II CORPS SITUATION REPORT AS OF 1545 HOURS 2 FEBRUARY 1968 [SANITIZED]

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THIS IS AN INFORMATION REPORT. NOT FINALLY EVALUATED INTELLIGENCE.
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COUNTRY SOUTH VIETNAM
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DIST 2 FEBRUARY 1968
DOI 2105 HOURS 1 FEBRUARY - 1545 HOURS 2 FEBRUARY 196S.
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II COPRS SITUATION REPORT AS OF 1545 HOURS .
2 FEBRUARY 1968
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1. NHA TRANG, KHANH HOA PROVINCE
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AS OF 1200 HOURS 2 FEBRUARY
NRA TRANG WAS RELATIVELY QUIET9 WITH ONLY SCATTERED SNIPERS
REMAINING IN THE CITY. NUMEROUS SWEEPS WERE BEING CONDUCTED
WITHIN THE CITY BY THE POLICE, POLICE FIELD FORCES AND
GOVERNMENT OF VIETNAM (GVN) SPECIAL FORCES TO LOCATE AND
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ELIMINATE ENEMY STRAGGLERS. OIER 40 PRISONERS, MOSTLY NORTH
VIETNAMESE ARMY (NVA), HAVE BEEN TAKEN, INCLUDING SIX OFFICERS
AND ONE MEMBER OF THE KHANH HOA PROVINCE COMMITTEE. THESE
ARE JOINTLY INTERROGATED IN THE KHANH HOA PROVINCE
INTERROGATION CENTER (PIC) BY GVN SPECIAL FORCES, THE SPECIAL
POLICE AND SECTOR 5-1.
B. THE SPECIAL POLICE REPORT THE ATTACKERS ARE
BEING ASSISTED BY MEMBERS OF THE EXTREME BUDDHIST MOVEMENT
IN NHA TRANG. FIVE BUDDHIST NUNS WERE ARRESTED AND THE
POLICE ARE ATTEMPTING TO CONFIRM BUDDHIST INVOLVEMENT.
C. ACCORDING TO PIC INTERROGATIONS OF PRISONERS OF
WAR (N), NVA TROOPS WERE TOLD PRIOR TO THE ATTACK THEY
WOULD BE ABLE TO TAKE AND HOLD NHA TRANG BECAUSE THE VIET
CONG (VC) ORGANIZATION WITHIN THE CITY HAD ORGANIZED THE
POPULATION TO ASSIST THEM. NVA OFFICERS, HOWEVER, SAY
THEY KNEW BEFORE LAUNCHING THE ATTACK THAT IT WOULD FAIL,
BUT THEY HAD TO ATTACK TO SUPPORT THE NATIONWIDE EFFORT AND
TO MAKE SUCCESS POSSIBLE ELSEWHERE.
D. THE SPECIAL POLICE REPORT THAT THE VC ATTEMPTED TO
ORGANIZE DEMONSTRATIONS IN PRO-VC HAMLETS IN BIEN KHANH
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DISTRICT, 10 KILOMETERS WEST OF' NHA TRANG, FOR A MARCH ON
NHA TRANG. THE VC SUCCEEDED IN GATHERING ABOUT 200 PERSON,
BUT THE NATIONAL POLICE AND THE GVN SPECIAL FORCES INTER-
CEPTED THEM--THEY WERE UNARMED--AND RETURNED THEM TO THEIR
HOMES. THERE HAS BEEN NO OTHER EVIDENCE OF A GENERAL UP-
RISING IN KHANH HOA.
/AT 2 105 HOURS 1 FEBRUARY THE
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GVN NAVY TRAINING CENTER AT NHA TRANG WAS UNDER ATTACK. ONE GVN
RANGER COMPANY WAS DISPATCHED AT 2120 HOURS. AT 2 15 0 HOURS THE
U.S. AIR FORCE INITIATED A RED ALERT AND REVERTED TO THE
YELLOW ALERT AT 0810 HOURS 2 FEBRUARY. AT 2235 HOURS
1 FEBRUARY,THE 4TH MOBILE (MONTAGNARD) STRIKE FORCE WAS
SENT TO REINFORCE THE KHANH HOA PRISON. AT 2255 HOURS
ELEMENTS OF THE 95TH NVA ARTILLERY REGIMENT MOVED FROM PHU
YEN PROVINCE TO KHANH HOA PROVINCE. TWO COMPANIES OF THE
NVA 9TH BATTALION (BN), 18/B REGIMENT (REGT) MOVED TO NHA
TRANG, POSSIBLY TO THE 7TH BN AREA CF EPORTE:0 T 173 0 HOURS
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1 FEBRUARY TO BE IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF NHA TRANG WITH ELEMENTS
OF THE BN TRYING TO EXFILTRATE). AT 2335 HOURS THREE ENEMY
WERE FOUND CRAWLING ON THE BEACH IN FRONT OF THE DUY TAN
HOTEL (U.S. OFFICERS BILLET). AT 0310 HOURS 2 FEBRUARY THE
U.S. AIR FORCE REPORTED SMALL ARMS FIRE IN THE VICINITY OF
THE WHITE BUDDHA (A PROMINENT LANDMARK IN NHA TRANG).
