| MARCH 6, 1967 13 VIET CONG SLAIN NEAR BONG SON CU CHI Units of the
3rd Brigade Task Force and the 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile),
continued Operation "Pershing" north of Bong Son. Military
spokesmen reported 13 enemy killed during light, scattered actions in
the operation area on the plains, 20 km north-northwest of Bong Son.
Units continued to locate and destroy caves and tunnels and other enemy
hiding places. An element of the 1st Cavalry Division received several
rounds of enemy small arms fire while on perimeter guard at English
Airfield. There were no friendly casualties and enemy casualties were
unknown. Since Operation Pershing began on February 12, 235 enemy have
been killed, 260 persons detained and 83 individual and five crew-served
weapons seized. Strike pilots have flown 185 sorties in support of the
combined ground-air operation. Friendly casualties were reported as
light. Other actions in the Central Highland Region of Vietnam,
uncovered an enemy arms and equipment cache in a native hut. The find
occurred when a company of the 3rd Brigade Task Force, a part of
Operation "Sam Houston," swept through an area of Kontum
Province, 57 km west of Pleiku City. The cache included three 60 mm
mortars, four light machine guns and large quantities of assorted
ammunition and equipment. No friendly casualties were reported. |