operation report information
for 3/5 MARINES
3/26 MARINES
From date 681201 to 681205
3/5 MARINES was a US Marine Corps unit
3/26 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: About two kilometers north of Route 4 and just above Phase Line Bravo, at a small bend in the Soui Co Ca that the Marines called the "Hook," the 3/5th Marines ran into a strong bunker complex. The enemy fire from well entrenched, reinforced bunkers was devastating. In the first encounter, L/3/5th Marines sustained two KIA and 28 WIA. The fighting for the Hook would continue for the next four days. The Marines used all their supporting arms "danger close" and single 8-inch howitzers for pin-point destruction of the bunkers. The size and strengthen of the bunker complex was such that two companies were enfilade to make a final assault from the rear. On the morning of the 5th, the 3/26th Marines sized the objective without a single casualty. They found 75 to 100 enemy dead and pulled out some 5 to 15 prisoners from partially destroyed tunnels and bunkers.
The source for this information was 1968 USMC History P:425+
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