U. S. Naval Forces Vietnam Monthly Historical Summary Jun 1971

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MONTHLY HISTORICAL SUMMARY r.• ""

June 1971

Force His to r i an . . . . . ... . .............. LCDR Edward F. Sienicki

Field Historians .... ....................... LT George C. Womble

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FOREWORD

The enemy in the Delta appeared to be returning to an earlier

stage of guerrilla warfare, emphasizing resupply, regrouping, ;.

and political w arfare, as naval activity continued at a low level

in June. Three AOs were essentially dormant, and six AOs made

only mirno-rcontact with the enemy. The lull in Kien Hoa Province,

",uder TRAN HUNG DAO XIX, was ended in June. The status in

the Delta brought about a significant restructuring of operations,

as TRAN HUNG DAO X was disestablished and the AO added to

TRAN HUNG DAO XVII, while the support bases at Ca Mau and

Song Ong Doc were disestablished in a concomitant gesture, Four

Mekcng convoys reached the beleaguered Cambodian capital during

the month, restoring the exhausted PO L stocks on each t rip .

The mobile US Navy Seawolf helos, along with theirBlack Pc.:.

cohorts, dominated the combat action in the Delta again during J--n,.

Seawo-ves were credited with most enemy casualties and enemy

asse+s destroyed in each naval AO. F or example, in the TRAN

~HUNG DAO XIrXAO , Seawolves accounted for 80 enemy killed tc,

w,_r killed by ground forces, while the enemy casualties were

It ; t- one in the TRAN HUNG DAO II AO. Tallies in the other

Delta a, eas also indicated that the helbs had an edge over ground

and water - - s. Sampans were almost exclusively helo targets, '

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dLr.d ver: ".00 were destroyed. Black Pon(is, rxrg•.ig over the

trre Dcltt. region, accournec,fi r 2 .5 enemy k.ll.d durtng the sarne

periLod.

While booby traps perpetually plagued ground troops, enemy

sappers also took their toll in June. In the Cua Viet area, there,

we:e 12 napper atterupts; and, with 83 mining uttempti oc¢z•rrfng

there ein-e the firmt of tho year, the Cua Viet is clearly a sapper

focal point, with one half of all the miings in Vietnam occurring

there. Elsewhere, the harbor securIty was again revealed to be

unsatisfactory at Qul Nhon when the SS AMERICAN HAWKwas

mined and an ARVNammo dutnp wab dramatically blown up. S&ppe-.

also struck onCein Cam Ranh Bay ;ind ornceon the Cal Nhap irn

the TRANHUNGDAOIV AO.

Amid d.plon'satic and press fh-rri's, i3 NVAPOWs weC7e sent ncrtb

un the USNSUPSHUR for repatriatior. The special operation, TRAN

HUNGDAO XXI,. was abozted orn 4 June when North V-1etnam

rescinded thei.r agreement to take thbcnz.

IM "e lcu'"iaSLsticsarer.-a of ACTOV, advances were made with

.hc 'A:'•.ver 'f Irtezrmedi.te Svtppot Base Rach Sol and nitnesuppý;rt

craft Li J, ',, The Blhc Water Vietnurriese Navy received the Coast

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G~ar Cu t e r BERING STRAIT; the Brown Water Navy receiv-ed

fo-:Lr A~m; .PBRs for harbor security. Task Fleet 21 began an amxbitico'As

progaram in the last week of June to overhaul all river craft inQ

'he. Delta by December.

The U. S. Navy in-country strength continued to decline In

June. As of 24 J"Unethere were 10, 983 naval personnel ir

Sauth Vietnamn, a reduction of just less than one thousand men

in the course of the month.

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TASK FLEET 21i

Repair and maintenance were again the key words in the plans 01

TF 21, as an ambitious program to overhaul al l rivercraft in the

dt.ta by December of this year was initiated during the last week in

June. This promised to be a job of tremendous magnitude and predictions

;vere that LSBs and ISBs would be taxed to the limit of their endurance

and recources to accomplish this task.

June saw a great restructuring of the TRAN HUNG DAO XVII AO

as a resu l t of th e dises tabl ishment of th e bases a t Song Ong Doc an d

Ca Mau. With this action, th e TRAN HUNG DAO X AO was disestablished

an d th e a rea added tc TRAN HUNG DAO XVH, making it th e

l a rges t AO in th e delta.

Four PO L convoys were able to reach the kileaguered a -

capital of Phnom Penh during the month, encountering only very l gh

opposi t ion on th e r ive s .

During June, th,-re were two bright dev/elopments in. the ai'r

warfare portion of ACTOV. Fizst, VNAF pilots and aircrewmen

began Integration into Seawolf Detachments in the in i la l steps of

what is to be a gradual tf rnover of %i se t s o the GVN. Secondly, June

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of the delta; it was especially effective in the TRAN HUNG DAO IV AO

and has also been used in TRAN HUNG DAO V and VIII AOso

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d5.scuvered in the bunker. There was no contact with the enemy arid henice

no casualties.

On 7Jun, a 105H , three Seawoif missionis placed multiple strikesOn 7 j u e a 13on a suspected VG/NVA camp area located 10 miles west of T ra

Cu, around XT 315 025, and accounted for a formidable tally. Nineteen

sampans were destroyed and 11 damaged, while nine bunkers were

struck. On the same morning, and close to the first strike~, at

XS 334 964, Seawolves sighted a suspicious sampan and placed machine

gun fire after obtaining proper clearance, sinking the craft. The

Seawolves, later in the day, at 17220H, inserted Seals to search the

sampan and provided air cover during the search. The Seals recove.red

five 60mm mortars , five rifle grenades, and 18 B..40 rocket boos-ters,

but were forced to leave a sizable cache behind wi-*ththe approach of

nidahtfall. They had expended all their explcisives on a mi'ssionearlier that mornling, and could not exp--,odewiLh smrall arms fire the !

2u~mero-as rockets remaining. Visidal reconnal.s-Rnce flown the next day

d-iscovered that all the equipment, in the sampan had been unloaded

by the enemy during the night. The above Seal contact Indicaited

that the enemny b ~ a e a y uased daylight as well as nighttime tco move

Tpp.Les across the Plain of Reeds into South Vietnam, faci~ita.-ed by the

mon -,n !nui;ndat`Ions.Intelligence reports noted -that sensor aCtivations

from Tr~ C - d H-iep Hoa had ir.:zreased since the end of May, vA~th

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the highest number of activations occurring in the early morning,

hours. I

On 7 June, at 1505H, Seawolves placed strikes on numerous

bunkers and sampans located ten miles northwest of Tra Cu at

XT 315 555. With no return of fire, 12 sampans and three bunkers were

neatly dispatched, adding sizeably to the tally for this most eventful

day for the Seawolves.

On 8 June at 17551, two PBRs of RPD 64, while returning to

ATSB Tuyen Nhon from MoBase II, were ambushed, receiving

B-40 rocket and automatic weapons fire from the north bank of th e

Vain Co Tay at XS 410 775, seven miles east of Tuyen Nhon. The

Seawolves were scrambled at 1805H while the PBRs returned fire.

Fifteen minutes later the Seawolves arrived to place a strike, and

orbited for 20 minutes until an additional PBR arrived. One PBR

was hit by a B-40 rocket at the onset of the firefight, resulting

in the death of a Vietnamese sailor, the wounding of anothe.%, while :'•

the PBR was only slightly damaged. Enemy casualties were undetermined.

During an a x i a l reconnaissance mission, the Long Arn

-•il3ince Senior Advisoron 10 June sighted six sampans beached *

at XS 4"5 801 on the Bo Bo Canal. Two additional sampans were

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XS 353 905. The reconnaissance aircraft recei~ed 25 rounds of small

arms fire in the area, and a strike was requested. After two strikes,

a USIN Seal team was inserted, revealing three sampans destroyed in thV {

strikes. There was no equipment of military interest found in the

sampans, though a rest area was discovered nearby, with well used

' trails leading to the area. Marshy reeds were waist high, and inr

some places they were over six feet tall. The destroyed sampans

were out in the open marshy plains and not on one of the small

channels in the area. The level of water in the area was deep

enough to push a loaded sampan across the open terrain, revealing

the ease with which the enemy was able to move men and supplies t-,

across the Plain of Reeds from the Parrot 's Beak area of Cambodia

into South Vietnam.

On 7.8 June, at 1320H, an LCM-8, enroute to T ra Cu on a fvei

and resuppl.y mission from Ben Luc, was attacked, two miles

soruheast of T ra Cu in the vicinity of XS 507 964, teceiving one B-40

rocket out of five fired. Two USN advisors were slightly wounded

(SK2 King and ET ! Leman)' the LCM suffered r i n o r damage and •

coritlinlýed to ýperate. Two ASPBs of RID 44 arrived tro assist , and Seawoives

,l;,•ed strikes at 13301H, with unknown results. The att+ack oi.ncdided

with hXt• -.nd of a GVN sweep nearby,

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On 21 June, at 0825H, Sea! Team One, Quebec Platoon, and LLc

Luong 66's, acý'ing on aerial photo "intelligence, condt.cted a missior.

12 miles southeast of Ben Luc near XS 716 587, against a VC meeting

area. The Seals were inserted by an MSSC ard p&:rolled to the suspected

hootch, which was found to be vacant. They then searched the area,

detecting a campfire, patrolled to the site and opened fire 0a six

evading persons, who returned the fire with heavy automatic weapons.

The Seals then called in Seawolves, with the final result being fihe

VC killed, and no friendly casualties incurred.

On 27 June, at 2300H, crewmenioers on two RID 44 craft in

waterborne ambush heard movement on the west bank of the Vain

Co Dong, and opened fire. The enemy retwrned fire with small z-rms, -

and the resulting fi.efights lasted five i n . s t e s , wi•h no damages

inflictedto

the VNN,and nusne known to the VCo

On 28 June, at-2040H, Detachment Four Seawolves scrambled for

VNN Seals surrounded at XS 570 795, six kilometers northwest of

Ben Luc. They provided overhead corý"erfor the MST 2 Detachment

Alfa unit which extracted the Seals. CTG L14. 1 commended the

j-1,ement and skill of the MST dez:ahment in the tight combatsza .. on.

A message -5•5 J;- e from the Seni.or Adviso-r of CTG 2:4. dr~a' le d th e

"problems and p-yr sible. solutions to t+he pi obleims c-anh-n:xg .- ng the AO"

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The mes-sage requested a troop airlift capability for TRAN HUNG

DAO 11, since the ARVN a ir assets for quick reaction we're nune-x--sten-..

Highly trained reconnaissance personnel could be available on '0

mn~nutesnotice, with clearances obtained for the target area in

4 10 - 30 minutes. Air support was available, and the intelligence

sources were excellent. The only factor lacking was the means by

which to transport the assets to the target area. As it was, the enexm.y

was movin-g supplies and troops with relative impunity. The Senior

Advisor stated that "River patrol craft are unable to effectively

cope with this infiltration due to enemy dispersal short of and

quick t ransi t over river bbu-Baries of the target area1 In an effort

to increase the utilization of RPD 54, boats were shifted such thatC-here

were sL% oats each at Tan An, Ben Keo, and Ben Luc; with two

eymployed on random patrol during the day and two employed it- W3GFs

each night at intelligence selected locations. Still, four large arm--s

cansdiscovered near Ben Luc during the month evinced aggress*i

enlemy infi.1-r-tion, and numerous agents' reports also mentioned

heavy iniltrat-lor- of traops -into the area. Nevertheless, the u-pco-minLg

1 g ffensive- predicted in numerous intelligence reports throughc',r:

:c, month again failed to maý.erialize, despite these, movements.

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In laea a n d e a r f Ju~ne, varlaus lntellýgence sources predicted

a. sharp upsurge @f- enem, acti-Vity in± scuthezn An Xuyenl Prro,.ince.

The ter ror is t activity was .-o occur from 18-ýA>. lCd4n minimurn r

lunar illumination, and was to feat'ure attacks on thetwr. of Nam Ca:ý,

on the National Police at Nam Can i~r-d on -a r ios cetpcsts ;-n the a~rea.V~.~

These attacks did not materialh&e aad, in fact, combiat at-1ivt 'in

the TRAN HUNG DAO IV AO diminAished fcr the fotrxth straight montht.

There were 11 firefights resulting in f ive friend'ly troops wounded

and eight enemyj killed. There was one apparent mining o'n the Ca;-

Nhap Canal, but when the ASPB of RID 46 was salvaged, evidence Iwas uncovered that pointed to sa~botage.

Seawolf helicopters attached to HAL-3, Det-acnment- One, patrolled

An Xuyen Province and engaged 0h ennem', an'24 occasion--is The"'~ e" killed on eriexny) so l i ez and prvbabl-y accau---.ed LO six I

*more;thirty sampans and j-=ks, 26 struct-ires, and nL-:~ie1Eunkers

were destroyed whille s~x b-uzker~i and*'24 smtrswe:e darnaged0

The waterbo~rne elements ofs TRAN HLTN\GDA1OfiV, Including

A M~PD46, RID 47, and COSDILV5 ' ', cngýaged i prd~£.elhs

Sonly one resulting in casualti-ee Gr daanaýgc-.

Two compan c-.esof ARVN Rangears were 2nctdby he!%copter

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at WQ 045 542 on 3 June to conduct search and clear operations.

Starting at the insertion point, the companies swept in an easterly

direction and ne'ted three VC, two sampan motors, and five pounds

of documents captured; 20 bunkers, 12 mines, and six sampans were

destroyed. One ARVN soldier was wounded by a mine. A blocking

force of PCFs on the Rach Duong Keo in support of the operation engaged

in a brief firefight with the fleeing enemy troops. There were no

casualties incurred by the PCFs and no known enemy casualties.

On"1 4 June at 0800H the VC attacked watercraft of RID 46 with

launch bombs on the Cai Nhap Canal at WQ 087 781. No hits were

scored by the enemy, and the boats quickly landed two platoons

of ARVN soldiers to sweep the area, Results of the sweep were four In

launch bombs and six launchers captured. There were no friendly

casualties, and enemy casualties were unknown,-I a

On 17 June, at 1430H, the monitor attached to RID 47, HQ 6543,

hit a previously sunken Alfa boat, and beached at WQ 081 747 to

preclude sinking. Water continued to enter faster than the pumps

co'ld dewater, :-i-cessitating the prompt dispatch of a portable

pump from Nam Can to avert a disaster. The craft was repaired and

rez,--Ted to Nam Can under its own power.

*Also., t;.- 1? Tjn~e, the second attack of the month occurred at&

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1520H-, this time from the east bank of the Rach Cai Nhap, longý4'a

favorite ambush site of the enemy. Two of the three B-40 rockets

launched from W Q 081 7 0 heavily damaged ASPB HQ 5111l, causing

it to beach. Three VNN sailors were seriously waounded!,and PCFs

were called to medevac the wounded crewmen and to lift VNN EOD and

Seal personnel to the sinfk site to provide security.

The Cai Nhap Canal was also the scene of the next battle between

RID 46 and the VC when, on 23 June, at 1023H, A romeo boat,

HQ 9174, was hit by one B-40 rocket causing minor damage and

slightly wounding one VNN sailor. The attack occurred at WQ 077

775, and a rea,:tion force of Biet Ha' ,wer.e swiftly landed. As a

result of this tactic, two VC were killed and one AI -47 capturzed.

Seawolves scrambled, and e~ren with no U.S. advisors present

with the ground forces, placed successful,trikes an d coordinated

a medevac flight for the wounded crewmen, usi ng thenew Di Mau

Brevity Code.

The determined An Xuyen g-uerrillas struck again on 23 June

at 1830H when'they a*-"Mckedtwo PCFs on roztine Cua,. Lon patrol

a-;- WQ 220 685, The VC struck using AK-47 rifles, but their fi-re

was quickly suppressed. There were no friendly casualties and enemy ~

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Following the now familiar scenario, the VC ambushed a convc-.

of RID 47 craft from the east bank of the Cai Nhap Canal, at WQ 083

750. The attackoccuired at Z130H and was carried out with B-40

rockets. There were no hits and the boats quickly returned and

suppressed the enemy fire.

Seals of Team One, Detachment Golf, Oscar Platoon, conducted

an operation on 6 June at 0430H. In conjunction with Seawolf air

assets , the S-als and Australian Air Service personnel inserted at

WQ 248 779 by Sealord helicopters to destroy an enemy supply cache.

They patrolled to the target area, directed a ir strikes onto th e

supplies and, shortly thereafter, were extracted by Sealord aircraft

and returned to Nam Can. The air/ground team destroyed 20, 000

pounds of unfinished rice, 1, 000 pounds of finished rice, eight

structures, two sampans, two sewing machines and four kilos o.

soft goods.

