Southern Cross information
for 198 BDE 23 INF
5/46 INF 23 INF
For date 700605
198 BDE 23 INF was a US Army unit
5/46 INF 23 INF was a US Army unit
Primary service involved, US Army
Operation GENEVA PARK
Quang Ngai Province, I Corps, South Vietnam
Location, Quang Ngai
Description: The following is an edited version of an article titled "Division Recap Late May costs enemy 207" by SP4 Dennis Selby AMERICAL IO.
CHU LAI - As May came to a close, Americal soldiers closed the door on 207 enemy soldiers. Action was highest in the 196th Infantry Brigade as the "Chargers" killed over 100 enemy soldiers in scattered action. The 198th Infantry Brigade discovered a base camp and supply cache which cost the enemy valuable foodstuffs and medical supplies. "Jungle Warriors" of the 11th Infantry Brigade captured 20 60mm mortar rounds when they overpowered two NVA.
In support of Operation Geneva Park, while maneuvering in the mountainous terrain 15 miles west of Chu Lai, Charlie Company, 5th Battalion, 46th Infantry received enemy small arms fire and several CHICOM grenades from an unknown number of NVA. The "Brave and Bold" soldiers returned fire and swept the area to find one 9mm pistol, one shoulder rocket and a blood trail that which initiated the discovery of an enemy basecamp. Following the blood trail, the company discovered 10 bunkers sheltered by thatched overhead covering. Each bunker measured ten feet in width and 15 feet in length. Twenty fighting positions surrounded the enemy complex. After repulsing an attack by two or three NVA, the infantrymen moved in to find a cache within the base camp. The find consisted of medical supplies, two transistor radios, one camera and film, 200 pounds of rice, an assortment of documents and maps, 25 hammocks, 10 CHICOM grenades, several flashlight batteries, five anti-personnel mines, one 60mm mortar round, 900 blasting caps and one carbine. Elsewhere in the "Brave and Bold" area, Company B, 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry discovered a tunnel 70 feet long and 12 feet below the surface. The tunnel, located near a hooch 10 miles northwest of Quang Ngai, was well camouflaged by rough boards and pottery. The Bravo men searched the tunnel and found 27 sand bags filled with rice and two five gallon drums which were also filled with rice.
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