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Operation Speedy Express

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northeast of Bến Tre killing 31. On 26 March at 20:45 a 2nd Brigade unit ambushed a PAVN/VC force 6 miles (9.7 km) east of Bến Tre killing ten. On 27 March between 18:00 and 23:30 helicopter gunships from the 164th CAG attacked a PAVN/VC platoon 8 miles (13 km) northeast of Cai Lậy in three separate contacts killing 19 and destroying three sampans. On 28 March at 21:30 helicopter gunships from the 164th CAG engaged scattered PAVN/VC groups 9 miles (14 km) north of Cái Bè killing 26. At 22:30 a division unit in a night defensive position 5 miles (8.0 km) northeast of Cai Lậy received a probing attack, the unit returned fire supported by helicopter gunships and 12 PAVN/VC dead were found in the area.
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2nd Brigade ambushed a PAVN/VC platoon 6 miles (9.7 km) northwest of Bến Tre killing 19. From 19:40 to 21:40 helicopter gunships from the 164th CAG engaged scattered groups of PAVN/VC 9 miles (14 km) northwest of Cái Bè killing 16. At 21:00 a reconnaissance platoon from the 1st Brigade engaged a PAVN/VC platoon 3 miles (4.8 km) northwest of Cái Bè killing 15 and destroying two sampans. On 16 March at 20:00 a 1st Brigade unit operating 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Cái Bè engaged approximately 35 PAVN/VC killing 23. At 20:25 another PAVN/VC force was engaged in the same area resulting in 14 killed. An
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Bè. The action continued until 23:10 and the bodies of 101 PAVN/VC dead and 21 individual weapons were found. On 23 May at 11:15 a 2nd Brigade unit supported by helicopter gunships engaged a PAVN/VC force 10 miles (16 km) northwest of Bến Tre. The fighting continued until 17:10, 22 PAVN/VC and six U.S. were killed. On 24 May at 15:00 a 2nd Brigade unit supported by helicopter gunships engaged a PAVN/VC company 6 miles (9.7 km) northwest of Bến Tre. The PAVN/VC withdrew by 18:20 leaving 92 dead.
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in canals, streams and paddies. A high percentage of casualties had also been inflicted at night or by aviation units, making the retrieval of weapons almost impossible. "In some heavily booby trapped areas, the number of weapons which might have been captured would not have justified the number of casualties that probably would have been sustained to locate them." On top of that, Stevens said, many members of guerrilla units in the region were unequipped with individual firearms.
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15:00 in the same general area a 1st Brigade unit engaged two PAVN/VC companies, the action continued until 22:30 with helicopter gunships and tactical fighter providing support. The PAVN/VC lost 77 killed, 11 individual and nine crew-served weapons and three radios, U.S. losses were two killed. At 16:40 a unit of the 2nd Brigade freed ten South Vietnamese being held captive 11 miles (18 km) south-southwest of Bến Tre.
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weapons, U.S. losses were one killed. On 12 May an OH-6 was shot down 4 miles (6.4 km) northeast of Bến Tre and both crewmen killed. On 17 May at 19:45 a 2nd Brigade unit supported by helicopter gunships engaged a PAVN/VC force 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Bến Tre killing 14 and destroying six sampans. On 19 May at 18:00 a 2nd Brigade unit engaged a PAVN/VC force 3 miles (4.8 km) east of Bến Tre killing 17.
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and 7,000 Vietnamese civilian casualties during the operation. Fewer than 750 weapons were captured by American forces. A VC report estimated that the U.S. military killed at least 3,000 Vietnamese civilians and destroyed "thousands of houses, hundreds of hectares of fields and orchards" during the operation.