On 18 June at 0650Ian ASPB of RID 46, HQ 5174, reported thaL

it had hit a mine and was sinking at WQ 081 750, six miles northeast

of Nam Can, on the Cai Nhap Canal. Four wounded Vietnamese were

'2edevaced by Seawolf helicopters. On 27 June Harbor Clearance

Uni:'O One sa lvaged th e craf t and could de te rmine no battle damage.

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The 20mm bow mounted gun had been removed and no evidence could

be found of battle damage in this area. The Senior Advisor of CTG

Z14. 2 recommended that the VNN investigate the matter.

In salvage operations conducted on the Rach Cai Nhap on 20 June,

the unsung salvors of HCU-I, assisted by RID 47 units and USN UDT

personnel, raised HQ 5111 at WQ 085 730. The damaged craft was '-'-

towed back to ISB Nam Can without incident and arrived at 1830H.

"Iron Bottom Canal", or the Rach Cai Nhap, as it is more familiarly

known was the scene of another successful salvage operation on 28 and Z9

June. Using two LCMs, the salvage team f irst lifted the craft, HO 5142,

sunk on 15 April 1971, and then had to completely demud the vessel

before patching it and returning it to ISB Nam Can on 28 June.

The VC also made their presence felt by harassinglocal

wood cutters

using booby traps. They caused two minor casualties, one each on

15 and 16 June; av.d in another booby trap incident, one of the cleverly

concealed devices wounded a man, woman, and child near the ISBo A

Sealord helicopter medevaced the trio to Ca Mau but unfortunately,

the man died enroue.

Commander Martin F. Corcoran, USN, was relieved as CTG 116. 1

and Lieutenr.-- Commander Donald Ayre, USN, was relieved as Senior

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Advisor GT G 214.2, by Commander Howard V. Shores, USN, on

fl1 June at 1900H.

The 42Lnd ARVN Rangers were relieved by the 32nd ARVN Rangers

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TRAN HUNG DAO V

Act!lty declined to a low level in the TRAN HUNGDAOV AO

& ,.L'. J n e . CTG 216. 1 reported that his forces engaged in four

10,hts resulting in no casualties on either side. The Seawolf

.pers of HAL-3, Detachment Six, flying from Phu Lot,

. th t enemy 34 times during the month, destroyina 20 sleeping

.tlorzrns,four sampans, one bunker and two bridges; one of the

e,:emi was probably killed by tir attack.

The river units of TRAN HUNGDAOV reported very little activity

ih-l rmont.hin sharp contrast to May, when a FOM was s1dnk'1,1twb•VNN

v.e.wrmxembers were killed, and several other craft were damaged. In one

of t',Aoreported incidents of the month, nine RAC of RAG 22 on day-

.'.!"me patrol received small amounts of AE-47 fire from the west

.i•r£wzof Ihe Lower Saigon River (XT 703 210) on I June. The boats.:r.•:..z'.•.dthe fire; no friendly material damage or personnel casualties

!e'.•id from the engagement, and enemy casualties were undetermined.

'Thq seceondincident occurred on 29 June. In midafternoon, eight

RAC,of RAG 30, providing support for an RF company, sighted an

;,-•5:. r-.edVC 'tur.ker. One of the RAC personnel fired an M-79 grenade

.11o b -Lkerat what must-have been point blank range, fo r he was

r ' .k '. the chest by shrapnel from his own round. The man was

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During~ the month there were a number of proposed changes to

t,-he TRAN HUNG DAO V assets . There was a plan under consideration

to move RPD 52 north from Phu Cuong to Dau, Tieng. Another plan

under discussion was the relocation of a Seal ' team to the TRAN HUNG

DAG V AO.

A -new command structure of Task Group 216.1I was promulgated

On Z3 June:

JTask Designation Unit Boats Assigned

CTG 216.1 COMTHD 5LCDR Phu

C TU 216.1. 1 RAG 24 17TLC~DRPhu

CTU Z16.1.2 RPD 52 20LT Dao

ICTU Z16.1.3 RAG 30 12LT Ngu-y en

*CTU 216.1l.4 RID 43 14LCDR Dao

Effecti~ve 5 June, LT James R. Reckner relieved LT James R. Jones

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F'o.timy *actlvitydropped to a low level In the TRANHUNQ3 DAO VIý

AO. Dl.rUng Jun*-, Commander CTG 2112.5 reported that his forces

tnf -gecd the enemy in six firefightm, a signifIcant decrea#* fram, th60Q f A.Wtonth, suffering two VNN wounded, while 95 of the enemny

-viore~m sltn. Three VC suspects were captured. Seawolves of HAL-3,

D # ~ c i c : ' Elght, staging from Rach GOJL. stru~ckat the enamzy*,.4

ti4s dvostroying38 sampans and three structures, and accounting

f£x- moistI of the 95 enemy dead in the AO. Black Ponies from VAL-4

flew sjix rn~ssons in the TRANHUNG DAO VI AO destroying three

er.-!rN rn~litary structures and damaging ten others,

The' significant decrease in enemy activity this month was

jvr~a~yd-ae tca two reasons. First, several asset.-.transfers took

p lace~r~ June. RPD 58 transferred from ISB Rach So" to OPB at SbLDee or, 7 June, leaving the OPCON of CTG 212. 5; also on

?Jn'e, RPD 63 arrived at lSB Rach Soi from ATSBu Song, Ori Doc'.

,nrd Ca Mau., c~omingunder the OPCON of CTG 21" 5. In addilr.on,

RPD Q~ eihfted OPOON from CTF 2,10 to CTG Z12.5 when it r n v e

fior OP -Base Kien- An to ISB Rach Soi on 26 May. These transfers

t, F~dby cut down the number of patrols in this AO, and the fact

;h~4l zztwý ~:.:Atswere operating i.n an unfamilliar AO also probably

ted.eýdhr-t. f:ý.vneas of the patrols. Se~cond,the enemy suffered

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heavy losses last month in several melees with RPD 58 and Seawolf units,

and consequently, the VC/ NVA were probably lying low to regroup and resLpp2: o

On 2 June, two males in a sampan approached two PBRs of RPD 61

19 kilometers southeast of Rach Gia (WR 150 870). One man stated his

desire to "Chieu Hoi", while the other said he was an ARVN soldier

captured by the VC on 30 Oct 70 and had been held until 20 May 1971.

The PBRs took the men to the Rach Gia Chieu Hoi Center and to the

Province Chief respectively.

The Kien Giang Prov ince VC made thei r presence felt during a boat __

ambush on 8 June, 22 kilometers south of Rach Gia (WR 158 862). A

The VC fired one B-40 rocket at PBRs 7711 and 7715 of RPD 61. The

boats returned the fire with all -.,eapons while the VC fired four more

rockets but without effect. Meanwhile, two other boats joined themelee while Seawolf helicopters sc rambled an d placed s t r ikes in

the area. Three females ashore in the vicinity of the ambush surrerdered -

to the PBRs and were turned over to a outpost nearby. The Seawolves

sighted one sampan and two other persons in the target area. They

sank the sampan, probably killing two of the enemy. There were no

-rendly casualties or damage in the scrap. No US advisors

pas .'..pated in the operation, however, the Vietnamese patrol officers

used the air brevity code to direct a Seawolf strike for the first timeWA,

under combat conditions.

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i.ih sien Giang guerrIllas struck again on 18 June, attacking

PBR. 7700 and 7718, attacking from both sides of the Cal Lon

R•.•er (WR Z08768) with heavy small arms, automatic weapons, and

B-40 -rcket fire. One rocket hit PBR 7700's M-60 machine g&u.,

.seriously wounding two crewmembers. The PBRs medevaced the wounded

t, Ca'. Nuoc outpost (WR 160 805), where Seawolvea evacuated the men

dizr-ctly to Binh Thuy. Enemy casualties were undetermined,

The Camp Sentinel Radar System at OP Base Kien An was instrumental

In breaking up a possible ground attack during the evening of 24 June.

At 21030H, the operator. of CSR Three reported the approach of three

d'.etinct groups of people, approximately 25 persons per group. Two

groiups approached from a small canal south of WR 126 893. The

th-Ird gro'ap approached the bank of the Cai Lon River from WR 130 894.

All three groups converged bearing 175 degrees true, 300 meters

-rnI-o t•he base. At 2105H, one group approached along a bearing 180

drg:cees t:xueto within 200 meters of the base. The base responded

w.i.thCmrM Mn)tar and machine gun fire. This fire seemed to drive

off the. rrmajority of the people; however, radar continued to detect

m:'em•:z.Lt in the 'icinity of the southern end of the canal (WR I'6 893)"'":'.. -400H. There were no friendly casualties; enemy casualties were

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D-uring the month of June, activity in the TRAN HUNG DAO VIII AO

iacreased over that of the previous month but was still considered

light in comparison to the past. CTG 217. 1 units participated in 48

troop movements or support missions for the Seventh ARVN Division

and the RF and PF forces, while 17 convoy escort and political wax fare

miss ions were conducted. TU 217. 1. 1 supported the Dinh Tuong an d

Kien Phong joint operations. TUONG PHUONG centered around th e

Wagonwheel area (WS 990 550) for the last 17 days of the month. Water-borne units engaged the enemy on eight occasions, resulting in

undetermined damage to enemy assets. Two Vietnamese sailors

were k i l led and si x wounded. "

CTG 116.8 and 116.7.7 a ir units flew 19 so r t i es in support of

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in23 enemy killed and ir:

thedction of 18 bunkers and four sampans. In addition, varo-us

supplifes were captured in the ensuing troop sweeps. Z

The impor tan t naval repai r center at LSB Dong T am w as mor ta red

S . 23 June by one round of undetermined size, while on 17 June th e

S:.asewas hi, by a number of rounds on two sepi•-ate occasions a fewi$.'"

hzau2'sapart. Fortunately, no casualties or damage resulted from the[,.- .

barrage -z- ci±her occasion.

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Tho &!tacks occurringduring the month on LSB Dong Tam were

pt•Td..ttd by intelligence sources in a series of reports . On 10 June,

In h&elltgence report indicated that the section chief of the 273rd Artiller-y

Battliun of VC MR-2 had completed the reconnaissance for the

p1Lcmnf~t of mortars to be used in the shelling of the Dong Tam Base.

"Thereport further sthktedthat the shelling would be in support of VC

zMainand local forces which would accompany the attack. The 273rd

Art.llery Battalion had been reported previously as targeted against

thc Dong Tam Base and My Tho City. Although accompanying attacksia.led to materialize, the report proved to be rather accurate in itU

",,rcdictiozls and information.

The source of enemy weapons and especially the long range mortar

8eed was the subject of another report issued in the latter part of the

rn-,•.A:, MILOMy Tho reported that, on 22 June, the VC in Cai Loy

D-1erict, Dinh Tuong Province received an arms shipment of approxirrmately

ý16 12'rr."r mortar rounds, 160 82mm rounds, 82 75mm rounds, 70 anti-

4-.ink rnir, s, 47 cases of grenades, 67 B-40 rounds, and 70 blocks of TNT.

'h,• sh:prrant was reportedly received at the terminus of the Khung

Ch-'n: Car.al (XS 137 555)by a 37 man rear services unit of VC My Tho

!_t• ,ampans. With this shipment, it was predicted that the 273rd

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Waterborne units engaged the enemy on eight separa te occasicns, fi•e2IA

were enemy init iated resul t ing in five craft being s truck by B-40 rackets .

In every incident, th e craft responded with devastating suppress ive fre

and continued to operate. On II June at 1745H, two PBRs of RPD 53

on routine patrol of the Kinh Xang (XS 357 541), II kilometers

northwest of Dong Ta m , received an unknown n u mb er of B-40

rockets . One rocket s t ruck th e af ter section of HQ 7543 causing

minor f iberglass damage. O th er rockets f i red by th e VC missed their

ma r k as th e PBRs responded with devastating f ire . Seawolf ai rcraf t

were scrambled to ass i s t , an d with th e use of th e brevi ty code, th e

VN N off icers were able to di rec t the attack. However, p r i o r to ar r iva l

on scene , th e enemy broke off th e engagement an d control passed to th e

NOC. The PBRs proceeded to an ARVN outpost an d picked u- -F

reactionary troops for a sweep of the area. Two Vietnamese sa'oers

were wounded in th e encounter an d th e damage to PB R 7543 was

c~ns'dered minor.

On 13 June at 0015H, tw o RID 42 craft, while In amb u sh posit 'on on th e

Kin.h Tong Doc Loc (XS 365 585), 18 kilometers northwest of Dong Tam,

were a t tacked by an unknown n u mb er of VC with B-40 rockets an d AKo4-

Eire. Alfa boat 5156 was struck by two B-40 rockets but returned the fEre

nthe .*.-e minutes that th e altack continued before contact w as broken ' .

Thtee VN;, .. iorsc.were wounded-hd~evaicUateifdi a',Dustoff helo arriviing .

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ox, Pcrte At 0150H with a Night Hawkginshtp. While the operatton was

*-A:-• p•ltce, the gunship ailetdeed the remaining sniper fire and at OQZfi'4.

me rneodevac was completed and Alfa 5156 resumed operations.

25 June. at 1120H, PBR 7545 returned to My Tho with minor hull

damage after being struck with B-40 rockets on the Kinh:Xang, The

rocket causing the major damage struck the canopy .nd then exploded,

A &1rLoopweep was immediately conducted with no contact being established,

howevcr, one B-40 rocket was found on the ground In the vicinity.

0% . the same day at 1800H, two PBRs of RPD 53 on routine patrol

of the Kinh Xang, two miles northwest of Dong Tam, were attacked

- ; . t . B-40 rockets fired from the west bank in the vicinity of XS 388

471.' One of the PBRs received one h-.t resulting in minor damage and

•r.e Viet7aarnese sailor was killed and two were wounded. The two

11)3Rjs, asallsted by two additional PBRs and two boats of RAG 2l/3*.,

xf:-.c.rned the enemy fire, and reactionary forces from a nearby outpost

to swoeopthe area. The troops reported no con"'act bn:t recovered

",. .e.-pended B-40 rocket.

Ag*.-. on the same day at 2355H, two boats of RID 4C in a night

ai•r,."%Phposition, were attacked with an unknown humber of B-40

rnckizs %. miles northwest of Dong Tam (X 2.65 584). An ASPB received

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damage to th e boat. After the third rocke t w as f ired, contact was

immnediately broken by the enemy. A reactionary force inserted at

f i r s t l ight, with no significant resu l t s recorded.

Th e Dong T am Naval Base w as mor ta red on tw o occasions during

the month causing no casualt ies or damage. On 13 June, one rocket

round impacted, probably a zeroing round for the at tacks to fo low.

At 2135H on 17 June, 20 rounds of harassing fire impacted at XS

411 431. Tw o hours l a ter, five rounds impacted at XS 412 432.0

Investigation of the attack by Sector S-2 revealed that the Z135H fire

was due to the Sam Giang Artillery Base responding to a contact°

The 2335H fire was due to enemy activity, possibly the 273rd and

30"' F Artillery Battalions operating in the area.

TUONG PHUONG, a joint operation from Dinh Tuong and Kier. Phluorng

Proyi-nces, was launched on 15 June when 121 boats of RAG 2I 3* :.-ertd

a p. i toon of infantry and af terwards patrolled th e canals in the opcra- ngarea . Twelve boats of RAG 2 1133 conducted psycholigical warfa re

operat ions on th e Kinh Hai an d M-.oi T am by distributing l'tera-,ure,

medical supplies, and clothing, and talking to the inhabitart-s. The

-- Pera%'on was launched to tr y to blunt th e VC actib.rty in th e area est-1.mated L.-

by Se e.2th ARVN Intell igence to have 6,000 VCI. Eight VC battaiorns

operatc :.re AO with th e 26 IA an d 5,14C of major concern s ince they

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"+ 1,, pnrrated prlncipaUy around the Knh Xang aridKirh Tong Vo, Luc*

I't, T f n : , n g level of a VCbtttalion Is esttmated at 2SO men of whtth

+! North Vietn.mese Inuiltrators,

To' counter this force, RAG21/33 has been employed on the wwetern

w.4eirwlys, KitnhHat Muol Tam from X8 100 465 to Wagonwheel (WS 990

' .O), tnorthn Kinh Tong Doe Loc to X8 0"5 585 and northwest on

Kn'I Ta! Muot to WS 983 565 o This area was e.xpnded wtth the advent

f the. r•tt7y season and was expected to cover ther majoAty of Ktnh Tong

Doe Loc. Four RAG 21/33 boats and four RPD 53 PBRs were on the My

'*.ýI)oRivfz from XS 390 415 to XS 910 350. Six PBRs were on the KIMuh

Xiong fro£mDong Tam (XS 412 427) to XS 312 577. Nine RID 42 boats

were or, the Tong Doc Loc from XS 203 600 to Kinh Xang at XS 358 538.

