BA BINH ARMY BARRACKS CHAP LE AREA NORTH VIETNAM 17-05N 106-57E

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80T01471R000500070010-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 6, 2007
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: March 1, 1965
• Content Type: PHOTO

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BA BINH ARMY BARRACKS
CHAP LE AREA, NORTH VIETNAM
1705N 1o657E
1. COLLATERAL REPORTS THAT ON 8 FEBRUARY 1965, A COMBINED US -
SOUTH VIETNAMESE AIR STRIKE, INVOLVING FIFTY-FIVE AIRCRAFT, STRUCK
THE CHAP LE AREA, BELIEVED TO CONTAIN THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE 270TH
INDEPENDENT INFANTRY REG iNT. A TOTAL OF 127,920 POUNDS OF ORDNANCE
WAS EXPENDED. ON 11 FEBRUARY 1965, TWENTY-EIGHT SOUTH VIETNAMESE
AIRCRAFT, SUPPORTED BY TWENTY USAF ESCORT AIRCRAFT AND TWO USAF PHOTO
RECON AIRCRAFT, EXCUI'i'D A SECOND STRIKE ON THE CHAP LE AREA. THE
STRIKE AIRCRAFT EXPENDED 75,180 POUNDS OF ORDNANCE ON THE TARGET AREA.
2. PRE-STRIKE PHOTOGRAPHY OF LAZY DAISY
REVEALS A BARRACKS AREA 1.2 NM WEST-NORTHWEST OF BA BINH AND 1.6 TTh
SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF CHAP LE. AREA CONTAINS FIVE,BARRACKS, ONE REVETTED
STORAGE BUILDING:, ONE REVETTED AMMUNITION STORAGE BUILDING, ONE WARE-
HOUSE, TWO MESSHALLS, AND EIGHT SMALL SUPPORT BUILDINGS.
3. POST-STRIKE PHOTOGRAPHY-OF TROJAN HORSE
REVEALS THE FOLLOWING DAMAGE:
BUILDINGS DAMAGE AS OF
19 FEB 1965
5 BARRACKS 1 DESTROYED
2 LIGHT ROOF DAMAGE
1 Wt' EEHOUSE 1 DESTROYED
2 :;SSE "ELLS 1 DESTROYED
UNDAMAGED
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8 SMALL SUPPORT BLDGS. 3 DESTROYED
1 LIGHT ROOF DAMAGE
1 REVET?TED A''~O STORAGE
If. AT LEAST NINE BOMB CRATERS AND NUMEROUS ROCKET CRATERS ARE
OBSERVED TI?ROUG-HOUR E TARGET AREA.
5. AREA HAS BEST PREVIOUSLY COVERED BY NUMEROUS LAZY
DAISY, LUCKY DRAGON, AND TROJAN HORSE MISSIONS, BUT WAS NOT IMAGED ON
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