Rockey, the 3/5 Marines commander, commented on the "increasing frequency and ferocity" of enemy contacts. PAVN/VC gunners then replied with a mortar barrage, which resulted in two Marine dead and two wounded. Although agent reports and other intelligence indicated continued assaults north of the Cau Do River against Ha Vang and Da Nang City, most of these came to naught. The Marine staff speculated that the enemy launched the mortar attacks largely as a cover for the rocket attacks against Marble Mountain. [1]:147, Major General Raymond Murray, the III MAF deputy commander, remembered that he heard a "hell of a lot of racket" and "woke up [to] the airfield at Da Nang being rocketed." Army personnel were wounded. By 11:00, Marine helicopters evacuated the most seriously wounded and brought in the rest of Company G into blocking positions on the western bank of the Yn. Countermortar fire quickly silenced the enemy tubes. It was the worst attack on Danang since July 5,. Major General Donn J. Robertson, the 1st Marine Division commanding general, kept under his direct control the 3/5 Marines and the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines. In the 7th Marines sector, the Marines described the same type of activity as well as increased enemy infiltration. To the south, in the Korean sector, the ROKMC with the assistance of the ARVN again drove PAVN/VC forces out of the Hi An environs. Located between the Cu and Thanh Qut Rivers and on either side of Highway 1, the two battalions provided the last line of defense before the so-called "Vital Area." Covered revetments to protect F-4s from rocket attacks -1969 [ Bob Kaatman photo ] American down as Marines arrive on scene just outside perimeter of DaNang AFB. Click here to view those.. Update: 12 December 2020. Pictures of Danang 10. Finally there were rumors that the other two regiments of the 2nd Division, the VC 1st and the PAVN 3rd, had infiltrated even further north. [1]:146, Lieutenant Colonel Twyman R. Hill's 1st MP Battalion operated directly under III MAF and was responsible for the "close-in defense" of the Da Nang Air Base, the two bridges between Tiensha Peninsula, Marble Mountain Air Facility and the Naval Hospital on the Tiensha (Tin Sa) Peninsula. In the northeast, near the Force Logistic Command sector, villagers from Nam (160654N 1080744E / 16.115N 108.129E / 16.115; 108.129) just south of the strategic Nam Bridge, told PF troops, members of the CAP Q-4 platoon, that the VC planned to attack the CAP compound. As Company G began its redeployment along the river route it ran into PAVN forces attempting to retreat in that direction. Company L, 3/5 Marines set up blocking positions on the east bank of the Yen. According to III MAF figures, from 29 January through 14 February at Da Nang, Marines sustained 124 killed and more than 480 wounded. Milantoni relayed the request to the air support center. [1]:1456, At 03:00 the PAVN/VC hit even closer to the Marine command nerve center at Da Nang. Marine and Army reconnaissance flights using infrared technology and XM-3 "People Sniffer" airborne personnel detectors (APD) mounted on UH-1 helicopters indicated strong enemy concentrations in the hills near Hiu c west of the 7th Marines. Two of the mortar attacks hit the 1st Cavalry Division helipad near the Force Logistic Command area in the Red Beach Base Area destroying two helicopters and damaging eight others and killing one U.S . Under pressure from the South Vietnamese relief forces and the Marine MP platoon, the VC retreated with the allies in pursuit. The Marines evacuated the survivor to the Naval Support Activity hospital where he died of his wounds. About an hour later, PAVN troops who had infiltrated Duong Lam rushed the CAP compound. 17. Galand Kramer at the Danang Officers Open Mess, the DOOM Club, so appropriately named for those of us flying into the teeth of North Vietnams AAA, missile and MiG air defenses. With covering fire provided by 81mm and 82mm mortars, about a reinforced company reached the I Corps headquarters compound actually located within the city of Da Nang just outside the northern perimeter of the Air Base. The remaining rocket attacks were ineffective. Marine commanders and staff officers could only speculate that the enemy was probably infiltrating north in small groups to "predetermined rallying points" for a further assault either on the city or on the Air Base. a-~_ -~ ijsafss 0 w 86 i jun !17 history of 6994th security squadron We had played cards the night before and he was so happy he had survived his year in . The attack force would consist of two groups, one to move by land and the other by water to knock out the bridge separating the city from Tiensha Peninsula and to capture the I Corps headquarters. Lieutenant Colonel William K . The Marine companies then