COMMENT: TWO COMPANIES OF THE 9TH BN, 18/B
PERSONNEL
REGIMENT WERE PRESUMED TO BE ENROUTE TO KHANH HOA TO TAKE
OVER THE MISSION OF THE 7TH BN
2. PHAN THIET,BINH THUAN PROVINCE.
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OF 0815 HOURS 2 FEBRUARY THE SITUATION IN PHAN THIET WAS
UNDECIDED AND PHAN THIET WAS UNDER SHAKEY GVN CONTROL. FRIENDLY
TROOPS WERE ATTEMPTING TO COUNTER THIS THREAT. TWO ENEMY
BATTALIONS WERE ENGAGED, WITH CONTACT AT THE SOCCER FIELD
WEST OF THE CITY AND IN AN AREA 150 METERS EAST OF PROVINCE
HEADQUARTERS. A MAJOR CONTACT WAS UNDERWAY ON ROUTES 1 AND
8 LEADING INTO PHAN THIET.
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AS OF 1230 HOURS 2 FEBRUARY MAJOR ACTION WAS IN THE NORTHWEST
AND NORTHERN PART OF THE CITY. THE TWO ENEMY BATTALIONS ARE
THE VC 482ND AND THE 840TH, AND ONE REPORT INDICATES THEY
ARE GOING TO BE REINFORCED BY THE LOCAL 430TH VC COMPANY.
DURING THE NIGHT OF 1 FEBRUARY THE CITY WAS HIT BY B-40
ROCYETS, WITH NO SIGNIFICANT DAMEGE. REVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENT
(RD) TEAMS ARE IN THEIR ORIGINAL LOCATIONS AND ARE
OPERATIONAL WITH ONLY ONE WOUNDED IN ACTION. THE QUARTER
ZONE TEAMS ARE ALSO OPERATIONAL AND UNHARMED. THE POLICE
CHIEF OF THE CITY WITH TWO PLATOONS CONSISTING OF ADMINISTRATIVE-
TYPE PERSONNEL ARE IN CONTACT WITH THE ENEMY AT THE SOCCER FIELD.
CASUALTIES: 11 U.S. MILITARY WIA; 200 GVN CIVILIANS AND MILITARY
WIA WITH NUMBER OF KIA NOT REPORTED; 80 ENEMY KIA (BODY COUNT);
AND PRESUMABLY MANY UNDETERMINED CASUALTIES. ONE COMPANY COMMANDER
OF THE VC 482ND BN AND ONE EACH B-40 AND B-41 MORTARS CAPTURED.
C.
2 FEBRUARY PHAN THIET WAS QUIET,
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CHECK POINT ACTIVITY, AND THE CITY WAS ST ILL UNDER A 100
PER CENT ALERT. U.S. AND GVN MILITARY MIS WERE OPERATING
IN T HIEN GIAO DISTRICT. PROVINCIAL RECONNAISSANCE TEAMS (PRU)
OPERATING IN T HIEN &IA� DISTRICT HAVE BEEN HIT BY AIR STRIKES;
CASUALTIES UNKNOWN. PRISONERS REPORT THAT THE VC, IN BATTALION
STRENGTH, ARE DUG IN AT THE VC T HIEN G IA0 DISTRICT HEADQUARTERS
LOCATED AT AN 824117. PRISONERS ALSO REPORT THAT TWO (UNIDENTIFIED)
IDENT IF IED )
*C, EATIALIONS HAVE SUFFERED HEAVY CASUALTIES. IN HAI LONG DISTRICT,
Y.HE DISTRICT CHIEF REPORTS THAT A FLEET OF 30 VC SAMPANS HAS BEEN
,'..IGHTED OFF THE HAI LONG COAST, EAST OF PHAN T HIET
3. DALAT T UEY DUC
// AS OF 1230 HOURS 2 FEBRUARY, DALAT HAS
BEEN HIT HARD BUT WAS RELATIVELY QUIET AND THE SITUATION
WAS UNDER GVN CONTROL FOUR UNIDENTIFIED NVA UNITS WERE IN THE
CITY. ALL AREAS WEST OF THE LAKE WERE BEING CONTESTED* THERE
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WAS INTERMITTENT SMALL ARMS FIRE THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND
SPORADIC MORTAR FIRE ON THE AIRFIELD, BUT NO SIGNIFICANT
DAMAGE. THE ENEMY ATTACKED SECTOR HEADQUARTERS, BUT DID
NOT HOLD IT, AND MORTARED THE PROVINCE CHIEF'S HOUSE. THEY
TEMPORARILY OCCUPIED THE PALACE AND THE HOSPITAL. NO
ENEMY ACTIVITY WAS REPORTED IN THE DISTRICTS AT THIS TIME.
CASUALTIES: 12 U.S. MILITARY WIA; 3 GVN KIA; 22 VC/NVA
KIA: 10 VC/NVA CAPTURED.
