operation HOLLINGSWORTH information
for 1 INF DIV

From date 660507 to 660509


1 INF DIV was a US Army unit
Primary service involved, US Army
Operation HOLLINGSWORTH
South Vietnam
Description: This was a four-battalion surprise air assault on the suspected VC communist headquarters by 1st Inf Div elements. A violent series of thunderstorms dumped so much rain that helicopter operations had to be suspended.

The source for this information was Rise & Fall P:94
Rise & Fall = The Rise and Fall of an American Army: U.S. Ground Forces in Vietnam, 1963 - 1973 by Shelby Stanton.


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Date posted on this site: 05/13/2023