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I"OH ()f·l'"1CI~l. USE ONLY - .: . DtHLY INTERNAL INFORI'lATlON SUMMAIlY 05"'i/1! HlISRE. Wi\,S NO SIGNU"lCIl.NT CONtACT REPOR'rED THURSDAY 3Y EITH~ HIE ~Rl>jV OR THE "IARHIES III THE THREE S·~.nAL10~ RECOIINHSS~NCOl:·HJ .. "ORCE OPERA1l0NS SOUTHEAST OF'BEN TRE. ,TIlE VIETNA"lESE ~ARINES 'mlE LANDED /11 THEIR OBJEC11\/E BEAQlI!:S"'I\'I 21525 BY ASSMJ\..t CIl~FT 01' iHIIER DIV!SION Ill, 4110 ,3~ MINutES-LillER 4/47 INF'~MTRY W~S \NSlmnt\ BY BOMS OFRlV 01V 91. RIIIER btVISlOM \12 TR6NSPORn."'O ,$/4'7 l~F'ANTAY TO II FIRE SUPPORT BASE !='ROM WH!!:RE TilEY WERE AI'lLIF'fED INTO THf:. AD. ' .. l}lIR B!G r HE DAY' S SWEEPS. 31 VIET NA"IESE' WElfi DE1I\1 tlEll ~!IO ElG"'! BUNKER S 'ASIlE O::STIIOY£O. .: . Il:Ll. SHIPS 111 .ilE )IRa TR~IISttEU mo.:>! DO!<IG N"l TO AN I\NCHOR~GE MEA'! '3f.N TRE. THIS IS ONLY THE SECOND TIME tflAT THE ~s H~S TRANSITED
PAGE TWO UIiCLAS E fI' TO'. • . THE SONG HA!'l LUONG. THE PREVIOUS !l1%:;'WAS ON JANUARY 25-26 WHEN THE SHIPS ANCHOIlED OVER NlGHT AT THE PlIEfiNT LOCAttON. 1'HE SITUAilON REM~.lNS TENSE WITH MRF ELEMENTS OPER~TING IN I (x)RPS, SIX NAVY PERSONNEL WERE wO!iMl£D.WEDNESO~Y NIGHT WHEN tHE SUPF'L Y OEPOT AT CUA VIET RECEIVED. APPROXltIIATEI. Y se ::!OUtIDS OF ARtiLLERY nilE BETWEEN 2310 AND 23313, . "II.NOR 1l,QI'1A9E "'~s INFLICTED ON THREE ATC'S AI'! LCM··8, ~!I 11"':<11 ilARG£ -A~ 'I), pEl'!~nIlNEL '3Ull1<ER.
'~~E~~E~~~~~E~~k \~~; :~'tr~~c~i:~~~~~ :o'~~~y Ag~A~5~t~~~6; WOUOOED. ffiAn ON THE CUA VIET RIVER WHEN THEV. W£RE pn~cm WITH ROCIIl!!. FiECOILLESS R IF'LIl: AIIO HEAVY "'~CHI /IE s.u!! FIRE. A'fO 112-IS RECEIVED SEI.IEI1Al /lEAR MISSES. NMIY l.CtI SUSIMNE\)," DIREe'! lit! IN THE PORT SIDE OF' A ,JUN TUB, 11 ESUI. TI I'll HI 'IHRJ1:E· UAVYMU KILLED II NO <;IX . ·~OUN\)ED. THE: ~n4CK \tillS ONE OF THE MOgT SEVERE SINCE THE MRF' UNITS BEG;\NOPEllATiNIl JUST SOUTH OF THE D'1t ~IIt' EARl.Y "!MICH. BT 0~ 01 Q .. f;I12_ ••• Nt tJ2 1.13 M M5 fJ6 S\'1O; ~ ~ A-cru
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OPERATIONS SOUTHWEST OF BEN TRE WERE CONCLUDED AT NOON P'RIDAY AFTER COHtINUEllMtps OURUIG THE I'1ORNlNG PRODUCED !IO CONTAct.
Til! TWOARMYBATtAUOIIS WERE RETURME1l TO THEMRB BY 1'03, WKII.! TilE VIETNAMESE l'IARINES IItitE !..AHDtl) AT IS'" AT A B IVa UVtloC SItE ON TIlE EAST BANK OF THE" HAM LUONG OPPOSITE THEMR9.
