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Operation Jefferson Glenn
	Part of Vietnam War
Date	September 5, 1970 - October 6, 1971
Location	Thừa Thiên-Huế Province, South Vietnam
Result	U.S. and ARVN Victory
Belligerents
United States; ARVN	Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Commanders and leaders
?	?
Strength
?	?
Casualties and losses
?	2,026 KIA

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Operation Jefferson Glenn ran from September 5, 1970 to October 6, 1971 and was the last major operation in which U.S. ground forces participated in Vietnam. It was the final major offensive in which the 101st Airborne Division fought. This was a joint military operation combining forces of the 3rd Marine Division, 101st Airborne and the 1st Infantry Division of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN). The purpose of this operation was to shield critical installations in Huế and Da Nang by patrolling communist rocket belts along the edge of the mountains. President Richard Nixon had begun his Vietnamization program in the summer of 1969; the objective was to increase the combat capability of the South Vietnamese forces so that they could assume responsibility for the war against the Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese forces as U.S. combat units were withdrawn and sent home. Shortly after the completion of Jefferson Glenn, the 101st Airborne began preparations to depart South Vietnam and subsequently began redeployment to the United States in March 1972. There were 2,026 known enemy casualties.

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-'''Operation Jefferson Glenn''' ran from  September 5, 1970 to October 6, 1971 and was the last major operation in which U.S. ground forces participated in [[Vietnam]].  It was the final major offensive in which the [[101st Airborne Division]] fought. This was a joint military operation combining forces of the 3rd marine Division, 101st Airborne and the 1st Infantry Division of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN).  The purpose of this operation was to shield critical installations in [[Huế]] and [[Da Nang]] by patrolling communist rocket belts along the edge of the mountains.  President [[Richard Nixon]] had begun his Vietnamization program in the summer of 1969; the objective was to increase the combat capability of the South Vietnamese forces so that they could assume responsibility for the war against the Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese forces as U.S. combat units were withdrawn and sent home. Shortly after the completion of Jefferson Glenn, the 101st Airborne began preparations to depart South Vietnam and subsequently began redeployment to the United States in March 1972. There were 2,026 known enemy casualties.
+'''Operation Jefferson Glenn''' ran from  September 5, 1970 to October 6, 1971 and was the last major operation in which U.S. ground forces participated in [[Vietnam]].  It was the final major offensive in which the [[101st Airborne Division]] fought. This was a joint military operation combining forces of the [[3rd Marine Division (United States)|3rd Marine Division]], 101st Airborne and the 1st Infantry Division of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN).  The purpose of this operation was to shield critical installations in [[Huế]] and [[Da Nang]] by patrolling communist rocket belts along the edge of the mountains.  President [[Richard Nixon]] had begun his Vietnamization program in the summer of 1969; the objective was to increase the combat capability of the South Vietnamese forces so that they could assume responsibility for the war against the Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese forces as U.S. combat units were withdrawn and sent home. Shortly after the completion of Jefferson Glenn, the 101st Airborne began preparations to depart South Vietnam and subsequently began redeployment to the United States in March 1972. There were 2,026 known enemy casualties.
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