U. S. Naval Forces Vietnam Monthly Historical Summary Sept 1968

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COASTAL SURVMUMANCS P'0RV,3SMlAR!ISeptember 1968Although hampered by rough 3eas and bad weather daring the early

Part of the months, XARIE TIM units maintained a high level of activityduring September. Pheow positions and installations along the coast weretaken under fire at evex7 opportunity. Part~icipation in ground sweepswith blocking patrol~s and naval gunfire support became more frequent as

* ~liaison with forces ashore continued to improve. Surveillance ope~rationsresulted in a total of 77#058 detections of junks and sampans. Patrolsinspected 35,180 of these craft and boarded another 169633. 1.otal of779 persons we-re detained from the craft boarded due to !=proper papersj,repeated violation of fishing restrictionss, or suspicious act-J67I't 7 * Inadditlion, the surveillagnce units made 1,3,38 detections of steel-hu.Uedvessels in X&RK-T TIlKE areas during Serptember. A total of 728 inspectionsand 52 boardings found all to be on innocent passage.

During one 21.-hour period of poor weather when *Suwift" boats wereunable to remain on som patrol. stations, PCF 21. arned special recogni-tion. While operating in extremely poor weat her-PC ? 21 engaged fourevading sampana, sinking ones killing three of the evaders and probablykilling two others with her accurate mortar and machine-gun fire. O~verallduring the month XLAJC= TIKE units carried out 794 navUa. gunfirs missionsand participated in 40Q ground operations. Included in the total nurnber ofxiissions are 39 cases of evading craft. taken under fire and 13 instances

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SS FEDof hostile fire suppression. Good targets fo r bhe 5-inch and 3-inch gunsof the offshore patrol units were not as numerous as in previous monthsresulting in a slight decrease in the total damage and casualties inflictedupon the een .""

Mhe only casualty due to enery fire wa3 received on the afternoon of9 September, As PC? 96 closed the shoreline 18 miles southwest of Tan Anfor a harassment and interdiction mission heavy automatic weapons and re-coilless rifle fire was received. Th e flae was returned killi:- an estimatedfive of the enemy as the *Swift* boat cleared the area. On e crwiman died ofwounds received in the action.

On 9 Saptaiber USCCC PO12 T3U: sighted a sampan displaiying a VietCong flaag attempting to evade near the moath of the Bassac ?iver. T"Ihesampan was stopped by warning shots from the cutter. Th e three occupants of the craf, two me n and a woman, were detained as arobabls Uiet Cong.

Also, on the 9th three 2A&PJ= TM- nits took part in a combinedoperation against an estimated Viet CGng company on Cuaoc Island. iithUSCGC BIBB (AiWC 31) on station to the west of the island,, USCGC PINT XOMSand USCGC P?1T PA.RTIflE along -ith South Vietnamese 3avy gunboats and junkslanded 3agional ?orce troops in an amphibious landing on the eastarn shoreabout 10 miles north of An Thoi. Th e cutters provided naval Snrire supportprior to the landing and throughout the day. dhen crntact was made A-ih agroup of about 30 enemq troops ?PMU PARIDGE ias able to provide immediatesuport with mortar fire Id1lling at least tw o of the enemy plus an estimated-

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LC7P were danagedo Tw o days later ra, 266 -ins hit by six roict orreaoillesserfle roundas 4&miles noLU oc 7inh Long on the Y~kong hiver,woundift six arewmnn ?DR~'s ard Navy armed Lelas supprseaed Us, heavyeramV W ie in a co oz'r-at4Oae'k On 18 Soptember a P39~;attrol operatizr=aar us *car .& of ~a Gt0e imi&si wuAaushed lq r coil ac:-riat a -trAautouia~t~ w~n;ocs t~ro 722 153 ricoi~i'd or.A 4zvsozed hilt -* a ~ollau'&ierI.Z4 ki1Ung this OczavAIL 4.x.--at#e7 tzd - ,QU=0 titre' oeCZ'I=*no Serto2.7ess ?BI.I and C.! 1.17 uiz~ts responded to =zd ouppreszed the

Ca 30 W~optezmbero acting an info that Viet Cong Tax Colectoresw'ersoperating~ 15 miles 3outhosAt of Un.h Long on the Co Chien U4.'erp M~sailors and VII Maritime Police 'coardoid a civili~n jusik ;roceedirg to theare&& *When the junk was hailed by the Usit Congs the Junk turned t~o theshore. ,'Pon the colsctoro a=@ out into the open the tra~p van sprurr,and f~ourx Viet Coiig were kill2d.* n, the fuuilade* 1tacoyered were documeLttax receipts and nonse'* 7ound, in ans document was a notation that taxcollecting wu adsi~4 more dil-f~iout b7 the preeence of' ?Bfi'so The receipboole shoved that ;6&-1400 ;iakaters had been collected du~ring the per-. .dI Aprxil - 31, Auglit 19~6e,

