Army Reporter information
for 5 SF Grp
For date 680309
5 SF Grp was a US Army unit
Primary service involved, US Army
Quang Nam Province, I Corps, South Vietnam
Location, Thuong Duc SF Camp
Description: The following is an edited version from the weekly Vietnam Communique column in the 9 Mar 1968 issue.
A reconnaissance patrol from the 5th SF "A" Det at Thuong Duc engaged 12 VC recently, the two U.S. soldiers and 30 Camp Strike Force soldiers engaged in a brief firefight and the enemy withdrew. Five enemy were killed in the engagement. Also, Green Beret troopers from the 'A' Det at Ba To conducted a search and destroy mission near their camp. While on the mission, the soldiers made contact with a VC platoon, resulting in 10 VC killed. The missions continued and the SF soldiers destroyed 30 military structures. Later, air estimated enemy company attacked a convoy and security force that was moving to Thuong Duc. Heavy fighting erupted and a reaction force of SF troopers and a Vietnamese Marine unit were deployed as reinforcements. A sweep was made after the enemy broke contact and 24 enemy bodies were found. In a joint effort, several Army Support Command maintenance units at Cam Ranh repaired 33 five-ton tractors and returned them to service in a 24-hour period. MAJ Kenneth M. Martin, the Cam Ranh Bay Support Command Director of Maintenance, stated that the record of 33 "five-tons" returned to services surpassed the average returned in one day by 55 per cent. Participating in the joint project were the 69th MNT Bn and the 36th TC Bn.
The source for this information was 6803AR.AVN supplied by Les Hines
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