FINAL RESULTS OF THE 2S-HOIiR OPERATIO~WER£ ONE VCKIlLED IN ACT!ON AND ~B SUSPICIOUS VIETNA1ESE DETAINED.
UOT AND HARBOR CLEARANCE UNIT TEAMS DESTROYED A BRIDGE ON TIlE Mell "1() CAY SOUTH OF THE "IRB 'FRIDAY lHAlw01ll.1> IIIIIIE'lNnll'FERREI> WITH FUTURE TRANSITS OF THE RIVER BY ASSAULT BOATS.
UNITS OPERATING IN I CORPS COflTlNUED TO RECEIVE STUDY
PAGE 2 UNCLAS E , T 0 HARASSING ARTILLERY FIRE FRIDAY. THE NORTH VIETNAMESE G tiNS DROPPED SHELLS ON THE CUA VIET SUPPLY DEPOT AT RANDO!\! UTERVAI.S FROM 2315 UNTIL 0~1~ 'FRIDAY MORNING.
11 WAS ALSO lEARNED FRIDAY THAT IT. J. R. NELSON. CO~ANDER JUVER DIVISION 112, RECEIVED ",ULTIPLEfI'RAGI<IENT WOUNDS OF THE FACE WHEN MONITOR 111·2 WAS ATTACKED wITH SMALL ARMS AND AUTOfllATIC WEAPONS FIRE ",MILE SUPPORTING It MARINE OPERATION ON WEDNESDAY. LT. NELSON, WHO WAS THE ONLY CASUALTY OF THE ATTACX, WAS TlUIATED AND REI.EASEn.
THREE01HER PERSONNEL ASSIGNED TO RIVER DIVISION 112 Ale's WERE WOUNDED IN A 2il-MINUTE ART.ILLERY AttACK WEDNESDAY NIGHT. TWO WERE EVACUATED TO IiIEDIC,4L FACILITIES AT DONG Hil WHERE THEY WItRE REPORtED, IN GOOD CONDITlON r WHILE THE THIRD WAS TREATED A1tD R!l..EIJSED.
THE fIIR' \lAS VISITED FRIDAY BY ADMIRAL JOHN J. HYLAND. COMMANDER 1M CHIE'. U. S. PACIFIC FlEET. WHO ATE ~UNCH WITH COMMODORE SALZER AND RECEIVED A 'SRIEFING ON MRF OPERATIONS. THE FOUR-STAR
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"1IUl. hTotAL OF fIVE VIETNAMESE WITHOUT IDENTIFICATION CARDS WERE tlstUHD AND THREE DUD 1/151'11'1 ROUN\)s If ERE OISCOIlERED IN THE ONLY .111unCANT RtsUl.TS OF THE TWO COMPANY OPERAlIOIf. otHER Mill" ELEfIIENTS REMAINED III II stATE OF MAXIMUM READlNE S9 ""II),W III RESPONSE TO A WAW OF HARIASStNG AtTACKS THROOOHOUT
Pill SUNCLAS EFT a 11(, OtL.lA SATURDAY NIGKt. A1.TKOUQIl tHERE WAS NO StGt/IFICANT GROUND Aeno,,! It NUI'IBER Of CITIES REPORTED RECEIVING HEAVY MORTAR FlRE, IICLUDING f4Y THO, 'IINH LONG, CAR THO t TAN AN AND liRA BE. ::l: r~~~~~~U=~T~~~~C:~~~ND~~P~~H~~RgsfH~II~AiN~~~~:I ~~P::iA to 'ROVIDt ADDITIONAL SECURITY TO THOSE.TWO CITIES. ALPHA COMPANY Ot 4-47 IIIFANTRY WAS AIRLIFTED TO A LOCATION NORTH OF CAl Sf: AT 1700, iKlLl tM! ARtILLERY OF ALPHA BATTERY 3-34 DEPARTED THE MRS AT 1700. rllY VIRE BEING ESCORTED TO II FIRE SUPPORT BASE·NEAR CAl BE BY fill CHIEF STAFF OFFICER AIID FOUR BOATS OF RIVER DIVISION !!I.2. AORI¥ MEMBER OF MONItOR 111-2 IS MISSING.AND PRESUMED DROWNED AftER WI 'ILL OFF THE TOM GREER COURTY PONTOONS AT 179/1 SATURDAY. AN Itlll.lYE SEARCH OF THE !liRB" ~ NCHORAIJE AREA WAS LA UNeNE!) IMMtD IATEL y. Bur PRODUCED NEGATIVE RESULTS. ". .