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RIVERIM .0 -ASSAT O1RCE SM!;AffSeptemioer 156d

Ambunzhes of the riverine assault craft were all too frequent duringthe month. On the evuoning of 6 September Task Unit Stvarli,,t landedAi elements on the banks o- f Dnaa Stream. N-d.1e returnming to their nigLht

.ositionthe '-oats were ambushed with r-cket :--d watcmacia vea~ons firelieth south ihar* of the strem 3 mi.les eaust fCnnowu~

11 171avymen. Six of the wounded required helicopwter eva.cuation, A sub-sequintu search of the area indicated that 10 7ielv Cong vere involved inthe ambush.

lihiile proceeding southwaard. along the Ben Tze River two land 14/17thInfantr7 Battalion troops for operations in True Giang and Giong T~rom

* districts of lien Hoa Province on 15 September BAD 1ll was bit with auto-.matic wesnons and rocket. fire from the west bank 11_ miles southeast ofBen Tre, At 13110 the fire was returned and suppresced as the assaultcraft pressed on and landed the troops over the d"signated beachs 1_, ilfurther to the south, ?-Ifteen Narpmen were wounded and one monitor damagedin the fight, The infantrymen swept the area but found no Viet Cong.

* Later in the afternoons, after backloading troopss, the same division agmtnwas ambushed from the vest bank of the4 river about one mile south of theearlier mabush. In the second ambush return fire was ligh.t because of themany civilians in the area, The assault craft cleared the ambush area andcontinued to a -new landing site.

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BA D 111 was again attacked on the Ben Tre River on the 16th; at 1053from the east bark 6 milea southeast of Ben Tre, and at 1127 from bothbanks 2 miler east of Ben Tre. A mortar attack at the junction of theDen Tre River and the Chet Say Canal accompanied the second attack, Three:1avymen were vounded during the day and two ATC Is were d-xa-aaed,

On the days 17 September, BAD -as :iredon f'or the If-htime on the Ben Tre River, this time from tha aouth bark one mile east ofDen Tre. Only one r.coilless-r.fle round was fired at the assault craftand the -ire was not returned because it came from a populated area.There were no casualties.

On the same dayvutsofRD 92went to the ssistance of G AM WARDENPER's on the Ham Luong RIver, On arrival the assa"lt craft received recoil-less-rifle, automatic weapons and small arms fire from the west bank ofthe river, 3 miles eaet of Mo Cay. The fire was suppressed. One Navymanwas wounded as a result of a "cookoffr on a hC-m gun.

At 0900 on 22 September PA D 131 was ambushed while landing 6/31stInfantry Division troops on the Ba Rai Stream 3 miles east of Cai Be. TheViet Cong firA automatic weapons and rockets from both banics, Riverineasaault craft Lired all weapons, includizrn flame, suppressing the enemyfire. Nine Navymen were wounded.

On 24 September at 0825 RA D 111 received three rockets and small armsfire from the south bark of the Ben Tre ?.iver near the eastern edge of BenTre, while escorting an Army LCU arn LCYI-8 with supplies frr FSPB DAVID

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replacement, On the 14th the flag shifted to U25 VEPION COUh"! (IsTII61)and MFXER proceeded to Vung Taus sailirg from there on the 16th to ShipRepair Facility, Subic fo r repairs. Fortunately the employment of 9thInfantry Division assets was such that the temporary loss of X.ERCER didnot hzue a seriousl7 adverse effect on IR'-4 operations.

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DECLASSFIEDNAVAL ADVISOCY GRCjUP SUMMARYSeptember 1968

Vietnamese Navy units, advised by U.S.f.lavy officers snd men, ,itthe en=7 hard this month. Large scale Joint and combi.ned oper-tionsLn which the TM N forces played vital .oies this =onth included L;Zi.' ,)I260 in i C-Z, the TOAN T..O series in =I1 M"Z and the Capital :,itiiar

Distri.-t (00D), and the eU!7' CHZ. Canpaim-n in IV CTZ In additi n,watenfay denial and am~hibious operations were conducted near the -a-italcity of Saigon by WIN River Patrol Group ( 51G)1 and IG 30.

