SITUATION IN THE PROVICES OF IV CORPS AS OF 1300 HOURS ON 18 [ ] 1968

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• Publication Date: February 18, 1968

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COUNTRY SOUTH VIETNAM
SUBJECT SITUATION IN THE PROVINCES OF IV CORPS AS OF
1300 HOURS ON 18 1968
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I. ENEMY INITIATED ACTIVITY PICKED UP THROUGHOUT THE IV
CORPS AREA ON THE NIGHT OF 17-18 FEBRUARY 1968 WITH 30 INCIDENTS
REPORTED CONSISTING OF 26 MORTARINGS, TWO GROUND ASSAULTS AND
TWO HARRASSMENTS. ALLIED PERSONNEL SUFFERED EIGHT KILLED
AND 73 WOUNDED IN THE ACTIONS WHILE THE VIET CONG (VC) HAD
16 KILLED, 47 VC CAPTURED AND 82 SUSPECTS ARE BEING DETAINED.
18 VC WEAPONS WERE CAPTURED INCLUDING ONE 75MM PACK HOWITZER.
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2. FOLLOWING IS THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME
OF ATTACKS WHICH TOOK PLACE IN THE VARIOUS IV CORPS PROVINCES:
A. KIEN TUONG PROVINCE REPOR u THAT AT APPROXIMATELY
0100 HOURS THIS MORNIFG TWO NEW LIFE HAMLETS IN THE PROVINCE
WERE OVERRUN WHILE AT THE SAME TIME TWO OUTPOSTS WERE MORTARED.
NO CASUALTY FIGURES ARE AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.
B. THE CITY OF CAO LANH IN KIEN PHONG PROVINCE WAS
MORTARED AND ASSAULTED THIS MORNING FROM ABOUT 0105 HOURS UNTIL
0600 HOURS. THE GROUND ASSAULT WAS MADE BY A VC FORCE ESTIMATED
SOMEWHAT LARGER THAN A COMPANY. FOUR VC WERE KILLED AND 8
Ap50 RIFLES WERE CAPTURED. TWO GOVERNMENT OF VIETNAM (GVN)
SOLDIERS WERE KILLED AND 16 WERE WOUNDED. THE VC ARE NOW
REPORTEDLY TWO KILOMETERS OUTSIDE OF THE CITY AND THE AIRSTRIP
IS CONSIDERED INSECURE AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT.
C. AT 0050 HOURS THIS MORNING THE CHAU PHU AIRPORT,
CHAU DOC PROVINCE WAS HIT WITH 82MM MORTAR ROUNDS AND THE
ITY OF CHU PHU ALSO MAY HAVE RECEIVED SOME ROUNDS. THf TRI
TON DISTRICT TOWN IN CHAU DOC PROVINCE WAS HIT AT 0100 HOURS
THIS MORNING WITH 30 ROUNDS OF 82MM MORTAR. SEVERAL HOUSES
WERE DESTROYED AND THE CASUALTY FIGURE IS UNKNOWN.
D. AT 0100 HOURS THIS MORNING THERE WERE TWO MORTAR
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ATTACKS ON SUB-SECTORS IN DINH TUONG PROVINCE AND A THIRD
SUB-SECTOR WAS �HIT AT 0250 HOURS. THE CAPITAL CITY OF MY THO
WAS HIT WITH POSSIBLY AS MANY AS 100 ROUNDS OF 82MM AND 120MM
MORTAR FIRE. THERE WAS ALSO A GROUND ATTACK MOUNTED ON THE
OUTSKIRTS OF THE CITY, HOWEVER IT AMOUNTED TO LITTLE IF ANYTHING.
THE RDC COMPOUND IN MY THO TOOK A DIRECT HIT FROM A 120 MM
MORTAR CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE MAIN HOUSE BUT THE ONLY
CASUALTIES WERE TWO FILIPINO TECHNICIANS WHO RECEIVED SLIGHT
WOUNDS.
E. BEN TRE CITY, KIEN HOA PROVINCE, WAS HIT AT 0100
HOURS THIS MORNING BY MORTARS AND A MILD GROUND ASSAULT. TWO
SUB-SECTORS WERE MORTARED IN KIEN HOA AT 0135 HOURS. TWO
FRIENDLY AND TWO VC PERSONNNEL WERE KILLED IN THE ACTION AT BEN
TRE.