An,ovorl;ipping area between the PBRs and '"Heavys" was requireld as

Lhj :.m' t., an east to west location for VC traffic, and a nmaJor'f.try6f

c.:.'tct 1•.,,tfhe AO occur at this point. Nightly arnbushes were set or'. *11

tu'2.id waterways and werejcoordhzixted with ARVN cwLtpoltsin jo•.rt

JJF'VNN prt.ci.pation. Two U.S. Army helicopter squadrons were

enrnjjp1.yyri for them troop iunsertions and extractions from the Se'venth

"4KV N DIMIiion, By the end of the month, the operation was procveditrg

i,,.:'t~hiy w,,.h, ..deatermined results.

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Dit.ing thn month of June, the TRAN HUNGDAOXVIXAO w&s

highlighted by wholesale changes in its bo&:adarioosand the disestablish-

ment of two bases, ATSB Song Ong Doc and ATSB Ca Mau. The TRAN

HUNGDAOXVII AO was restructured to include the TRAN HUNGDAO

X AO, upon its dismantling on 5 June at 0800H, thus becoming the

l rges t AO in the Delta. CTG 212.6 was relieved of responsibility

for the area by CTF 210.

Operat.on TRAN HUNGDAO X was initiated on 28 September 1969

;ýnd ended on 5 June 1971. During the almost two years of Its existence,

A.'a-.sttached to the operation killed 457 enemy troops and captured

143, wh,.le destroying 728 sampans. There were 53 friendly sailors

k:.lPd and 373 wounded.

ATSB Song Ong Doc was formally disestablished on 4 "une at

180011. This base had been a kulwark in the defenses on the western

i.'& of the Delta and had the distinction of being overrun once. on

Oct-oer, 1ý;70, ;t It's old location near the mouth of the Song Ong Doc.

d by this temporary set barjk, the base was re-established In

•.."-,i~rrnl*ijr1970, further into enemy toirrtory, abcouthalfway bstwoen the,rn'x;,h oi Song Ong Doc and Ca Mau, where it stood unt•l the decisionWais made t,,

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Support LSTs and the indefensible disposition of the base itself.

The only other naval base in the area, ATSB Ca M-u, was

disestablished on 17 June, due to pressure from the Senior ProvinceAdvisor and a hostile %ivilpopulace, who did not like the base, an

obvious target, to be near their homes. As a result of these base

disestablishments, the only U.S. Naval personnel left in the Ca Mau

area were the Seabees who are constructing ISB Ca Mau, personnel

attached to CTFA 210 at the MACVCompound, Seal Team One, DetachmentAz-

Golf, Papa Platoon, and Seawolf Helicopter Detachment Three at Ca Mau'"1Long Strip.

Combat activity diminished in the area during June as the total

number of waterborne firefights dropped to five; one VC was killed while

friendly casualties werean'ePF soldier killed, seven Vietnamese and

American sailors, and six PF soldiers were wounded. There were.

no minings, a considerable improvement over previous months, and io

watercraf t were lost. There was one te rror is t incident in Ca Mau to

remind the GVN that there were still VC lurkiqg almost everywhere.

Seawolf helicopters of Detachment Three at Ca Mau and Detachment

Eight at Rach Gia were active tin all parts of the TRAN HUNG

DAO XVTIOP area. 116.7.3 flew 26 misslone killing two VC and

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p: .bat ly killing two more, while destroying two bunkers, 25 sampans

and eight structures. 116.7.8 flew only six missions in TRAN HUNG

DAO XVII but they were highly successful; 18 enemy soldiers were killed,

antlher £2 were probably killed; two bunkers, and 12 sampans were

destroyed while eight bunkers and 18 structures were damaged.

On 5 Sune at 0900, a LCM-8 was hit with one B-40 rocket at

VR 870 003 on the Song Ong Doc. The escorting boats of RAG 26

returned and suppressed al l enemy fire and the convoy continued to

Ca Mau. One USN officer, LT J. D. Pickett, received slight wounds and

the vessel suffered a six inch hole in the port side forward. Enemy

zas':alties were undetermined.

The Kinh Can Gao was the setting for another attack on 5 June; this

t'me the audacious VC ambushed a convoy of TG 210. 1 less than one,

rle fsron OP Base Kien An. The lead boat, an ASPB, was nearly

"hl" two B-40 rockets, but no casualties were inflicted by the

Toicketk and the convoy was able to proceed to the 33rd

Regimernta" CP without further incident.

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t t,:ewst zp the Song Ong Doc with one RF c,,mpary embarked, was

k; d -:he VC with 10-12 rounds of B-40 rockets and AW fire. •:W

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were inserted for a sweep at WR 020 055. One VC was killed, and friendly

units suffered one killed, eight wounded, and minor damage to two FOMs.

The persistent VC of Song Ong Doc District struck again on 28June at 0945H when a five boat convoy of RAID 74 was fired upon at

WR 008 047 by an unknown number of the insurgents using B-40

rockets. There were no hits, fire was suppressed by the combat air

patrol, consisting of Black Ponyr Aircraft, and the rivercraft continued

to Ca Mau without further incident. There were no friendly casualties

and enemy casualties were undetermined.

On 29 June, at 1900H, in the northern U Minh, two Americans and

five Vietnamese were wounded when their LCP, a RAID 72 craft, was

struck with two B-40 rockets. The attack occurred at VR 965 730 on

the Kinh Can Gao. Both boats returned the fire and ARVN art i l lery

support was called in. The rivercraft proceeded to the 33rd RegiB,. n-al

CP where the wounded were medevaced, The boat suffered no damage

ln the attack; Communist casualties could not be determined.

Terror i s t s of the Ca Mau City cell struck on 5 June, at 2115H°,

"wheo.n two males, one clad in black, the other in white, astride a Honda,

.r-.w a grenade into a group of Vietnamese, outside a restaurant, near

the mal - market place. Results of the attack were one civililan killed, '

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im two operations in June. In the f irst operation conducted on 5 Junebetween 1715H and 1745H, Seals.assisted by Luc Luong 66s, inserted

frorn two SEALORD Slicks at VR 848 159. Seawolf helicopters

suppressed all ground fire and the commandos patrolled to the target

area. They observed two armed men fleeing and opened fire with

small a rms, but were not able to locate any casualties. While in

the area, one structure, two bunkers, two grenades, one stove, and

20 kilos of rice were destroyed; Seawolves accounted for two enemy

killed while none of the friendly forces reported casualties.

On 26 June at 1710H-4Seals, a KgS guide, and an interpreter,

inserted a. VR 828 169 by SEALORD Slicks to interdict VC infra-

str-zt-areo They patrolled 25 meters to the target hootch, se t security,

Xnd searched with negative results . The Seals then patrolled back to th e

LZ and -called for a normal extraction. Results of the operation were

twz enemy probably killed by Seawolf helicopters; one hootch, and

azne ,_-'ker destroyed.

Salvage teams were not as active during June as in previous months:

.er, they did salvage two rivercraft, one at Ca Mau on 1 JuneS_4

4::d ).-c ,3r, 8 June in the U Minh near the 32nd Regimental CP. After-ations the much praised salvors of HCUo1 and their VNN

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cotzn-terparts changed operational control to TRAN HUNG DAO IV.

Tyn early June, units of TRAN HUNG DAO XVII played a. major pa,-- in

one of the most impressive political coups of the Vietnam war. On 2JtUrne1

the 21st ARVN Division, currently engaged in very successful search and

clear operations in the U Minh Forest, celebrated its 12th ann~iversary

amid visits from such dignitaries as President Thieu, General Ab.ý,rrs,

and Am-cbassador Bunker. Also on hand for the festivities at 'the 33rd

Regimental CP were approximately 3, 000 civilians, who, in order

to travel to the location, had to t ransi t the notorious Song Trem TremnL~

and Kinh Can Gao in sampans; both waterways are very sus cept!ýble

TO ter ror is t attack, but units of CTF 2-10 secured them and prevented

an Wnients. The ceremonies were held in the heart of a formerly

Impregnable enemy stronghold without a single terrorist -il-xcident -1c.~

mnar th-,eday, a great accomplishment for GVN forces0

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were czmmended by DEPCOMTHD for this significant achieveme -n.

A zrislis developed during June, when, witlh the immikrxenLaco~

*:-f A'SB Ca Mau on 17 June, it was realized that the Na-r,ywauld a

2a--grcrhave a teletype communicatilon circuit. With asita~ rc-m

a!'-,rie concerned, namely COM.NAVFORV, U. S. Armv 5--nd ~

Sg.a.Ba'-tallz-r±,CTG 212.6, and TF 21 0 Staff, CTF 2?-;) made a ~

grczý-tex:i- =nd suacceeded 'In moving the telety-pe a iesfrom

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an.d continuance of Naval communication to the Ca Mau area of the Delta.

On 30 June at Kien An OP Base, SP5 G. C. Hinsdale, USA, was killed

'While heroically maneuvering a burning, JP-4 filled LCM away from

the pier where two other petroleum filled craf t were moored . He

steered the craft toward the opposite shore and when he was sure of .'J,

'Hs direct'-on, jumped from the stern of the vessel. His body was recovered

and death was due to drowning. His actions undoubtedly saved other lives

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;L '.:'tg, as the convoys managed to satisfy only the most pressing

we d• o the city. Residential and commercial districts went up to

"0.0 h11w:rs per day without electricity. Before the 10 June convoy arrived,

stoxks of auto and industrial diesel and fuel oil were completelye.xhausted, and MOGAS was critically low. Convoy TP-22 considerably

reLlieved the problem, and each, successive convoy restored the capital

city anew. The situation fundamentally improved at the end of June

whon new contracts for additional shipping took effect.

Convoy TP-22, consisting of two merchantmen, two tankers,

threje tugs and a Leapdal towboat, and carrying a total of 1,772, 100

gallons of POL, departed Tan Chau Mt 0300H, on 10 June, and arrived

at 1500H the same day. The return convoy, PT-22, composed of

t-7,. merchantmen, two tankers, four tugs, and a Leapdal towboat,

carriedone

bargewith 1600 tons of rice, and left Phnom Penh at lY2IO1

,n !- e, arrtving at Tan Chau at 193011without incident.

Mek•cngconvoy TP-23, left Tan Chau at 0200H on 17 June

"..-in.g four merchantmen, four tankers, and a Leapdal towboat,

" ." ,a otal of 1, 214, 000 gallons of POL, At 0500H, the minesweepers

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incident where the enemy attacked the lead naval element of a con.v.oy

since TRAN HUNG DAO XVIII began in January of this year.

The convoy arrived in Phnom Penh at 1630H with no further incident.

The last previous ambush occurred a month earlier on 17 May. The

return convoy, PT-23, composed of a merchantman, two tankers,

and a Leapdal towboat, departed Phnom Penh at 1045H and arrived

at Tan Chau seven hours later; carried by the monsoon current on the

Mekong, the convoy made the trip from Phnom Penh to Tan Chau in

half tne time that the upriver trip takes.

Mekong convoy TP-24 left Tan Chau at 2100H on 24 June, with a

composition of one merchantman, three tankers, three tugs, and two

Cambodian ferry boats, carrying a total of 1, 770, 000 gallons of POLo -.

At Z325H the convoy was attacked approximately two miles north of the

border with 14 B-40 rockets. The tanker VIRA II received one hit'

in the engine room, resulting in one crewman being wounded and a |.

momenrtary steering casualty. The attack was broken by the quick

reaction of the escorting PBRs, and by air strikes from USN Seawolves, V

Black Ponies, and USAF Shadows, all under the control of USAF

Rustic. This was the southernmost attack on the convoys since

"'RuANHUNG DAO XVIII began, and the second attack of the month.

There r.ad been frequent previous reports of enemy units operating in 7

., ~the area c4 t.'"eattack. Two attacks on nearby outposts, at WT 203

C, 8 and WT 2kt4 ,55, took place approximately six hours prior to

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the oo•\oj att4ck. The extensive movement and activity In thi area

' north of the border indicated that the enemy intentions were to

eCcurn the territory for themselves# As convoy TP.24 continued

up the river, the advance element of MSRs cama under attack for

the second time In the month. At 0620H in the vicinity of WT L95 670,

trie tunernyfired five B-40 rocketsp missing the boats and hence

Inflicting no casualties.

On 30 June, a special convoy, consisting of an LSSL, two LCUs,

two Lf.tM-8s, two PCFs, one ATC, one ASPB, and a Zippo, enroute

fron', Neak Luong to Tan Chau, was attascked at 2105H at grid line 29.

The LSSL received three 57mm recoiless rocket hits resulting

in two personnel slightly wounded, and minor damage. The wounded

were transported later to YRBM '21 by PCF.

T'he seeminly token support of the Mekong convoy operations

: thu Khmer Navy was a subject of concern by COMNAVFORV,

-i detailed i.n a message on 2 June to COMUSMACV. The first part

,if tho message read: "The MNv., has reduced their craft contribution for

Mekong convoy operations t& fo.r PBRs. While it is recognrzod that

M ."-, other commitments, preservation of the Mekong LOC must.wid their highest priority. At the present t ime, their contrIbution

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be possible to accommodate other requirements."1 On 29 June

the American Ambassador to Cambodia,, Ambassador Swank, went

to Tan. Chau to review the convoy operations in response to the

message,

Ame=;ican air assets provided invaluable assistance to the

:-onvx, s during the month in an escort capacity. On t1he morningbefore the 24 June convoy, Seawolves struck ten structures where

13 VC were believed to be hiding in an ambush posture, at an area

just asouth ýf theb order on. the west bank of the Mekong. Results

of -.he strike could not be determined. Lat-er that day, at 1820H,

two ozt'posts or. the west bank Just south of the border, '-'nthe

VicInIty of WT 204 Or-: and WT 203 058, came under attack twice,

aa~d er. the second attack, a USN heavy fire team immediately ,ý -ponded,

~~.Artillery stri-',kes were lifted for the Seawolves as they made passes,

and thb enemy fired at the helos each time, but no casualties were

incurred arnd damage to the enemry, was unknown 0

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TRAN HUNG DAO XIX

Thae lull persisting in the TRAN HUNG DAO XEX AO during the

rnonth of May came to an end as the enemy took advantage of rest

and refitting to challenge friendly forces throughout the length of

Kien Hoa Province. The enemy operations, selective, consisting

mainrdy of ambushes, indicated a well organized plan for the destruictiona

of material and personnel with the minimal loss of attendant assets . CTG___

2 17. 2 units recorded five firefights, resulting in the s inking of one

LCM and the wounding of 72 friendly troops (two Vietnamese sailors).

Four VC were killed and countless enemy supiflies were destroyed.

CTG !'A.6. 8 and 11IS. 7. 7 air units flew 18 sorties in support of

TRAN HUNG DAO XIX units resulting in the destruction of three bunikers,

flive sampans, and four structures. In addition, they were credited

with killing 80 enemy soldiers.

The passage of men and materials into Kien Hoa Prwv4race, repoxitt.4

ir, the past, vwas again the focus of a series of intelligence report-s

d-,;r-_ngthe month of June, On 5 June, an intelligence report related

that a Y-4 Rear Services Team of VC Ben Tre was operating !in

* -hie area, composed of about 29 men with an unknown number of'

* RT-'G AK-47s and K-54s. The unit also had an unknown number

of rný;oi 1. d boats used to receive and distribute ammuniti-on and

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weapons within Kien Hoa Province. The report fur-ther stated thatA

the rnmtorized sampans were disguised as fishing boats, and thatL e

the, were used to offload ships anchored offshore (XS 81 01-). The

materiel was then transported for caching to the area of the Bun Car.al

in Thanh Phu District (XS 705 038). The materials were not generally

stored in this area for a long period of t ime for fear of their being -

discovered by friendly forces. Y

On 14 June, another report indicated the enemy was actiLvely u-gsin-g

a supply route between the Rach Ba Tu (XS 886 297) in Go Gong

Pravince and the Rach 1hem (XS 908 263) in the Bith Dai Secret Zone.

-Le s'app'.es were moved at night by motocrized sampan from th ecNsBinh Dai Secret Zone along the My Tho River to var-ous places In

Dir- UtuCig Provqince.

W .... th e c ::-nt.nuing intelligence reports of the o:Sif'atZr.f sup. -3

ictz K!'.. Boa Pro_,ince, it wo-d• :-seem tha t t-he enernr does nct 1a zk fýt. a

sh:orti_-ges if rnater._:al to. prosec-ute his gt..eirrIlla opera:,on_-s, secr L

prerr:se was apparently disproved after the debrief-ing af a Hci Chasnh

,'.,O stated that, at present, the VC in Kien H.qaare siffe:tng m?..:

r-tges .-f medc'.nes, finod, and amxain tandu" "

a re b,,.-.• s',pied by drawing on existing caches. Distr-tc% LF i.n'szs

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He further stated that to improve the supply system, the 8th Battalion

of the 516th was recently formed inThdnh Phu District to receive supplies

sent from Hanoi by sea. The battalion has about 80 men and is also

responsible for the security of a radio station in Thanh Phu. He also

stated that in 1970, there were two shipments to Kien Hoa by

:'submarine", one in early 1970 and one in November 1970. The

later "submarine" supposedly was sunk by GVN forces after running

aground in the vicinity of XR 87 85.

