SOUTH VIETNAM: SOUTH KOREAN 'BLUE DRAGON' BRIGADE IN ONE OF FIERCEST BATTLES OF THE CONFLICT; SCENES AFTER BATTLE

Record ID: 525546

  • Title: SOUTH VIETNAM: SOUTH KOREAN 'BLUE DRAGON' BRIGADE IN ONE OF FIERCEST BATTLES OF THE CONFLICT; SCENES AFTER BATTLE
  • Date: 17th February 1967
  • Summary: 1. LV KOREAN BLUE DRAGON RUNNING TOWARDS CAMERA 0.04 2. LV DITTO AFTER SOLDIERS 0.09 3. LV DITTO THROUGH WOODED AREA 0.14 4. CU KOREANS WAITING 0.17 5. LC SOLDIER RUNNING TOWARDS CAMERA 0.18 6. SV KOREAN SOLDIERS OVER DEAD BODIES 0.22 7. CU DEAD BODY OF VIET CONG 0.24 8. LV SOLDIERS DRAGGING BODY OF VIET CONG 0.28
  • Embargoed: 4th March 1967 12:00
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  • Location: NEAR QUANG-NGAI, SOUTH VIETNAM
  • Country: Vietnam
  • Reuters ID: LVAELMOFJHBFI77D92ORTFQ9Q4VF
  • Story Text: SOUTH KOREAN MARINES OF THE 'BLUE DRAGON' BRIGADE REPULSED A MASS ATTACK BY 600 NORTH VIETNAMESE AND VIET CONG SOLDIERS ON WEDNESDAY, IN ONE OF THE FIERCEST BATTLES OF THE CONFLICT IN SOUTH VIETNAM. MORE THAN 200 NORTH VIETNAMESE AND VIET CONG DIED IN THE CLASH.

    THE KOREANS WERE OUT-NUMBERED THREE TO ONE IN THE FIGHTING. THEY REPULSED THE MAIN ATTACK BY NORTH VIETNAMESE AND VIET CONG FORCES IN HAND-TO-HAND COMBAT. THE KOREANS CALLED IN AIR AND ARTILLERY SUPPORT TO STRIKE AT THE COMMUNIST MORTAR POSITIONS.

    BACKED BY A FRESH COMPANY OF MARINES, FLOWN IN BY HELICOPTER, THE KOREANS THEN SLOWLY PUSHED BACK AND PURSUED THE VIETCONG BEFORE THEY BROKE OFF CONTACT.

    IN THE CLASH, NORTHWEST OF QUANG NGAI, IN THE CENTRAL LOWLANDS OF SOUTH VIETNAM, 243 NORTH VIETNAMESE AND VIET CONG WERE KILLED. ACCORDING TO A MILITARY SPOKESMAN IN SAIGON, BOTH KOREAN COMPANIES SUFFERED MODERATE CASUALTIES.
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