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On 13 March at 03:40 a 1st Brigade unit engaged two VC platoons 12 miles (19 km) west-northwest of Cái Bè. The VC withdrew after two hours leaving 17 dead while U.S. losses were two dead. On 14 March at 16:00 helicopter gunships from the 164th CAG supporting ARVN troops engaged a PAVN/VC force 6
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The number of Vietnamese casualties that resulted from the operation is controversial. The U.S. Army's official body count estimate of VC fighters killed was 10,889, however this has been described as an exaggeration and the U.S. Army inspector general estimated that there may have been between 5,000
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asserts that "free fire zones", where any human present could be killed, helped the 9th Division achieve an unlikely enemy-to-GI kill ratio of 134:1 in April 1969. It has also been asserted that the operation targeted "people running, people in black pajamas, civilians past night-time". Furthermore,
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was a battalion commander during Speedy Express; according to him, "a lot of innocent Vietnamese civilians got slaughtered because of the Ewell-Hunt drive to have the highest count in the land." Hackworth added that "the 9th Division had the lowest weapons-captured-to-enemy-killed ratio in Vietnam."
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On 4 March at approximately 20:45 1st Brigade infantry ambushed a PAVN/VC squad 9 miles (14 km) west-northwest of Cái Bè and helicopter gunships attacked an enemy force resulting in 15 PAVN/VC killed and one captured for no U.S. losses. On 5/6 March in operations 3 miles (4.8 km) northeast
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On 17 February at 15:15 reconnaissance aircraft sighted numerous sampans with an unknown number of enemy soldiers onboard 9 miles (14 km) southeast of Cao Lanh. At about 18:00 the sampans were attacked by helicopter gunships and the enemy returned fire with small arms and automatic weapons. The
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story, the Chief of MACV Information at the time, Colonel Phillip H. Stevens, observed that MACV investigators had attributed the low number of weapons captured to the nature of the terrain and the tactics Ewell had used. In the delta it was easy for the enemy to dispose of weapons by dropping them
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On 11 May at 12:15 air cavalry units attacked an area 6 miles (9.7 km) northwest of Bến Tre and a 2nd Brigade unit searched the area finding 16 PAVN/VC dead and eight individual and two crew-served weapons. Further contacts later that day killed a further 21 PAVN/VC and captured six individual
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On 21 May at 19:30 a 2nd Brigade unit supported by helicopter gunships engaged a PAVN/VC force 2 miles (3.2 km) northeast of Bến Tre. Twelve secondary explosions were observed and 21 PAVN/VC killed. On 22 May at 09:30 a 1st Brigade unit engaged a PAVN/VC force 9 miles (14 km) west of Cái
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On 30 March from 20:00 to midnight helicopter gunships from the 164th CAG engaged PAVN/VC forces 7 miles (11 km) northeast of Cai Lậy killing 39 and destroying 18 sampans. On 31 March at 12:40 a 1st Brigade unit engaged a PAVN/VC force 6 miles (9.7 km) northwest of Cái Bè. The engagement
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On 15 March at 00:40 a unit from the 2nd Brigade operating 7 miles (11 km) northwest of Bến Tre engaged a PAVN/VC squad killing six. A further 20 were killed in later scattered contacts. Later that day helicopter gunships killed a further 18 PAVN/VC. At 19:30 a reconnaissance platoon from the
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On 11 February at 14:30 helicopter gunships from the air cavalry squadron of the 164th Combat Aviation Group on a Delta Blackhawk mission observed an unknown size enemy force in sampans 35 miles (56 km) northwest of Cao Lanh. The gunships attacked the sampans with machine guns and rockets and
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On 23 March during the early morning while operating 14 miles (23 km) southeast of Cao Lanh a 1st Brigade unit supported by helicopter gunships engaged two VC platoons. The VC withdrew after an hour leaving 34 dead and one captured and four individual weapons, U.S. losses were two killed. At
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and assorted munitions. On 27 February at 19:30 a unit of the 1st Brigade supported by the air cavalry squadron of the 164th CAG engaged a PAVN/VC force 6 miles (9.7 km) northwest of Cái Bè. The PAVN/VC returned fire and the action continued until 21:30 when the PAVN/VC withdrew leaving 36
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of Nebraska, a veteran of the 9th Infantry, alleged that some U.S. commanders on the ground inflated the body count during the operation since this was how their success was judged."You used that body count, commanding officers did, as the metric and measurement of how successful you were...."