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II BODY BELIEVED. TO BE THAT OF 1l:13 C.!.. PltRlIY or MONITOR iii-a \lAS I"OUND III TilE VIC!NITY Ol"APL-2S ;>JON!)AY AFiE:RNOON. THE BOH WAS FLOI'!N TO SAlao.~J ~IHE"ll IT !~AS TO BE COMPARED WITH MEDICAl. RECOR!)S OF PERRY. "lifO F'ELL OFF THE 'fO~f aREE~1 COUNty POIiTOON SIiTIlRDAY tIlGHT.
THE "Fifo WAS VISITED "iONDAY BY 'HUG CO"'''AIIDER R .H. i'lARTl~l OF THI!: ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FO::<CE: AND ,TWO OTIIER RAtJKING OF'neERS OF r~ AIJ5T1!I\I.lAtl ARMED FORCES. Til!'! ' .. 'ERE BRIEFED ON MRF O?E[,I'ITlOtlS AIID EXAMINED THE lUl/ER ASSAUl.T CRAFT ALONGSIDE THE BEIJEWAH pONTon NS.
AN AWARDS CERE~llY WAS !l!LD ON THE BUEl:i1l1l PONTOON AT 16~a. OOfll!llODORE SAl.ZER AI1ARDI!:D 33 ]>[IRPt.E HEARTS TO "lEN IvHO H!\D BEEN WOUNDED IN RECENt ACTIONS. 9T
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(ISOUl ONE HOUR LATER, AlI45~. THE BOATS wERE ASSA1LED WIlH ~H'.C01LU!SS RIFlE ANO AUtOMAUC WEAPONS FIRE lit II USS SEVERE Ilt!!\CK in HIE SAME L.OCATl.ON. THE FIRE WAS AGAII/SUPPIIESSED.U! ,'OUR PERSONN£l. iiEGi,IVED M1.NORFRIIGI'lEfjT WOU!!OS AND MONItOR 91-.3 MID ;CLl~i'rET::RO~IER 92 .. 7 SUSTAINED LJGHT DAMAGE. ALL FOUR PERSOllNEl /fffMHFD O~ llUTY. . . .t,lit"i AN!) j'iARINE COi¢HlCl 'IIEDt¥ES!l~YWAS LIMITED TO SPORADIC ;\.UTClM,.T!C ,JE,>'PONS FIRE.THR££ illEr CONG WERE KIll. ED MID ~rHRli:E
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THE I!.lN'i LONG MCHORAGE EIIRLY IN 1m: MORNING AND WERE LANDED ·""':IIR THE :;RO:;.SFlOAOS IN THE l(tlll! GlAD HOA IIETWI!EN r;845 AND 1l1l3!il.
T\1Ci COi<li',qiHES OF ,5/47 INFANTRY HAP BEEN OISPATcmw 10 BOLS'J'ER l)[r,,::,\5£S ,~,! B£N TRE tATE: TUESI}A'1' !i.VENlNG. THEY SI'ENT A QUIET NIGHT I\I ," !'HlE Stli'PORT BASE NEIlII :rHE CITY ANlJ WEllE AIIlL.tFTED HI10 THE ~.() <,[TI;iEf.N HlS'll AND II 15 WEDNESDAY.
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ABOUI I)fliE HOUR l.ilTER. III .14'0, THE BOATS WERE ASSAILED WITH REC(11U.l;SS R1F1.E AllD AUTOMAlIC WEAPONS FIRE U A LEsS SEVERE 1ll:!IIGK f" HIE SAME L.OCATlOS. THE FIRE WAS AGAINSU'PRESSEIl,UT fOUR PEi<S(lIINE:L fiEG1(IVEil MINOR FRAGMEU. WOUfIOS ANDI'IONllOR 91-03 ANt; FUi'lET HlntlEft 92 .. 7 SUSTAINED' l..IGHTDAI'IAGE •. Al.l. FOt/R PERSONNEL llfl1Aum 0 N D U IY • . . &!(}"y Mll) MARINE COti1l\ct VEDNESDI\YWIIS LIMITED TO SPORADIC
A1I10i'l~TlC vlF.;<J'ONS FIRE. THREE: VIET CONG WERE KIL!.ED I\~D THRl!E tvHi'{)NS Wif.RE CAPTURED III THE LIGHT F'lGilTIIIG.
