Word: udon
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Focus of Action. As U.S. forces begin the move, Thailand-a fellow SEATO power-becomes the focus of action. With key bases established at Udon, Korat and Bangkok, the West can rake Communist-held portions of Laos with ease. In case of battle, U.S. combat troops would probably not be the first to go into action in Laos. Instead, U.S.-manned helicopters and transports would drop guerrilla forces of Thais, Pakistanis and Filipinos into the fighting sectors while U.S. troops occupied the Mekong River valley towns from Savannakhet through Paksane and Vientiane, up to Luangprabang; this would provide strong defense...
...bound for maneuvers off the U.S. West Coast, was ordered to wheel around and return to station in Okinawa. The U.S. lifted 16 helicopters to the Laotian forces, deposited some 400 marines, many of them veterans of the 1958 Lebanon landings, at a base just across the border at Udon, Thailand. Around the clock, U.S. C-130 cargo transports lumbered into Bangkok, disgorging guns and ammunition for transfer to the anti-Communist Laotian troops...