Americal Daily News Sheets information
for 23 INF DIV
123 AVN
F/8 CAV

For date 681010


23 INF DIV was a US Army unit
123 AVN was a US Army unit
F/8 CAV was a US Army unit
Primary service involved, US Army
Quang Tin Province, I Corps, South Vietnam
Location, Chu Lai
Description: The following is an edited version from the Americal Daily News Sheets Vol. 2. No. 175 Friday October 11. CHU LAI (AMERICAL IO) - Americal Division forces reported 10 VC killed, four individual weapons captured, and 7000 pounds of rice captured in the southern I Corps Tactical Zone yesterday. In the 196th Inf. Bde.'s area of operations yesterday, "Charger" units reported six VC killed, three individual weapons captured, and 7000 pounds of rice captured. A 3d Bn., 21st Inf. company engaged and killed one VC with small arms fire 21 miles west of Tam Ky. A 4th Bn., 21st Inf. company spotted one VC who ran into a tunnel, eight miles north of Hoi An. The enemy was engaged with M-26 grenades, resulting in one VC killed. Another 4th Bn., 21st Inf. company spotted a VC running into a bunker 10 miles west of Hoi An. The unit engaged and killed the VC with M-26 grenades. The reconnaissance element of the 4th Bn., 21st Inf. engaged and killed two VC with small arms fire nine miles north of Hoi An. Military Police at LZ Ross's main gate received small arms fire yesterday. Mortars fired into the suspected sniper position resulted in one VC killed. A 4th Bn., 31st Inf. company searching an area 29 miles west of Tam Ky yesterday found one M-16 rifle, one M-1 carbine, and one MAS-36 rifle. In an area 25 miles northwest of Tam Ky yesterday, troops of a 2d Bn., 1st Inf. company found 7000 pounds of rice. Units of the 198th Inf. Bde. reported two VC killed, three VC captured, and three VC suspects detained yesterday. "Aero Scouts" of the 123d Avn. Bn. killed two VC south of Chu Lai yesterday morning. The gunships then went into search the area. The "Aero Scouts" detained three military age males in the area for interrogation. All three suspects were later classified as VC. In the Operation Burlington Trail area a 1st Bn., 52d Inf. company led by 1LT Stephen J. Olsen (Minneapolis) detained two VC suspects yesterday morning. Neither of the suspects had ID cards. Another 1st Bn., 52d Inf. "Ready Rifles" company led by 1LT Michael J. Deal (Arlington, VA) detained one VC suspect in the same area. Civic Action soldiers of the brigade treated 525 Vietnamese during five MEDCAPs yesterday. Light enemy contact continued yesterday in Quang Ngai Province as 11th Bde. infantrymen reported one VC killed, one individual weapon captured, and two suspects detained. "E" Trp., 1st Sqdn., 1st Armored Cav. working with the 4th Bn., 3d Inf. detained one VC suspect five miles southeast of Quang Ngai City. Another 1st Bn., 20th Inf. company killed one VC three miles northeast of Son Tinh. In the same area a platoon from the 1st Cav.'s "E" Trp., engaged a group of VC, resulting in one SDS rifle captured. The 1st Sqdn., 1st Armored Cav. reported one VC killed by "F" Trp., 8th Cav. yesterday nine miles northwest of Tam Ky. Americal Division forces suffered four soldiers killed and 12 wounded and evacuated for medical treatment. 198th Inf. Bde. soldiers have added a new word to their list, VETCAP. Now Veterinarians of the Brigade teat animals while doctors and medics attend to the villagers. "Brave and Bold" soldiers held their first VETCAP yesterday. 35 cows were examined and 11 received on-the-spot treatment. Some people collect strange war souvenirs. Perhaps the most unusual came late Wednesday night. SP4 Michael L. Rogers (Baltimore) of a 1st Bn., 6th Inf. company shot and killed a full-grown leopard. The handsome 80-pound beast is now a trophy that will be the envy of any trophy collector. The leopard came too close to the 198th unit's defensive position and Rogers brought the animal down with one perfectly placed shot through the heart. A skinner went to work yesterday morning and by noon the skin was drawing a crowd of photographers and many envious stares.

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