A Troop 4th Squadron, 12th US Cavalry, 1st Brigade 5th Infantry Division (Mechanized)

CAV AREAS OF OPERATIONS
A Troop's Area of Operation ranged from the DMZ in the north to Hue in the south, from the South China Sea on the east to the Laotian border on the west, with the major concentrations along the DMZ.

FSB ALPHA-1 (GIO LINH)
FSB ALPHA-2
FSB ALPHA-3
FSB ALPHA-4 (CON THIEN)
AO 101 Photo
LZ ANGEL
ANNE
AN TRACH
LZ ANZIO
AU SHAU VALLEY
BAI LONG VALLEY Photos
BACKYARD
BEN HAI RIVER
LZ BETTY
BO BANG
BOONIES Photo
FSB C-2 (Charlie2) Photos
CAM LO
CAM LO VALLEY
CAMP CARROL
LZ CARLSON Photo
COCOA BEACH
CUA VIET NAVAL BASE Photo
CUA VIET RIVER Photo
DONG HA Photos
DMZ
DUST BOWL
CAMP EAGLE
CAMP EVANS
FISH HOOK
FSB FULLER
GIA DANG Photo
LZ HARDCORE
HAI LANG (HI LANG)
HAI VANG (NORTH OF DA NANG)
HILL 80
HILL 88
HILL 100
HILL 162 Photo
HITCH HIKER
HUE
LZ JANE
JOE'S BAR & GRILL
JONE'S CREEK Photo
KHE SANH
LANG HA
LANG VEI
LANG VOI
LEATHERNECK SQUARE (AO ORANGE)
MAI LINH
MAI LOC
MARKET PLACE
MARSHALL MOUNTAIN
LZ MOHAWK
MUTTERŐS RIDGE (NUI CAY TRE)
LZ NANCY Photos
NO NAME CREEK
OCEAN VIEW
OLD BALDY
OLD FRENCH FORT
AO ORANGE (LEATHERNECK SQUARE)
LZ PEDRO
PHU BAI
PUNCH BOWL
QL 9 ROAD (ROUTE 9 ROAD INTO LAOS)
QUANG TRI Photo
QUAT XA
RAZORBACK (NORTH OF ROCK PILE)
CAMP RED DEVIL
ROCK PILE
ROCKET RIDGE
LZ SANDY (HAI LANG) Photo
SARGE
LZ SHARON
SHEPARD
SONG NHUNG
SOUTH BRIDGE
STREET WITHOUT JOY (QL-1)
LZ STUD (VANDERGRIFT) (CA LU)
TRIEU PHONG
TOMBSTONE
WUNDER BEACH
YELLOW BRICK ROAD

Maps: Areas of Operations

South Viet Nam

Maps of Quang Tri Province
Copies of maps of the Area of Operations (AO) that A 4/12 Cav operated in during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Provided by: Jim Good

The Cav's AO, with some firebases & other locations marked.
Northeast I Corps, RVN
Northwest I Corps
North East Quang Tri
Northeast Quang Tri Province, Quang Tri, Cua Viet, Dong Ha, Cam Lo.
North West Quang Tri
Cam Lo, Mai Loc, area west of Charlie 2 & Alpha 4, Rock Pile, Van der Grift, Ca Lu. Laos & North Viet Nam border area.
45th Surgery: Maps of Vietnam

Red Devil Area of Operations Provided by Charles Cooper

Map: Lam Son 719, Feb 71 courtesy of Charlie Batterie 5/4

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