I joined the 1-26 Infantry at Fire Base Charie on March 21, 1967. The battalion remained at Fire Base Charlie until March 30, when it conducted an air assault into LZ George. My platoon came in on the second lift, and had to hold in the trees east of the LZ while an earlier platoon moved out of my sector. I was told they went there to flush out a sniper, but I know of no other contact on the 30th. The 1-2 infantry was flown into LZ George on the morning of March 31, before any contact developed. Our Recon platoon made heavy contact north of the LZ at about 1300 on March 31, and the 1-16th Infantry was flown in that afternoon. The 1-26th was able to disengage at about 1600, although artillery and air strikes continued to be placed on the enemy positions. Plans for a two battalion sweep of the contact area on April 1 were supersceded by a massive VC attack, primarily on the 1-26th. at about 0400 that morning, The VC broke contact at about 0800; and while both the 1-2nd and the 1-16th pursued them, they were unable to regain contact.
From: James M. Crain, LTC (Ret) USAR The source for this information was Turner 1st Inf P:25
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