II CORPS SITUATION REPORT AS OF 1800 HOURS 2 FEBRUARY 1968

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II CORPS SITUATION REPORT AS OF 1800 HOURS
2 FEBRUARY 1968.
� BAN ME THUOT, DARLAC PROVINCE.
A. AS OF 1430 HOURS, 2 FEBRUARY, THE SITUATION IN BAN
ME THUOT WAS QUITE CONFUSED WITH THE ENEMY FORCE INCREASING
ITS PRESSURE ON THE CITY. TWO NORTH VIETNAMESE ARMY (NVA)
REGIMENTS, RUMORED TO BE THE 33RD AND POSSIBLY THE 17B
WERE SITUATED NORTH AND SOUTH OF TOWN, WITH ELEMENTS OF THESE
UNITS IN THE CITY ITSELF MINGLING WITH THE LOCAL POPULACE.
PROVINCE HEADQUARTERS HAS BEEN COMPLETELY DESTROYED, AND
MOST OF THE TOWN HAS BEEN BADLY DAMAGED. THE MACV COMPOUND
HAS BEEN MORTARED, BUT HAS NOT SUSTAINED SERIOUS DAMAMGE.
FIVE ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM (ARVN) TANKS OF A
TANK FORCE NUMBERING FIFTEEN HAVE BEEN DESTROYED OR PUT OUT
OF AOTION. THE ENEMY IS EXPECTED TO HIT THE 155 HELICOPTER
BATTALION DURING THE NIGHT OF 2 FEBRUARY. FRIENDLY FORCES
CONSISTING OF TWO (ARVN) BATTALIONS HAVE BEEN SUPPLEMENTED
BY 3.COMPANIES,OF THE U.S.' 173RD AIRBORNE BRIGADE. AIR STRIKES BY
SKYRAIDERS HAVE BEEN CALLED IN ON THE CITY AND MANY
CIVILIANS HAVE BEEN WOUNDED FROM THESE ATTACKS BECAUSE THE
NVA ARE MINGLING WITH THE CIVILIANS.
REPORTED OVER 300 CIVILIANS WOUNDED WITH
APPROXIMATELY 60 HOSPITALIZED. HOW MANY OF THESE WERE
INJURED BY THE AIR STRIKES IS NOT KNOWN. THE ENEMY ATTACKS
HAVE CAUSED CONSIDERABLE FEAR AMONG THE LOCAL POPULACE, BUT
THERE IS NO INDICATION THAT THE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO
THE VC/NVA CAUSE. ENEMY TROOPS APPEAR TO BE HOLDING THE
CIVILIAN POPULATION WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THE CITY.
AMERICAN CORDS ADVISOR FOR MONTAGNARD AFFAIRS, ACCORDING TO LOCAL
VIETNAMESE WITNESSES, WAS CAPTURED BY THE ENEMY.. HE IS
PRESENTLY REPORTED MISSING BY
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2. KONTUM, KONTUM PROVINCE.
AT 1630 HOURS 2 FEBRUARY THE MILITARY SITUATION IN
KONTUM KONTUM PROVINCE; WAS STILL FLUID AND COULD
GO EITHER WAY. A VIET CONG�(VC) UNIT IN REGIMENTAL STRENGTH
WAS NORTH OF THE CITY. THE SIZE OF THE UNITS OPERATING IN .
THE CITY WAS UNKNOWN, BUT FIGHTING WAS HEAVY. THE PROVINCE,
INTERROGATION CENTER AND THE Cl-LIEU HOI CENTER NEAR THE MACV
COMPOUND WERE BEING LEVELED BY FRIENDLY AIR STRIKES, AND
MACV RECEIVED SNIPER AND MORTAR FIRE. THE ENEMY WAS HOLED
UP IN A BUILDING (UNSPECIFIED)WITHIN THE CITY. � TUNNELS OF
LONG STANDING HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED NEAR THE MACV COMPOUND.
CASUALTY STATISTICS WERE NOT KNOWN. THERE WAS NO.. .
INFORMATION CONCERNING POSSIBLE. ENEMY ACTIVITY OUTSIDE KONTUM
OR IN DAK.TO DISTRICT.
3. � KHANH HOA PROVINCE.
� A. AS OF. 1800 HOURS 2 FEBRUARY THERE WAS NO CONTACT
WITH THE ENEMY ANYWHERE IN KHANH HOA PROVINCE. AN NVA -
PRISONER,�
THAT A SECOND.ATTACK ON NHA TRANG WILL TAKE PLACE WITHIN THE
NEXT THREE DAYS ACCORDING TO THE PRISONER. ALL UNITS OF THE
18/3 REGIMENT WILL PARTICIPATE, ,WITH THE SUPPORT OF LOCAL
UNITS AND ELEMENTS OF THE NVA 95TH REGIMENT. ACCORDING TO
THIS REGIMENT- HAS BEEN BASED IN PHU YEN PROVINCE
AND ITS PRESENCE IN KHANH HOA HAS NOT YET BEEN CONFIRMED.
THE 95TH INCLUDES AN ARTILLERY BATTALION EQUIPPED WITH 122 MM
ROCKETS.
- D. OVER 40 CONFIRMED VC AND NVA PRISONERS, INCLUDING
SIX OFFICERS, WERE UNDER INTERROGATION AT THE KHANH HOA
PIC, BUT THE PIC HAS NOT OBTAINED ANY INFORMATION CONCERNING
A PLANNED SECOND-PHASE ATTACK. THE PIC IS NOW FUNCTIONING �
"AS A TACTICAL INTERROGATION CENTER FOR PROCESSING ALL BUT
ROKA PRISONERS, WITH 15 INTERROGATORS ASSEMBLED FROM THE
POLICE, ARVN 5-2, SPECIAL FORCES, THE 55TH MILITARY INTELLIGENCE
DFTACHMENT (MID). AND THE 4TH MID.
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HOURS 2 FEBRUARY THE ENEMY WAS EXPECTED TO LAUNCH A 120 MM
MORTAR ATTACK ON THE AIR BASE IN NHA TRANG DURING THE NIGHT
OF 2 FEBRUARY. IT I POSSIBLE THAT THE MORTAR ATTACK
WILL BE FOLLOWED BY AN ATTACK BY ELEMENTS OF THE STH AND.
9TH BN OF THE 18/B REGIMENT. REMNANTS OF THE 7TH AND 8TH
BNS.ARE STILL SCATTERED THROUGHOUT NHA TRANG.
4. DISSEM: STATE USMACV CORDS 7TH AF USARV
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