operation report information
for 2/5 MARINES
BLT 2/26 MARINES
2/5 MARINES

For date 681205


2/5 MARINES was a US Marine Corps unit
BLT 2/26 MARINES was a US Marine Corps unit
2/5 MARINES was a US Marine Corps unit
Primary service involved, US Marine Corps
Operation MEADE RIVER
Quang Nam Province, I Corps, South Vietnam
Location, Dodge City area
Description: The changing shape of the cordon squeezed out two battalions on the eastern side of the Soui Co Ca, the 2/5th Marines and BLT 2/26. The 2/5th Marines also prepared for helicopter extraction and a return to An Hoa after 15 days of holding a blocking position. However, five minutes before the lift arrived, two companies were told they would be making an assault to support the 3/26th Marines. The helicopters moved them only 1,000 meters into a hot LZ which they took and linked with the H/3/26th Marines.

The source for this information was 1968 USMC History P:425+


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