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On 21 March at 19:25 a unit of the 2nd Brigade operating 5 miles (8.0 km) northeast of Bến Tre engaged a PAVN/VC force killing 40 for the loss of one U.S. killed. On 22 March at 20:00 a unit from the 2nd Brigade supported by helicopter gunships engaged a PAVN/VC force 8 miles (13 km)
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While there appears to be no means of determining the precise number of civilian casualties incurred by US forces during Operation Speedy Express, it would appear that the extent of these casualties was indeed substantial, and that a fairly solid case can be constructed to show that civilian
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On 24 March at midday a unit from the 1st Brigade engaged a VC force 12 miles (19 km) southeast of Cao Lanh. the action continued until 16:00 and resulted in 11 VC killed and eight individual weapons captured. At 20:45 helicopter gunships attacked a PAVN/VC platoon 5 miles (8.0 km)
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The U.S. Army claimed 10,899 PAVN/VC dead and 2,579 suspects detained, while 242 U.S. soldiers were killed and 2,385 wounded (a kill ratio of 45:1) and 688 individual and 60 crew-served weapons recovered (a ratio of enemy killed to weapons seized of 14.6:1).
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alleged that according to American pacification advisers in the Mekong Delta during the operation the division had indulged in the "wanton killing" of civilians through the "indiscriminate use of mass firepower. Ewell refuted the report, describing it to
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continued until 16:15 when the PAVN/VC withdrew leaving 30 dead and ten individual weapons. From 21:00 to 23:00 infantry from the 2nd Brigade engaged a PAVN/VC company 3 miles (4.8 km) east of Bến Tre killing 23 and capturing one.
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action continued until 19:30 when the enemy withdrew leaving 16 dead and 21 sampans destroyed. At 23:20 a unit of the 1st Brigade ambushed an enemy unit on four sampans 2 miles (3.2 km) east of
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and favorable kill ratios and said "the hearts and minds approach can be overdone....in the delta the only way to overcome VC control and terror is with brute force applied against the VC".
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border. The area was illuminated and the gunships attacked the sampans. The enemy returned fire with small arms and automatic weapons and the action continued into the night with USAF
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gunships also engaging the enemy. The bodies of 24 PAVN/VC were observed lying in the strike area and five sampans were destroyed. There were no U.S. casualties.
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On 8 February at approximately 21:15 helicopter gunships from the 12th CAG on a night reconnaissance mission detected an unknown number of enemy soldiers in
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On 11 March in scattered actions between midnight and 04:00 1st Brigade infantry and 164th CAG gunships killed 18 PAVN/VC 9 miles (14 km) northwest of
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commanders and infantry units were forced into the field, and they were told they were not to leave until an acceptable number of "kills" were made.
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According to Hackworth, Ewell's policies would later earn him the nickname the "Butcher of the Delta" from members of the 9th Division.
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attacked scattered groups of PAVN/VC killing nine, destroying 70 structures and 14 sampans and capturing seven individual weapons.
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of Cái Bè 1st Brigade infantry and 164th CAG gunships engaged small groups of PAVN/VC killing 35 and destroying 12 sampans.
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On 4 May at 09:50 a unit of the 1st Brigade engaged a PAVN/VC squad 8 miles (13 km) west of Cái Bè killing seven.
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The U.S. military used 8,000 infantrymen, 50 artillery pieces, 50 helicopters and extensive aerial bombardment. The
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The US Army Inspector General estimated that there were 5,000 to 7,000 civilian casualties from the operation.
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On 2 February between 19:50 and 20:15, infantry from the 1st Brigade supported by helicopter gunships from the
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discovered eight PAVN/VC bodies that had been killed the previous day and a 75mm recoilless rifle, four
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On 24 February at 10:00 a unit of the 1st Brigade on a sweep 5 miles (8.0 km) east-southeast of
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in an area 30 miles (48 km) northwest of Cao Linh and 1 mile (1.6 km) south of the
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The operation commenced on 1 December 1968 but was only formally announced on 2 March 1969.
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was shot down 7 miles (11 km) northwest of Bến Tre and both crewmembers killed.