The later "submarine" to which the report refers was probably th e

SL-3 trawler sunk on 21/22 November at the same location identified

by the Hoi Chanh. Two crewmembers of the SL-3 were captured after

the trawler was sunk.

CTG 217.2 waterborne units engaged the enemy on five different

occasions, and the ambush technique of the enemy played a signi-LkIcnt

roLe in the success they achieved. In the most severe attack of th e

month, LCM 1565was assailed on the Cai Cam Canal (XS 415 3Z2)

as U.- urned toward the bank to insert troops on 6 June. The. Tes•Xlting

o.-.devastaating fire laid down by the enemy killed one soldier and wounded ,..

2. The LCM took one hit in the storage compartment aft of the we"11d

detik, one hit ( a large hole five inchesin diameter) in the oxter

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Region-al Force troops swept along the bank of the river and kept

pac.e with the river craft. At approximately 1030H, the boats were

ambushed by a small VC unit on the south bank of the river. The

moni'tor was hit by a B-40/41 rocket and small arms. The other

craft suppressed the fire and Seawolves were called in for additional

firepower, but were refused permission to fire due to friendlies in

the area. No personnel casualties were incurred and the Mon'tor

had slight damage but continued on. As the RAG craft exited the Bai Lai

River, they were again ambushed at XS 568 356, probably by the same,

ambush team. No damage was incurred and again the enemy f Ire was

suppressed. The combined group finally arrived at the outpost

jXS 555 363) but found it had been overrun and all nine defenders killed,

wounded, or missing. This was the second outpost overrun in three

days.

On 26 June, a combined operation of the First Battalion, Teath

Regiment, and naval units (approximately 220 men) departed fronr.;

the old OP area (XS 507 267) in RID 45 boats and proceeded tG the B-,

".re ferry landing for further transport by helicopter to the West Bai

Lal river area, (bounded by XS 575 335, XS 585 367, XS 520 3919,

nd XS 520 345). One company landed north of the r iver and two tothe ;. .h and al l proceeded to sweep toward the Bai Lai RiVei. where

eight RAG .<.,'31 boats were acting as a blocking force. No cc-n-ac.t was

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day, ARVN troops killed five VC, and captured two weapons and 15

gre-nades. On 29 June, RPD 56 PBRs medevaced two wounded ARVN

from the west Bai Lai River (XS 545 363) to a wai.ting ambulance at

the KInh Moi ferry (XS 556 307). In addition,:a-.' RAG" Ps-yops Team "__A

provided medical attention, haircuts, and supplies to the lnhabitanf•s,

pi-asplayed tapes and distributed leaflets emphaz4ng the GVN • •

pacification theme. By month' s end, the operation was continuing

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TRAN HUNG DAO XX

The TRAN HUNG DAO XX AO was characterized by very light

activity during June. There were no naval fi.?efights and no friendly

casualties, while the enemy lost three killed to ground operations in

adjacent areas. -

Seawolf helicopters from Detachment Five at Chau Doc, conti-~n-d

to strike at infiltration routes from the northern end of the TRAN HUNG

DAO XX AO to Chau Doc, centering around Ba Chuc and Tien Bien, both

well known focal points of infiltration. The " Wolves" flew 19

missions in the area; four were combination strike/Psyops missions with the

remainder strikes only. GDA was unknown because the area of the strikes

was enemy infested and ground sweeps werenot conducted there. *.-

On 7 June, the one water-borne incident during the month occurred

when a PCF, HQ 3809, captured a heavily laden junk filled with 2, 000

kilograms of salt. The occupants had no papers and would not- revea! *their destination or the intended use of the salt. Results of the capluze

were one suspect detained, and one junk with 2, 000 kilograms of L [V

salt impounded.

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TkAN HUN1GDA'OxXiI,

TRAN HUNGDAOXXIII was a Prisoner of War (POW) repatriation

aborted at the last minute which involved 13 motley North Vietnamese

prisonmrs and a dairling international retlnue of accompanying

reporters. Planning started after the South Vietnamese government

announced on ^6 May that it had accepted Hanolts te rms for th e

-eratriation of sick and wounded prisoners held by the South. At 1130H

or. 4 June, it was confirmed that the North Vietnamese government had

reacindedtheir

agreementto take the POWs, due mainly to the meager

nurnmber involved and possibly the loss of face that would be evident.

as a result of the refusal by many others to accept the repatriation.

The diplomatic imperatives of the mission gave the 13 motley and

morose North Vietnamese prisoners a highly inflated status, with

a dlspropor-tionately large retinue. The governmeryt of South Vietnarnaelected RADM Tran Van Chon, the VNN CNO, to head the operation.

C APRT Richard 0. Paddock, the commanding officer of NSF DaNang,

led the E - n a n American military element, which included 46 *Uo So

Na-v 'rnen, who served in communications, operations, security, medical

•drn•.:'.rative., and public information roles. Also included in th e

•~'.KJ'Tagewvere a 19 -man MSC transportation unit of US Navrmen, staffs

ol RADM Chfin and CAPT Paddock, and representatives of the

I-terna:V.onal Red Cross, as well as two embassy officials. Swar-ming

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over the 13 prisoners were 85 newsmen, representing nearly every major

news service in the world.

The focal point of the operation was the U.S. Navy Ship UPSHUR, I

a Military Sealift Command (MSC) operated 19,600 ton troop transport

which ordinarily hauled ROK troops to and from the war zone. The ,.N

North Vietnamese delegation in Paris had stipulated that a civilian

ship would be employed to transfer the POWs to the rendezvous site.

Originally the Republic of Vietnam had planned to turn over '5710-

POWs, but representatives of the International Red Cross who

interviewed them could find only 13 willing to return to the North. These

POWs, ranging from a 44 year old military and political agent to •-<--

a 20 year old private, were all si.ck or wounded, and were a ll captured

in t- e past five years. The GVN held at the time 37, 914 prisoners, only

9, 381 of which were NVA.

At 1800H on 3 June, the UPSHUR got underway and steamed towards

the rendezvous point a mile north of the DMZ. The weather was

overcast, with light swells, and winds were at 13 knots. An Allied

ceast-f ire was declared for a 30 kilometer radius of the landing zone. [.,'

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outside ;. cease-fire zone, both on normal deployment with the ta , -•

U.S. Seventh Fleet.

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A Hanoi. broadcast early in the morning of 4 June relayed their

RPaxisdelegation's statement that since the GVN was go;.ng to Tepatt iate

a scanr±13 POWs, the repatriation was annulled. Subseqt~ent high-levc!

c.-•ns2-ztations failed to reach a happier outcome for the POWs, and

he )•er-ation was cancelled as of 0330Z on 4 June. According to a

sct "dherence to the Geneva Convention on POWs whi.ch is Allied-poli.cy, while hostilities are going on, there can be no forcible

-epatriat-io-n of POWs.

Nearly a year ago, on 11 July 1970, a similar POW repatriat 'on

operation, TRAN HUNG DAO XII, successfully deposited 24 North 1;

V iet iamese fishermen and 62 sick and wounded POWs irxnoNIVA

hands an a beach just north of the DMZ. Primarily a VINNope-rat..ion,.

TRAN HUNG DAO XII had USN personnel acting in an advisGAy3.

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LONdrTAU SI*ppAN.

For the seventh consecutive month, enemy efforts on the Long r

Tau Shipping Channel were nil. But the minesweepers of MID 93

continued to find trouibles in other ways. While on the return leg of :, •

a sweep of the Long Tau, MSR HQ 1801 waa involved in a collision

-:with a PBR. The MSR was sweeping the starboard bank when a PBR

approached and passed between her and the bank. A second PBR

then came right and cut across the bow of the MSR. The minesweeper

reportedly maintained course and speed until the t ime of the collision

because of reduced maneuverability with her sweep gear extended.

Wh:Ie the MSR sustained no damage, the PBR was extensively damaged, .*

and the two minesweepers present took the PBR to LSB Nha Be for repa-rs.

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CTF 211-

The fallowing was the disposition of the RAID units at the end of Juneo

RAID OPCON Location

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71 CTG 210. 1 Kien An L

7 CTF 210 K le~n -r

73 GTF 210 Kien An

74 CTF 210 Ca Mav

75 CTF 210 Ca MauEach RAID is composed of approximately eight ATCs, five ASPBs,

, VONs, one CCB, and one REF. The RAIDs are reviewed in

,,,.' respective operations. N;

O- 7 Tune RAIDs 72 and 73 shifted from the Mekong c.:nvoy

cuperation,TRAN HUNG

DAO XVIII, 1o CTF 210 at Kien An.

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The following w as th e disposit ion of R PD units a t th e en d of June.

R PD OPCON Locat ion

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53 Z17.1 My Tho

54 Z14.1 Ben Keo, Tan An, Ben L-.i ___-_

55 218.2 Tan Chau, Chau Doc r;%A

56217.2 Vinh Long

57 228 Nba Be

58 212.5 Sa Dec

59 218.2 Tan Chau '

60 213.1 Hoj An

61 210.4 Rach Sei

6Z 212.6 Phuoc Xuyen

63 212.5 Rach So i

64 214. 1 Tuyen NhoniMoc Hoa

65 Training Binh Thuy-

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"Thefollowing was the disposition of RID units at the end of June.-

RID OPCON Location

*40 2.14.1 Go Dau Ha

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42 217.1 Dong Tam-

43 216.1 Phu Cuong

44 214.1 T ra Cu

45 217.2 Dong Tam46 214.2 Nam Can

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48 218.2 Tan Chau

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: MON, si;. ASPBs, one CCB, one Zippo, one REF, and one RECH.

The RIDs a:-e reviewed in their respective operations.

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The following was the disposition of RAG units at the and of June:

RAG OPCON Ljcation

22 CTG 216. 1 Phu Cuong

24 CTG 2 16. 1 Phu Cuong"~S

26 CTF 210 Ca Maii

27 CTF 228 Nha Be

28 Commuander, Long Binh 4,Y

Third River- Area

30 CTG 2 16. 1 Phu Cuong

32 Commander, HueFirs t Coastal Zone

21/133 CTG 217. 1 Dong Tarn

23/31 CTG 217. 2 Vinh Long¾%

25/z9 OT G 2.10. 3 Ca Mau

81 Convoy Escort Cat, ai Z-Fourth Riverine Area

Each RAG is composed of approximately five ATCý, on~eMON,

one ASPB, for CCBs, and six LCM-6s. The RAG are reviewed*A

hi their respective operaltions.

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""The fadlowlng was the disposition of the Seal Detachments operating

... a combat capacity throughout the country at the end of June:-,

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Tf-eam One 217. 1 Dong T am LT Fletcher'•~ ~~ e l- of '•-'•

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S4 "*Team One 116. 2 Ca Mau LT Antrimn

"Papa Platoon

Team One 116.12 Ben Luc LTJG Taylor -Det Golf LTJG CampbellQuebec Platoon

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Team One 116.5 Rach Soi LTJG BoyhanDet Golf LTJG Dundas

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Dxr:.rngJune the "Ponies" flow 272 missions of which 77 were in

cot-act with the enemy. 215 enemy were killed; 111 structures,

44 b,.=kers, and 46 sampans were damaged or destroyed.

The following are some of the highlights of 116.8 operations in

support of allied units during June.

On 4 June "Ponies" placed strikes in support of MAT148, Chturng

Thien Province, when the outpost came under attack byan unknown

size enemy force armed with 57mm recoiless rifles and B-40

rockets. The aircraft received 12. 7mm anti-aircraft fire but

sustairned no damage. Results of the strikes were 24 NVA/VC killed.

In Vinh Binh Province on 9 June, Black Ponies struck a VC bunker

co'rnp.ex and we•re credited with five enemy casualties; one fuelsto•age ta•rk, two bunkers, four structures and two sampans were

Scrambling in support of the 21st ARVN Division on 10 June in

the U ML..h, OV-10 aircraft placed strikes for troops in contp.ct

".t'h uk .nown size force of NVA. After the enemy assault was

l " rn .d ;4 , he ground sweep counted 12 enemy soldiers killed as a

rTesult of the.-",m•rmýardment.

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The enemy in Bac Lieu outsmarted h imse l f on 22 June when, pior"

t,- ptiforming a mission, Black Ponies requcested smoke from

frilendlies to mark their position. The enemy, obviously listen-.ing on.

the circuit, responded a)so, but with the wrong color, thereby marking

their positiron for the aircraft. The results of this errof were 13 enemy k:l.ldo

Finally, on 25 June, th e a i rmen placed a s t r ike in Ba Xuyen

Province on a VC infested treeline. Results of the strike were 10 VC t

killed; two s t ruc tu res , and one burne r destroyed.

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MARKET 'rrME iorcein continued to maintain an effective barAi,-mr

aezinst the sea-borne infiltration threat during June. USNunits inspected

1, 2.46 craft during day and night patrols, boarded 368 and detained

no-ne. The VNN Inner Barrier units bcarded 9,485 jurvksand sampans,

detaining 16 perpons. The coastal surveillance units, as a whole, accounted

for three oi the enemy probabl- killed, and 112enemy structures and six

burkears destroy•ed.

The new MARKET TIME reorganization , the "Cloud Concept", was

still under evaluation at the close of the month. CTF 213 established

the first task unit under the OPCON of CTG 213.4. Designated

TU 213.4.3, the task u.nitconsisted of one PCE (OTC), the InnDr,

Barrier patrol t.nilts assigned to areas 8G, 8D, 8E, 9C, and supplemented,

when ava:,aJle, by PCFs from OGT 2G4.Z. CTU Z3.34.3 was resi•,neib,

)r patrollIng the ccas-'•ine between the Bo De River rmnuth (WQ 465 955E

t- Song Ong Doc R'ver mort•h(WQ 78 97).

As wellas 'eetruct-a*ririg the Inner Barrier patrol units, some

,-;b.h-..,• t'he O'c0-i. Barrier -•itb were made. The outer MARKET TIMEvvWq7jrexibdided irtco appro rimate.30 mile a-reas, and oscillat.ng

tf.d'., wire desalgnated. In addit-lon, COMNAVFORV and CTF 15

d:'seed z'tt:rLg P'-3 patrol flights so th:-Aa NOVEMBER (advanclng

ba,:rr'k:) trar.k 'I.' ),- i t o n daily. This tvac.k theoretically would

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radie the probability of detection of a. sovth bound infiltration trawler from b&

to 90-95 percent. After staffing and approval, a 'one month tri,.l of

the NOVEMBER track was planned.

On 5 June, MARKET TIME units got the chance to tr y out their

new organi~zation. At 1830H CTF I15 sent a report received from

SHOTGUN aircraf t to CTG 213. 3 of a possible t rawler off the coast of

the Long Toan Secret Zone. The Senior Advisor, CTG 213.3 deployed

Outer Barrier units 66 and 7B (MSOs USSEXCEL and GALLANT)

to the area of the suspected trawler, while the VNNdirected units 6H

(PCF 37) and 7C (WPB 708) to the area. Senior Advisor, CTG 213. 3

requested Black Pony aircraf t for visual reconnaissance at 1930H.

The Vietnamese commander contacted Coastal Groups 35 and 36, which

sent junks to block the mouth of the Co Chien and Ham Luong Rivers.

USS GALLANT swept Inner Barrier areas on track from the vi&.r'tv

of XR 45 35 to WQ 60 90, and EXCEL, the Inner Barr ie r areas from

XR ?7 63 to XR 50 44. At 2,225H, WPB 708 boarded the suspicious

contact at XR 47 Z' 7 and classified it as non-auspicious. The rapid

response shown by MARKET TIME unitb in this action caused

COMNAVFORV to make the following comments to CTF 115 and 213:

Your rapid response in deploying assigned forces to interceptthe vospected Infiltration trawler reported by SHOTGUN aircraf t.. . ,. i' noted with pleasure. Keep up the good work . . . . RADM Salzer.

