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Ho Chi Minh Trail
Ho Chi Minh Trail through A Shau Valley Click on image for a map of the entire Ho Chi Minh Trail
At the north end of the valley was the major North Vietnamese Army (NVA) staging area known as Base Area 611. Because of its importance to the North Vietnamese plan for victory, the A Shau became a major battle ground from the earliest days of the American involvement in South Vietnam. The links below highlight some of those actions.
Click here for a map of the A Shau Valley showing major battle areas. Links to pages on battles and bases in the A Shau Valley: The Fall of the A Shau Special Forces Camp (March 1966) Operation Delaware (April-May 1968) Source: Lt. Gen. Willard Pearson, War in the Northern Provinces, 1966-68 Operation Dewey Canyon (Base Area 611, February-March 1969) Click here for a detailed map of Base Area 611 (1:50,000) 101st Airborne Div. Operations in A Shau Valley 1 May - 31 July 1969 [PDF, 7.2 MB] Operation Apache Snow (Hamburger Hill, May 1969) Operation Apache Snow After-Action Report [PDF, 3.2 MB] Map of Fire Support Bases in the A Shau Valley, 1969 Source: USAF Project CHECO Report: A Shau Valley Campaign, Dec 68 - May 69 Return to Top

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