1 HIe. iJ XE.HJAMf.:,l,E MARINES AIVD~/1t7 1 NF'ANl'RY GO! UNOERWAY FROM 'n1E' ViNci LOIJG4ruCHORAGE ~:IIf1LY IN 1HF. MOllNING AND WERE LANDED 'Im:ilR THf: C;R05SfIOADf) IN THE KINH GIIIO IlOA B£TWEEN 11;8"~, AND 0$130.
nill C;Oi~PMJ.ES 01' 3/4'1 HIF'MITRY HAP BEEN DISPATCHED 10 BOLSlER 1)11:1',:::,51:8 ,~,i. BEN TRE I. Ai1:. TUESDAY F.VENIIIG. THEY Sf'EN'E A QUIE'! IUGilT iII" Flfit: SUi'PORi BASE NEAR fHIi: CITY ANI) WERE AIRUfT~:O INTO THE ,~o i:iUW£EN l!!S0 AND 1115 IIIEDI'4ESDAY.
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I\LTJiO\JGi{ SEV"",\L BOATS REMAINED !lITHE A!) TO SUPPORT 4/47 INFANTR'f ,'N[}·MlT1LLEI~'i ELEI'JENr ATA FIRE SUPPORT BASe: JUST NOlHH OF THE CHOSB~ IJf}!JSlII
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RIVER ASSAULT D1111S101, III ,¢,sSilMED !1~S,p,oll,SISI1.!TY SUNDAY FOR SUPPORT or 3/47 IIlFANTRY. REl.iE\i!NG. RIVt:'P.:-OIVlSrOI/ 112 WHICH ~lILL NOW BEGIN SUP?ORTIrlG ARMY ARTILLERY ELlIME'NTS.
RIll DIll 111 Hi!lD BEEN SUPPORTlOO THE' :2ll!l' SAT1'ALIOtl OF 1'HE VIETNAMESE MARINES WHICH 1MB SUDDE'JLY RECA.t.lED. TO. SAIGOtl l.Ast iJt:EK.
THE MflF WAS VISITED SUNDAY BY t>lAJOJ'l·$NER!\~·"CoFnN. DEPUTY COMMANDER Oli' THE ,A,RMY'S RESEAfiCi{, AND Dll:-VlLo.PMIrt1TPROGRAM. H!£ 'liAS GRIEF'ED Q.N MRF' OPERATIONS BY CAP:t:A!N ALLEN "!\NO 1.T. COLONEL CONLIN liND WAS,;;JljlE.t! At! OIlIENtATlOIi RIDll:.!'N'fO 001'lG.· tllM ON All ASPS.
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AN ARMY ENLISTED MAN FELL Ot.£)UlOARD', FROIII AN ASPS AlO NGSIDE THE r:tl/' COLLEraN. AT 223~""S!1NDAY AND. IS P~SUfilil>':I'>ROWrIED' AFTER AN INUNSIV£ SEARCH YIELDED ", .. GAUllE Rf!$ULrs.. ... ,,'.
A PLA.TOO.N l.EADtR IITTIICNED TO .am 00 , eo.ltIPAJIY 3147 INFANTRY WAS KIl.l.ED BY A SNIPeR'S. SUl.LET mCWAY • .'mRIl'ING AS HIS UNIT \;JAS HEtPlNG DEFEND THE VILLAGE HAi'lLEr .OF VltlH,4<IIIIIiOftT}{EAS.Y OF' DOHGlAM. TWO VC WEfll!l,i;J!lLUD AND TWO AK-47'$ WE~ CAPTU8£J»:U1 THE EXCHANGE OF FIRE:.
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THE fIGHTIf'IG BROKE our AT 1::115 SHORTLY .4FTll:.~ EI.E'IL/TS 0, ,,/41 INFAJ1TRY COMPLETED MJ 1I1:U.!FT nro THE Ail. ''!HEN TilE GH{)l'r!lJ fOiU.;ES BECAME EIIGAGED '11TH SMAll A~JJ .quTO!l/ATIC·':::IIF'ONS nr.E:. 4/'1'1' UfAIITRY .,AS AIRLIFtEO TO A LAND1~IG ZONE Just ';!£'3'r OF T$~HE"lY POSItIONS.
tilE TlfO BATT.~LIONS CLOSED l!'I 0'1 THE C(}~PAf<Y·SIZf; ELE"'EMT FO!! ntlt REST OF DAY .. CALLING It) 15 AIR STRIJI:€S AIIO STE4:JY ARTlI.LenY FIilE.
