Army Reporter information
for 25 INF DIV
3 BDE 101 ABN
For date 681005
25 INF DIV was a US Army unit
3 BDE 101 ABN was a US Army unit
Primary service involved, US Army
Hau Nghia Province, III Corps, South Vietnam
Location, FSB POPE
Description: The following is an edited version from the weekly Vietnam Communique column in the 5 Oct 1968 issue.
Tropic Lightning soldiers of the 25th Inf Div killed 347 enemy soldiers in the heaviest fighting of the week. Paratroopers from the 3rd Bde, 101st Abn Div, attached to the 25th Div, fought off a pre-dawn attack on FSB Pope, 15 miles NW of Cu Chi, killing 131 enemy. Following a half-hour mortar and rocket bombardment, an estimated 400-man force launched a shoulder-to-shoulder assault against the camp shortly after midnight. Soldiers of the 3/187th Inf thwarted the attack with small arms fire, and the 2/319th Arty, supported by other artillery units tactical airstrikes and gunships poured 105mm fire into the enemy ranks. Three crew-served and six individual weapons were captured in a sweep of the area. Four Americans were killed and 48 wounded in the fighting. Elements of the 1/5th Inf while in NDPs three miles SW of Dau Tieng, also repulsed a coordinated mortar and ground assault, killing 49 enemy soldiers. The mechanized infantry were supported by artillery, a light fire team, gunships and tactical airstrikes in the three-hour battle. Later in the week the 1/5th Inf again came under attack. The enemy employed small arms, automatic weapons, RPG and mortar fire as they attempted ground probes of the camp's perimeter on the north and east sides. Again artillery fire, helicopter gunships and tactical airstrikes supported the infantry. This was the fourth attack on their position in 10 days. The 37 NVA soldiers killed in this attack raised the total number of enemy killed in the series of attacks to 227.
The source for this information was 6810AR.AVN supplied by Les Hines
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