Operation Wallowa
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Operation Wallowa was a major U.S. Army search-and-destroy campaign during the Vietnam War, conducted primarily in the Que Son Valley to engage and weaken North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Operation Wallowa canonical | 2 |
| Operation Wheeler/Wallowa | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6702356 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Operation Wallowa Context triple: [11th Infantry Brigade, operation, Operation Wallowa]
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A.
Operation Tuleta
Operation Tuleta was a British police investigation into alleged computer hacking and related privacy breaches linked to the wider News International phone hacking scandal.
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B.
Operation Anadyr
Operation Anadyr was the secret Soviet military plan in 1962 to deploy nuclear missiles and other forces to Cuba, triggering the Cuban Missile Crisis.
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C.
Operation Tindall
Operation Tindall was a British World War II deception plan designed to mislead German forces about Allied invasion intentions as part of the broader Operation Bodyguard strategy.
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D.
Operation Grouse
Operation Grouse was a World War II British-led Norwegian commando mission that preceded and supported the main attack on the Vemork heavy water plant to disrupt Nazi Germany’s nuclear program.
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E.
Operation Emery
Operation Emery was a series of underground nuclear tests conducted by the United States as part of its Cold War-era nuclear weapons development program.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Operation Wallowa Target entity description: Operation Wallowa was a major U.S. Army search-and-destroy campaign during the Vietnam War, conducted primarily in the Que Son Valley to engage and weaken North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces.
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A.
Operation Tuleta
Operation Tuleta was a British police investigation into alleged computer hacking and related privacy breaches linked to the wider News International phone hacking scandal.
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B.
Operation Anadyr
Operation Anadyr was the secret Soviet military plan in 1962 to deploy nuclear missiles and other forces to Cuba, triggering the Cuban Missile Crisis.
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C.
Operation Tindall
Operation Tindall was a British World War II deception plan designed to mislead German forces about Allied invasion intentions as part of the broader Operation Bodyguard strategy.
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D.
Operation Grouse
Operation Grouse was a World War II British-led Norwegian commando mission that preceded and supported the main attack on the Vemork heavy water plant to disrupt Nazi Germany’s nuclear program.
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E.
Operation Emery
Operation Emery was a series of underground nuclear tests conducted by the United States as part of its Cold War-era nuclear weapons development program.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | military operation ⓘ |
| aimedAt | weakening North Vietnamese and Viet Cong presence in the Que Son Valley ⓘ |
| belligerent | United States Army ⓘ |
| casualties | significant PAVN and Viet Cong casualties ⓘ |
| conflict | Vietnam War ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| endTime | 1968-02-11 ⓘ |
| location |
Que Son Valley
ⓘ
Quảng Nam Province ⓘ
linked to:
Quảng Nam province
|
| militaryUnit |
3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division
ⓘ
Americal Division ⓘ |
| notableFor | sustained airmobile search-and-destroy campaign in central Vietnam ⓘ |
| objective |
to locate and destroy PAVN and Viet Cong main force units in the Que Son Valley
ⓘ
to protect U.S. and South Vietnamese positions in the Que Son area ⓘ |
| opponent |
People's Army of Vietnam
ⓘ
Viet Cong ⓘ |
| partOf |
Operation Wheeler/Wallowa
ⓘ
linked to:
Operation Wallowa
U.S. I Corps tactical zone operations ⓘ |
| result | tactical U.S. and ARVN success ⓘ |
| startTime | 1967-09-11 ⓘ |
| strategy |
airmobile operations
ⓘ
search-and-destroy tactics ⓘ |
| theater | South Vietnam ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
1967
ⓘ
1968 ⓘ |
| used |
artillery support
ⓘ
close air support ⓘ helicopter air assaults ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Operation Wallowa Description of subject: Operation Wallowa was a major U.S. Army search-and-destroy campaign during the Vietnam War, conducted primarily in the Que Son Valley to engage and weaken North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Operation Wallowa