Southern Cross information
for 11 BDE 23 INF
174 AHC
123 AVN 23 INF
1/20 INF 23 INF
For date 700703
11 BDE 23 INF was a US Army unit
174 AHC was a US Army unit
123 AVN 23 INF was a US Army unit
1/20 INF 23 INF was a US Army unit
Primary service involved, US Army
Operation IRON MOUNTAIN
Quang Ngai Province, I Corps, South Vietnam
Location, Duc Pho
Description: The following is an edited version of an article titled "Div Recap: Heavy action near Tam Ky" by SP4 Stephen Frazier (Americal IO).
CHU LAI - In Operation Iron Mountain action contact was regular, each day elements of the 1st Battalion, 20th Infantry killed one to two enemy soldiers but sightings and engagements never revealed more than one to five enemy soldiers to be dealt with. In an unusual incident the S-2 section of the 4th Battalion, 21st Infantry was credited with one VC killed and one grenade confiscated as they worked eight miles south of Duc Pho. Late in the week, Sharks of the 174th Aviation Company engaged and killed one VC in the lowlands 26 miles northwest of Duc Pho. The VC was carrying assorted medical supplies. Wednesday morning saw 11th Infantry Brigade troopers from the 3rd Battalion, 1st Infantry and the 123rd Aviation Battalion killed seven enemy soldiers along the Tra Khuc River 25 miles northwest of Duc Pho. It was the heaviest action of the week.
The source for this information was 7007_324_scr supplied by Les Hines 12/23/2000
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