LAT!!: IN rHE Al'7I!:RPlOOt~., THE secaNt> ElI!lG~/)E FORCES 31WIIII SWEEP! II'G 4CROSS TH! BATTLEFIELD. COUNTUG 'IU~!'IOUS MDIES ANDPtCKING liP 1:5 ENlM'{ WEAPONS.
"RillY LOSSES I~ THE m:wy FIGHTING AS Of 193~ WERE elK KilLE]) INACTION AND 13 WOUND!':D •. ~NOTIIER NUt ~JE:RE lrSl'lW AS CASUAI.'f!l1:S OF
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GROUND ranCES ACCOtINn:o F'OR 43 OF' THE VC ~ III. \H!ILE AIR FOfWE J>I..!lNES wERE CREDITED W1.!H THREE VC KILLE!> 11/'10 55 BUNKERS DESTROYED.
tHREE HAVYMEN \~ERE SLIGI11'LY ..,OUIIOED l'IEDNESDl\Y t'iORNING AS A !'lESUU OF AN EXCHANGE OF FlRE IIITf! VC EL£'F-!lTS WHICH A'leUSHEO THE BOATS ALONG TifE RACH JIIOCAY. !!IE 90ATS ~IEil:: HIT AS THEY "'ERE ESCORTiNG A CONVOY COf/SISTING OF nv::: VIETMM'IESE ::!~G lJ~I1'S. 10 CIVILIAN CRAFT LOADED IHtH roo::) MiD !!UILDH'G r.)_~tEjWILS A ~lD AN ARMY !,C"l~S CARRYING ARTILLERY A~~UNITION. THE ATTACK OCCURRED AT tHE S4!1lE SPOT WIE~E SOIlTS OF RIVER DIVISION 91 WERE HIT TWIOE ON TUESD4Y.
ATC 112-2, OPERATING HITl! TF 117 F'OReES HI I CORPS, REeE I liED lItO RPG-7 HITS AT a ,<IS TUESDAY AS IT WAS !\1~CHORi;;o Hi THE CUll IIlET RIVER. THERE tlERE NO PERSO~INEl CASUqt.TI1ES T.rl THE ATTAC1(. f:VEN 'tHOIJGH ONE OF THE ROUNDf> EXPl.ODED r~ THE ENGUlit ROO"! SPlICES OfJ THE SH.RBOI\Rn SInE. TIlE SECUND ROIJI!!) (l'ILY PMlTIAl.Llf D'i:YOI>ATEl) liMn t.OJ)GED ITSELF IN THE srY:~OFO~f>i BEr~!EEtJ 'fin;: FAil M,\KI~ AND Mm.!."
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PAGE 2 U~C!.4 S E: F T {) THE 4/41 INFAlIT!lYI1ZN COtlDIJCn:n-A P!lOFlT~31.E sEARCH O. THE SCENE OF FRIDAY'S IiEAVY A.Iil ~:lD ARTILLeRY STiUKES. DISCOVCRING DOZENS Ol" ENE'IYBOn lES M!D Sr:V£RAL ilEA PONS.
RIVER ,49S~IJLT CrtllFT OF RIVER DIVISION 91 t-)ERE INVOLVED IN OllE: OF TIIF. DAY·S 'lOST H£ATE:!) S~E'HS";\::;'S !IT 132'~-;,IH;;:N THEY \'IERE AiIlBUSI1JrD FROI'1 BOTH RMJl(S or,TI1O: X'H:! LO ;'I11H AlJ1'O!~:inc "£,H'Otm AHD ROCKET I"IRE. THE BOATS, "':iICI! VEREH! tHE: PROCESS OF LANDING ELEMENTS OF 4/47 ItlYAtlTflY, RZPLIE~ ~HrH Ali, WEAI'Or:s. SUPPilH'S!NCl 'fH! ENEMY PIRE l,nUll!: TM;; TilOOPS CONTI!)lJED'TDBEACH. FOURTEJ!II IHIVYI'1EN ~tlD ONE It!F~IlT:lY"'MI If ERE ~';OU~DED IN THE 4TTACK, !NCLOD!:lG FIvt CRE'I! I>!£"!SER$ or "lONITOR 91-1, ,OUR itROM FI,.A!ljETHRO\~ER S>2v! I AI1D THREE FROf>!. ASl'E 91-~. ASP" 9hZ ~ND fIIOlIITOR 91-.3 ALSO REPDRTED ONE CAS!JAl TY E~CH. F'OUl~ OF THOSE IIIJUREO \IERE REGARD!':!) AS SEnIOUSLY ~10utIDED. '~HILE "1OST OF THE OTHERS,wERE nri!ATED HI THE AO Arm lIE~fUHI;ETJ TO DUTY. eOTHMlIF SA.Tt~LIONS' R£TURNEOTO THE: MRB LATE' IN rHE EVENING wHEN CONTACT llROl(:: OFF' liFTER 19!!e'. b1!THREPORTS )fOT YET COr.JPI.EIE, CU'lUI.1IT.I'JE ,::::S!lU'S OF' THE '1'110-DIIY Oi'F.!lA'I!Ot~ ,n ?021~ SATU!ll>AY~>E!'!F. 1<l3 VIET eotlG )(Il.Lf.:ll. I~!VE
