ARMY BARRACKS WNW - AREA 5 DONG HOI NORTH VIETNAM 17-28-50N 106-35-36E

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80T01471R000400080002-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 5, 2007
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: February 14, 1965
• Content Type: REPORT

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ARMY BARRACKS WNW - AREA 5
DONG HOI, NORTH VIETNAM
17-28-50N 106-35-36E
14+ FEBRUARY 1965 x1
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(SEE NPIC BRIEFING BOARDS J-7+75 AND J-7+91 FOR COMPARISON)
1. STRIKE PHOTOGRAPHY OF
FIRST REVEALED BOMB DAMAGE TO THE BARRACKS AREA 2 NM WEST-NORTHWEST
OF DONG HOI, WHICH CONTAINED A TOTAL OF FIFTY-ONE BUILDINGS. SEVERAL
FOXHOLES AND AUTOMATIC WEAPONS POSITIONS WERE NOTED IN THE AREA.
FURTHER DAMAGE WAS IMAGED ON STRIKE PHOTOGRAPHY OF
27 BARRACKS
1 ADMINISTRATION
1 MESSHALL
22 SUPPORT 1 DAMAGED 3 DESTROYED 1 BURNING
TWENTY-SEVEN BARRACKS, ONE MESSHALL AND SEVENTEEN SUPPORT BUILDINGS
HAVE SUSTAINED NO APPARENT DAMAGE.
AN UNIDENTIFIED BURNING OBJECT IS OBSERVED IN THE BACKGROUND ON
THE GRAPHIC.
2. COLLATERAL REPORTS THAT AT 1+00 HOURS ON 11 FEBRUARY, AN AIR
STRIKE AGAINST CHANH HOA ARMY BARRACKS AND HEADQUARTERS 325TH INFANTRY
DIVISION SE (LOCATED 3 NM WEST-NORTHWEST OF DONG HOI) WAS INITIATED BY
ONE HUNDRED AND TEN NAVY AIRCRAFT FROM THE US.S HANCOCK (CVA-19), USS
CORAL SEA (cu-l+3), AND USS RANGER (cu-61). WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE
EXTREMELY POOR. THREE NAVY AIRCRAFT FROM THE USS CORAL SEA WERE LOST
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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AS A RESULT OF THIS STRIKE. ONE OF THE THREE, AN F-8 AIRCRAFT,
REMAINS MISSING AND UNACCOUNTED FOR. HANOI RADIO CLAIMS TO HAVE
CAPTURED A US PILOT WITH THE SAME NAME AS THAT OF THE PILOT OF THE
MISSING F-8.
3. AREA HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY COVERED BY NUMEROUS
LAZY DAISY, LUCKY DRAGON, AND TROJAN HORSE MISSIONS.
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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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