operation SAMURAI information
for B-52 SF DET
From date 670710 to 671030
B-52 SF DET was a US Army unit
Primary service involved, US Army
Operation SAMURAI
Thua Thien Province, I Corps, South Vietnam
Location, A Shau Valley
Description: There were at least five phases to the SAMURAI series of Project DELTA reconnaissance operations. These operations searched areas from the northern stretches of the A Shau Valley into Happy Valley, west of Da Nang. These elements overran an NVA air station, capturing numerous documents and prisoners. SAMURAI I thru III were conducted in late 1967 while IV and V lasted from March until May 1968.
Comments: MAJ Allen, Charles "Chuck" A; B-52 CO; ;
The source for this information was Green Berets at War P:225
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