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10 MAR 10-O0N 110-30E SL-4 aborted aircr i f tZ I APR 15-51N 109-OOE SL-4 aborted aircraft

19 MAY .Z-00N 11.4-07E SL-4 aborted aircraftZ' MAY 19-O"N 114-14E SL-3 aborted aircraft.

U.,UN 0-15N 104-40E SL-4 aborted aircraf t6E fLTL 07-31N 109-45E SL-4 aborted aircraft

c:: AUGY 18-01r4 113-23E SL-4 aborted aircraft.,S AUG 2!- '4N 17.2-37E SL-4 prob. infiltrated .a i rcraf t(4 SEP 06.?-.N 109-20E SL-6 aborted &Ircraft"; ocr I I 13& 112-32E SL-3 aborted a&rc'aft. O C T 1-00N.13-41E SL-4 aborted a rcref t1.7 rNOV 08-4.,(N 107-30E SL-3 destroryed adrcraft

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CONFIDENTIALI January to I June, 1971, on the Cua Viet - Dong Ha waterway. This

represents exactly halt of the 142 mining incidents reported in all of RVN

during the same period. During this period, seven craft were sunk while

six were damaged. This equated to one craft sunk or damaged out of

every five incidents reported. Yet, this was a relatively low casualty

rate compared to the Delta where three craft were sunk or damaged

for every four incidents reported. In absolute numbers of c ra f t

casualties, TRAN HUNG DAO XVII AO in the U Minh Forest posed

the highestthreat with nine craft sunk and eight damaged during th e

period. Thus, although the most persistent and intense enemy

watermining effort oc . rred on the Cua Viet, the enemy has been

more effective in other areas of Vietnam. The contrast in effectiveness

Io.he enemy mining campaigns between the Cua Viet and the Delta L

reg:_ons can be explained, in part, by the fact that in the Delta, th e

nmajority of incidents involve command detonated mines having a high

"hit probability", whereas on the Cua Viet, the often used, untended

pressure inifuence mine is susceptable to technical problems, as well

as the higrdy effective sweeping efforts of MID 92 1

Reviewing the months events on the Cua Viet, a number of watermines

,, .p lded but caused little or .. no damage. Explosions occurred on 2 Ju.ý_e,

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on 27 Jane, on 218 June, and on 30 June. In each instance, the detonations

caused large waterspouts. Also, during June, USN'/VNN EOD teams

recovered and rendered harmless a rnurnfberof mines. On 17 June..

5. 5 ki'lometers narth no2,th east of Dong Ha (YD 2-67 667), G-*oLinn

*Ptýpular F o c s e n g a g e d a platoon o f V c a p t u r i n g ad turn ing oe

to.ýVNN BOD Team Zero Two, five j30 pc-und block-- of C--' fkplasý e

and fi've duadCHICOM grenades. On 18 June, 1. 5 kilorneters west- of

OP Base Cua Viet (YD 320 638), a fisherman reported a mine in a fishing

net. GSN EODTEUPAC Team 82:1 located and disarmed the mine, a new

typ, cntanin20 ouns o C - , G - 4 , and TNT booster blocks

attached to a full size Soviet made truck inner tube. The mine, a

prss- r ty-pe firs discovered in the Cua Viet on2'6 April,! 11)71,

had been. in the water less than 2)4 hours. Also on. 8 Jvie th~e EODLinhP~sat D 28 66.e E D te m p r ~ o n e l '.~zo~ere

-eam recsoexed two 340 pound sapper sa-tchel charges fe-and by G11

addit-Ional 1watermines on 24 June, en 27 J'une, on 2-8 June, and

ca30 J u ~ . M o s t -if these rn',nes fishe.-men discovered, and they

0 ~ wert p.ý-d 5. 000 )1asters from a special VIP fund fox each mi-ne recovered.

Ho-we-ver, not, a]U the mifie incidents reported dur'ng June resulted

.nt.nVes explosi-ins as captL;.red mines. On 2 juiie, -3re kilomt-ter

nrat-h cas-, t..f OP Base Cu-a V'Irt (YD 345 700), the Qujang Tr"i~ Pr.31in-.e

w a t r s a v i i .* --cky whet: an LCM "mini-dock 1 ' (LGM 8-6b) detona-'Ad

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one of their pressure mines. The explosion caused extensive damage

t:o the engine room machinery and structures. However, the hull

was unC maged, as was! the LCPL carried in the well deck. There

were no personnel casualties. On 18 June, the watersappers achieved one of

their major aims by sinking a rock barge, blocking the channel

temporarily for larger vessels. The barge, filled with 500 tons

of crushed rock, towed by the Luzon river tug SKUNK,detonated

a watermine four kilometers north east of Dong Ha (YD 273 639).

The port bow of the barge caught the brunt of the force of the explosion, 4-

resulting in the crushing of the bow compartments. The tug suffered

Ano underwater hull damage, however, both engine mounts were

broken, and the port main engine oil pump and crank case were cracked.

The tug tried to pull the barge to Dong Ha, but fruitlessly, as ee

barge grounded by the bow at YD 258 623, blocking the channel. .

A salrage team successfully removed the crushed rock cargo, reflzating

the barge. The barge was then towed to Dong Ha.

Several other incidents occurred on the Cua Viet in June. Five

ki-cmetes north east of Dong Ha (YD 277 647), a MID 92 LCPL on

r.Y2:ne patrol received sniper fire from the vicinity of YD 280641, on

,June. The one round fired wcunded a U.S. Navy sailor. Late in the_,~

.eve_' of 12 June, Coastal Group 11 received informati'on that a number

of f!sh.ng >n•_kswere in a restricted zone at YD 31 77. No fr-endly

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Vousola were In the arei, thereforte, CG II perscnnel requested

p.rrnisslan to tAke the vessels under fire. Permission was denied

pnd ing visual inspection of the contacts by VNN TRkANWHUNGDAO XV ur•!s.

The contacts were Inspected, and Zl vessels were detained. A

thorough search yielded no contraband.

La'te in the night of 25 tans, PSDF troops captured two VC &wlmmnr

sappers. Upon interrogation, the sappers revealed that they had planted

one Z00 po-'nd magnrotic pressure mine at the mouth of the Cua Vete

(YD 350 671). The entrance to the r iver was subsequently closed, and

a USN!VNN EOD team was dispatched to the scene to conduct a search.

Thij POWs identified the mine as a HAT-2 (NVA designat".on)/AMD-2

(SovAet drsignatlon) acou.st-ic detonat.ng type. The POWs a0eO-iea ]C.a

the location of a bunker complex (YD '.82 767) where, supposedly, more

rnm.nos-were located. On the afternoon of 27 June, the CG 11 sweep

team, a VNN EOD team, arid MID 92 personnel and advisors conducted

a search operat-ion with ono of the NVA sappers and fo-and three VC ounkers.

Th,- gir -up, while destroying one of the bunkers, came under mor-ar

and synall amrs attack. The team returned the fire and extracted. USS

HULL, E.ring her 5"1/54 guns, raked the area, effecting one secondary-

, . , . • . ThOTe were no friendly casualtles; one of the enemy was

prbaSibly i'A,,jLdin the enrcoun•tr.

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Meanwhile, no one could find the HAT-2 mine. The Cua Viet

vwaterway was closed, and an MSO was requested from CTF 115 to _

help sweep for the mine. USS PLUCK (MSO 464) commenced sweep

operations on 28 June, but was hindered by shallow water and sand bars .

The PLUCK still had not located the mine at the close of the month.

Also on 25 June, several hours after the two NVA water sappers

were captured, a CG 11 Yabuta junk sighted two other swimmers near

the north bank of the river, 3.5 kilometers northeast of Dong Ha

(YD 268 630). The junk made a concussion grenade run, and two

bodies floated to the surface immediately after the grenades exploded.

The bodies then sank and were not recovered.

On, 29 June, an accident resulted in the sinking of another rock

barge 500 meters east cf the OP Base Cua Viet (YD 338 696). An Army"

sentry slipped and dropped a concussion grenade between two of the

roc:k barges, the resulting explosion sinking one of the barges.

Elsewhere in the Firs t Coastal Zone, other coastal groups were

-ictive thraughout June. On 2 June, a CG 12 ambush team detained 14

SsMpa-pns and 31 people for violating curfew, while in the Chi Lang I AO; -

n -.e same date, two Yabuta junks from Coastal Group 14, acting as

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a b ek ing force for a sector operation, observed six- VC attempt-ing

to cross the De Vong River to avoid a helo airstr lke (viecBT 1.90 577). ~-

The Yazb--.as tao]k t-he six under -a*re, proba"101 kil1~ng two. There weres

no. riendly casu~alties. Later in the month, also) in the Chi La -ig 1 AO,

two RPD 6)3 PBRs stationed in a WBGP 18 kilometers sou~thwest of CG

14 - OP Base (BT 147 5.28), spotted a suspicious vessel underwvay 1wtho--

Eights on 2-9 Juine. The PBRs fired on the vessel, k-illEing five of the

enemy and captuiring one ki-'loof documents, one K-54 c p o n e U.S.

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SECOND COASTAL ZONE

The enemy units in the Second Coastal Zone during June adopted the

"P,_ic of waging strictly guerrilla warfare against allied units. Enex,.y:

.-_n'iated activities consisted of one standoff ABF and one sapper

attack in the Cam Ranh Lay area; a ship mining in the Qui Nhon ______

Harbor; an ABF and sapper attack on the ARVN ASP, Qui Nhoen;and

several other low key ter ror is t incidents.

The szccessful enemy attacks on SS ROBINHOOD on 27 March

and on SS AMERICAN HAWK on 15 June, both resulting in serious

damages, were clear indications of unsatisfactory harbor security

at Qui N\h.n. This was the third successful attack on U. S. shipping

Lm 15 months, the AMERICLOUD having sustained sapper damages

there in March, 1970. A number of procedures were recommended t..:)

litmpruyvepier securit-y such as better lighting along the waterlin-e, and

the placi:g of camels between the ship and the pier; bath measzres

wer :mpT-ve chances of spotting possible sappers al.ng the waterl*n•-.-

31 =vncpŽredvessels.

Harbor secur't% in Qui Nhon presently is the responsib;iity of

--• U.S. Arm >. The Army will turn over this responsibility in the

n a r fz:ie to the Vietnamese Navy, and to prepare for this event,

co-mna:z.:v- if USARV PBRs commereed on 24 June.

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During June, Coastal Group 230 was the most active of the coastal

grcyaps. Early in the morn~ing of 29 June, a GG 2-3 ambush team attiemrpted

to stop a sampan runnilng without lights. The sampan'-- lone occupantl

dovre into -the water and attempted to swim to shore. Accurate

fire from an M-60 MG dispatched the swimmer. A search of t-he

sarnpan- revealed a paper containing a numerica]l code. Late in thJie

evening of 4 June, CG 23 personnel helped thwart alt attemptedI-K

penetration by a VC sapper squad onl the National Police/Song Ca-u

District Headquarters compound. The police and a CG 23 sentry ~4spotted the enemy and opened fire. CG 23 pro;vided continuous

ill-amination of the area, and the sappers were unable to penetrate

the compound. There were no friendly casualties; enemy -:asualtiles-

were ucndetermined. The enemy struck the headqaarters again on

19 June; s;---82mm mortar rounds impacted near the lO.5mm

art~kery batcery. No damage or casualties resulted.

The enemr-yattempted a numlber of low risk ABFs thro-ugh.-Ut- the,

Second (>Ž)ast'alZonie in 1une. At OOZOHon- 11 June, -he ý',4thAer--al Port

~ and t-he 4832rd TAW A,.r F o c ~Rgrii Bay: w~erefm-,byY c ~*.

and thnree --ounds, zespect'lVely, of unnon rdnance. Luackiiy nv

d a 2 - * r --as-,:al-tes res-,Ited. Htwever, the Comrr-.nist g-u.erxilas

scored h e a , 1 on 15 ~n when they mined the S.S. AMERICAN HAWK

at the U.S. A-t r Dc- Long Pier (CR 109 :,37), Qxui N'4hon. The damage

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was extensive: a !'--by 15 foot hole in the after nubrthree hold, 13

feet below the waterline. This caused the hol1dand enigi-neroorn Zo

f~loodwith oill and water to within three feet of the top of the bDoixerýs.

The ship settled Cat-her berth with a 7. 5 degree list. The expl.osive

ch-arge was determtned to be at least 300 to 400 pou.nds; the -Uast V

injured o-ne ROK stevedore. At at-out the same time as the attack

on the AMERICAN HAWK, an explosi-e. charge detonated amro-nga'V

group of four barges (CR 105 '233;. The blast caused minor damage

to the barzge nearest the beach. About one hour later, a shoIrt, distanceto the east of the barges, an unidentified explosive device detonated

at, an ARVN tank farm (CR 109 227Z). The explosi.on brezch-ed the

blast wall around the inAstallation on the seaward side. Ther-e was-V

no damage to the POL tanfks. intelligence repor-.s stated thcatt these

tlree a-ttacks .p-pcar -to have been a coordir.ated eifforl by a -_Lmptentr

sapper itedrrn, p7rooab'i elementas of the 5'16th Wate:- Sappe:ý Co~rnpaC

(CiTV IN71SUM 14'..-71). A USN salvage team- ezmbarked ;- USS GOHOES

*ar~rzved a--Q-:.; Nhan :in it' June to begin salvage op~erattlans *on he

AMERICAN HAWK. At t-he close zof the mczah, the afi ' I td ing :,f 4h-e

carg-o, the de-vwatering Af the holds, anid the 3~tr~t.~a se ~

patxh wiere -Proct.eeding satisfaetaril,4

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destroyed five ammuni-tion pads containing approximately 2755 metric

tons af 105mm. ammunition at 'the ARVN ammunition duamp. The very

V -d day, a series of five large explosions, caused by possilble

satchel charges, damaged 11 ammurnition pads at the ASP (CR 06 23).

The blast wounded two ARVN and heav.;ily damaged the Vietnamese

dependent housing located in the area.

A tragic accident claimed the li'-ves of two children near NrhaTrang

on 7 June. An LGPL from the VNNTC was carrying approximately

Rt 20 children from Nha Trang to Hon Tre Island for a picnic when the

front ramp gave way, spilling several children into the water, and

thnru-nz-.--ngover th m The vessel then f i led with water and sanik

about 20 metýers from shore.

Or. I& Jtinze, Comrmander P.R. Fo-urnier.. USN, re-Eeved Comm.ander

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Enemy activity remained light to moderate throughout June.

Inteliligence sour es reported that the enemy was concentrating on.'

weakening the GVN pacification program through the exploitation 3r

abduction of PSDF personnel. Since mid-March, the VC have abducted,

or caused to defect, approximacely 50 PSDF personnel. The VC have

targeted the PSDF for two reasons: f irst , the PSDF are the least organized,

.Least motivated, of the GVN forces, and second, youth just nearing

draft age are in the PSDF and would be of more value to the VC for anextended period of time.

With the monsoon season in full swing, the coastal transshipment

threat has increased. A particulary vulnerable area for this trans-

shipment, the Binh Dai, Thanh Phu and Long Toan Secret Zones,

located between the mouths of the S3ng My Tho and the Song Hau Giang(the mouths of the Mekong), were the subject of much discussion

during the month. COMNAVFORV proposed creation of a special task

unit composed of three PCFs supported by an LST to ope:ate specificaLly

in this area.

On28

June, WESTCHESTER COUNTYproved the feasibI'Ity of

using .n LST for NGFSin this shallow water region when she fired 51.

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(XR 679 585). The spotter reported excellent target coverage.

in accordance with the decreasing American posture in Vietnam,American advisors assigned to coastal groups have been reduced.

COMNAVFORV was working toward a concept of a mobile advisor-y

team that could -ýAisitthe -various groups as the need arose. Howevez-,

the Senior)-Advisor, Third Coastal Zone, recommended for his n

that at least three advisors would be needed at each g-roupdue to

the physical isolation of several coastal groups, the need to have

U.S. personnel control: ,crypto equipment, and the need for parallel

U.S. advisor report-s.

On.5 June, Senior Advisor, *Third Coastal Zone, re ceb~reda telephone

repo=t forom CTF 115 of a poss~ble -,.iato~ra~sipn~k

off t e B i n h Dai- Secret Zone. The Commnander', Th;ird Csasl.al ZoriF,

ordered twa ?CFs t.o maincalin station off the Binh Da',. The PCFs failead

to find arnyth-ingsp s.A LHFT conducted a low lexvelvi'sual

Teccx~;?ssarjc~aind spott~ed a tCenfoot loaded sampan w--'.ha lane oc:-.pant

trying 41-3e-vade discave-y. The. helos c-o-udnot- clbtain the necessaxy

.:Jearanc~est:D fir in time to prevent the sampan' - escape.

D uri ng -h month, tCheThird Coastal Zone Advis;or expressed

concern -.el~equatematerial s-cpport for Third Coastal Zane -unilis,

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- The Bi4nhDai operations, in addition to normal TRAN HUWNG DAO XV

commitm~ents, put a premium on a high state of craft readiness. LSB

Cat La was not providing the necessary prompt service requested by

the Commander, Thir4 Coastal Zone and Commander, COSF LOT 3.

The Third Coastal Zone Advisor also had difficulty in procuring

replacement outboard motors for the coastal groups, and parts

far the radar station on Con Son Island.

