ARMY BARRACKS SSE AREA A CHAP LE, NORTH VIETNAM 17-06N 106-58E

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• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
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• Content Type: REPORT

ARMY BARRA
E AREA A
CHAP I.E. NORTH VIETNAM
17.06N 106-58E
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POST-STRIKE
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ARMY BARRACKS SSE - AREA A
CHAP LE , NORTH VIETNAM
1706N 10658E
CSD/NPIC 156/65
11 APRIL 1965
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1. PRE-STRIKE PHOTOGRAPHY OF
REVEALS AREA A OF CHAP LE ARMY BARRACKS SSE
LOCATED ONE NM SOUTH-SOUTHE lST OF CHAP LE. AREA CONTAINS'
TWO PROBABLE 3ARRACKS BUILDINGS, FIVE SUPPORT BUILDINGS
(ONE WITH MINOR ROOF DAMAGE), THREE LARGE REVETTED BUILDINGS,
FIVE SMALL REVETTED BUILDINGS, THREE VEHICLE REVETMENTS
(TWO OCCUPIED WITH ONE PROBABLE: ELECTRONICS VAN EACH, ONE
OCCUPIED WITH A PROBABLE VAN), AND ONE FOUR-GUN LIGHT
AAA SITE, TWO POSITIONS PROBABLY OCCUPIED.
2. POST-STRIKE PHOTOGRAPHY OF
REVEALS THE FOLLOWING DA34AGE TO AREA A:
BUILDINGS DAMAGE ASSESSMENT.
2 PROBABLE BARRACKS 1 DESTROYED
1 UNDAMAGED
5 SUPPORT BUILDINGS
.3 DESTROYED
1 WITH MINOR ROOF DAMAGE
1 UNDAMAGED
3 LARGE REVETTED BUILDINGS 1 BURNING
2. UNDAMAGED
5 S.'-MATL REVETTED BUILDINGS 5 UNDAMAGED
ONE PROBABLE ELECTRONICS VAN IS BURNING; ONE VAN AND ONE
PROBABLE VAN ARE UNDAMAGED. THERE IS NO DISCERNIBLE DAMAGE
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work.
Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid
only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue.
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TO THE AAA SITE. SEVERAL .30MB AND ROCKET CRATERS ARE
OBSERVED IN THE AREA.
3. STRIKE DATA REPORTS AREA A OF CHAP LE ARMY
BARRACKS SSE WAS STRUCK ON 23 MARCH 1965 BY EIGHT VNAF
A-lI-1 AIRCRAFT WITH NINE USAF FLAK SUPPRESSION RESCAP
AND BDA AIRCRAFT IN SUPPORT. ORDNANCE EXPENDED ON TARGET
CONSISTED OF SIXTEEN 500-POUND GENERAL PURPOSE BOMBS,
EIGHT 750-POUND GENERAL PURPOSE BOMBS, AND 2128 2.75-
INCH ROCKETS.
4. AREA HAS.3EEN PREVIOUSLY COVERED BY COLD TALE,
LAZY DAISY, LUCKY DRAGON, AND TROJAN HORSE PHOTOGRAPHY.
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work.
Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid
only for the reporting period as indicated by the dote of issue.
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