Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Operation Cedar Falls was a military operation of the Vietnam War conducted primarily by US forces that took place from 8 to 26 January 1967. The aim of the massive search-and-destroy operation was to eradicate the Iron Triangle, an area northwest of Saigon that had become a major stronghold of the Viet Cong (VC).
196th Light Infantry Brigade search and destroy operation to position a blocking force for Operation Cedar Falls: Ho Bo Woods, Tây Ninh Province: Jan 6 – 15: Operation Deckhouse V/Operation Song Than [1] [9]: 151–4 SLF 1st Battalion, 9th Marines and 3rd and 4th Battalions Vietnamese Marines operation supported by HMM-362 from the USS Iwo Jima
From 8–26 January 1967 4 battalions of the division participated in Operation Cedar Falls a large US search and destroy mission against the Iron Triangle, Bình Dương Province. The ARVN role was primarily as a blocking force and population screening and evacuation while the US forces undertook offensive operations, nevertheless the Division ...
The first of these operations commence on 8 January 1967 and was known as "Operation Cedar Falls". It continued until 24 January 1967. It continued until 24 January 1967. The 1st and 2nd Squadrons operated in the infamous "Iron Triangle" region near Ben Cat employing search and destroy tactics, screening and blocking, and security in attacks on ...
They launched three operations during this time: Operation Attleboro, Operation Cedar Falls, and Operation Junction City. Operation Cedar Falls was an especially intensive attack involving nearly 16,000 American troops and 14,000 soldiers of the South Vietnamese Army. The operation took nineteen days, and 72 Americans and 720 Viet Cong were killed.
Tan Son Nhut Air Base was to be used by U.S. military forces to move up to 5,000 troops and a large supply of weapons in preparation for Operation Cedar Falls.However, Special Forces Unit F100 of the Viet Cong (VC) had acquired intelligence about the U.S. operation and began to encroach on the air base perimeter with a planned attack.
January 8, 1967: An exhausted U.S. Army soldier takes a break inside an M113 armored personnel carrier during Operation Cedar Falls Operation Cedar Falls started in the Vietnam War, committing the largest number of U.S. forces (30,000 troops) to battle up to that time, in an objective to drive the Viet Cong out of the " Iron Triangle " region ...
After receiving intelligence that over 5,000 American troops and tons of weapon would land at Tan Son Nhut Air Base in order to prepare for Operation Cedar Falls, elements of the Viet Cong Special Forces Unit F100 led by Lê Minh Xuân left its camp at Bình Chánh, suburb of Saigon. The VC special forces also had support from others VC troops ...