Tet-68 in Truc Giang information
for Tet-68
3/39 INF

From date 680201 to 680215


3/39 INF was a US Army unit
South Vietnam
Location, Truc Giang
Description: The VC 516th and 518th Bns took Truc Giang and surrounded its MACV compound. The reinforced 3/39th Inf airmobiled into an LZ south of the city on the night of the 1st and broke through to the besieged American camp. The VC were eliminated inside the city two days later, but Truc Giang's environs were not cleared until the middle of the month.

The source for this information was Rise & Fall P:232
Rise & Fall = The Rise and Fall of an American Army: U.S. Ground Forces in Vietnam, 1963 - 1973 by Shelby Stanton.


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Date posted on this site: 05/13/2023