pulled back and called in artillery and air. "[1]:143, Throughout the Da Nang area of operations, the PAVN/VC began to move into attack positions. Again the artillery responded with "excellent effect on target." U.S. estimates of PAVN/VC casualties ranged between 1,200 and 1,400 dead. One of the major attacks was against CAP B-3 in the hamlet of Duong Lam (1) just below the Ty Loan River. Rocket attack on the Da Nang Air Base that took place, Da Nang, Vietnam, January 30, 1968. DaNang Air Base was known as "rocket city" for the number of attacks that occurred there between 1965 and 1973. According to Marine sources, the heavy action on this small island resulted in 102 VC killed, 88 prisoners of war, 13 VC suspects and 70 laborers. Da Nang Air Base was one of the major air bases used for offensive air operations within South Vietnam and for the support of USMC and ARVN forces. From the recovery of Lam's notebook and a detailed sketch map of Hill 10, the location of the 1/7 Marines' command post, the R-20 commander was obviously on an exploration mission to discover any vulnerability in the Marine battalion's defences. The South Vietnamese quickly rushed the newly arrived ARVN 5th Ranger Battalion into the area. He arrived with 19 other soldiers, eight of whom were embalmers. The VC R-20 and V-25th Battalions had struck again at Hi An, engaging both the Korean Marine Brigade and the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the ARVN 51st Regiment. Their weapons included AK-47s and B-40 RPGs. The company arrived at its dispositions at 01:00 the following morning . PAVN battalions from the 2nd Division had eluded the Korean and ARVN defenses in the southern sector and had penetrated the defensive perimeter of the 2/3 Marines and 3/5 Marines just below the Air Base. In this fighting, which had lasted about three hours, the South Vietnamese defenders sustained casualties of three dead, seven wounded, and two damaged armored vehicles. The RPGs missed the apertures in the tower and fell to the ground. He remembered that because of the number of casualties his battalion sustained, "it was necessary to employ administrative personnel on patrols" with "clerks, cooks, and drivers" on line. Large numbers of flares shot high into the air and burst into . Battery F, 2nd Battalion, 11th Marines alone shot off some 1,200 rounds. According to Marine intelligence sources, Rummage may well "have rendered a reinforced battalion combat ineffective, forcing the enemy to modify his plans at a critical time." You comrades should act as heroes of Vietnam and with the spirit and pride of combatants of the Liberation Army. [1]:159, On the night of 5/6 February, the PAVN/VC forces began the second phase of their Da Nang offensive. 366th AMS, Mystery SP, Bob Hope. A warning order and plan prepared by the VC Da Nang City Committee called for a preliminary attack on the city by sappers and VC troops. . Davis notified the division headquarters of his findings. [1]:156, The Da Nang Northern Sector Defense Command dispatched a provisional company to assist the CAP Marines as well as the security detachment. 366th AMS, Rocket attack BX, Gunfighter Pilots. The 3/5 Marines were landed and immediately came under heavy automatic and small arms fire from the island. The Allies claimed 343 PAVN/VC killed and 195 prisoners. Marine counter-rocket fire from the 11th Marines and 1st Tank Battalion resulted in five secondary explosions. The enemy had also planned to hit the main airfield at Da Nang. Shortly after midnight on July 15, 1967, Da Nang Air Base in Quang Nam Province, RVN, came under a heavy rocket attack. [1]:1445, About 02:30, the PAVN/VC struck the perimeters of the Da Nang base itself. Surprised by the initial assault, the engineers fell back, giving up half the camp to the attackers. The Marines called in artillery and mortar missions . Doc, as his friends called him, was one of 58,200 Americans that died during the Vietnam War. "[1]:163, During the Tet Offensive in Da Nang, both sides experienced heavy casualties. Elements of the VC R-20th and local force units which participated in the attack on Ha Vang and I Corps headquarters attempted to escape the dragnet of Marine and ARVN forces. [1]:1589, For the next few days, there was a relative lull in the Da Nang sector, at least as compared to the last two days of January. [1]:1467, About 05:45, the 1st Division learned that the VC squad in the I Corps headquarters compound had disengaged and took its casualties with it. Rockey then ordered a platoon from his Company K to reinforce Company G. By the end of the day, the elements of the four Marine companies had established their night positions. Robertson wanted to "canalize enemy movements in order to develop lucrative targets which could be exploited." Da Nang Air Base : Sapper & Rocket Attacks During The Vietnam War militaryvideocom 40.6K subscribers Subscribe 566 Share Save 123K views 10 years ago This is a preview of our 78-minute. After dark, both sides withdrew, the Marines to night defensive positions and the PAVN to the west. On Jan. 30, a 15-man commando squad penetrated Da Nang Air Base and another squad blew up the "Sector Bravo Combat Operations Center," just 1,000 meters from I Corps headquarters. At 07:30, the ROKMC reported about 200 to 300 enemy troops still in Hi An. The . They were ordered to the area to bolster defenses around the air base at Da Nang against possible VietCong attacks. In a sweep of the area, the defenders found ammunition clips and bloodstains. From the south, about a dozen VC used boards to cross the outer wire and ladders and boards to clamber over the compound wall into the courtyard below. At about the same time, approximately 15 enemy 122mm rockets struck an artillery complex in the 11th Marines Northern Sector Defense Command which included a detachment from the 1st Armored Amphibian Company, the 155mm Gun and 8-inch Gun Batteries, as well as Batteries H, 3rd Battalion, 11th Marines and M, 4th Battalion, 11th Marines. [1]:158, Robertson began to refine his defensive dispositions at Da Nang so as to counter any further incursions on the part of the PAVN/VC main force units pressing on the Marine TAOR. Rummage soon determined that the total number of PAVN approximated 500 or more men, moving in two columns. [1]:141, A conglomeration of Marine support units, ARVN, ROKMC and two Marine infantry battalions attempted to secure the remaining area. He nevertheless released Task Force Miracle from the operational control of the 1st Marine Division and returned it to the Americal Division. Total Marine casualties of this incident on the 30th were 10 Marines killed and 15 wounded, most from the platoon of Company G that was initially ambushed. All clips are licensed royalty-free, worldwide, in perpetuity. [Peter Halferty photo]. [1]:160, The fighting continued during the night and into the next day. No rockets fell on the main airbase but Marble Mountain sustained some damage. The Flightline, Funny Money, Rocket shrapnel. An alert ARVN sentry took the VC under fire near the flagpole. The PAVN soldiers wore flak jackets and helmets and carried a machine gun, and a small rocket detachment with six 122mm rockets. The Marine company called in mortar and artillery fire. SAIGON (UPI) - Communist troops blasted the city of Da Nang and nearby military installations with nearly 200 rockets or mortar rounds early today in their heaviest attack on the Northern coastal area in a year, spokesmen said. Two members of a VC engineering company, also in the Da Nang area, later recounted that nearly 80 percent of their unit was from North Vietnam. [1]:146, At 03:30, on the other side of the main Da Nang Bridge, MPs noticed two VC in the water and several sampans approaching. According to U.S. advisors and to South Vietnamese sources, the fight for Hi An resulted in Allied casualties of 58 killed, 103 wounded in action, 21 missing in action and 14 weapons lost. (L to R) Attack of 13 April 1972. Archives. Later that afternoon, the 1st Marine Division helilifted a "Bald Eagle" reaction force from Company E, 2/3 Marines east of the river in an attempt to encircle the PAVN. They collected some 200 people that they detained for further questioning. At 20:00 on the night of the 5th, a Marine platoon ambush from Company C, 1/7 Marines intercepted about 60 PAVN troops about 4,000 meters south of the Ty Loan River in the western sector of the area of operations moving northeast towards the river and the base with mortars and automatic weapons. The Truong Son and the Mekong River are moving. "[1]:159, The heaviest action occurred in the 3/5 Marines and 4th Battalion, 51st ARVN sectors along Highway 1. The task force headquarters and its two battalions returned to Chu Lai Base Area the following day. The artillery fired another salvo, which caused a large secondary explosion. In the morning, the Marines discovered blood trails and three PAVN bodies in the vicinity of the explosions. Da Nang AB was nicknamed "Rocket City" due to the large number of attacks by 122mm and 140mm rockets. Da Nang Air Base was one of the major air bases used for offensive air operations within South Vietnam and for the support of USMC and ARVN forces. By daybreak, the engineers held their own and the situation in Hi An was at a stalemate. During the day, the division had positioned 11 reconnaissance Stingray patrols along likely enemy avenues of approach. Four ARVN M113 armored personnel carriers reinforced by a reconnaissance squad maneuvered to contain the attackers. Additional intelligence tended to confirm the enemy was about to initiate something