The Eradication - The Battle of Dinh Tuong - Campaign Series Vietnam 1948-1967
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| First Side: | US |
| Second Side: | N. Vietnam |
Jason Petho
30 July, 1967
[Cam Son Secret Zone, Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam]: [SIDE A] [HIS] [CSL]:
The Mobile Riverine Force ended operations in the Long An area because of reliable intelligence indicating art enemy buildup west of My Tho in Dinh Tuong Province. In just over forty-eight hours the Mobile Riverine Force was able to relocate a base supporting 3,900 men over a distance of sixty miles and to shift its area of operations a total of eighty-five miles to the area west of Dong Tam.
The Mobile Riverine Force was about to join tire largest force with which it would co-operate in a single operation in its Vietnam experience. Intelligence indicated that a Viet Cong force of several battalions threatened My Tho and Dong Tam; the plan was to attack simultaneously three of tire four Viet Cong base areas in Dinh Tuong Province from which an attack by the enemy might be staged.
The Mobile Riverine Force operation in Cam Son began during the night of July 28th with the movement of the 5th/60th Infantry (Mechanized), from its Long An base camp along Highway 4 to the town of Cai Lay.
A battalion command post was established there as the maneuver companies continued south into the Cam Son area. As the mechanized battalion moved into the area of operations from the northeast, the 3d and 4th Battalions of the 47th Infantry moved by assault craft into the waterways in the southern portion of Cam Son.
Throughout the late morning of July 29th, both the 3d and 4th Battalions, 47th Infantry, discovered widely dispersed small enemy groups. From their movements it was deduced that these groups were trying to fall back to the north into a fortified area.
While the battalions operating in the area engaged in small firefights, none of the Mobile Riverine Force units were able to fix the enemy position and by 1930 contact with the enemy was lost.
Based on the current intelligence, the commander of the 3rd VN Marine Corps Battalion determined that the enemy was in the Ban Long area and selected a landing zone for his 3rd VNMC Battalion to begin landing by helicopter in the Ban Long area on July 30th.
The area selected was the most likely enemy position and the 3rd VNMC Battalion began their flights to the landing zone on the morning of July 30th, as the U.S. 5th Mechanized and ARVN Rangers advanced from the north.
The skilled and confident 3rd VNMC Battalion planned to eradicate the Viet Cong D263 Main Force Battalion from the area by sundown.
Well, that was the plan.
[ALL, NO VV] [CSEE, Variable Objectives] [1.00]
30 July, 1967
[Cam Son Secret Zone, Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam]: [SIDE A] [HIS] [CSL]:
The Mobile Riverine Force ended operations in the Long An area because of reliable intelligence indicating art enemy buildup west of My Tho in Dinh Tuong Province. In just over forty-eight hours the Mobile Riverine Force was able to relocate a base supporting 3,900 men over a distance of sixty miles and to shift its area of operations a total of eighty-five miles to the area west of Dong Tam.
The Mobile Riverine Force was about to join tire largest force with which it would co-operate in a single operation in its Vietnam experience. Intelligence indicated that a Viet Cong force of several battalions threatened My Tho and Dong Tam; the plan was to attack simultaneously three of tire four Viet Cong base areas in Dinh Tuong Province from which an attack by the enemy might be staged.
The Mobile Riverine Force operation in Cam Son began during the night of July 28th with the movement of the 5th/60th Infantry (Mechanized), from its Long An base camp along Highway 4 to the town of Cai Lay.
A battalion command post was established there as the maneuver companies continued south into the Cam Son area. As the mechanized battalion moved into the area of operations from the northeast, the 3d and 4th Battalions of the 47th Infantry moved by assault craft into the waterways in the southern portion of Cam Son.
Throughout the late morning of July 29th, both the 3d and 4th Battalions, 47th Infantry, discovered widely dispersed small enemy groups. From their movements it was deduced that these groups were trying to fall back to the north into a fortified area.
While the battalions operating in the area engaged in small firefights, none of the Mobile Riverine Force units were able to fix the enemy position and by 1930 contact with the enemy was lost.
Based on the current intelligence, the commander of the 3rd VN Marine Corps Battalion determined that the enemy was in the Ban Long area and selected a landing zone for his 3rd VNMC Battalion to begin landing by helicopter in the Ban Long area on July 30th.
The area selected was the most likely enemy position and the 3rd VNMC Battalion began their flights to the landing zone on the morning of July 30th, as the U.S. 5th Mechanized and ARVN Rangers advanced from the north.
The skilled and confident 3rd VNMC Battalion planned to eradicate the Viet Cong D263 Main Force Battalion from the area by sundown.
Well, that was the plan.
[ALL, NO VV] [CSEE, Variable Objectives] [1.00]
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