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|date=September 14–November 24, 1966 |
|date=September 14–November 24, 1966 |
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|place=Northwest of [[Dau Tieng]], [[South Vietnam]] |
|place=Northwest of [[Dau Tieng]], [[South Vietnam]] |
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|result=U.S. victory |
|result=U.S. victory |
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|combatant1=[[File:Flag of the United States.svg|23px]] [[United States]]<br>[[File:Flag of South Vietnam.svg|23px]] [[South Vietnam]] |
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|combatant2=[[File:Flag of Vietnam.svg|23px]] [[North Vietnam]]<br>[[File:FNL Flag.svg|23px]] [[Viet Cong]] |
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|units1={{flagicon|United States}} [[196th Light Infantry Brigade (United States)|196th Light Infantry Brigade]]<br>[[1st Infantry Division (United States)|1st Infantry Division]]<br>[[4th Infantry Division (United States)|4th Infantry Division]]<br>[[27th Infantry Regiment (United States)|27th Infantry Regiment]] |
|units1={{flagicon|United States}} [[196th Light Infantry Brigade (United States)|196th Light Infantry Brigade]]<br>[[1st Infantry Division (United States)|1st Infantry Division]]<br>[[4th Infantry Division (United States)|4th Infantry Division]]<br>[[27th Infantry Regiment (United States)|27th Infantry Regiment]] |
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|units2=[[File:FNL Flag.svg|23px]]9th Vietcong Division<br>{{Flagicon|Vietnam}}101st NVA Regiment |
|units2=[[File:FNL Flag.svg|23px]]9th Vietcong Division<br>{{Flagicon|Vietnam}}101st NVA Regiment |
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|casualties1=[[File:Flag of the United States.svg|23px]] 155 killed and 494 wounded<br>[[File:Flag of South Vietnam.svg|23px]] unknown<br>'''Total:''' unknown KIA, ~3,000 wounded or sick<br>14 helicopter were hit (one destroyed and 7 heavily damaged)<ref>Dust Off: Army Aeromedical Evacuation in Vietnam. DIANE Publishing. Peter Dorland,Peter Dorland James Nanney, James Nanney. P 54</ref> |
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|casualties1=155 killed and 494 wounded |
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|casualties2='''US report:''' 1,106 casualties<br>44 POW<ref name=Daddis>[http://books.google.com.vn/books?id=sGC0vIUE6mkC&pg=PA7&dq=Operation+Attleboro+casualties&hl=vi&sa=X&ei=ONp7VLv3EcGwmAWk7YC4Bw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Operation%20Attleboro%20casualties&f=false No Sure Victory: Measuring U.S. Army Effectiveness and Progress in the Vietnam war. Oxford university. Gregory A. Daddis. P 7]</ref> |
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|casualties2='''US report:''' 2,130 killed<br>44 POW |
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This operation was divided into two phases. Initial fighting was light. In late October, U.S. forces consisting of the 196th and the 1st Battalion of the [[27th Infantry Regiment (United States)|27th Infantry Regiment]] encountered the [[9th Division (Vietnam)|9th Viet Cong Division]], resulting in a major three-day battle. Fighting was then taken over by the [[1st Infantry Division (United States)|1st Infantry Division]]. The most significant fighting occurred when Viet Cong forces assaulted the U.S. perimeter at Suoi Da on November 8. The assault was defeated by artillery and air strikes. Afterwards, a large Viet Cong base camp was detected. It was certainly one of the largest hauls to date in the Vietnam War: the American forces seized two million pounds of rice; 116 transportation bicycles; approximately 25,000 Chinese-made [[hand grenade]]s (many containing [[tear gas]]); 481 [[M18 Claymore anti-personnel mine]]s; 80 rocket launchers; 25 machine guns; a myriad number of pistols; rifles like AKMs and AK-47s; clothing; [[tobacco]]; miscellaneous foods like cooking oil and salt and fish; and bountiful gallons worth of [[petroleum]]. |
This operation was divided into two phases. Initial fighting was light. In late October, U.S. forces consisting of the 196th and the 1st Battalion of the [[27th Infantry Regiment (United States)|27th Infantry Regiment]] encountered the [[9th Division (Vietnam)|9th Viet Cong Division]], resulting in a major three-day battle. Fighting was then taken over by the [[1st Infantry Division (United States)|1st Infantry Division]]. The most significant fighting occurred when Viet Cong forces assaulted the U.S. perimeter at Suoi Da on November 8. The assault was defeated by artillery and air strikes. Afterwards, a large Viet Cong base camp was detected. It was certainly one of the largest hauls to date in the Vietnam War: the American forces seized two million pounds of rice; 116 transportation bicycles; approximately 25,000 Chinese-made [[hand grenade]]s (many containing [[tear gas]]); 481 [[M18 Claymore anti-personnel mine]]s; 80 rocket launchers; 25 machine guns; a myriad number of pistols; rifles like AKMs and AK-47s; clothing; [[tobacco]]; miscellaneous foods like cooking oil and salt and fish; and bountiful gallons worth of [[petroleum]]. |
