Long Sơn Island is an estuary

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Vũng Tàu Vũng Tàu (''Hanoi accent:'' , ''Saigon accent:'' ) is the largest city of Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu province in southern Vietnam. The city area is , consists of 13 urban wards and one commune of Long Sơn Islet. Vũng Tàu was the capital of the p ...

, Vietnam. The Grand House of Long Son, home of the Ong Tran religion, is situated on the island. During the

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, the

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(C41 Company ''Chau Duc District Company'') used the island as a rest and training centre. In November 1966, Operations ''Yass'' and ''Hayman'' were undertaken by 3rd Squadron SAS and the 5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment upon the island. It has taken countless attacks before being taken over by the 3rd Squadron SAS. For the month of May 1970, under the command of

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, Whisky Company from

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were deployed to Long Son Island to destroy Viet Cong locations on the island while protecting the engineers from 17th Construction Squadron who were building water sources for the village of Xa Long Son.MAY 1970 - W3 COMPANY ACTIVITIES, URL: https://www.w3vietnam.org.nz/ (W3 Company RNZIR Vietnam 1969 - 1970)

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References

*Rowe, John. Vietnam: the Australian experience (Sydney: Time–Life Books Australia and John Ferguson, 1987) Islands of Vietnam Landforms of Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu province {{Vietnam-geo-stub