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OiHER, CFlEI1!'lErJ WERE nJJl1li'ED [,'HEN THEIR BOAT 'rOO~ n!O R,OCn~r MID Ti''<o RECOILLESSR!FLE .!f1T$. HID OF' 'f~:;: IWtlN'SSTRtlCI( THE BOAT'~ ??l W1 CAtHlOH,; ~N()T1jt;R!HT THE MAS'\'ANO nm FOUl'llli1011E A tHO nm GO)(S\"I~.! N ,$ n~r. ' F'oun ,CfIEI~MI'N ON 4SPB 11l-5 MERE ALSO IN.JURED HI THf,: nf<s'f /I,'!'HC!( ,~s II ROCK'ET 'Bl.f:',! opeN T!i!W'l ~1,3''1''''!O,!JI'l!. "IOiHTCR i IT-2, THE F'IRS! BOilT REHIIID'flfg t.EAPASPB'·S TOOl{ ,HEAVY 1"1"1£ AND HE?OH'J'ED Y\IC "'EN ~) HH m.IIOR ~f\)ut!DS. ,~SP!'l HI;'3J1ND ATC IH-iS ,Al.SO TOOl( )lIlC)(F:'!' Hns, PUT THERE~)ER~ NO PERSONNEL. CilSU4LTUS,. ' BOATS OF' RIVEr? DIVISION '91 ;,!E:~E:A.LS::J HI'!: SEIIER~L ttM£S DURI~k1 THE D4Y. ATIlI'15fl rm:v I')[FIE Ar>ffiiJSHED 'il1T1! AIJiOMATIC ("EAPON£, ,IU:iT~rU;T OF nm POINT hlJlERE TJIE 111 90,HS ~JE!lE 4TUCKED. ~C.Rt\1"!EN OF' /ld3PB $"1··7 H~S SLIGHTLY l,101JNllED IN'THE ATTACII.AL1'HOUGH 'THEil)!: ',)IIS NO PlNGIFIC4Nl' !lIit1AGE: TO ;11£801\1'5. 'fHE 91 llOJ\TS"IERE TilE HHGt! fORA SECO.ND,"10RE SUllS1'ANnAL I\T'I>~'C1i !,ATER IN TilE MORNHIG 4T V!IlTUALL YT<HE SA"1EI'OSITlON WH£IU: TilE. HI SOIlTS 'JEI1EHH. FOt)R"1EN, PIGl.lJ!HIlG TH'RlCECREv''1,W OF IITC !H~~. ,'ERE Hl,JUR!:D BY 'TilE 41J1'ONIATIC ;J!,~POI\lS, ROCKET ~~J:lRF.COru..F.S~; RIF'U:, !'IRE, 'PIE tWA!'S \'IE~E 4'rTACli2D ON SEVERAl. OTHER OCCASIOI)S DIJRUIl THE: . q~n:~~oo~~_.~tn:., .f~O_gJ I{E":.. PEll so ,!I.~E': C~ ~~~L.!_I.E'3_.~~S llL T r D •... ~.~~r:~I_U!-l 0: ,;
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GROut~\) rO,RCES 5l'P.VE:!) IllCOIlTINUOUS C.OllTAC! 'HTll 1'I-!EVCELE~!F.NTS" C~LL!NIl ttl !{EAV't AiR ANJIIR1ILLERY STRIKES' ON THE nJEMY BUIIKERS. 4::: 01' IS.in" JIiRE€ ARMY PERsorm~~L \,1EREREPORTE1l KILLED AN!l26 ~I~:RE ',mljl'DEIl. IlLL ~HMY CA;;U~L1 IES EXCEPT 1'0R :hm I~H IllER\,: F'RO~ 3·47' !·\W,~. NT )fY • ' ~,M;l OF THl'. flf)~'r 5 11OVl'.!)()t/1 OF 1',1" ~O E.~RL 't IN THE EVENING AS '!HE QR"l'{ SETTLED INTO N.JG l-lT POSITI.O rJs: THE MHB ilELOCAT£D TO EEN TRE SUNDAY !>lORN1.00. DEPARTING oorlG !11M.' 41 e"lW, A"IO ARfWJHJCl In THE ~E~I ANCHORAGE ABOUT 1115. 1'11'
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NIIJE tF 117 PERSONNEL .JERE WOUNDED MONDAY AS THE ASSAULT CRAFT OF RIVER DIVISION 9\ AND 1.11 WERE A'lJSl1SHED THREE MORE TIMES ALONG THE BE'! TRE RIVER.
