Southern Cross information
for 11 BDE 23 INF
4/21 INF 23 INF

For date 700619


11 BDE 23 INF was a US Army unit
4/21 INF 23 INF was a US Army unit
Primary service involved, US Army
Quang Tin Province, I Corps, South Vietnam
Location, Duc Pho
Description: The following is an edited version of an article titled "Cordon yields rice cache" by SP4 Ron Adams 11th INF BDE IO. FSB DEBBIE - Working with ARVN soldiers and American armor, elements from the 4th Battalion, 21st Infantry of the 11th Brigade recently placed a cordon around two hamlets five miles south of Duc Pho, detaining six VC, one NVA, and confiscating 7,300 pounds of rice. "Company D executed a combat assault into the 'Rice Bowl' area and immediately placed a cordon around two small hamlets suspected to be VC controlled," explained Lieutenant Brian DeMary, Beaumont, Tex., Recon Platoon Leader. "Our platoon was then dropped into the area with a dozen ARVN soldiers to centralize the civilians and conduct a thorough interrogation. We detained several individuals as they emerged from tunnels," commented PFC Cornelio Carrasco. Recon Platoon Sergeant Bob Davidson, Kansas City, Mo., added, "all the caches were buried approximately a foot underground." The hard day's work slowly came to an end as the 11th Brigade infantrymen and cavalrymen of E troop loaded their findings, mounted the heavy iron horses, and headed for home.

The source for this information was 7006_322_scr supplied by Les Hines 12/17/2000


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