Army Reporter information
for 101 ABN DIV
From date 681016 to 681022
101 ABN DIV was a US Army unit
Primary service involved, US Army
Thua Thien Province, I Corps, South Vietnam
Location, Hue
Description: The following is an edited version from the weekly Vietnam Communique column in the 4 Nov 1968 issue which covered the Oct 16-22 period.
In a week of light action paratroopers of the 101st Abn Div reported killing 20 enemy soldiers. During a reconnaissance-in-force operation eleven miles south of Hue, B/1/506th Inf discovered an enemy basecamp composed of several huts and bunkers. A search of the area uncovered 31 individual weapons, nine crew-served weapons, including three mortars and two 75mm recoilless rifles.
The source for this information was 6811AR.AVN supplied by Les Hines
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