Tet-68 in My Tho information
for Tet-68
MRF
7 ARVN DIV
ST-2

From date 680201 to 680202


MRF was a US Army unit
7 ARVN DIV was a Vietnamese Army unit
ST-2 was a US Navy unit
Primary service involved, US Army
Operation CORONADO X
Dinh Tuong Province, IV Corps, South Vietnam
Location, My Tho
Description: The VC 261st, 263d, and 514th Bns pinned the 32d ARVN Ranger Bn outside My Tho and entered the city. There they fought to with 200 yards of the 7th ARVN Div command post before being beaten back. The US Navy TF 117 landed the 3/47th and 3/60th Infantry battalions of the Mobile Riverine Force, 9th Inf Div on the southern edge of My Tho on the morning of Feb 1. The ARVN attacked in conjunction with the 3/47th Inf. The house-to-house fighting was very difficult as the enemy used intense machine-gun and rocket fire. By nightfall, the western half of the city had been cleared to the main canal. During one point in the battle, the VC used an armored sampan crusing up and down the river to fire at government force. Navy SEALs attacked this sampan with LAWs and put it out of action. On 2 Feb, the 3/47th and the 3/60th attacked north astride the city reservoir. At 1800H they linked up with the ARVN forces and My Tho was once gain in allied hands. These MRF actions were part of CORONADO X.

The source for this information was Rise & Fall P:231; Riverine Operations P:148+
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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