4. BAN ME THUOT, DARLAC PROVINCE. /
AS OF 1130
HOURS, 2 FFIRUARY, THE SITUATION IN BAN ME THUOT REMAINED
ESSENTIAL1Y UNCHANGED. DURING THE NIGHT OF 1 FEBRUARY, ENEMY
TROOPS INITATED THREE MORTAR ATTACKS FOLLOWED BY AN INFANTRY
ASSAULT ON PROVINCE OFICES. THEY ALSO LIGHTLY MORTARED
THE U.S. 155TH HELICOPTER BATTALION (PREVIOUSLY ERRONEOUSLY
IDENTIFIED AS THE 155TH AVIATION COMPANY.) CONSENSUS OF
U.S. OBSERVERS WAS THAT TWO NVA REGIMENTS WILL RENEW THEM
ATTACKS IN FORCE AND TRY TO HOLD THE CITY. ALL THREE OUT:..YING
DISTRICTS HAVE BEEN ATTACKED, AND BAN ME THUOT WAS SURROUNDED.
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ENEMY UNITS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS THE 33RD NV A REGIMENT
(CONFIRMED) AND THE NVA 17B REGIMENT (UNCONFIRMED).ACCURATE
ASSESSMENT OF CASUALTIES WAS NOT POSSIBLE UNCONFIRMED
ESTIMATES PLACED VC/NVA KILLED AT ABOUT 400. ALL PARTS OF
THE TOWN HAVE BEEN BADLY DAM AGED FROM MORTAR FIRE AND
B-40 ROCKETS. THE ROOF OF SECTOR HEADQUARTERS HAS BEEN
DESTROYED. AIRFIELDS REMAINED OPERATIONAL, BUT LANDING AIR-
CRAFT WERE SUBJECT TO SM ALL ARMS F IRE
5. PLEIKU PLEIKU PROVINCE ./
AS OF 1000 HOURS
2 FEBRUARY, ENEMY ATTACKS HAD RESUMED ON PLE IK U C IT Y THE
HELICOPTER LANDING AREA AND AMMO DUMP WERE HIT DURING THE
NIGHT OF 1 FEBRUARY BUT NO REPORTS WERE AVAILABLE ON THE
EXTENT OF DAMAGE OR NUMBER OF CASUALT IES
6. QUI NHON, BINH DINH PROVINCE. /
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THE SITUATION
IN QUI NHON AS OF 0835 HOURS, 2 FEBRUARY WAS RELATIVELY QUIET
THE MILITARY SECURITY SERVICE (MSS) STATION, GVN RADIO
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STATION AND RAILROAD STATION HAD BEEN RETAKEN BY FRIENDLY
FORCES. AS ESTIMATED ONE LOCAL VC SQUAD WAS STILL IN TOWN
OPERATING AS SNIPERS. THE AIRFIELD WAS OPEN. CASUALTIES
WERE 55 VO/NVA KIA WITH 36 WEAPONS CAPTURED; 8 US MILITARY KIA AND
CIVILIANS KIA; 3 UoS WI; 18 AR:A KIA; 13 ARVN WIA; 2 ROM
TA; ROK WTA,
NONE OF THE US CIVILIAN CASUALTIES HAD BEEN IDENTIFIED.
cNT U HONTUM PROVXNCE, /
KONTUM CITY WAS
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rNI;AIN UNDER MORTAR ATTACK THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT OF 1
-;'EBRUARY,, AS OF 1030 HOURS, 2 FEBRUARY, CONTROL OF THE SITUATION
�,.E.-D IN DOUBT .
TUY HOA PHU YEN PRO' NCE
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AS OF 1545
HOURS* 2 FEBRUARY, SMALL ENEMY UNITS REMAINED INSIDE TUY
HOA, BUT THEY DID NOT CONTROL ANY PORTION OF THE CITY. THE
ENEMY FORCE HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS THE 5TH BATTALION, 95TH
NVA REGIMENT � THERE WF-� - UNCONFIRMED REPORTS THAT THE
BATTALION COMMANDER AND STAFF OF THE 5TH BN HAVE BEEN KILLED.
THERE WERE 20 U.S. KIA AND 54 WIA. THERE HAVE BEEN NO CIVILIAN
CASUALTIES REPORTED. RD TEAMS HAD ENOUNTERED ON1._Y LIGHT
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ATTACKS AND APPEARED TO BE IN LITTLE TROUBLE. AIRCRAFT WERE
ST ILL ABLE TO LAND AT THE CITY FIELD 5, BUT THE AREA JUST SOUTH
OF THE STRIP WAS CONSIDERED INSECURE. AMERICAN OBSERVERS
EXPECTED THE ENEMY TO ATTACK MACV HEADQUARTERS AND THE PROVINCE CHIEF'S
HEADQUARTERS
ON
NIGHT OF 2
FEBRUARY.
COMMENT
THERE HAS BEEN NO INDICATION IN THE
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THAT THE
POPULATION IS RALLYING TO NVA/VC
EOR SUPPORT.
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