In June, Commander Wyatt P. Watson, USN relieved Commander

Lyle Peliock, USN as Senior Advisor, Third Riverine Area. On 5 June,

LCDR E. A. Lanier, USN relieved LCDR M. N. Barton, USN as Third4

Coastal Zone intelligence Officer. Also, LTJG J. A. Hall, USNR,

relievi;ed LTJG T. G. Arthur, USNR, as NILO, Vinh Long. In4

addition, LCDR R. S. Watkins, USN, relieved LCDR J. J. Dooley,

USIN, as Senior Advisor, COSFLOT 3.

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in the Fourth Coastal Zone the dai level of enemy initiated

incidents fluctuated between light and moderate during June. Enemy

activity was scattered throughout the Fourth Riverine Area with

approximately 72 percent of the activity targeted against outposts

and troop positions. The majority of the incidents were harassments

of light intensity.

The enemy's heavy losses du e to airstrikes and boat/ground

interdictions caused him to shift to sea-borne infiltration attempts.

The Fourth Coastal Zone IO received a report of 300 NVA staging

in the vicinity of VS 766 287 and preparing to czoss the Gulf of Thailand

to an area in the vicinity of VR 897 859,on the night of I June. The

Comrmnding Offic'er CG'43 deployed his own force and requested

reinforcements. The Fourth Coastal Zone Commander directed two

junks from CG 41 to proceed to Hon Tre as reinforcements. At 2300H,

the Fourth Coastal Zone Commander directed PCFs 3813) and 36Z0to

proceed to the scene from patrol stations 9H and 91 respectivwly,, Then

at 2317H, TOC Rach Gia reported helos taking fire from a sampan at

VR 91 87. AlI this time, the Fourth Coastal Zone Commander did not

ha've direct communication with his units, b'ut rather had to rely on a relay

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t'hrouýgh the Rach Cia TOG, and this relay was by telephone. At, 01551f,

.4the Fourtlh CoastCal Zone Advisor received word from Rach Gla TOG I

(US side) T-hat ,.hey had douable confil~rmation of a laT-getroap concenir-tilnAt

Acentered atILVS 82 2-6, and that a ir observers were watching NIVA leaving

thle beach i .sarnpans. Clearance to fire was requies-ted Prom the Fourtlh

A oast,-a.Zc.:.ceCo.mrander. At first, the FourL-thCoaast-alZone Gomrnarider

granted pe-rmission tý fLireat 02-43Ff, but recinded per-missio'n at 0250Ff,

because- T.here was n3 request from Rach Cia (VN side). Durin-g the

remai;nder 3f the nightt, the coastal group junks and Ithe PCFs sear-.ched

several jun~ksanad saampans, boutfound nothing suspicions. All unilts

reune onomlpatrol at 080G0H,2 June 0 .:

On 9 June, a fishing junk, fishing in the Gulf of Gay, was forced

by four armed VC to take. them to the coast of the Giong Ke area

(V S 717, 303;1. Immediately after coming ashor-.e, 30 VG mareri-allized

and ca Prri'edbDoxesanidplas-tic bags aboard, load-ing them in the junik0

Abou--t one hou-TLLter, the -foaurarmed VO ordered thle juWkoperator

back cout to.- ser- i'n tIhe dirE~ctaon of Rach Cia. The janlkoperator was

fin-allr ehased -anharrnd after de-nositing the grtoup on C-e each neartý

Rach Cia.

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PSYCHOLOGICAL 'OPERATIONS AND CIVICACTION SUMMARY

Durirng th'( manth , Beach Jumper Unit On~e, TePýam 1$, initiated a loani POE

wini~.Ce-rparary bas-s of :"ts broadcast ing equipmxent to advisoryý units and

Vietnamese comman~ds desir ing to make Psyops broadcas ts in the'ir vraxr,-ous

AOs. BJLT-1 equipment had already been loaned to RSSZ an d DaNang Polwar

ad~isors io f tChe pas t s-everal mar ths and it w as anticipated tha t other -anits

woi~d 4zso avail, themselves of th i equipment. The reason fo r th e loan . of th e

Psv.3ps eqiýýDzvenit was, f i r s t of all, due to th e surplus of 11 broadcas-ting

avstems .-n hand, andsecandly, because a more effective use of th e equipment

X2~dbe made bý the :ridividual AO c: ,mmanders . Although this w as a change,

th e B jU -ý team cont-inued tz effecti'velyv car rv out t he i r miss ion , keeping r' r~e

operators in c.he field co-nducting psychologica l operat ions .

C.3astal Groups and units of th e Coasta l Surveillance Faorces 1reported

sCeVeral psychologica l operations and civi-*-cactiun pro jec tsdturi.'j. +he

mont hb In th e F i r s t . Coaastal Zone th e resu l t s of one Psyops pro jec t

"w'erfeclearl-y seen- when aeveral mines were found in, th e Cua Viet a rea .

by lozal isemnwho nat'iied Coasta l Grýoup It. During recent mon-ths

th e Ps-ppjv eifovt -t his area has encouraged flishermen to locate mines

and ci7,11C 000 pias ter r eward . In Gic Li-nh, 3. 5 ki lome te r s n:zith

*:_i'theaeit af Dcong Ha, on- 1- Ju;.e, five water mines were captured an d

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for detonation. The EOD team captured 150pounds of C-4 explosive

used in these mines. A fisherman reported a mine in his fishing net to

CG 11 junks on 18 June at YD320 688. It was found to be a new type of

mine with approximately 120pounds of explosives with a full size

Soviet made truck innertube attached. EOD team members disarmed

the mine by separating the booster cap from the firing device with a

blasting cap. On 18 June Gio Linh PF s discovered another cache of

explosives at YD 283 668, seven kilometers northeast of Dong H4, and the

EOD team was dispatched to recover two 30 pound sapper satchelcharges composed of C-3 explosive with TNT booster blocks installed.

Seven more mines were discovered in the area by fishermen who hailed

CG 11 junks on patrol and collected a 5,000 piaster reward.

Second Coastal Zone Navy personnel in conjunction with the .U. sg.--Army

Polwar Office of Khanh Hoa Province, and ARVN troops distributed

4, 113 articles of clothing at Duc My, Ninh Hoa District. Clothing

was distributed to families whose homes and personal belongings were

destroyed due tc VC terroris t attacks in April. Clothing was obtained

through donations from organizations in the United States. CG 25

held a MEDCAP on 6 June and treated 82 medical and 25 dental patients.

CTF 213 at Cam Ranh Bay conducted two MEDCAPs during the month

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.;•, Thr rd Coastal Zone USN advisory personnel helped provide

Jtl•itqj? for the construction of a school In Cat Lo, conducted English

l irg ..sje :•asses, provided wood for construction of a polio rehabilitation

, 1.10e. L;, Vung 'au, and also held weekly dental clinics at Le Lot

K,)pm.pt tr C, port city. CC 34, in conjuanction with the VN Hospital

S|!p HIl .. ,iiNT, treated 500 civilians at the CC 34 base, RAG 28I

embarkr:u the Third Riverine Psywar Team and held a MEDCAP on Z

Jun~e al.-H:i.g Long (XS 795 802), treating 23 people for various

rn.ric,. iilrnent.a and giving 18 haircuts. A shipment of Project

Hard-,lamp ini tor ial was received at Cam Ranh Bay and distributed on

1.,- J•.o. One pallet of wonder horses was received via Project

H1- ' , , l .pand consigned to Vinh Binh Orphanage in Tra Vinh. Fourth

Cc,- : t l Zone units assisted in the painting, repairing roof and desks,

4nd rdý:ding a blackboard of a school on Hon T re Island. Cement was

p: t ' , ded t,.ý 4 wounded Navy veteran for the construction of his hor,;e.

MARKET TIME Support Ships USCGC RUSH (WHEC 733) and

USCd6 C MORGENTHAU (WHEC 722) participated in MEDCAPs on the

V't-naniimse tiqlands in the Gulf of Thailand again this month. On

11 Jt-rv, MORGENTHAU, in conjunction with a VNN Hospital Ship

. .t Hin RaI Island treated 93 people for various medical

... On .3 June, MORGENTHAU treated 75 peopleon Hon Mau

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p 2people in an eight hour MEDCAP on Hon Rai Island on 24 June.

In the Food Supplement Program at Cam Ranh Bay, the CTF 213

project farm was producing about 20 eggs per day. Livestock (four r-boars, seven gilts, and 69 feeder pigs) were distributed to Vietnamese

Navy' units by CTF 115 Protein Project. The Vietnamization of the CTF

115 Swine Distribution Center continues to have problems according

to 'the CTF 213 Staff Polwar Advisor at LSB Cam Ranh Bay. The

VNN are displeased with the working hours. A duty section arrangement

was se t up with the Vietnamese to allow them a chance to visit their

families in Saigon fo r four days every four weeks to help build up

morale. This plandidnotwork because after Dai-Uy Lac (Polwar

Officer fo r CTF 213) drove the men to Saigon and back, they did

not return to the Distribution Center. Since 24 June there has been

only one Vietnamese enlisted man working on the farm. In view of

the problems mentioned it was recommended that the turnover of th e

distribution center be postponed past the scheduled I August date.

During the month, construction continued on a livest-ock distribution

center at COSFLOT One headquarters. Projects we-re begun at ISB

Na•-f Can, RAG 26, OP Base Vinh Long, with coops and pens

tnder construction. Forty-one pigs arrived at the Fi r s t Coastal Zone i

headquarters o:- 23 May and pilot projects were started with these assets

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i.LS! DiNairig,RAG 3b•, and Coastal Groups l•, 15. and 16. Feodet

I)id were bild to the VNN units at 3,v500 plast4rs each# Twenty aight

in ;e p'gs irrlved h Jure and were sold to the First Coastal Zo.ne

p:•.& rro5ects landerway.

M:s. Anna Chennault, widow of the late General Claire Chennault,

az:d the newest sponsor of the Helping Hand F~und:Ltion, vis ted

irim;,1 husmndry a•rd houslng projects at Cuu Long Satt.:rdy, June

5, fc.r a ,'irpt hand look at what the foundation is doing to help Vietnamese

Ndv/rro:n aznd their families. Located near the VNN shipyard, Cuu

L.>n the site of the Saigon VNN Livestock Breeding and Distribution

Cc,%ttx. It aerve6• aa a swine breeding farm, chicken hatchery, and

the ý,er'trdl feed distribution point. Also located at Cuu Long is a VNN

ýr.rr,-r-I.y a-. which 108 dependent shelters have been completed and

64 more a re under construction. There are three specific programs

:.:L"ded 'ir Operition Helping Hand. These a re animal husbandry,

z'':.4',•'.;al md fishing projects, the construction of dependent shelters

•'nd i-rmriri facilities, and the building of a VNN veteran's dependent

. rmn . ty •..se to the VN government training center at Cat Lai. A

,p f 0. S. ut~irness in d profestakral men in Saigon, recognizing

4-tib pems.%, r ced for helping the VNN become self sufficient, founded

th• Tt•-•-> '4 ,He ' tpirig Handmroundat.on in March 1970 to a&sit in gathering

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In the Dependent Shelter Program, CBMU 302 was tasked with the

c_:jnst-ruction. of 22"0 units at iSB NamnCan. Materials we~reon site

* and work began by 2 June. Or, 26 June, XSB Nam Can reported that the

VNN headqu.art.ers had provided a revised dtependent shelter requi..;rement

list- which reduced the initial increment for Nam Can to 10 0 units. CBMU

3402 completed 47 of 163 units under constiauction, at Th-UanAn by the

end of the montth. Tasks were established at Hoi An - 48 units to be

begun March 72', Chu Lai - _16units 1- o be started next month, and CuW.z

Lao Re - 1 units to be start-ed next month by CBMU 302. Sites at C-"aVie-,

Cau Hai, and Quang Ngai were prepared for-: dependent shelter

constr-c;cton. At An Thoi, 170 of 334 tasked dependent shelter units

werZecompleted by,, the Seabees, 40 of t-he total are to be done by

VNN self help.

In DaNang, there was a question duaring the month of own~ership vf

-:.hela:nd an-rdthe French struct-ures a:, Camp Tien Sha.* It was belleved

that. the Frerch t-7"rnedthe structures over to the Vietr..amese, Armed

Forces, and the st-atus of USN ownership or a loan agreement was

:11P1held ',)- NTSF. The lnurnavex of 126 completed deperndent shelter

--s wa'sbe'd -r abeyance pending results coi the ownership quesc~:.on*.

i hc, Ca:m. Ranh Bay area, at T'rar. H-ungDao Vilage, riear- VNN'IC

CamrRan~h,+i.-e are now 127 families in residence. In Cam Binh

Vi-31age(LSB Can- -Ranh )there are 187 ccomplete~dand turned over

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t-ni1ts. 140 more units outside the base perimeter should be

xnished b Octob-er, and he well has already been dug.

On i-aJune, CNO provided the following guidelines for the RVNAFDependent Shelter Program through 1975: i-4

A. U.S. efffort- will. primarily be through provision of materials.B. Average cost of the overall program to the U.S. is limited to

$600 per unit.C.Ovc.all management and coordination of the service programs

is vested in COMUSMACV.

The Genecal kcý.:izrting Office: conduc-ted a financial and admirdietrative

audit of the RVNNAFDependent Shelter Program during May"and June.

Sc~aaees report-ed the following civic at-ion -projects for the quarter

endling 3"' J'ne: Vo'Lunt*eers aided Vietnamese personnel in the con-

struct-.3n and installation of two 15 , 000 gallon and two 5, 000 gallon

water s-Lorage t~anksfor Ho NIal,'Catholic Hospital; tons of fil wer:e

pro-sided z) -.he Cam Ranh City Protestant mission; Seabees pro,ý-Idrd

Tan BzIh Ozphaný:LgeIn Cam Ranh -with excess desks, cha'IIs,, childre i's

clzthinz and toays; they also provided scrap fi~rewood, English bocks,

clc~igand candy tZo Tan Mai, Orphanage in Bien Hca and construct-ed -

yss t . . den t desks for Saigon area schools. Seabee Team 031.8

_z. Kj.ei 1L rv ýc50mriles so'..:th of Saigon, has a t1raining programr

wiLth .-1Ldg-ers learning construction sk,1.2s, Thes-e include four

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former VC who have rallied. One project underway is a maternity h&sp,*3I*

in Ham Long District.

On 4 June, a member of BJTJ-One, Team 1.3, RM'Z Tommie

Ralph Chason, USN. was injured in an auto accident in Cai Lay

District, Dinh Tuong Province, while proceeding on a routine Psyops

broadcasting mission. Travelling on a narrow dirt road in the".

vicinity of My Phuoc Tay, Chason swerved his Jeep to avoid an

oncoming bus and hit a pile of construction gravel and overturned.

Chason was thrown out and his left arm and leg injured. The POIC

of the Moe Hoa BJU detachment moved to My Tho to replace the injured

man, thereby disestablishing the Moc Hoa detachment.

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ACCELERATED TURNOVER PROGRAM AND TRAINING SUMMARY

ACTOVLOG again dominated the events for the ron th , as the

turnover program proceeded on schedule in its final stages0 An

intermediate support base was turned over at Rach Soi, and nine

support craft were also turned over duri-ng the month0 Operational

craft turned o rer in June included the Coast Guard Cutter BERING

STRAIT, to Market Time forces, and four Army PBRs to th e.m4

-"Capital Military District for security patrol.

A new addition to the deep-water fleet of the VNN is always a big

affair, and when the U. S. Coast Guard high endurance cutterr

BERING STRAIT was turned over, the VNN CNO and COMNAVFORV

were on hand for the June 24 ceremony at the Saigon Naval Shipyard0

The 311 foot, 1, 766 ton vessel, renamed the VNTS TRAN QUANG KHAIT

(HQ-2), now serves tbe VNNI Fleet Cornmand, a sea-going force.which conducts off-shore patrols, provides naval gun_1ire support

for shore-based units, and transports personnel and materiel0 2

The 27 year cld veteran cAtter underwent estensh'•e m o d e r n i a n

as her new Vietnamese crew was being trained for the turnoqero

Commanded by Thieu-Ta An, the HQ-2 is the second of twio cuettexs

to be transferred under ACTOV.

