by
Lieutenant General Bernard William Rogers
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY WASHINGTON, D. C., 1989
II. POSITIONING THE ANVIL-OPERATIONS FITCHBURG AND NIAGARA FALLS
25th Infantry Division
1st Infantry Division
25th Infantry Division
1st Infantry Division
Ben Suc Village
The Initial Assault
IV. PHASE II-THE HAMMER SWINGS
3d Brigade
Task Force Deane
25th Infantry Division
Small Unit Actions
25th Infantry Division
1st Infantry Division
VI. ENGINEER AND CHEMICAL OPERATIONS
Bridge on the Thi Tinh
Jungle Clearing Operations
Tunnel Exploration and Destruction
The Engineer Navy
Chemical Operations
VIII. PLANNING AND PREPARATION
IX. THE WARM-UP TOSSES: GADSDEN AND TUCSON
Operation Gadsden
Operation Tucson
X. PHASE I-THE HORSESHOE IS PITCHED
Combat Forces
D-Day, 22 February 1967
D Plus 1, 23 February
D Plus 2, 24 February
End of Phase I, 25 February-17 March
Prek Klok I
Prek Klok II
XIII. THE BATTLES OF AP BAU BANG II, SUOI TRE, AND AP GU
Ap Bau Bang II
Suoi Tre
Ap Gu
1. Communist Party Dominance in Enemy Organization .
1. Corps Tactical Zones, Republic of Vietnam
2. Major Battles Near Saigon, 1966
3. War Zones
4. ATTLEBORO (Operational Area)
5. The Iron Triangle and CEDAR FALLS Operational Area
6. CEDAR FALLS (Concept of Operations)
7. CEDAR FALLS (D-Day, D + 1)
8. War Zone C
9. Operation GADSDEN, 3-21 February 1967
10. Operation TUCSON (Concept of Operations)
11. Operation JUNCTION CITY (Phase I)
12. The Battle of Prek Klok I, 28 February 1967
13. The Battle of Prek Klok II, 10 March 1967
14. JUNCTION CITY (Concept, Phase II)
15. The Battle of Ap Bau Bang, 20 March 1967
16. Battle of Suoi Tre, 21 March 1967
17. Battle of Ap Gu, 1 April 1967
Illustrations (Omitted)
1. Elements of the 173d Airborne Brigade Arrive in Saigon From Okinawa,
1965
2. 105-mm. Howitzer Lifted Into Position by Chinook During Operation BIRMINGHAM
3. 105-mm. Howitzer Crew Fires in Support of the 1st Infantry Division
4. Brigadier General Bernard W. Rogers Directs His Troops in Battle by
Radio
5. Armored Personnel Carriers Move Through Scrub Jungle
6. Brigadier General John R. Deane, Jr., Checks the Location of a Patrol
7. Private First Class Willie Foxworth Takes a Position Behind Weathered
Graves
8. First Sergeant George L. Taylor Inspects Captured Enemy Mortar Rounds
9. Members of the 503d Infantry and 11th Armored Cavalry in Thanh Dien
Forest
10. Members of Company C, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry, Patrolling the
Saigon River
11. Tankers from the 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry, in a Rubber Plantation
12. American and Vietnamese Soldiers Assist Refugees
13. Rome Plow in Operation
14. Preparing Landing Zone
15. Engineers Rappelling off Helicopter
16. Inspecting an Enemy Booby Trap
17. Searching for Tunnels
18. Flamethrower in Action
19. Combined Arms at Work in the Iron Triangle
20. American Adviser and Vietnamese Soldiers Keeping Watch on Viet Cong
Captives
21. Infantrymen Move Through Heavy Brush Near the Michelin Plantation
22. Individual Ammunition Issue
23. Elements of the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment Guarding Road to Rubber
Plantation
24. Moving Through the Jungle
25. Hacking Out a Trail
26. Company Sweep in War Zone
27. An Infantryman Returns Fire During an Enemy Attack
28. First Leiutenant Edward Christiansen Calls for Air Strikes Over a Suspected
Viet Cong Position
29. Guiding a Recovery Vehicle Across a River
30. A Huey Prepares To Land Near Awaiting Troops
31. Infantrymen Dash From Helicopters To Move Against Enemy Forces
32. Dropping Supplies North of Tay Ninh City
33. Armored Personnel Carriers Piled High With Captured Rice
All illustrations are from Department of the Army files.