Operation Manhattan
Operation Manhattan | |||||||
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Part of Vietnam War | |||||||
The 1st Infantry Division jungle clearing team moves into the woods to destroy a Viet Cong bunker complex northwest of Saigon. | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
United States South Vietnam | Viet Cong | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
MGen John C. F. Tillson | |||||||
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Casualties and losses | |||||||
US body count: 74 killed 99 estimated killed 19 captured 3 defected 201 individual and 18 crew-served weapons recovered |
Operation Manhattan was an operation conducted by the 1st and 2nd Brigades, 25th Infantry Division and the 3rd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division in the Ho Bo Woods/Bến Củi area, lasting from 23 April to 7 June 1967.[1]: 146
Background
The objective of the operation was to destroy
Operation
The operation commenced on 23 April. On 9 May 2 Brigade, 25th Infantry Division withdrew from the operation and returned to
65th Engineer Battalion which used Rome plows to destroy VC fortifications when discovered.[2]
Aftermath
Operation Manhattan officially concluded on 7 June, VC losses were 74 killed, with a further 99 estimated killed, 19 captured and three
Notes
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Army Center of Military History.
References
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- ^ a b c "Operational Report Lessons Learned period ending 31 July 1967" (PDF). Headquarters 25th Infantry Division. 22 November 1967. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 21, 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2017. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
External links
- Media related to Operation Manhattan at Wikimedia Commons