Coastal Group 12 and 13 units were employed in t' massive LAA 30 N260 operations which scourged the Vinh Loc Peninsula, east of ue inZrCTZ. Land sweeps by .ARVN, RF/PF and USMC elements were supported byTask Force CUI R.ATER PBRs and MARKET TLM'" PCFs as well as the U. 3. Navyadvised coastal groups. The operation, 11-20 September, accountzd for72 eny soldier3 killed, 21 of which 'tere credited to the VIN sailors.The sailors also captured 30 Viet Cong cvd 6 other enemy suspects. Anadditionral 444 '?tet Cong and 78 suspects were reported captured by theallied forces. Friendly casualties were light; one ARM' killed and 9wounded.

In III CTZ the TOAN TIIANG series of operations was rigorously pursuedthrou:hout the month. The ARV17 amphibious operations utilized the 3rdRiverine 1.Gs of the VK N for mobility, river blocking and fire support.It is estimated that by. month's end I7 ene' were killed, 8 others ware

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DECI.SSi FEDcaptured and 2 Hoi Chanbs weir received in these operations. Siz- laryv-tbe QUrY"M CMiIN Campaign was conducted in 17 CTZ by .VIN mnd VIII units.The PRAGs as -mll as the 4th CTZ coastal .groups participated in theseoperations which nettid et =onth's end at least 3It) eneI7 killed ard 501captured.

. cI'a :nd 51 ri7er -- e" G i-a.aiz nontrt in doL-a:ic actions v-r" neaz lai on, The 3A 30

boats tra~or-noted A2;V!; ele.em- S miles -o=::;;3s3t, of Sai.on on thie 2en LucCanal on 4 Septerler. The U. Z. advisor reported th-ct 6 "iet Cong werekilled auwrie, the land sweep and . prisoners were taken, one of which statedthere vere 100 "liet Cong in the area, Several weapor, mortar rourns and aB-41 launchers were also uncoverede On 28 Scpterber 4 more of the enery wereknlled and 11 were captured plus 3 3-40 launchers, several other weapors and4 detainees. ?inallyp 4 .i response to a U, --. Arr.iY report of swzs in th earea on 27 Septembers an RPI a. PBIR sped to the sctne approximately 10 rileseast of Saigon on the trong h- Uiver. The west bank was searched -andtheV1P. sailors captured 4 Viet Cong and killed 2 others -. o attempted to evade.One sailor was wounded when a Viet Cong opened fire on him after feignin-surrendier, lhe wounded sailor kil hid adversary.

The six infantry battalions and one aev.ilJzry battalion of the V.iYCwere er.ioyed in operations in deferse of the CM-, in Operation TCA:I THMGin 1Ii CTZ and iV C'Z. Task Force A, co7.r-pod Of the 5th and 6th !nfantrd-cattalior3 until 28 neptember ..hen the 3rd =d 4.h battaliors relieved thei..,

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K operated uander the control of the 21st W.'11h Infantry Division in 17 CTZ.There was no major enemy contact in this area other than sporadic contact.,sniiner fire and extensive mines and booiby traps.

Task Force B was initially composed of i;he 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th 1Infantry7battalions and operated in the CM D during Operation *TCACN T71AUi. Mte is t Ba-1ta1l on -.rs detached from tie task Iforce on 6 .3entember and --aa azaizrned to

t~ethARV Inantr7 aiii.n III MT . On 21 Sentember t- - battaali-onwas he1'o-Ulited to Phuoc T anh in Phuoc Long Province to reinforce a RegionalForce outpost, Despite the heavy mortar and ground attack on 21 September,th e V2.19r was credited with 128 eneay killed and 6 captured while suffering4~ of their own killed and 56 wounded, On 1-1 Sentember., the 4th Battaliondetached from the task force and moved to the soutthwest. outskirts of Tay%L-nh. That day the VNIMC lost 11 marines and 24 more were wounded when onecompan~r engaged an est.imated Viet Cong platoon; 5 of the enemy were killed.The 2nd and 3rd battalions composed the task force while it deployed to

* Tay Ninh from 1.2 to 21 September. Ia defense of that provincial capital,,t N~C accounted fur 81 Viet Cong killed and 3 capturd18mieswe

killed,, anothcer 57 were wounded and 2 USMC advisors were also wounded duringthe b)attle. The 2nd Battalion redeployed to Lien iHoa Province on 21 Septeza-ber to Join th -i5th ARTA Infantry Division. The 3rd and 4th battalionsraw~ined in a reserve status and relocated to T~hu Duec for refitting. On 28

* September the battalions were motor-convoyed to Can Tho to relieve the 5th4, and 6th battalions.

