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and southeastern perimeter had withdrawn to a secondary defensive line around the artillery. The northern, western and southern defenders were managing to hold despite large numbers of VC who had come within 15 m from the defensive positions, and within hand grenade range of the battalion command post and only 5 m from the battalion aid station. The howitzers, now depressed to almost zero elevation, began firing beehive rounds into the VC at point-blank range. Each round had 8,000 finned steel missiles directed at their target.
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and forced them to withdraw inwards. After a period, American reinforcements broke through the VC envelope to assist their besieged colleagues, and firepower and artillery helped them gain the upper hand. The VC stubbornly fought on, with some carrying wounded compatriots forward in follow-up infantry charges, but they were eventually forced to withdraw with heavy casualties.
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them down and forcing them to withdraw. By 09:30 the base perimeter had been re-secured and thirty minutes later, helicopters had arrived to evacuate the wounded
Americans. By 10:45 the battle was over, except for various armored cars and tanks that pursued the retreating VC, who were also targeted with artillery and air strikes. This continued until noon.
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At 04:30 on 21 March, a night patrol from
Company B which was operating outside the perimeter reported movement near its ambush site. However no further movement was detected for two hours. At 06:30 the patrol prepared to return to camp. One minute later, explosions were set off in the area as the US
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American defenders. With their 90 mm guns firing canister rounds and machine guns raking the VC, they moved into the advancing VC, cutting
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machine gun located there was hit by RPG-2 rounds and overrun. As the attacking VC reached the weapon and attempted to turn it on the
Americans, the gun was blown apart by a round from a 105 mm howitzer crew from their position 75 m away. By 08:40 the Americans on the northeastern, eastern
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to be used in search and destroy missions against the VC. During the airlift, seven helicopters were damaged. On March 21, a VC attack started before dawn at 06:30, starting with a mortar attack followed by a large-scale infantry charge. The VC overwhelmed parts of the
American perimeter at first,
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into the southeastern and southern sections of his perimeter. At 07:56 Company B reported that the VC had penetrated the 1st
Platoon sector and ammunition was depleted there. Ammunition and 20 men from Company A were sent to assist B Company. At 08:13 the northeastern section of the perimeter was
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located at nearby fire support bases were brought within 100 m of the battalion's perimeter. At 07:11, Company B reported that its 1st
Platoon had been overrun and faced by an infantry charge. Airstrikes were called in all along the wood line to the east to ease the pressure on the besieged
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Documents captured in the area showed that intensive planning had been made by the VC before the attack. The attacking force was identified by the
Americans as the 272nd Regiment of the 9th Division, and elements of U-80 Artillery. The 272nd was considered by the Americans to be one of the best
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Airstrikes were brought in within 50 m of their compatriots and supporting artillery pounded areas around the perimeter to stop the VC. When the artillerymen had exhausted their supply of beehive rounds, they began to fire high explosive rounds at point-blank range. By 09:00 the northern,
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Infantry broke through the VC and linked up with the depleted Company B. With the replenished forces and firepower, the two units were able to counterattack to the east and reestablish the original perimeter. The VC continued attacking, using wounded
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rockets, automatic weapons and small arms. The heaviest attacks were concentrated on the northeastern and southeastern portions of the base. As the VC attack intensified, the three US artillery batteries began to return mortar fire at their VC counterparts. During the first assault, Company B
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The first VC mortar round landed outside a company command post; seconds later another exploded outside battalion headquarters. An estimated 650 mortar rounds fell while the VC advanced towards the perimeter. As they moved closer, machine guns and recoilless rifles joined the attack as the VC
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overrun by another infantry charge. At 08:15, elements of
Company A which had established an ambush just outside the perimeter the previous night charged into the camp's perimeter and assumed defensive positions, managing to evade the surrounding VC.
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reported that its 1st Platoon positions on the south-eastern perimeter had been penetrated and that a reaction force from the 2/77th Artillery, was needed to reinforce them. Artillery was sent to the perimeter to help repulse the continuing attacks.