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hzwever, the f irst of June saw two LCM-8s turned over at LSB

Dzng Tarm. On 25 June an LCM-8 was turned over to ISB Qui Nhono

The secur*ty mission at Newport outport was aided with the turnover

of fouL P B R s f rom th e U.S. A rmy to th e VN N Headquarters an d Capital

Miliary Dist-rict on 23 June. The final complement for the Harbor

Police which will be met soon, is seven PBRs. The last da, in June

saw a rash of nine turnovers. At Logistics Support Base Nh a Be, -'

an LCM-8, two LCM-3s and two LCM-6s were turned o'ar;

wh i l e tw o p ick e ts fo r t h e H a r b o r Defen se Unit an d tw o L C M - 6 s fo r

logist-ics support were turned over at LSB DaNang,

Another in a i•_ne of intermedia te support bases w as placed in

Vietnamese hands as YSB Rach Soi w as t ransferred on 29 June. The

base w as th e second of it s type to be turned over, an d th e 19th base!½

turned over under the ACTOV program. The mission of the base is to

provide lo g is t i c support and repair facilittes for VNN forces

oper-ating in and around the U Minh Forest. Prior to 1965, the

suprt base at Rach So;- was -IrnVietnamese hands, where engines

fr the res-ident junks were repaired. Captain Tra'Pvers., COS for

Logisti;'cs ia NAVF'ORV headquarters, signed the turnaver document,

2a:ng w*h-_Captarin Lich, Commande r of th e VNN Log'st ic Suppor t-

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While the AGTOV program was on schedule, dat~btilswere viewed

on the over-all VNN logistics structure. CINGPACFLT, in a Z

message 02f 2-9 June , sttated, The critical stiage of VTNN logistics

development, tlechnical sk-ills and leadership sliortages, an d final

stages af base expansioan arnd Jevi~lopmrerf mrn5.:'grateagair.s-, ~er-ter eas'ib-iity

of imnplemernting copeetveconomic an d m~ilitary assistance

pr-ograms. Thue, while the _ACTOV program was proper and

on sched-.-le, the uncextain oiutconne ovexall made assist-ance plan-nng

for t~he future hazardous.

The cr-ucialj ttra-.nig pragra~m prozeeded quiettl-y onward in June.

On the first of the mozath, T ask Force 21:/ completed "On-the-job"l

traiingfor '90 persons, who wexe then assign'ed to Harbor Defense

PBRs at QlNriand Newport. The same program commenced again

0:1 ". J une, with n o h e 90 perzsoris participati-g. Also- in June, the

VNNLrk0CS gnadyiafie anc --ar-siassat Niewpot-tý, Rl-.ode Island, W.ith

56 asp:_-a-nts cop~-a si-n.!Ii program to' the Ame:-'can Offier

candidattes at Newptr~t.

The ACTOVRAD procgzram proceeded on. sched-_le du-rlng the mo-nth,

hi_61h1ghted by the nnahnriig and operatla= of t"he site at Vung Tau at- he ;;

m 'nhls rd , th:sigh zno Esiteshad lbeen turned ovirby the end cf June. -

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The ACT--!OVRAD program, when completed, wiill take over the /U

rr.-so-n of the UCSN P-3 aircrazt patrolling off the coast of Vi,&tnam-

i 2- :rsf the Market Time operation. The 15 coastal stLrveillarnce

cezi tezare berin built for direct turnover to the Vietnamese, wh

Co~mmenced t-rainaing for their role an I. March, 1971. Construction

on --he -.`tes -:Eegan IIr~February and the enrtire sys-tem is expected

ý-o be in o-reration by 30 June, 1972. The f rm of RM'fl-BRJ was

conu~~ngsL-- of the sites, and UJSN CBs were working on- two

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The general inadequacy of the Vietnamese Navy supply system

cotr±~~-ued to be of grea t concern to .naval commanders in Vietnam. A

CINCPA(ZFLT Logistics Assistance Team visited RVN in April and

May and recommended the hiring of six U.S. civil service personnel

ta serve as advisors to the VNN supply center and supply bureau.

Management analysts, computer programming analysts, and supply

systems analysts were to be hiired:ori.the iqind{tO64thri'thej had a.ka sic

urderstanding of Vietnamese. On' 15 June a presentation was made tothe VNINCNTO, .Rear Admiral Chon, bý ONV RVRari'A-dmiral

Saizer, concerning supply problems contributing to the current

inadequacy of the VNN supply system to fulfill it s role in Vietnamization.\I.

In a d*scession following the presentation, Admif'al'Ghoh.•and..Admiral

Salzer concurred in providing maximum USNeffort in preparing

proceduares, training syllabi,and f"rmal.training for VNNSC and

field activitles. In conjun'tion with this topic, NSAS hosted a corniertnce

sf al l COs, OICs of NSAS detachments, ships and major craft, and of all

senior advisors to LSBs and ISBs, on 24-25 June in Saigon. Subjects

dis u s s e d were logistics, ACTOVRAD support, drug abusei the

drawdowr_ of ships and craft, proper support channels, base maintenance,S......,•" ....

Logistic Ass-stance. Z.eamrxsi,,pq~a ý, ovehaials, ARVN support, and post-

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At 2115H, on 2 June, personnel aboard YR 71 and YRBM 21, anch.ored

ir. the. Mekong River four kilometers north of OP Base Tan Chau, discc.:ered

a rm n digging on the east bank. The ships fired l lumination flares, the

man ra n away, and small arms fire directed at the ships, broke out from [P K

the area where he had been detected. Seawolf Detachments Five and Ninescrambled ti commence attacks on the enemy muzzle flashes and

tracer fire, and LCM-6s from both YR 71 and YRBM 21 moved

into the bank returning fire with M-16s, M-7'9 grenade launchers, and

50 caliber machine guns. At 2230H, Black Ponies arrived and commencedan attack on DUFFLEBAG activations on the east bank. The fire

w as suppressed , and t here were no friendly casualt ies . The Kfollowing day a team f rom YRBM 21 an d YR "' mad e a reconnaissance

patrol of the east bank and at WS 243 4610 found one L-shaped

bunker dug behind a haystack, with the ling leg of the "L" centered

on YRBM 21. Four VC bodies were found on the ' )each at WS 240

9CC. The enemy w as probably planning a rocket at tack of YRBM 21..

However, this setback failed -o de te r th e enemy, fo r on 9 an d 26 June,

YR 72 personnel, enioarked in th e LC M -6 night pat ro l craft, engaged Hth e VC in minor sk i rmishes with negative resu l t s .

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~4ehere wAerfetwc un-fortunite ro.on hostile incidents. On -

11X: at _030H-, the YR 7!. LCM was or.. a routine :run to Tan Cha~u -wxhenit

Tan -- :±21gh'tedsampan which wvas t-awing a large, 1-1t up fes tiva

La.The- sampan. irol-ed over and sank immediately. A Vietnamese

pali.ze o,,at zaxe and picked uptwc survi- otrs within five minutes. ThF b

t-IriTd~.e~ne a the sarnpa:±'s crew was recovered later, The

fesJa . , at towvedCythe sampan was a party celebrating a Hoa

H-a .) c~ ~f2-l The bir2th-place and center of the Hoa HAo

fa-1-4i Haa H-aa V;Im , locat-ed un so~uthern±Tan Chau District, ChauDo~cPz2-oinze. On 18 J-Ine NILO TLanChau reparted that the

Hoa~~a .P izecretary raiaed the possi ilit of dem. n t rat-,ns

age::.sz t-he U.S. iif a Eatisfactori- solutilon to the incident, appare.-Ali

* i~eai rg p~r~rnpt paymfent of damages for, the sampan and m:otar,

bdn f j o~_ca~use of h loca' situat-wn a n d t e neeu-o the

Ho'. Ha.o failzh:n political actibv-UyI'M Vi~etn~am,a prompt and fair

setNleme:.:Ewa14e0Czrnmmrded NMKIOTan Ghau. The- owner of

~nn & I e.d hlz -dairn through the zruling council of the Hoa Hac v

ia!""aa.-Ld w~~s;e-veheld in Tan Chau District Town invol-vitig

tt L z:> Zh~ef, t dIaer5. senizor adyliso~r, and var;ious Hoa Iiact

tv-4ca½ Tho*rc-s-L~tsof -this conferen'ce and subsequ.ent

s L~nsere udet-errrnined.

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a 3-!hfe miles downriver. Koon? s recollections of the incident

we'=e bh-.r red by fatigue and achohol, and several questions were left

t-nnswe-ed, suichas the identity of the mystericus third sailor whom

* Sc~he~rhad met at the bar. He was supposedly from Souther's

homestate and also a crewmember of the BRULE. Souther's body

waiý- fo-undeventually sever~al days later.

U. S. Naval Support Activity maintenance and repair support

fo= JTtnlewa. as follows:

Base Personnel supported Graft supported

Nha Be Z, 366 233Bin-heThuy 2,175 .3ZDaNang 7,2727Cat Lr, 130 54DoragTain. 887 5MoBa-se 11 78 17YRBM 21 259 81Caar-Rarah Bay 1,511 1.57USS KRISHNA 630

NSAS stýppr sh p elyddrng the month were as follows:

USS ASKARI (ARL 30) -Dong TamUSSSATYR (ARL 213) Long Xuyen.

*USS LTUT1iLLA(ARG 4) N ia BeUSS KRISHNA (ARL, 38) B inh ThuyU-SS WHI'lmFIELD COUNTY VQ 608 97, departed I8 a.1USSBRULE Delta resupplyTJSSPARK COUNTY Delta resupply, 28 June outchop

for SubicAPI, I Nha BeAP.13, Nha BeYRBM :1 Tan Chan.YR i: ar Chau (turnover to VNN J.l'y)

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By 4 June ISB Qui Nhon reported having transferred the craft

maintenance department, transportation shop, electrical branch,

iutilities branch, Public Works Department, and Supply Department to

VNN control, and having established complete separate messing.

Construction work at ISB Cat Lai (ACTOV base) was in final constructiloni~

"stages with the boat shop, dispensary, and potable water system i¥

c,5mpletedo LSB Nha Be and ISB Ben Luc are scheduled to begin

repair and overhaul of river assault craft (RAG) in the near future.

Since they have not been previously outfitted with RAC repair parts ,

NSA sent them a complete allowance.

On -7 June ATSB Ca Mau was disestablished. SA CTG 212. 6 and

CTG 116. Z and staffs moved to OP Base My Tho. A joint USN/VNN

inventory was conducted and al l items slated for turnover were

received and signed forby

theVNN representative. The b ase f rm er ly

occupied by PRUs, was returned to the An Xuyen Province Chief.

ISB Ca Mau~which will eventually become the headquarters fo r the.A_

area re-nained under construction.

Othe2' problems reported during the month included the flooding-f the advisors' quarters at OP Base Sa Dec. The advisors moved

temporarily to Vinh Long where RPD 56 made berthing and messing

arrangen,-n;s. ATSB Tuyen Nhon reported drainage problemsj and NSF

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Cam Ranh Bay reported on 2 June that all outside communication

by phone and some on base phone communication was rendered

inpossible, due to a general dis~repair of the telephone system. Senlor [':

Advisor to ISB Cho Moi pointed out discrepancies on IZ June in base

construction boat ramp breakage, asphaltic hardstand erosion

dhue to rains, electrical power to shop areas completed only to power

panels, and incomplete pier lighting.

On 28 June at 0925H, LSB Nha Be received a report of a fire at

the Shell Tank Farm and dispatched all available fire fighting equipment

and personnel. The fire was brought under control and put out by

1005H. A large gas(AV GAS) storage tank, about 40 feet high and 100 ,

feet in diameter, exploded as it was being cleaned. The tank top

was blown off and the tank fell on its side. Fourteen Vietnamese

civilians were treated for burns at LSB Nha Be; four more had moreýthani 20% second degree burns and were retained at the Nha Be

DiEpensary.

The drug amnesty program, announced on 30 May by Admiral

Zumwa]t, began on I June and by 10 June 20 men had been received

-t o Ni-a Be rehabilitation center aboard the APL 30 from var-ousNSADs, LSBs and ISBs. By the end of the month almost 100S)

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spe-cial R&R program for F-ilipinos was presented and a clarification

of COM'N-AVFORV policy on field promotions was called for.

During :ýhe m-:rnor'hCOMNIAVFORV travelled extensively with MajorGeneral Wagstaff ) vis it-ing NSA detachments at Ben Luc, Be n Keo,

Go Dau Ha, and T ra Cu on 3 June ta meet with the advisors and discuss

their problems. With RADM Price, FADM Salizer visited LSB N~haBe

on 6 June for a briefing on RSSZ operations, a tour of the base

and a discussion with advirsors an~t~he PMS team. On 8 June RADM Salzer

tcar-ed t-he VctngTau Coas-t-al Surveillance Center and rada:r site With

RADM Chon, CAPT Lautermilch, and BMCM Bradberry, the Senioz-

Enlisted Representative.

LCDR Be~rnar:d B-argeftt relieved LT James E. Crumri-ne as the

S-en~iac Advisor to 1SB ChciMoi on. 8 June. CDR David R. Winiker

relle-yed CDR Wahter R. Prossler as QIC Fleet Air Support Unit

B,.nh Thuýyori 4 June. Captain William M. Weisskopf, SC, USN,

assumned d:isas D-rect-or for Supply and Fiscal on ;0Jn,I reivrg

Capta-in Edward F. Gaet-z, SC, USN. RADM W. R. Dowd, Jr. , SC,

USNT, arri-ved in Sa-gconon~-20 June for an extended stay to assist

* ~ .n ng and upgrading VNN supply systemrs. On. 2'6 June he v',Isl.ted

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NAVAL CONSTRUCTION FORCES

Heavy rains and three mining casualties hampered the Seabee

effort d-uring J7une as work progressed slowly at th e three major project

sites: Mui Dinh, Ta Kou, and ISB Nam Can. Construction Battalion

Maintenance Unit 302 continued to work on shortfall reconstruction

at several ACTOV bases. Team 7409 deployed on 13 June from

Dinh Tuong Province, where it had been engaged in USAID pacification

projects, to it s homeport, Gulfport, Mississippi.

New projects tasked to Seabee units during the month included the Vrehab'_l-itation and minor alteration to buildings at the MACV Annex

in Saigono This work is for the purpose of facilitating the movement

of personnel processing, disbursing, and field issue activities, now

done at the Annapolis BEQ, which is to be closed in August.

CBMU 302 was tasked with :this_,.prn-je't .on 7 June. CBMU

5i,2 continued work on mess facilities as Binh Thuy and Cam Ranh Bay,

--e Saigcin VNN shipyard warehouse, a non-potable water system at

Cat Lo, dependent shelters at Cat Lai, and electrical upgrading

at '_ha T.rang and Cam Ranh Bay. Work began on shortfall construction

at OP Base Chau Doc by NMCB 5; projects tasked were building a

r~ckei screen, correcting pier access ramp deficiencies, and

instd'214g ho t water hea te rs in th e advisor!; mess , Self help pro jec ts

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fence, improving drainage for dependent shelter units there, and

constructing hose racks.

NrICB 5, Detail Maverick's road work at ACTOVRAD Site #8, Mui,Dinh, was curtailed by the heavy rains of the month, bu t by 16 Junewas repor t ed as 731/c complete . Detai l Mustang a. ISB Ca Mau

!• ompleted the temporary camp there; Detail Colt in Quang Xuyen

District (RSSZ) finished the pier facility for the Marines, and was tasked

to make a 40 -.

Several p~eces of equipment were lot and three Seabees, including'

the OIC of Detail Bronco, sustained injuries this month from minings

of Route 341, which leads to ACTOVRAD Site #9, Nui Ta Kou. On 13

June three separate mining incidents occurred. At about 0815H th e

third vehicle in a sweep team, a five ton dump tru-ck, detonated appro&,-

mately 2.5 pounds of plastic explosive P in a slapstick mine with th e

left front wheel. The kcrater formed was four feet in diameter and ' hree

feet deep. The mine had been placed over a culvert in well-compacted

earth. The dump truck had a tire blown off, the cab and fuel tank

destroyed, the frame bent, and a passenger, BU3 Michael Dezik,

-- wn from the truck and seriously injured with a compressed fracture

to the C-7 vertebra. A little later in the morning and 3, 000 feet further

north on Rt. -l, a three wheel lambretta prereeding the sweep team

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detonated a mine believed to be a homemade C-4 type; the lambretta

was completely destroyed and three Vietnamese were killed. Then at

noon, 12, 000 feet from the Nui Ta Kou site, another five ton dump

truck detonated another 20-30 pound slapstick mine with its right front

wheel. The wheel, doors, hood, and right front fender were blown off,

the engine destroyed, and two Seabees in the truck were wounded by

shrapnel. They were LTJG J. A. Larson, CEC, USN, the OIC of th e

detail, and CM3 J. F. Ross. They were medevaced to FSB Mace nearby

and then to Bien Hoa and later in the month returned to Ta Kou. Dezik

was medevaced to FSB Mace and then to the 24th Evacuation hospital

in Long Binh where surgery reduced his fracture; Dezik was initially

paralyzed over the entire length of his body but improved steadily,

regaining motor responses in the trunk. On 20 June, he was further

medevaced to the U.S. Army hospital at CampZama,

Japan.

There was one other mining incident reported on 13 June, 12

miles northeast of ISB Ca Mau at WR 17 13 on the Phung Hiep Canal.

The second boat in an LCM convoy detonated a mine with it s stern. No

damage resulted.

On 17 June, three flake TNT mines with slapstick detonators

were f"ruid on Rt. 341. Each contained approximately 30 pounds of TNT.