NINE VIET CONG WERE )(1\;_I.ED "IONDA\{ TO BRING TO 41 Tl\£ TOTAl. rOR THE TWO-DAY OPERATION WHICH ENDED EARLY IN THE EVENING.
IN THE FIRST ATTACK AT 0720. THE BOATS Or RIV DIV III ~'ERE KIT WITH AUTO~A'rIC lvEAPONS. RECOILLESS RIFLE. ~IJD ROCKET FIRI!: FROr>! BOTK BANKS ABOUT FIVE KILOMETERS EAST or BEN TRE. TWO CREW MEMBERS OF ~TC 111-10 AN!) ONE I\MARD "1ONtTOR t t ,-:1> WERE lIIJURED WHEN THOSE BOATS EACH rOOK nlo ROCKET OJ! RECOILI.ESS RIJI'U HITS. SEVERAL OTHER BOArs vlERE HIT Itf THE ATT4C\(. SUT THE ENEMY FIRE tolAS SUPPRESSED AFTER A 113-IoIINUTE BATTLE.
PIIGE 2 UNCLAS EFT 0 lESS THMI F!VE HOURS LATER liT 114'. T~rOIlX)R;: (mE~I MEfoIBERS OF
ATC IIJ,.ilJ WERE HIJURED ~IKE~ THE BOAT R£CEIVED ANOTHER ROCKET fin lIJ!tlE KiLOMETERS FARTHER SOUTH O~ THE ~E~I TRE RIVER. ATC III~I:S WAS ALSO HIT 111 TKIS SECOND ATTACK. WHICH OCCURRED AS THE SOAT!;l \oIERE LANDING ELEMENTS OF' THE 3/47 HIFANTRY. IN A:lDITION TO THEI1AVY CASUALTIli:~. O~E INFANTflYMA~ 1111S l(ILLED AND MJOTHER ~I!\S toJOUIIDIl:D AS THE TROOPS ATTEMPTED TO L~ND IN THE FACE 011' THE HEAVY FIRE •. THE E~EI'IY GUIIlSIJERE AGAlli SILneED BY THE BOATS ~~lD AR~Y HELICOPTERS WERE CALLED IN TO STRAFE THE ENEMY POSITIOMS.
THE FIN~L ATT~CK OCCURRED 4T 1415 ~s THE ASS4UlT CRAFT OF BOTH DIVISIONS ~IER£~MOv!NG OUT OF' THE AO. SIX 804T8 ~IERE KIT wITH ROCKET. RECOILESS RIFI.E MI~ AUTO'lATIC !~EI\PONS rIFlE, .9UT GUNNERS ABOARD tHV DIV 91 BO.~'l'S R)1:PORTED JlILLIMG T'AO OF THe: ENE"lY. POuR NAIfYMEN WERE \o)OUN~E!) IN THE 41TACKI n!o F"R01>l A'fC 111-8 AND ONE tllCH FROII! MontOR 91-3 I\NO ATC 91-3.
THE. NINE NAVY IW\ RAISED THE flAVY·S TWO-DAY TOTAl. TO 24, INCLUDIMG 15 ~)flO WERE WOUNDED IN A SERIES OF' FIVE 41\lB!)SHED IN THE SA "lit AREA ON SmlOAY. ALI. OF THE WOUNDED ~lEN l,IERE REPORTED IN GOOD COt'IDITIOtl MONDAY AFTERNOON.