2971:(VC). They claimed to have found 647 bodies and captured seven prisoners, while recovering 65 crew-served and 94 individual weapons. The Americans losses were 36 dead and 190 wounded, a fatality ratio of more than twenty to one in their favour.
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led by Colonel Marshall B. Garth. Their objective was to establish Fire Support Base (FSB) Gold, which would be used to support search and destroy missions of Operation Junction City. The Americans did not anticipate heavy action.
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base came under heavy attack from enemy 60 mm and 82 mm mortars. Simultaneously, the patrol was attacked by a VC force. Within five minutes, the patrol had been overpowered and all of its men were killed or wounded.
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As the three sets of helicopters landed, five heavy remote-controlled charges were set off by the VC in the landing clearing. Three helicopters were destroyed and six more damaged, resulting in 15 killed and 28 wounded. A VC
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The Americans claimed 647 Viet Cong casualties, took seven prisoners and 65 crew-served and 94 individual weapons. Of the weapons captured, fifty were RPG-2 rocket launchers. The Americans lost 36 killed and 190 wounded.
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soldiers who had been bandaged earlier in the same battle. The Americans reported that they were advancing, even though some could not walk and had to be carried into offensive positions by colleagues.
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western, and southern sectors of the perimeter were holding despite ongoing VC pressure. The positions on the east had withdrawn inwards, but were still intact.
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company. Then the FAC directing these strikes was shot down by automatic weapons fire. At 07:50 the Company B commander requested that the artillery fire
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landed at Fire Support Base Gold and moved to the northwest. Its final airlift attracted VC fire, and another seven helicopters were damaged.
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was also detonated against Company C, 3/22nd Infantry, wounding five infantrymen.
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The landing area was an elliptical clearing close to Suoi Tre, near the center of
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and 90 km northwest of Saigon. Only 3 km away, during
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a few months earlier, the Americans had defeated the VC at the
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Vietnam Studies Cedar Falls–Junction City: A Turning Point
224:94 individual and 65 crew-served weapons recovered
3238:Battles and operations of the Vietnam War in 1967
47:Map of engagements during Operation Junction City
2999:, led by Lieutenant Colonels John A. Bender and
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3193:United States Army Center of Military History
3138:United States Army Center of Military History
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185:2nd Battalion, 77th Artillery Regiment
3036:2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment
2993:3rd Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment
2823:Bo De River, Nha Trang, Tha Cau River
181:3rd Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment
177:2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment
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16:Part of the Vietnam War (1967)
1:
1439:New Year's Day battle of 1968
3248:History of Tây Ninh province
1504:Joint General Staff Compound
1494:Cholon and Phu Tho Racetrack
836:Thayer, Irving and Thayer II
1432:Tet Offensive and aftermath
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2873:Lists of allied operations
3233:Battles involving Vietnam
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1888:DMZ Campaign (1969–1971)
1881:Vietnamization 1969–1971
1123:Malheur I and Malheur II
3001:John William Vessey Jr.
