Operation JUNCTION CITY was a multi-division, IIFFV controlled operation. The 1st Infantry Division was augmented by the 173d Airborne Brigade; 1st Brigade, 9th Infantry Division; 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment (-); and ARVN Cavalry Troop and Ranger Battalion. The operation was intended to destroy COSVN and VC/NVA forces and installations in northern and eastern War Zone C. The operation was conducted in two major phases. JUNCTION CITY I placed blocking forces near the Cambodian border in a horseshoe configuration. The 1st Infantry Division forces occupied the northern and eastern portions, as a search and destroy force drove north. Phase I included two major engagements and the first U. S. battalion-sized parachute assault since the Korean War. Two airfields and one CIDG camp were constructed during this phase. JUNCTION CITY I ended 172400 March 1967; JUNCTION CITY II commenced on 180001 March 1967.
Lessons Learned, Headquarters, 1ST Infantry Division, after Action Report - Operation Junction City
1967
169 pages
Report
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English
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