operation SYLVESTER information
for B/5 SF GRP
282 AHC
From date 671219 to 680119
B/5 SF GRP was a US Army unit
282 AHC was a US Army unit
Primary service involved, US Army
Operation SYLVESTER
Binh Dinh Province, II Corps, South Vietnam
Location, Van Canh CIDG Camp
Description: The I Field Force Vietnam report states this was the employment of the Van Canh Camp Strike Force controlled by B Company, 5th SF Group in a guerrilla role in southwest of Qui Nhon. The force was to destroy enemy installations and forces and develop targets to be attacked by air, artillery and conventional forces.
The source for this information was Green Berets at War P:225; IFFV ORLL qtr ending 31Jan68
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Date posted on this site:
05/13/2023