2953:Operation Junction City
401:Dương Liễu – Nhông Pass
31:Operation Junction City
3134:public domain material
3067:Forward Air Controller
1509:Bien Hoa and Long Binh
158:Commanders and leaders
3005:4th Infantry Division
2710:Tan Son Nhut Air Base
2046:Montgomery Rendezvous
1929:Massachusetts Striker
1499:Tan Son Nhut Air Base
433:American intervention
206:Casualties and losses
885:Tan Son Nhut airbase
263:Military engagements
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3021:Battle of Ap Cha Do
3017:Operation Attleboro
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2137:Pennsylvania Square
1791:Phase III Offensive
1686:Landing Zone Center
800:Baton Rouge Victory
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2957:search and destroy
2945:Battle of Suoi Tre
2471:Fall of Phnom Penh
2130:Cambodian campaign
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1770:Pocahontas Forest
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2349:The Vinh wiretap
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2034:Pipestone Canyon
1997:Washington Green
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1599:My Lai Massacre
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59:21 March 1967
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2841:Pocket Money
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2815:
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2796:
2791:Double Eagle
2789:
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2770:
2757:
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2688:Enhance Plus
2686:
2680:Linebacker I
2679:
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2670:
2665:Freedom Deal
2663:
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2539:
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2532:
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2520:Pierce Arrow
2518:
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2489:
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2445:Ban Me Thuot
2444:
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2380:Tong Le Chon
2354:
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2278:
2266:
2260:FSB Mary Ann
2252:
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2215:
2211:Son Tay Raid
2203:
2196:
2189:
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2172:Chicago Peak
2170:
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2065:
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1726:
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1696:South Saigon
1668:
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1634:Toan Thang I
1633:
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1587:Lima Site 85
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1300:1st Loc Ninh
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1000:2nd Bàu Bàng
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931:
924:
917:
915:
908:
902:
901:
889:
877:
870:
863:
856:
851:Deckhouse IV
849:
842:
835:
833:
826:
821:Sunset Beach
819:
812:
805:
799:
780:
773:
766:
754:
747:
740:
733:
721:
715:
707:
700:
693:
686:
679:
672:
665:
658:
651:
639:
632:
625:
618:
611:
604:
592:
585:
578:
571:
564:
552:
545:Double Eagle
543:
536:
534:
527:
520:
513:
507:
506:
501:Harvest Moon
499:
493:
486:
481:1st Bau Bang
466:
449:
442:
436:
431:
430:
388:
372:
364:
347:
329:
323:
316:
304:
291:
284:
277:
220:: 647 killed
126:Belligerents
2978:to build a
2798:Stable Door
2784:Game Warden
2778:Vung Ro Bay
2772:Market Time
2644:Giant Lance
2630:Igloo White
2585:Tiger Hound
2564:Steel Tiger
2527:Barrel Roll
2452:Hue–Da Nang
2437:Spring 1975
2385:Trung Nghia
2359:(1973–1974)
2336:Thunderhead
2247:Finney Hill
2239:Lam Son 719
2122:FSB Ripcord
2109:Green River
2027:Lamar Plain
2011:Apache Snow
1976:Geneva Park
1962:Atlas Wedge
1845:Meade River
1777:Quyet Chien
1681:West Saigon
1663:Allen Brook
