Batangan Peninsula

[2][full citation needed] During the colonial period the waters off the peninsular were recognised as rich fishing grounds.

Following the conclusion of Operation Starlite, on 24 August 1965, Marine intelligence concluded that the 1st VC Regiment had withdrawn into the Peninsula.

The population was largely removed from the peninsula during the assault phase and a clear and search operation was followed by the construction of new roads and hamlets.

The population was allowed to return in April 1969 together with South Vietnamese government institutions[9]: 125  VC losses in Operation Russell Beach were 158 killed and 116 suspects detained and 55 individual and six crew-served weapons captured.

During the Easter Offensive of 1972 in late April the VC 48th Battalion was reported to have destroyed 23 villages around the Batangan Peninsula, killing 23 civilians and making a further 30,000 homeless in an attempt to disrupt South Vietnamese pacification efforts.

[13] The Ba Làng An Peninsula is a rich and productive agricultural region encompassing approximately 48 square km of flat, fertile farmland and rolling hills.

[14] This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Marine Corps.