Southern Cross information
for 198 BDE 23 INF
1/52 INF 23 INF
For date 700619
198 BDE 23 INF was a US Army unit
1/52 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 "DIV RECAP: ACTION LIGHT THROUGHOUT" by the Americal IO.
Chu Lai - In sporadic fighting in the beginning of June in Southern I Corps 175 enemy soldiers lost their lives to Americal soldiers. In the heaviest action of Operation Geneva Park Charlie Company of the 1st Battalion, 52nd Infantry, killed 3 NVA and found 1,000 pounds of rice. Elsewhere in Operation Fredrick Hill the 3rd Battalion encountered the heaviest action in the Division area of operation which resulted in the death of 12 enemy soldiers in a day's fighting. The lightest action in the Division occurred in Operation Iron Mountain which accounted for 5 enemy killed in the past week.
In support of Operation Geneva Park, on Thursday afternoon, an element of Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 52nd Infantry saw 14 NVA with packs and weapons moving in an area 10 miles south of Chu Lai. The infantrymen unleashed a barrage of automatic weapons fire and swept through the area to find three dead NVA. While maneuvering in an area 14 miles northwest of Quang Ngai City recently, Delta Company, sighted six VC with weapons, moving through a rice paddy. The element opened fire to kill one enemy and a sweep of the area produced one AK-47 and a blood trail leading to the east. Elsewhere, Charlie found 1,000 pounds of rice in an area 12 miles northwest of Quang Ngai. Continuing to search nearby hooches, the infantrymen found 600 pounds of potatoes hidden in baskets and barrels. The produce was delivered to a nearby LZ for later distribution to refugees. An early cordon of a village 12 miles northwest of Quang Ngai City recently revealed to Company C, that one VC had been killed the previous day as they were reconning the site. Maneuvering in an area 12 miles northwest of Quang Ngai City, Echo Recon, 1st Battalion, 52nd Infantry came upon five VC wearing black pajamas and carrying packs and weapons. The company engaged the enemy with automatic weapons to kill two of them in the thickly vegetated area.
The source for this information was 7006_322_scr supplied by Les Hines 12/17/2000
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