joint operation ABILENE information
for 1 INF DIV
RAR
From date 660330 to 660415
1 INF DIV was a US Army unit
RAR was a Australian Army unit
Operation ABILENE
Phuoc Tuy Province, III Corps, South Vietnam
Location, east of Saigon
Description: This spoiling operation was conducted by elements of the 1st Inf Div, the RAR, and New Zealand Arty about 30 miles east of Saigon to destroy base camps and caches established by the VC 5th Div. They killed 81 VC and captured weapons.
The source for this information was Rand; Turner 1st Inf p:30
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