big. [ Bob Kaatman photo ] One of the first caches of bombs to explode. Two other squad patrols from Company C in the vicinity quickly joined the first squad. Lieutenant Colonel William J . This platoon under First Lieutenant John E. Manning departed the airbase about 04:15 and arrived in the blocking positions about 05:15. Built by the Colonial French government of Indochina in 1949, it became a training school for Vietnamese pilots. In the engagement, the Marines lost 5 killed and 12 wounded. Use big bombs." [1]:1489, In the Da Nang area of operations, outside of attacks by fire on the Marine base and outlying positions and the two ground assaults on Marine command and communications positions, the PAVN/VC infantry units largely concentrated on the South Vietnamese units. mms, from May of 69 to May of 70. Landing in large bursts, about 50 to 75 artillery rounds fell on the lead column. 180 Da Nang Air Base Photos and Premium High Res Pictures - Getty Images Images Creative Editorial Video Creative Editorial FILTERS CREATIVE EDITORIAL VIDEO 180 Da Nang Air Base Premium High Res Photos Browse 180 da nang air base stock photos and images available, or start a new search to explore more stock photos and images. After a brief firefight, the VC troops withdrew taking any casualties with them. Again the crowd dispersed and this time did not recongregate. On 2 February, the Marines received a report that the PAVN 2nd Division had moved its headquarters 4 miles (6.4km) north, to a position above Route 4, from its previous location on Go Noi Island. Further, the National Police reported that VC local leaders from Qung Tn, Qung Nam and Qung Ngi Provinces met in a base area in the hills of northern Qung Ngi to plan attacks on Chu Lai and on Qung Ngi City. One of the nicest persons died there on the day he was turning his outside plant tool kit. A 19-year-old sentry assigned to a listening post at a U.S. air base gets caught in the crossfire during a Viet Cong attack. Since you were there, Colonel, you can verify that there were no fewer than 26 rocket attacks on the Da Nang. Below the Marine battalions, the ROKMC 2nd Marine Brigade secured the Hi An sector and the southeastern approaches above the Ky Lam River to Da Nang Air Base. The Marines lost 12 killed and 6 wounded. Naval Support Activity Danang operated extensive logistics facilities on the Tiensha (Tin Sa) peninsula east of the city. In one operation near Dien Ban, the ARVN 51st Regiment sustained losses of 40 men killed, six missing, and 140 wounded while accounting for about 80 enemy dead and 13 prisoners. Hill received a telephone call at 03:45 on the 30th from Colonel Thomas Randall, the III MAF G-3, who asked him "to send three platoons to blocking positions south of I Corps headquarters." The artillerymen sustained two wounded and some equipment damage, but escaped relatively unscathed. In the attack on the I Corps headquarters and in the defense of Ha Vang village the Allies sustained losses of nine dead and several wounded. A Company E, 2/3 Marines squad patrol in its regular area of operations just east of the confluence of the Thanh Qut and Vnh in River came under attack from an estimated squad of enemy. Two separate occurrences may have frustrated this attack. [1]:153, South of the Hi Vn Pass, in the northern portion of the Da Nang TAOR, in the 2/7 Marines sector, the PAVN were able to close Highway 1 temporarily, but failed to penetrate Allied defenses. The Victory will be with us. 16. The fighting within the compound continued until daylight. The U.S. major remonstrated that the site was relatively close to the compound, but Lm insisted that the air strikes be flown. Other disturbing intelligence tended to confirm this analysis. This apparently broke the back of the VC resistance. In the town itself, 10 civilians caught in the crossfire, sustained wounds, but no civilians died as a result of the battle. Four died there. The main body advanced in column maintaining about three to four feet space between each man. About 20 minutes later the missile battery sighted enemy rocket firing sites and two minutes later radioed that 12 rockets of undetermined size landed in and around its area. To the south of the Air Base, other PAVN/VC main force units attacked the District Town of in Bn and the provincial capital of Qung Nam, Hi An, on Route 4. Survived many Rocket Attacks. A second platoon from Company G arrived at the site and attempted to maneuver to the PAVN flank. This would be followed by a rocket barrage and an assault by the main force units on Allied military units and installations. The Vietnam Security Police Association Web site features several additional recordings of rocket attacks on Da Nang Air Base. With the departure of the 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines in mid-January for Phu Bai Combat Base, the 3/7 Marines extended its area of operations to include An Hoa Combat Base to the south. Approximately at 02:00, about four of the 122mm rockets fell in or near the compound, one landing near the 1st Cavalry Division helipad temporarily located there, damaging four of the helicopters, but resulting in no Marine or Army casualties. Miner attached two additional companies to the 3/7 Marines, Company L, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines and Company H, 2/7 Marines to cover its extended area. In the assault, the PAVN/VC killed four Marines and wounded another seven before withdrawing. The most eastern of the battalions, the 2nd, shared its area with the 3rd Amphibian Tractor Battalion, which was responsible for the coastal sand flats south of Marble Mountain. Given also the enemy rocket threat, he still needed to maintain extensive patrols in the so-called Rocket Belt. Instead of calling artillery fire immediately, the reconnaissance Marines arranged with Battery K, 4/11 Marines and a detachment of the 3rd 155mm Gun Battery at An Ha for an "artillery ambush." Vietnam Rocket City 1971-1972, Palm Bay, FL. Another platoon from the Marine company also reinforced the engaged troops about an hour later. Today, several areas on the Da Nang Base including the loading, storage and mixing areas and Sen Lake to the north and the Pacer Ivy area at the south of the base have been confirmed to have . Local villagers told the Marines that at least one VC had been killed in the brief skirmish. Air Force rocket attacks in Vietnam Share 9 posts gleyhjr 44 Aug 30, 2010 #1 The following link is a list of all rocket attacks on Air Bases by date: Hope this helps someone needing a stressor of a rocket attack on a Air Base http://www.afhra.af.mil/timelines/index.asp George Binh Thuy AB RVN Sept 1968-Sept 1969 JimM44 683 Some 36 of the large missiles landed on the main base, including the airfield. 149 likes. According to Murray, "from then on until Tt was over, there were just constant attacks." Finally the PAVN broke contact at 20:00 and disappeared. It didn't take long to get out of bed when the first rocket struck nearby. Throughout the day, however, Marine units throughout the TAOR reported incidents. Allied intelligence officers identified members from the V-25th, R-20th, C-130th Battalions and the Q-15th and Q-16th Local Force Companies. About 03:30, two more Marine tanks from the district town of Hieu Duc arrived at the northern fringes of the hamlet. They later found three enemy bodies at the site wearing black pajamas under their green utilities. Those infiltrations prepared the way for NVA ground attacks in the surrounding areas. The battalion's Company B, however, in an operation with a CAP in two hamlets on the Tiensha Peninsula or Da Nang East, surprised a VC force in two hamlets north of Marble Mountain. Milantoni. For example, while the R-20th attempted to maintain a full complement of 400 men through the recruitment or impressment of local villagers and infiltration of North Vietnamese "volunteers," intelligence sources rated the unit only "marginally effective. According to intelligence reports, on 15 January, Group 44, the forward headquarters of the PAVN/VC Military Region 5, moved from the hills in western Qung Nam Province, to an advance position on G Ni Island. Fifteen minutes later, the enemy gunners followed with another 29 rockets, mostly aimed at the southern end of the Air Base. 14 New Guns For 2022 by B. GIL HORMAN; A First-Year Magnum: Shooting The S&W "Pre-29" by JUSTIN DYAL; Contact; Donate; Eye Candy for the Gentlemen out there According to an NCO from the PAVN 31st Regiment captured in the fighting, the mission of his unit was to "attack Hi An, five times if necessary, and set up a liberation government. Firing 290 105mm shells, the tractor artillery reportedly killed about 80 of the PAVN attackers caught in the open. Vietcong rocket attack on the U.S. Da Nang Airbase in Vietnam HD Stock Footage CriticalPast 308K subscribers Subscribe 56K views 8 years ago CriticalPast is an archive of historic footage.. Narrative: Possibly the worst ground aviation accident of Vietnam War occurs on March 23 1967 at Da Nang Air Base, South Vietnam, when traffic controller clears US Marine Corps Grumman A-6A Intruder, BuNo 152608, of VMA(AW)-242, MAG-11, for takeoff, but also clears USAF Lockheed C-141A-LM Starlifter, 65-9407, of the 62nd Military Airlift Wing, McChord AFB, Washington, to cross runway. In the initial fighting for Ha Vang, the South Vietnamese and Americans accounted for 25 VC dead. All attacks from 02/27/67 forward were by rockets. In fact, elements of both regiments had reached jump-off points just south of the Cau Do River. CMSgt (Ret) Gary Chaffin, who was at Da Nang with the 366th Civil Engineering