Michelin Rubber Plantation Vietnam 1965

A vietnamese litter bearer wears a face mask to keep out the smell as he passes the bodies of u s.

Michelin rubber plantation vietnam 1965. Yet we paid the owners of the michelin plantations 600 for each rubber tree we damaged while the family of a slain vietnamese child got no more than 120 in payout for a life the aftermath of a november 27 1965 battle at the michelin rubber plantation that claimed more than 100 lives. The plantation was located approximately halfway between the cambodia border and saigon and so was an important base and. Troops of a company 1st battalion board choppers during operations near the michelin rubber plantation in august 1966. The plantation was located approximately halfway between the cambodia border and saigon and so was an important base and.

Michelin rubber plantation was located near dầu tiếng district in bình dương province 72 km northwest of saigon the plantation was established by the michelin company in 1925 and at 12 400 hectares 31 000 acres it was the largest rubber plantation in vietnam. A barber at the base camp at the michelin rubber plantation at dau tieng. In early december 1965 a battalion of u s. Troops was on the hunt for a viet cong regiment near the michelin rubber plantation in south vietnam.

Hhc 2nd battalion 28th infantry orderly room and the co s ford built jeep october 1967. The battle of ap nha mat fought near the michelin rubber plantation within 5 miles of where the decisive victory in the battle of bau bang which the 2d battalion 2d infantry also fought in was the largest engagement involving the big red one troops in 1965. Michelin rubber plantation was located near dầu tiếng district in bình dương province 72 km northwest of saigon. And vietnamese soldiers killed in fighting against the viet cong at the michelin rubber plantation about 45 miles northeast of saigon on november 27 1965.

The plantation was established by the michelin company in 1925 and at 12 400 hectares 31 000 acres it was the largest rubber plantation in vietnam. It was one of the original french plantation houses michelin rubber plantation at lai khe. The donut dollies red cross girls lived in the house next door the building behind this house on the right edge of this picture.