guard force, was seriously wounded by a bullet that passed through one ear lobe and went out the other and Tran Van Chien, and the commander of the 1st Company were killed. Several D445 soldiers were awarded Letters of Appreciation (Giay Khen) for their actions in the battle at Long Tan including Dao Van Trung (section 2IC 2nd Company), Tran Van Tranh (section 2IC 2nd Company), Pham Van Duong (2nd Company). One Australian M113 Armoured Personnel Carrier was hit by two rounds from a D445 recoilles rifle detachment, killing the driver and wounding the crew commander and several soldiers. However, Vietcong casualty figures of Long Tan were always difficult to account for as the battlefield was continuously bombarded by the New Zealand and US artillery during the fighting and in the aftermath hundreds of Vietcong fighters could never be identified. D445 Battalion and the other Vietcong reinforcements that attacked the Australians numbered some 2,500 fighters.In 1968 a second local force unit was formed in Phuoc Tuy, known as D440 Battalion. The unit generally performed poorly against Australian and New Zealand forces however, and was eventually disbanded in August 1970 with most of its personnel transferred to D445 Battalion. Until 1971 D445 Battalion would fight mainly with the Australian and New Zealand forces operating in Phuoc Tuy Province from their base at Nui Dat. A major loss to the Battalion was the discovery and destruction of the May Tao Mountain Base in Nui May Tao, including the battalion's field hospital and pharmacy in December 1969. When Australian troops began to withdraw in 1971 D445 Battalion was able to regain strength by taking advantage of the reducing strength of anti-communist forces. By mid 1971 the 1st Australian Task Force had been reduced to just two battalions and support arms, including one Australian battalion—3RAR— and a combined Australian and New Zealand battalion—4RAR/NZ. Australian and New Zealand combat forces were withdrawn in December 1971.In September 1979, the battalion was involved in operations against armed FULRO guerrillas in the Chua Chan Mountain/La Nga River area of Xuan Loc that were seeking independence for ethnic minorities in Vietnam and Cambodia.On 23 February 2011, at a formal meeting to discuss arrangements for a memorial for D445 by surviving veterans and government officials, it was stated that during the war the battalion \"had wiped out more than 10,000 enemy soldiers, destroyed 120 military vehicles, shot down 20 aircraft, and seized more than 1,800 weapons of different types. More than 1,000 cadre and soldiers of the battalion had heroically sacrificed themselves.\"".
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• D445_Battalion battle Battle_of_Hat_Dich.
• D445_Battalion battle Battle_of_Long_Khanh.
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• D445_Battalion battle Operation_Bribie.
• D445_Battalion battle Vietnam_War.
• D445_Battalion country Viet_Cong.
• D445_Battalion militaryUnitSize "350 men".
• D445_Battalion role "Guerilla".
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• D445_Battalion wikiPageWikiLinkText "D445 Battalion".
• D445_Battalion wikiPageWikiLinkText "D445 Bn".
• D445_Battalion wikiPageWikiLinkText "D445 VC Battalion".
• D445_Battalion wikiPageWikiLinkText "D445 VC Bn".
• D445_Battalion wikiPageWikiLinkText "D445 Vietcong Battalion".
• D445_Battalion allegiance "22".
• D445_Battalion area South_Vietnam.
• D445_Battalion battles Battle_of_Hat_Dich.
• D445_Battalion battles Battle_of_Long_Khanh.
• D445_Battalion battles Battle_of_Long_Tan.
• D445_Battalion battles Operation_Bribie.
• D445_Battalion battles Vietnam_War.
• D445_Battalion branch "National Liberation Front for Southern Vietnam".
• D445_Battalion caption "Viet Cong soldiers, believed to be from D445 Battalion.".
• D445_Battalion dates "1965".
• D445_Battalion role "Guerilla".
• D445_Battalion size "350".
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• D445_Battalion comment "The 445th Battalion (D445 for short), also known as the D445 Provincial Mobile Battalion or the Ba Ria Battalion, was a Local Force battalion of the Viet Cong during the Vietnam War. The battalion operated in the Dong Nai river basin and also the Bien Hoa, Phuoc Tuy and Long Khanh provinces. It recruited principally from Dat Do, Long Dien and Hoa Long. The battalion was formed on 19 May 1965.".
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• D445_Battalion name "445th Battalion".