1649:Scotland II
1593:Quyet Thang
1555:Coronado XI
1403:Yellowstone
1338:Coronado IX
1245:Dragon Fire
1231:Coronado IV
1205:Coronado II
1079:Prairie III
1047:Beaver Cage
940:Sam Houston
918:Cedar Falls
910:Deckhouse V
735:Nathan Hale
688:Crazy Horse
681:Paul Revere
594:Silver City
580:Cocoa Beach
268:Vietnam War
266:during the
213:190 wounded
89: /
77:106°15′58″E
35:Vietnam War
3217:Categories
3123:References
3013:War Zone C
2987:Background
2810:Sea Dragon
2730:Eagle Pull
2704:Homecoming
2592:Shed Light
2513:Ranch Hand
2430:Phước Long
2420:Thượng Đức
2405:Svay Rieng
2390:Ap Da Bien
2274:Long Khánh
2151:Elk Canyon
2116:Texas Star
1955:Maine Crag
1936:Wayne Grey
1818:Thượng Đức
1489:US Embassy
1471:Coronado X
1389:Manchester
1261:Coronado V
1212:Hood River
1178:The Slopes
1107:Kingfisher
1086:Prairie IV
1072:Prairie II
954:Enterprise
858:Shenandoah
716:Lam Son II
660:Birmingham
222:7 captured
218:body count
74:11°29′35″N
3110:Aftermath
3071:howitzers
2969:Viet Cong
2855:End Sweep
2598:Thanh Hoa
2571:Arc Light
2548:Iron Hand
2499:Farm Gate
2458:Phan Rang
2395:Quang Duc
2280:Chenla II
2053:Utah Mesa
1824:Maui Peak
1548:Hop Tac I
1521:Quảng Trị
1410:Muscatine
1331:Lancaster
1308:MacArthur
1295:Ong Thanh
1172:Concordia
1130:Kole Kole
1054:Con Thien
1035:Manhattan
844:Attleboro
723:Hawthorne
702:Hardihood
674:Austin IV
647:Xa Cam My
529:Van Buren
426:Dong Xoai
359:Kien Long
354:Long Dinh
299:Đồng Khởi
211:36 killed
152:Viet Cong
2995:and the
2976:Suoi Tre
2949:suối Tre
2866:East Sea
2835:Đồng Hới
2829:Sealords
2762:stations
2723:New Life
2716:Babylift
2617:Yen Vien
2464:Xuân Lộc
2400:Tri Phap
2375:Hồng Ngự
2370:Cửa Việt
2315:Loc Ninh
2205:Tailwind
2184:Chenla I
1851:Hat Dich
1812:Vinh Loc
1708:Kham Duc
1656:Delaware
1612:Carentan
1540:Lo Giang
1463:Lang Vei
1452:Khe Sanh
1396:Saratoga
1373:Napoleon
1352:Santa Fe
1198:Coronado
1165:Billings
1144:Union II
1116:Crockett
1100:Kentucky
995:Suoi Tre
947:Pershing
879:Geronimo
807:Amarillo
793:Long Tan
782:Colorado
756:Hastings
729:Hill 488
634:Jackstay
627:Fillmore
573:Harrison
566:New York
515:Marauder
487:Ia Drang
474:Gang Toi
444:Starlite
406:Qui Nhơn
390:Binh Gia
379:Nam Dong
342:Hiep Hoa
293:Biên Hòa
194:Strength
99:Suoi Tre
64:Location
29:Part of
2925:1973–74
2623:Niagara
2506:Chopper
2425:Phú Lộc
2415:Duc Duc
2087:LZ Kate
2040:Binh Ba
1949:Ben Het
1916:2nd Tet
1797:Duc Lap
1757:Binh An
1619:Pegasus
1569:Patrick
1562:Houston
1526:Bến Tre
1484:Da Nang
1381:Phoenix
1324:Osceola
1275:Bolling
1151:Dragnet
1093:Buffalo
1065:Hickory
1014:Lejeune
933:Gadsden
891:Fairfax
865:Atlanta
775:Prairie
709:Wahiawa
695:El Paso
653:Georgia
620:Lincoln
554:Mastiff
462:Plei Me
457:An Ninh
451:Piranha
416:Sông Bé
337:Go Cong
317:Sunrise
305:Chopper
166:Unknown
3199:
3045:Battle
2756:&
2753:Yankee
2611:Popeye
2330:Kontum
2320:An Lộc
2286:Nui Le
1691:An Bao
1676:Dai Do
1605:Walker
1575:Tam Kỳ
1533:Coburg
1445:McLain
1424:Auburn
1345:Neosho
1315:Dak To
1282:Medina
1224:Benton
966:Bribie
926:Desoto
828:Seward
788:Duc Co
606:Oregon
421:Ba Gia
411:Ka Nak
384:An Lao
331:Ấp Bắc
324:Shufly
201:~1,500
137:
114:Result
3059:RPG-2
2804:PIRAZ
2759:Dixie
2658:Patio
2355:Post-
2230:Snuol
1751:Robin
1359:Essex
1268:Kunia
1238:Swift
1158:Akron
1028:Baker
1021:Union
990:Ap Gu
749:Macon
613:Texas
600:A Sau
522:Crimp
371:USNS
3197:ISBN
2955:, a
2943:The
2930:1975
2920:1972
2915:1971
2910:1970
2905:1969
2900:1968
2895:1967
2890:1966
2885:1965
2880:1964
2651:Menu
2604:Bolo
2292:1972
1763:Thor
903:1967
814:Byrd
587:Utah
508:1966
468:Hump
437:1965
373:Card
286:Laos
56:Date
1515:Hue
1058:DMZ
798:SS
742:Jay
348:34A
216:US
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3191:.
3147:^
3140:.
2963:,
105:,
101:,
33:,
3205:.
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1002:)
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246:t
239:v
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