operation BLACKJACK 21 information
for MGF
SF
From date 661013 to 661109
MGF was a Civilian Irregular Defense Group unit
SF was a US Army unit
Primary service involved, US Army
Operation BLACKJACK 21
Kontum Province, II Corps, South Vietnam
Location, Plei Trap Valley
Description: This was the pilot mobile guerrilla mission for a specially trained force consisting of a Special Forces A-Detachment that controlled one 150-man Mike Force company and a 34-man combat reconnaissance, eagle flight platoon. The task force was specially trained for extended patrolling so that it could operate independantly for as long as 30 to 60 days in remote regions with air drop type resupply. BLACKJACK 21 had 15 Special Forces and 249 Montagnards. The force initiated a number of small ambushes and ranged over the valley. On Nov 5, an ambush killed 3 NVA with bikes. Not long after this, the unit made contact with a large NVA force that tried to surround it and the eagle flight that had been inserted. The SF were able to break contact before the NVA could close the trap and used airstrikes to withdraw. On the 9th they were extracted from the valley.
The source for this information was Green Berets at War P:264+
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