Firebase Checkmate information

Firebase Checkmate (also known as Hill 342) is a former U.S. Army and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) firebase southwest of Huế in central Vietnam...

forces again bombarded and then assaulted ARVN positions near Firebase Checkmate and also Firebase Bastogne resulting in 40 PAVN and eight ARVN killed. 16 July...

803rd PAVN Regiments seized Firebase Bastogne, the strongest anchor on Huế's western flank. This made Firebase Checkmate untenable, and it too was evacuated...

search of suspected VC hamlets, Roadrunner (mine sweeping of roads) and Checkmate (unannounced roadblocks to check for VC personnel or supplies being moved...