Operation Junction City
1967 battle of the Vietnam War / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Operation Junction City was an 82-day military operation conducted by United States and Republic of Vietnam (RVN or South Vietnam) forces begun on 22 February 1967 during the Vietnam War. It was the first U.S. combat airborne operation since the Korean War and one of the largest Airmobile operations of the war.[7]
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Operation Junction City | |||||||
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Part of the Vietnam War | |||||||
Cedar Falls/Junction City area of operations | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
United States |
Viet Cong North Vietnam | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Jonathan Seaman Bruce Palmer Jr. |
Hoàng Văn Thái Lê Đức Anh | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
1st Infantry Division 25th Infantry Division 173rd Airborne Brigade 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment 1st Brigade, 9th Infantry Division |
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Strength | |||||||
30,000[4] | ~15,000[5] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
US report: 282 killed 1,576 wounded 24 tanks and armored vehicles destroyed 12 trucks destroyed 4 helicopters destroyed 5 howitzers destroyed[6] PAVN claim: 13,500 killed or wounded 800 armored vehicles and truck destroyed or damaged 119 howitzers and mortars destroyed or damaged |
US claim: 2,728 killed 34 captured 139 deserted 491 individual and 100 crew-served weapons recovered[6]: 150–1 PAVN report: 255 killed 1,275 wounded, captured or deserted[5] |
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