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However, U.S. body counts was problematic at best, fraught with intentional incurracies at worst (double counting, exaggerations, and diffcult terrain all made body counting an imprecise technique for measuaring progress). The Vietcong simply refused to fight, and Attleboro did not break the NLF's political hold in Tay Ninh province, a point that few U.S commanders realized at the time. Once U.S combat units left, NLF quietly returned. Reducing the NLF fighting power had not diminished their political influence within the local hamets and villages<ref name=Daddis/> |
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==References== |
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| Part of the Vietnam War | |||||||
 Infantrymen attacking out of a UH-1D helicopter during Operation Attleboro. | |||||||
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 United States South Vietnam |
 North Vietnam Viet Cong | ||||||
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Guy S. Meloy William E. DePuy | Unknown | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
 196th Light Infantry Brigade1st Infantry Division 4th Infantry Division 27th Infantry Regiment |
9th Vietcong Division 101st NVA Regiment | ||||||
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155 killed and 494 wounded unknown Total: unknown KIA, ~3,000 wounded or sick 14 helicopter were hit (one destroyed and 7 heavily damaged)[2] |
US report: 1,106 casualties 44 POW[1] | ||||||
Operation Attleboro was a search and destroy operation by the 196th Light Infantry Brigade. The operation was named after Attleboro, Massachusetts, where the brigade had been formed. Operation Attleboro turned out to be the largest series of air mobile operations to date and involved all or elements of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade, 25th Division 1st Infantry Division, a brigade of the 4th Division, as well as numerous Army of the Republic of Vietnam and Regional Forces/Popular Forces and Nungs. In the end, the operation became a Corps operation commanded by II Field Forces. U.S. military spokesmen claimed that the most significant result of Operation Attleboro was the severe blow struck against the communists' supply system.
This operation was divided into two phases. Initial fighting was light. In late October, U.S. forces consisting of the 196th and the 1st Battalion of the 27th Infantry Regiment encountered the 9th Viet Cong Division, resulting in a major three-day battle. Fighting was then taken over by the 1st Infantry Division. The most significant fighting occurred when Viet Cong forces assaulted the U.S. perimeter at Suoi Da on November 8. The assault was defeated by artillery and air strikes. Afterwards, a large Viet Cong base camp was detected. It was certainly one of the largest hauls to date in the Vietnam War: the American forces seized two million pounds of rice; 116 transportation bicycles; approximately 25,000 Chinese-made hand grenades (many containing tear gas); 481 M18 Claymore anti-personnel mines; 80 rocket launchers; 25 machine guns; a myriad number of pistols; rifles like AKMs and AK-47s; clothing; tobacco; miscellaneous foods like cooking oil and salt and fish; and bountiful gallons worth of petroleum.
However, U.S. body counts was problematic at best, fraught with intentional incurracies at worst (double counting, exaggerations, and diffcult terrain all made body counting an imprecise technique for measuaring progress). The Vietcong simply refused to fight, and Attleboro did not break the NLF's political hold in Tay Ninh province, a point that few U.S commanders realized at the time. Once U.S combat units left, NLF quietly returned. Reducing the NLF fighting power had not diminished their political influence within the local hamets and villages[1]
References
- ^ a b c No Sure Victory: Measuring U.S. Army Effectiveness and Progress in the Vietnam war. Oxford university. Gregory A. Daddis. P 7
- ^ Dust Off: Army Aeromedical Evacuation in Vietnam. DIANE Publishing. Peter Dorland,Peter Dorland James Nanney, James Nanney. P 54
- Summers, Harry G. Historical Atlas of the Vietnam War. New York: Houghton Mifflin Company.
{{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - "Attleboro battered Reds' supply system". Stars and Stripes. 1966-11-28. Retrieved 2007-07-11.
- "The Giant Spoiler". TIME Magazine. 1966-11-18. Retrieved 2007-07-11.
- "Disappearing Act". TIME Magazine. 1966-11-25. Retrieved 2007-07-11.
- "Encouraging Returns". TIME Magazine. 1966-12-09. Retrieved 2007-07-11.