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Birmingham - The objective of the operation was to sweep War Zone C and engage the Viet Cong (VC) 9th Division. The operation began on 24 April and ended 17 May 1966, In the first few days
there was only sporadic contact with VC, however a number of supply caches were located.On 27 April a battalion of the 1st Brigade killed 3 VC and discovered several tons of supplies, while a
battalion of the 3rd Brigade found a battalion-size VC base camp. On 30 April two battalions of the 1st Brigade swept north along the east bank of the Rach Cai Bac river on the border between South
Vietnam and Cambodia attracting fire from both across the river in Cambodia and from the Vietnamese hamlet of Lo Go. The 1st Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment engaged the forces firing from Cambodia
while the 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment engaged the VC in Lo Go. The fighting at Lo Go continued into the afternoon when the VC, latter identified as coming from the C230 Battalion, withdrew
leaving 54 dead. U.S. losses were 6 killed. The operation continued for another two weeks as the 1st Infantry Division swept War Zone C in the hope of finding COSVN headquarters which was believed
to located in northern Tây Ninh Province, but there were no other major engagements. (Wikipedia) |
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