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DECLASSH [EDPSYCH{OLOGICAL AND ChI-C' ACTI33j,4 OPrl-.I.11f1SSeptember 156e

?sychological afforts to e--mloit trie enemies ralnerabilitiaz con--tinueo to, be 3made by niaval units' thru.bout- th bp lic wtas -ecming

t~cr~x~evident that. t-he .Ievastati--4 3trernzth a=- :rtneOf MS/1::i~~?zraimizan sericus dn-- -8n a Of T- C'?*zp1

~at~b~~e oudstpeaks-r operntions3 were vre.7 isctiva &urin; the m~onth withover .14-1sre-aker missicw. bei;-w coni2ucteei. znt~y-ftiae of t.*1C-ir mis-ioflsvere con ucted al.ong tlho -merour -aten-ays of the Delta. Indicative ofthe success of thoi pwyop efforts wvas the rallingM of 39 7iet Cond, to V.NZ/VMM forces, This is tohe highest Clie'i iioi number expATnced. in one month.rThe previous highest mon'th -ms Octoter 1.967 wtier '15 -31lied and since Jan-uary 1967 the avergae monthly rs-te 'has been. 1:2. In order to srnt~the psyop progrma aad to provide adecra~te intelligence on psy:)p vulner-abilities, ihV-FORV co~enced prcmulgatL-. -awezk!7 intelli:-ence surinaryto psyop field personnel to apprisea them of genera.l trends, attitudes andinformation on Viet Cong/MIA vulnerabilities. To aid pco21,ie in the urbanareas to hear the. "truth of the mattnr,," t-r-sr-sis-tor radios w~ere bein-' djis-tribute'l Lo village and ha.nlet chi4efs and to se~h-ol teascheri..

Civic2 action programs continued to giin anphasis ZL 3 More end -tOre unitsi,.stitnter' ind.&vidual projects -4th adcspted hwalot3 and vi11i.-ee. The pro-4-cts n t*-e maiority wexro self-help projects 1-d. t.1ic res~onne of thle peoplein fo~or themselvts 'v~s MoSt gretif.-in!. The civic action r-a

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DECIASWJ1Fconducted by Naval Support Activity (:NAVSUFPACT), Danang continues tolist outstanding accomplishments. The Village Assistance Team (VAT) isthe center fo r these accomplishments, There are currently 14 teams,,made up of two to four men each, living among the people in selectedvillages within the city, with four more teams ;lanad. These men assist

and instruct t the people in building houses, schoelz., dispensaries, latr"-.spublic showers and drainage di-hes as well as serving as teachers in thetechnical and academic field. It is not an unusual occurrence fo r theteams to be advised of Viet Cong activity or given a warm greeting offriendship as they travel around the city. Another contri],.tion made byOAVSUPPACT, Danang was tihe establishment ol the Rear Admra1 Paul L LACE!,-Jr., USN, Scholarship Award. On 4 September COMMAV?.RV presented the firstscholarship valued at -A47O.OO to Miss 1guyen Thi Xuan who Is now attending-Saigon University. The money was donated by Navymen at 2IAVSUPPACT, Danang.

During the month 61 IMCAs were reported with over 10634 peoplebeing treated by US./ MI personrnel,

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-Eemy casualties:a. .'u e Q ,3 (--BrK4o~ed '73 1-15b. Wounded 19(1c )+89(:-zT) I *

-.-. Ca.j:turd 14 O 11 13*. * ,' -' ,"" ~'"asu-alties:1a.lled 1 5 10 . '- F.b. Wounded 0 45 1o0 USN/92 1UJA/2 ARVNc. Captured 0 0 0d, iMiscing, 0 0 1 USIAEnerq material losses:a, Destzoyeds(1) JukSa or sar,:pans 473 79

"(2) Structuras 3Z9 151 551-b. Captured:(1) junks or snans * 3 1(2) Weapons 10 renadas A2 srnl ai.s *13-'""(3) Mmuiticn (round) *""(4) Fice (tons) 3CO lb Small amountSc. D.--c,e.-ed:(1) junks or sa.pars 135 172 *(2) Structures 482 153 10-S"N material losses:a, Destroyed:(I1) turf ace craft. 0 0 0.(2) H.elicopters 0 0 *b. 'Damaged:(1) Surface craft 0 5(2) 17elicontersi 0 1SAR missions * *

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