 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna May 1965, MAG-12 yakaendeswa kuChu Lai, Vietnam, kutsigira varwi vemumvura nemamwe masimba akabatana mukubatana kwavo neViet Cong uye zvikamu zveNorth Vietnamese Army. Boka racho rakabatanidzwa mumabasa makuru akawanda, kusanganisira kutorazve Guta reHue uye kubvisa zvikamu zvakakomberedzwa paKhe Sanh. Mamwe maviri Navy Unit Citations akagamuchirwa semugumisiro wekupindira kweBoka kuVietnam War effort. Pashure pemakore anenge 5 okurwa, MAG-12 yakabviswa muRepublic of Vietnam muna February 1970, ndokudzorerwa pa MCAS Iwakuni, Japan. 