operation JACKSTAY information
for 1/5 MARINES
SLF
From date 660326 to 660406
1/5 MARINES was a US Marine Corps unit
SLF was a US Marine Corps unit
Primary service involved, US Marine Corps
Operation JACKSTAY
South Vietnam
Location, Rung Sat Zone
Description: Operation JACKSTAY begins with an amphibious assault on the Long Thanh peninsula by the US Marines BLT as part of the SLF. At this time the 1st Battalion, 5th Marines was primary infantry component of the BLT. The RVN committed two Marine battalions. In late February and early March, the VC had attacked two cargo ships on the shipping channel to Saigon and MACV requested that the SLF be used to clear their base area. This operation, 39 miles southeast of Saigon in the Rung Sat Special Zone, is the southernmost large-scale employment of U.S. forces in Vietnam to date. It terminates on 6 April 1966. The SLF claimed at least 63 enemy KIAs while suffering 5 US KIA, 2 US MIA and 25 US WIA.
The source for this information was Rand, USMC 1966 History P 300
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