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DESPIl'E THE HEAVY NWY CONTACT. TH!::RE ',fAS NO S!GNII"lCANT GROUND ACTION (t\(HIDAY. THE TROOPS SWEPT SQUTHNEST FRO!» THEIR NIGHT POSITIONS, THEN "JERE F'ElliUEO BY THE aOATS ACROSS THE BEN TilE RIVER AND CONTrNtJ!i:D MOVING IIEST UNTIL 'fHEY \~ERE AlflUrTEO TO A LANDING ZONE ON TlfE HAiII LUONG RIVER. neE ASSAULT BOATS BACK!.OAl>I!:f) THE nlo BATTALIONS AT THIS POr~T AND RETURNED THEII/ TO THE !tIRS EARLY 1M THE EVENING. CU~IUL"'TI\lE ARMY CASUALTIES tN 'tHE THO~DAY SWEE? WERE !lGHT lOLLED AND 27 \\I{)UNDED. INCLUDING nJo F'RO~ NO{'lwlfOSTlLE ACTIOll. tHE FIVE SHIPS OF THE tIIRF ALSO RECEIVED flOsrtLE FIRE AT 2109 SUNDAY. IIPL·Z5 WAS HIT BY nJo RECOILLESS RIFLE ROUNDS, NEITHER O~' WHICH EXPLODIW. O~E PENETRATEO THE STARB04RD SIl>E AND LODGED IN A PERSONNa LOCKeR. WHIU: TilE SECOND sTRUCK II LIFE RIIF'I' ON THE 0? LEVEL. THEW! WAS rJO PEilSON~EL CqSUALTIES AND NO SIGN!FICA~T DAIIIAGE. THE MOS1t.E RIVERINE FORCE ~IAS VISITED I\fONDAY BY CAPTAIN "'AX C. DUNCAN. COMMANDER NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY SAIGON. HE SPENT THE DAY DISCUSSING NRF SUPPLY PROeLElIIs wITH COI'IJODORE SALZER AND THE FtOTILLA LOGISTICS OP'FICI!:RS. BT
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FOuR E~EMY PEAD "ERE CLAI!~ED BY HELICOPTER G UNSHIPS AND THE F'XFTH !~AS KILLED AT 0335 8Y ;lSSAULT BOATS PURUIG A FIREFIGflT ON THE NO CAY R!IlER.
T!,t~HE I,4EliE NO U. S. C<\SllAlTIES DUE TO HOSTILE !"IRE DURl00 THE DAY. HI 'CHI':, lttCItlEI1T II1VOLV1\lI$ THE AflSAULT CRAFT. ENEI''IY FIRE III1\S
C:ONF'lNEO TO A\JTO!~ATIC !'IEAPOI'IS ANI) SMALL 1111'15. THE AttACK WAS LAUNCHED WITH THE DETONA1'WN OF 1\ CLAYilJOIlE "lINE. 8iIf THE ftOSl'!L£ F'lRE WAS fllJ.lGI(LY SliPPRE:SSEIl BY THE BOATS 'mICH urVELl!:D THE F.NEi'1Y POSITlONS HUH ALL, !1EAPOill5.
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MOST OF TH!;: BOATS rlErtJRNlt:) TO THE I1flB In THE 1I10RII11'16. ALTHOUGH ~WVJ'R.~L UJ'HTS OF RIVER DIIJHaOI'lS 91 AND III REMAINED AT THE l'IRE SUPPORT B~S[ 'ro PROVIDE COM'1IH1IC~nO\IS SIlPPORT.
LT. COL. J~MES 1... SCOVEL4RRIVED YES'fEilO4'{ TO BECOME THE NEW EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE SECOND !3fWlAOE. HE cor'lES TO THE NRF FROM 1'!lE INF'A!'ITFIY BRANCH OF nllr OFrICr. OF PERSONNEL OPERATlOMS IN l:!i\SHINGTO'l. D.C. LT. COL. COtlUN, llSMC, ,/llO HAS BEEN ACTH!6 XO 'lHICl!~. L't. COL I.AC1{I'lAN 1.EFT TO TAKf'. COI4MA\~D OF' 3/4'1 IllFAH1'RY nn1'!Al.!()i'I, Ina CONT!il/U!\ Hrs DUllES oro THE BRIGADE STAFF' MJ !!lVER!ME ADVISER. Br 00 01 O~!)12.~. fit 1J2 N3 1\14!\15 N6 S\lO ••• AnCTU 1111.3.1 ••• CRD 112
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