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3d battalion 4th Marines had nothing to do with this OP, at the time they were up north at Phu Bai!! Can someone please correct?
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from one of the units. Though, curiously, in MACV Summary of Action for 1965 it is called Starlight (mistake, I believe).
611:"point opposite An Cuong. Under fire from the hamlets" Should "hamlets" be singular? If not, could the other(s) be named? 594:"At about the same time, section received corroborative information" Is ther a word or number missing before "section"? 498: 53: 617:""even these were interspersed with hedgerows of hardwood and bamboo thickets. Are the opening quote marks a typo? 494: 416: 298: 280: 93: 694:"few hundred yards" Could there be a cite to the source of the quote no later than the end of the sentence. 154:. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the project and see a 408: 738: 699: 664: 575: 513: 396: 220: 20: 638:"The company entered An Cuong against surprisingly little resistance" Do we need the PoV "surprisingly"? 42: 760: 716: 683: 559: 540: 644:"There it was placed under the operational control of Muir, who ordered them to" "them/"it" Which? 752: 775: 678:! All changes made other than as noted above. I look forward to receiving your further comments 748: 734: 709: 695: 675: 660: 571: 509: 957: 903: 591:"General William Westmoreland told Walt" Walt needs to be re-introduced in the main article. 204: 929: 807: 780: 916: 862: 848: 834: 236: 756: 712: 679: 555: 536: 314: 655:
The last paragraph seems out of place. Wouldn't it fit better in the Planning section?
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Its there in the 3rd paragraph, LZ Blue was almost on top of the VC 60th Battalion
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The source given for "File:Operationstarlite1965.jpg" does not link to the image.
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I have done some copy editing. Let me know if you are unhappy with any of it.
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Any chance of a map showing the location of the battle within Vietnam?
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Could you give a publisher location for all books (preferred) or none.
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Starlight or Starlite, I've seen both used so which is correct?
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The source for "File:OperationStarlight.jpg" is dead.
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The two long paragraphs in "Battle" need splitting.
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