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casualties may have amounted to several thousand (between 5,000 and 7,000).
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to carry out 3,381 tactical air strikes. The military also employed "
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as "the biggest collection of malicious innuendo I have ever seen."
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miles (9.7 km) west of Kiên Hưng killing 36. A UH-1 and an
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they returned fire with small arms and automatic weapons.
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tactics; the 2nd Brigade continued its mission with the
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688 individual and 60 crew-served weapons recovered
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Archived from 3546: 3540: 3539: 3533: 3525: 3523: 3521: 3510: 3504: 3503: 3497: 3492: 3490: 3482: 3474: 3468: 3467: 3465: 3463: 3448: 3442: 3441: 3421: 3406: 3405: 3389: 3378: 3372: 3371: 3367: 3365: 3363: 3357: 3349: 3338: 3337: 3330: 3294:Russell Tribunal 3209: 3196:Creighton Abrams 3096:Cai Lậy District 2721:Naval operations 2648:Proud Deep Alpha 2341:War of the flags 2325:The Vinh wiretap 2275:Easter Offensive 2010:Pipestone Canyon 1973:Washington Green 1678:Concordia Square 1618:Burlington Trail 1557:Truong Cong Dinh 246: 240: 230: 223: 216: 207: 128: 127: 126: 116: 114: 113: 51: 50: 43: 23: 4162: 4161: 4157: 4156: 4155: 4153: 4152: 4151: 4092:1969 in Vietnam 4087:1968 in Vietnam 4077: 4076: 4073: 4072: 4062: 4060: 4050: 4049: 4045: 4038: 4025: 4024: 4020: 4010: 4008: 4000: 3999: 3995: 3988: 3967: 3966: 3962: 3952: 3951: 3947: 3937: 3936: 3932: 3920: 3915: 3900: 3899: 3888: 3878: 3876: 3875:(in Vietnamese) 3866: 3865: 3861: 3849: 3841: 3839: 3835: 3831: 3830: 3826: 3814: 3806: 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255:Guerrilla phase 247: 238: 236: 234: 194: 193:: 10,889 killed 124: 122: 111: 109: 94: 85: 44: 17: 12: 11: 5: 4160: 4158: 4150: 4149: 4144: 4139: 4134: 4129: 4124: 4119: 4114: 4109: 4104: 4099: 4094: 4089: 4079: 4078: 4071: 4070: 4043: 4036: 4018: 3993: 3986: 3960: 3945: 3930: 3914:978-0160486968 3913: 3886: 3873:dangcongsan.vn 3859: 3824: 3772: 3720: 3685: 3637: 3581: 3541: 3505: 3469: 3443: 3436: 3407: 3379: 3339: 3324: 3323: 3321: 3318: 3317: 3316: 3311: 3306: 3301: 3296: 3291: 3286: 3281: 3276: 3267: 3264: 3201:In June 1972, 3178: 3175: 3162: 3159: 3143: 3140: 3087: 3084: 3021: 3018: 3013: 3010: 3006:people-sniffer 2985:, using night 2978: 2975: 2957:, was part of 2912: 2911: 2909: 2908: 2903: 2898: 2893: 2888: 2883: 2878: 2873: 2868: 2863: 2858: 2845: 2844: 2839: 2834: 2827: 2820: 2813: 2808: 2801: 2796: 2793:Deckhouse Five 2789: 2782: 2777: 2770: 2763: 2756: 2751: 2744: 2742:Gulf of Tonkin 2739: 2717: 2716: 2709: 2702: 2695: 2688: 2683: 2676: 2667: 2660: 2651: 2644: 2637: 2630: 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Index

Vietnam War

Mekong Delta
Định Tường
Kiến Hòa
Gò Công
Republic of Vietnam
United States
Viet Cong
Julian Ewell
1st Brigade, 9th U.S. Infantry Division
body count
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Military engagements
Vietnam War
Guerrilla phase
Laos
Biên Hòa
Đồng Khởi
Chopper
Palace Bombing
Sunrise
Shufly
Ấp Bắc
Go Cong
Hiep Hoa
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Long Dinh

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