The first two were found by a mine dog recently sent to work with th e

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.NAVAL ADVISORY GROUP ORGANIZATION

CHNAVADV'dP. U.S. MACV RADM R. S. SALZER, USN

SENAVADV CAPT B.G. STONE, USN

SA FLEET COMMAND, SAIGON CAPT J. F. DRAKE, USN

SA CMD NAVAL COMMAND (SA, CTF227) SAIGON LCDR J. H. GAUL, USN

TRAN HUNG DAO CAMPAIGN ADVISORY ORGANIZATION/AREA OPERATIONCOORDINATORS (AOC)

AOC, COASTAL SA, CTF 213 CAPT C. R. QUANSTROM, USN ;CAPT T.I . 1FOLSTAD. USN (R)

SA , DECOMT.ID CAPT W. J. CROWE, USNBINH THUY.

AOC, NORTHERN SA, THIRD RIVERINErAREA CDR L. E. PELLOCK, USN(D) •CDR V. McDONOUGH, USN(R) <

SA THD 2 VNN TG 214.1 LCDR P.S. GESSWEIN, USN -

BEN LUC

SA THD -5 VNN TG 216. 1 LCDR W.W. WERNDLI, USN _PM

PHU CU014G

SA, THD 9 VNN TG 212.3 LCDR B. COUSINMS USNTAN CHAU

AOC, EASTERN SA, FOURTH RIVERINE AREA CDR W. WARDELL, USN

SA THD 8 VNN TG 217. 1 LT K.J . PLIS, USNDONG TA M _

SA THD 19 ". VNN TG 217. LT R.E. BROWN, USNVH'ITP LQNG

AOC, SOUTHERN SA, ATF 211 CAPT P. C. GIBBONS, USN

SA THD 4 VNN TG 214.2 CDR H.V. SHORES, USNNAM CAN ,

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-SA THD 6 VNN TG 212.5 CDR WoS. BROWN, USN(DlRACH SO I LCDR 5° C. ROGERS, USN(R} -

SA THD Z2 VNN TF 210 CAPT W. J. GIBBONS, USil -CA MAU

AOC, WESTERN SA , COMTHD 18 CDR A. WRIGHT. USN

SA THD 18 VNN T F 218 CDR A. WRIGHT, USN L

SA THD 20 VNN TG 212.4 LT J.D. GILBERT, USNAN THOT

AMPHIBIOUS TYPE COMMAND ADVISORY ORGANIZATION (ATF 21 !I)

SA PHIBCMD C APT P. C. GIBBONS, USN, ,CA MAU

SA RAID SEVEN ZERO LT R. J. LENDSTEDT, II, USN'KIEN AN

SA RAID SEVEN ONE LT So L. HOLMES, USN

K TEN AN

SA RAID SEVEN TWO LTJG W. C. KUSTER, USNKlEN AN

SA RAID SEVEN THREE LT R. C. MONSON, USNNEAK LUONG

SA RAID SEVEN FOUR LT C. ARMENTROU T, USNTCA MAU

SA RAID SEVEN FIVE LT J. GLUTTING, USNCA MAU

RIVER PATROL TYPE COMMAND ADVISORY ORGANIZATION (TF 212)

SA "PATCMD CAPT R.E. SPRUIT, USN.B',1H "HUY

SA RPD FIVE, ONE LT J.M. LAWLESS, USNCAT LAI

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SA RPD FIVE TWO LT J. R. RECKNER, USNPHU GUONG

SA RPD, FIVE THREE LT A. HILDEBRAND, USN 1MY THO LT JG J. R. FRONDORF, US N(R)

SA RPi) FIVE FOUR LT R. ARMITAGE, USNBEN KEO/TAN AN/BEN LUG

SA RPD FIVE FIVE LT R. E. MOORE, US NCHAU DOG

SA RPD FIVE SIX LT J. B.GIBNEY, USNVINK LONG-

SA RPD FIVE SEVEN LT J. B. BUVRNESKIS,US N(D)WHA BE LTJG E. HENDRICKSON, USNR

SA RPD, FIVE EIGHT LT H. M. HIGHLAND, USNSA DEG c

SA RPD FIVE NINE LT W. A. GOODWIN, USNTAN GHAU

SA RPD SJX ZERO LT B. WATERMAN, USNHOIAN

SA RI'D 5)TX ONEM LT J. SGOVILL, UblRAGHSO AO

SA RPD SIX TWO LT T. G. VOIGFIT, tJSIN(D)P-HUOC XUYEN LT P. J. GASKIN, USN(R)

SA RPD SIX THREE LT R. B. FIORE, USNRRAGH SOI

SA RPD SIX FOUR LT T. J. FLY NN, US N(D')TUYEN NHON/MOG BO A LTJG J. D. COLE, USNR(R)

COASTAL SURVEILLANCE TYPE COMMAND ADVISORY ORGANIZATION (IF 213)

LA CSGMD CAPT C. R. QUANSTROM. USNCAM RANH BAY CAPT T. I. KOLSTAD, USN(R)

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SA RID FOUR ONE LT R.A. DORSIP USNCHAU DOC

SA R.•D FOUR TWO LT C. VOTAVA.. USNBE,1 TRE'DONG TAM

SA RyDFOUR 'THREE LTJG T. B. WAGE]NSEIL, USNi.'• TRA CU

SA RID FOUR FOUR LT G. C. COOLEY, USNBENT.UJC

SA RID FOUR FIVE LT C. F. TIBBETTS, USNDONG TAM

SA RID FOUR SIX LT W.C. SMITH, USNIrAM CxlN

SA RID FOUR SEVEN LT Wo TAYLOR, USN

S3 RID FOUR EIGHT LT WoRo RUSLING, US ;N'TAIN CHI-AC ~B

SA RAC TtWO SEVEN LT W. GOTTSCHALK, USN •

F.:R.0•` COASTAL ZONE ADVISORY ORGANIZATION

$A FIRSf C7 CDR P. McLAIRD. JR., USN')ANANG-

5. CG ONCE ONE LT R. DUMINIAK. USNRCU A VIET

Si CG O :E TWO LT R. N. MYERS, USN

. . Cf; ONE TIHREE LT J. SCOT'T, USNCL:: ENT

SA CG 0-AE I )ThR LTJG R.G. McCAIN, USNRO] AN',

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SA CG ONE FIVE LT D. ROBINSON, USNAN HOA

SA CG ONE SIX LT W.R. OWENS, US-NRCO LUY

SA RAG THREE'TWO LT G . L. MAGER, USN

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SA HDU DANANG LT D. W. WIRICK, USNR

SA CSC DANANG LTJG R.M. SCOTT, USN

SECOND COASTAL ZONE ADVISORY ORGANIZATION

SA SECOND CZ CDR A.S. JEFFERIS, USNNHA TRANGSA CG TWO ONE LT J. K. ENGELKEN USN-

DE GI

SA CG TWO THREE LT E. L. SIWINSKI, USNRSONG CAU

SA CG TWO FIVE LT E.F. GIER, USNDONG HAI

SA CG TWO SIX LT J. P. McGRATH, US N

BINH BA ISLAND

SA CG TWO SEVEN LTJG P. MILLER, US.NNINH CHU '"3

SA CG TWO EIGHT LTG . NORDLAND, USNPHAN THIET

SA HDU NHA TRýANG -, LT J.E. BINGHAM, USN

SA HDU QUI NHON LTJG B. VALENTINE, USN

SA ,SC QUI NHON LCDR R. SAGEHORN. USN

SA CSC NHA TRANG LT S.C. AREY, USN

THIRD COASTAL ZONE ADVISORY ORGANIZATION . .

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SA TlHI'RDCZ CDR J.G. SULLIVAN,,USN

SA CCT H RE E THREE LT F. M. LEMON, TSNRAC11 DI:A

S~C~~HREEFOURLT B. R. MOFFETT, SThM TOM\

SACG-THREE FIVE LTJG T.OE. ARNOLD, UTSN'L

6,A CG THREE SIX £1T C. L. DOBSON, USN11.ýONCG PH"-'1

S HD U VUN TAli LT N. BARBOTJR, 01Sr

S A C S C V1NOT11U LT D. R. ROGUS.

USN

FOURTH COASTA-'L ZONE ADVISORY ORGANIZATION

SA FOURTH CZ CDR M. j. SHINE, US NANTHOT

SA CG FOU1RONE~ LTJG S. T. O'NTEAL, USNiR%'DlHA TIEN LTJG R. jOHNSTON', USNiR'R"

5S 4 CG1 FOTjRTWr-AO LT 0. R. COLE n-:,US NHA *TxEN

SA Cu -ODGR T HR EE LT M.A. SOBYN!A,'U5N1nO NITRE LANT)

CC ; FOUR FOLR LTjG DA~ SNYDER, USN'

SA CSC AN YH01 LT P.D. McCURDY. U~SN~J

P;-RDR:ERKEIOTEADVISORY ORGANIZATION (TF 116)

SA T71iRD RZVNERiltEZONE CDR L.E. PELlJOCK, U$N~f(D,/_ONG- B:NH:i CDR V. McDONOUGH, USN(Rl

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SA RAG TWO TWO LT J. CALABOUGH, USNPHU CUONG

SA RAG TWO FOUR LTJG R.oL. CANON, USNRPHU CUONG

SA RAG TWO EIGHT LT R. M. ANDREWS, UJSN

LONG BINH

SA RAG 'THREE ZERO LT R. M. ANDREWS, USNLONG BINH`

SA REG FOR RPG LT C. E. ROBE, USNCUU LONG

FOU1ATH RIVERINE ZONE ADVISORY ORGANIZATION (TF Z1i7).

SA FOURTH RIVERINE ZONE CDR W. WARDELL, USN

CAN THOSA RAG TWO ONE/THREE THREE LT K. J. PLIS, USNDONG TAM

SA RAG TWO T-PHREE/THREE ONE LTJG R. E. BROWN. USNVINH LONG

SA RAG TWO FIVE LT R. J. GILLESKIE, USNCA MAU

SA RAG TWO NINE LT W. T. MAGEE, ill, USNBAC LIEU

SA RAG TWO SIX LTJG R. W. BASS, ULNRLONG XUYEN

RUNG SAT SPECIAL ZONE ADVISORY ORGANIZATION (TF ý;'ZS)

SA RSSZ CDR D. A. STEWART. USNNHA BE

NAVAL TRAINING CE1NTER ADVISORY ORGANIZATION

SA NTC NHA TRANG CDR P.R . FOURNIER, USN

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SA VITCSkc:I: 0 CRR.R GROVE,USN(D)CDR A.WILD, US.:'4(R)

LOGiJST'CSLPORT COMMAND ADVISORYORGANIZAýýTION

SA' VNiN LSC AND SA V14LNDCOS LOG RADM P. S. McMANUS, USNDE-P SA NLS~ CAFT E. P. TRA"VERS, ,jSN6 A V 5~Y CAPT F. T. SHALVER, 'USN

SA VNi7SC CDR C. H. BARST-AtD, USN

SA LSB AN CHOI LCDR R. W. HOTZLUSN

A,'(Sf R ýkH SOILT D. E. VVARD,USIN

SA LS3 *QJ7 NHON LCDR T, A. HE.AD, TJSlN%

SA 15B BEINL'ý2C LCDR C. W. -A laA U G H , ',:SIN

SA LSB CATto , LCDR S. U'NGEMA~CH, USN

SA ]LSB DONPG TAM CDR W.M. COLE, tJSNN

TH. BAY~

SA LSB CA_:MRAINHA CDR C. McINTOSH. USN

SA LS3 DATNA_%*c CAPT R. PADDOCK, C-SN

SA LSB 1NRA BE CDR A. LL BA'-DER,USN'

~SA 6SB TW'HjA'NAN 4 LCDR J. STEVENS, USIN

~ :SB :NH??CDR R. . COEIN,lLINR

C. SA 153-LN XUYEN LCDR A. TH-,ELP L'51N

SA 1S3 O4JL . R. MURRAY, US;",

SA !S-' V Nl-'H ... ON6 LT W. MaAL.YSTER, US±1'R

S 5B CAiL.A LJT 1.F. M AY R tzŽ

S A TSB '_:i.M CAN LCDR R. BLEDSOE; 1-1S5N

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SA ISB CA MAU LT D. CHALFANT, USN

SA YRBM ALFA LCDR G. CRAWFORD, USN

SA ISB MOC HOA LT D. BOULDIN, USN'

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APPENDIX IV

Glossary of Abbreviations

The following abbreviations and terms are commonly used in

-he comnbatzone by all agencies and are listed here in amplification '

o0 t h se used in the text:

A F Attack by fire

AMMI PONTOON A multi-purpose barge, standard size 28Ix901

AO ~Area of operations

ARVN Army of the Republic of VietnamA/S Air Strike

.AS? Ammunition supply point 4---

ASPZ5 Assault Support Patrol Boat

ART Artillery

ATO Armored Troop Carrier

A r`SB Advance Tactical Support Base

AilW Automatic Weapons

b DA Battle Damage Assessment

BILAZý.KPONY OV-10 Aircraft, twin engine turboprop counterlnsurgenr:--

:.CCE3 Command and Communications Boat

Coastal Group

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C~iCOMChinese Communist

C 1DGs Civilian Irregular Defense Group -mercenaries ofVietna- -tese, Laotian, Cambodian descent who fightprimai dy around their own villages. *

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LAW Light Anti-tank Weapon

LIGPL Landing Craft, Personnel, Large

LD'NL Vietnamese equivalent, of USN Underwater Demolition Team

LF Local Forces (V C terminology)

L I-i T Light Helo Fire Team

LOH OHi-*Light Observation Helicopter

LP? Lookout Post

LRRP Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol

LSSC Light Seal Support Craft

MACV Military Assistance Command, Vietnam

MATSB Mobile Advance Tactical Support Base

MEDCAP Medical Civic Action Program

MID Mining Interdiction Division

MONI4TOR Heavily armored LCM-6 ('40mm-Ycarnnon ox 105mnn

Howitzer)MR M~ii~ary Regio,:,n

MSB Minesweeper, boat

M SD Mixisweeper, drone

MSF Mib~e Strike Force -mercenaries who deploy(and go anywhere

MSS C Mediuam Seal Support Cr-aft

NF S N\aval Gunfir'e Support

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NIL Naval Intelligence Liaison Officer

NIOTC Naval Inshore Operations Training Center

NMCB Naval Mobi'le Construction Battalion (Seabees'.

NO D Night Observation Device

NS A Naval Support Activity

NMAD Naval Support Activity Detbachment

NV A North Vietnamese Army

OJT On-the-job training

PBR Patrol Boat, River

PG F Patrol Craft, Fast

P F PopUlar Forces

POL Petroleum, O21l, and Lubricants

PRU Provi~ncial Reconnaissance Unit 4

PSA Province Sector Advisor

PSDF Popular Self-Defense Forces

PSYOPS Psychological Ope~rations

RAG River Assault Craft

RAD River Assault Division

RAG River Assault Group (VNN)

RAID River Assa-e-t and Ir.terdict'lan Division (VNN)

RAP Rocket Aseisted Projectille

r REF Ree-fer (ship)r

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ULNOE~SSIFIED.4 la

R f iP F Regional Forces/Popular Forces

RNivK/B Rj Civ l ian construction comp::nry I.n Vietnam,

ROK Repufblic of Korea

RPD River Patrol Division

RPG Rocket propelled grenade (or) River Pat-rol Gnoz~p

*RSS Ze Rung Sat Specild Zdone

RVNAF Repubolic of Vietnam Air Force (~or, A'rmrvedForces)

SA Senior Advýisor

SAR Search And RescueSEAL Niavycommandos, (Sea, AiLr, Land)

SEAWOLF UH-IIB Helo, heavilly azmoyed, USN speraled

SHADOW C-ll9, aircrafti2

S KI M--MER 4ZO-footfiberglass motorboat

_.XK 'UH-IB, USA operated

F- 00Km' C-47 aircraft

.53. B swý!'MmerSupport Br;:t(Skhimel

QSTAB Strike Assault Bosat

TAOR Tactical Area Of Respansflbilitý

TrAW Tatca i rWn

F P T Convoy designatiocn xship ' E t j r aVing ',p -L'11,Mekong Rlver- f2oromTai, ChU-m toz-Phn,ým Pfznhan,,dvice versa

Unit+edStat-es Arzmy, Vietnam r

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USASUPCOM United States Army Supply Command

VNIMC Vietnamese Marine Corps

VN N Vietnamese Navy

Ž 1 V N N ~ S C Vietnamese Naval Sutpply Center.3

VNNTC Vietnamese Naval Training Center (Nha,Trang)

WIA Wounded In Action

ZIPPO Flame thrower -equipped ATC of Monitor Z-

U. S. Naval Forces Vietnam Monthly Historical Summary Jun 1971

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Transcript of U. S. Naval Forces Vietnam Monthly Historical Summary Jun 1971