F. IN VINH LONG CITY, VINH LONG PROVINCE, THE VC ATTACKED
THE CITY EARLY THIS MORNING AND AT LAST REPORT THERE IS SOME
FIGHTING IN THE CITY WITH AIR STRIKES BEING CONDUCTED 200
METERS FROM LHE RDC HOUSE. MOST OF THE CIVILIANS HAVE BEEN
EVACUATED BY APC FROM THIS PART OF THE CITY, HOWEVER THE RDC
PERSONNEL ARE REMAINING IN THEIR HOUSE, BUT HAVE MADE MACV
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AWARE OF THEIR SITUATION SO THAT AN APC CAN BE SENT IN IF
EVACUATION APPEARS WARRANTED. THE ATTACK BEGAN AT 0215 HOURS
WITH A MORTAR BARRAGE FOLLOWED WITH A GROUND ASSAULT AGAINST
THE OUTER PERIMETER OF THE CITY. AT 0205 HOURS AN ARMY OF
THE REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM (ARVN) BOAT WAS HIT BY A B-40 ROCKET
ROUND ONE KILOMETER OUT FROM THE CITY CAUSING THREE ARVN SOLDIER
TO BE WOUNDED.
G. IN VINH BINH PROVINCE LAST NIGHT ONE OUTPOST WAS
ATTACKED KILLING THREE POPULAR FORCE (PF) SOLDIERS AND WOUNDING
THREE OTHERS. CANG LONG DISTRICT TOWN WAS MORTARED AND THE VC
BLEW UP A NEW BRIDGE IN THE PROVINCE.
H. RACH GIA CITY, KIEN GIANG PROVINCE, WAS MORTARED AT
0015 HOURS THIS MORNING WOUNDING TWO PF SOLDIERS, TWO POLICEMEN
AND 10 CIVILIANS.
I. BOTH CAN THO ANL BINH THY AIRFIELDS IN PHONG DINH
PROVINCE WERE HIT LAST NIGHT. THE ATTACKS BEGAN AT 0100
HOURS. CAN THO AIRFIELD RECEIVED 20 TO 30 ROUNDS OF MIXED
120MM MORTAR, 82MM MORTAR AND 75MM RECOILLESS RIFLE FIRE.
SEVEN U.S. MILITARY PERSONNEL WERE WOUNDED. THE U.S. SPECIAL
FORCES DISPENSARY AND MEDICAL STOREROOM WAS DESTROYED BY A
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DIRECT HIT. ALSO THREE BARRACKS WERE HIT, THE PX WAS DAMAGED
AND TWO TRUCKS WERE HIT ONE OF WHICH WAS HEAVILY DAMAGED. AT
BINH TUY ONE U.S. SOLDIER WAS KILLED AND TWO WOUNDED WHEN 15
FIRE
ROUNDS OF 75MM RECOILLESS RIFLE 'STRUCK THE BARRACKS AREA.
ALSO, THE CHAU THANH DISTRICT CITY OF CAI RANG WAS HIT WITH
RIFLE FIRE
20 ROUNDS OF 75MM RECOILLESS/CAUSING TWO ARVN AND TWO CIVILIANS
TO BE WOUNDED. AN OUTPOST IN CHAU THANH WAS ASSAULTED BY A 200
MAN FORCE THIS MORNING AT 1000 HOURS.
J. IN CHUONG THIEN PROVINCE THE LONG MY DISTRICT TOWN
WAS MORTARED BUT NO DAMAGE OR CASUALTY FIGURES ARE AVAILABLE.
K. AT 0210 HOURS THIS MORNING, SOC TRANG CITY, BA XUYEN
PROVINCE WAS MORTARED. NO CASUALTY hi.ARES ARE KNOWN, BUT
SOME HOUSES WERE BURNED. AT 0305 HOURS THE SOC TRANG AIRFIELD
WAS HIT BY RECOILLESS RIFLE FIRE KILLING ONE U.S. SOLDIER AND
WOUNDING SEVEN OTHERS. TWO HELICOPTERS WERE DAMAGED AND ONE
TRUCK WAS DESTROYED.
L. BOTH THE DONG THOI AND NAM CAN DISTRICT TOWNS IN AN
XUYEN PROVINCE WERE MORTARED LAST NIGHT RESULTING IN ONE
REGIONAL FORCE (RF) SOLDIER BEING KILLED AND ONE ARVN SOLDIER
BEING WOUNDED.
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