SOUTH VIETNAM: UNITED STATES ARMY REPORT 51 VIET CONG KILLED DURING INFANTRY SWEEP AT DUC PHO.

Record ID: 337303

  • Title: SOUTH VIETNAM: UNITED STATES ARMY REPORT 51 VIET CONG KILLED DURING INFANTRY SWEEP AT DUC PHO.
  • Date: 30th July 1967
  • Summary: TROOPS ON OPERATION 'OREGON': DEAD VIET CONG. Initials PBS/VS/CCT/JG Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 14th August 1967 13:00
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  • Location: NEAR DUC PHO, SOUTH VIETNAM
  • Country: Vietnam
  • Reuters ID: LVAE7MNZAVCZNFOIJBOFFV9AEDAD
  • Story Text: UNITED STATES MILITARY AUTHORITIES IN SOUTH VIETNAM REPORT THAT FIFTY ONE VIET CONG TROOPS WERE KILLED DURING A SWEEP BY UNITED STATES INFANTRYMEN NEAR DUC PHO. 325 MILES (500 KM) NORTH OF SAIGON BETWEEN WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY.

    THE AMERICAN TROOPS WERE TAKING PART IN AN OPERATION KNOWN AS 'OREGON'. AMERICAN MILITARY REPORTS SAID 26 VIET CONG WERE KILLED ON WEDNESDAY. ELEVEN OTHERS WERE KILLED IN AIR STRIKES.

    THE OPERATION WAS CONDUCTED BY MEMBERS OF OUR INFANTRY DIVISIONS AND MEMBERS OF THE FAMOUS 101ST. AIRBORNE DIVISION, NICKNAMED 'SCREAMING EAGLES'.

    IN ADDITION TO KILLING FIFTY ONE VIET CONG. THE TROOPS CAPTURED SIX TONS OF RICE. THOUSANDS OF ROUNDS OF AMMUNITION AND A NUMBER OF DOCUMENTS. SIXTEEN PRISONERS WERE TAKEN FOR INTERROGATION. THE AMERICAN FORCES REPORT THERE WERE NO CASUALTIES AMONG THE INFANTRYMEN.

    DURING THE SWEEP ARMY MEDICAL TEAMS TREATED MORE THAN 300 VIETNAMESE VILLAGERS. TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY REFUGEES WERE MOVED TO A RESETTLEMENT CENTRE NGHIA HANH.
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