Editing Landing zone (section)

==Vietnam War==
{{Further|List of landing zones in the Vietnam War}}
[[File:VietnamCombatArtCAT01JohnOWehrleLandingZone.jpg|thumb|250px|LANDING ZONE by John O. Wehrle, U. S. Army [[Vietnam Combat Artists Program]] Team I, (CAT I 1966). Courtesy [[National Museum of the United States Army|National Museum of the U. S. Army]].]]

The United States used LZs to a greater extent in the [[Vietnam War]] than in other wars because of the widespread use of helicopters, which provided increased mobility and rapid transportation of forces. LZs could be temporary, being little more than a clearing in the jungle or a clearing made using special munitions, such as commando vault bombs, which cleared everything in a diameter of 150 feet. Other LZs were permanent or semi-permanent built with more deliberate construction. The [[Battle of Ia Drang]] in 1965 centered on two LZs.