Squadron, recalls this attack much as Dick does. He seems to think there was only one rocket attack at Da Nang in 1972. Despite the Marine patrolling, PAVN sappers, probably from the 2nd Sapper Battalion, blew three bridges and one culvert over Highway 1 in the pass area. Glasgow, Steve: YN3: Mar 20, 1969 - Mar 20, 1970: US Navy Post Office @ China Beach: . Apparently the forces were a mixed group from several different units interspersed together. [1]:153, The attack on the western perimeter was probably the most serious thrust against Marine positions on the day and evening of 30 January. The following day, the same sources indicated that both the VC 1st and the PAVN 3rd Regiments had also withdrawn to the Go Noi. The combined force then swept the general area where they found two PAVN bodies and took three prisoners. The ROKMC Marine Brigade deployed six companies around the city and the ARVN 51st Regiment prepared a reaction force. The crowd scattered only to gather on the fringes of Red Beach Base Area. On January 29, 1968, the night sky above the sprawling Bien Hoa Air Base, where I was on sentry patrol, appeared to be on fire. At first light, a Marine reaction force found enemy blood trails. [1]:154, At about 19:00 another reconnaissance patrol, Recon Team Rummage, about 30 kilometers south of Da Nang in the Qu Sn Mountains below An Ha, spotted a column of about 40 PAVN at the head of even a larger column moving east along a trail. konstantin guericke net worth; xaverian brothers high school nfl players; how is the correct gene added to the cells; hong kong supermarket flyer calgary; ben fogle: new lives in the wild do they get paid; Da Nang air base attacked in Vietnam by 40mm rockets 7 miles away, 47 killed many from local village (partial newsreel) Addeddate 2005-04-08 19:44:43 Color b&w Identifier 1967-03-03_Airbase_Shelled . Citation Nr: 1224394 Decision Date: 07/13/12 Archive Date: 07/18/12 DOCKET NO. At 19:20, in the same general area, still another Stingray patrol, Sailfish, radioed that about 200 PAVN/VC troops, some carrying 40mm rocket launchers, passed its positions. This fighting would continue in a desultory fashion throughout the night. Advisory Group at Da Nang, the PFs and RFs accounted for eight dead VC and captured one wounded VC. Even in the face of the artillery, the PAVN continued their advance upon the Marine positions. DA NANG A.B. The III MAF Command Center later that evening radioed MACV in Saigon: "Although the enemy has suffered heavy losses within his local and main force VC units during the past two days, he still possesses a formidable threat utilizing [PAVN] troops poised on the periphery of the Da Nang TAOR. The rocket attacks resulted in the deaths of three Marines and the wounding of another 11. [1]:1445, In scattered and intermittent attacks beginning before 02:00 and lasting about one-half hour, PAVN/VC gunners fired both mortars and rockets that landed near positions of Marine artillery, antiair missiles, and the Force Logistic Command at Red Beach Base Area. At about 07:40, a crowd of 400 Vietnamese civilians made up mostly of women and children and carrying PAVN and VC flags approached the CAP compound. Both the 2/3 Marines to the east of the Army task force and the 3/5 Marines to the south, also reported relatively little enemy activity in their sectors. [1]:143, PAVN/VC forces throughout South Vietnam were about to strike. According to Marine intelligence reports, on 9 February, the 2nd Division moved its headquarters back to the Go Noi from its more forward positions. He later confided to Davis, "Bill, your phone call was right on the money! Immediately after the artillery shelling, an AC47 Spooky arrived on station and worked over the same area with its Gatling guns. A high number of casualties were Vietnamese civilians living in a village just east of DaNang Air Base. Would like to get in touch w/anyone attached to Security. While the 1st MP Battalion supported by the 1st Tank Battalion established blocking positions north of the Cu River, the ARVN 3rd Battalion, 51st Regiment swept the sector south of the river. According to a VC after-action report early in the offensive, the writer complained that the "commander did not know [the) situation accurately and that orders were not strictly obeyed ." Next Photo. Milantoni replied, "General Lm just gave it. These rockets had a range of several miles and were deadly. At the same time, the 1st Division had sent out several reconnaissance elements. Although authorizing the ceasefire, he warned all American commanders to be unusually alert because of "enemy increased capabilities ." soldier and wounding two. [1]:153, The Marines now counterattacked supported by artillery and Marine gunships and fixed-wing air. 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