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31 gru 2014 · Operation Quyet Thang (25th Infantry Division), Hoc Mon, South Vietnam. ARC Identifier 31886 / Local Identifier 111-LC-52704 1968. Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations.
12 cze 2010 · Operation Quyet Thang (25th Infantry Division), Hoc Mon, South Vietnam - DVD Copied by Thomas Gideon - National Archives and Records Administration 1968 - ARC Identifier 31886 / Local Identifier 111-LC-52704 - Department of Defense.
12 cze 2010 · Operation Quyet Thang (25th Infantry Division), Hoc Mon, South Vietnam - DVD Copied by Thomas Gideon - National Archives and Records Administration 1968 - AR...
Three companies made heliborne assaults into the Saigon suburb of Hoc Mon, which the Viet Cong had overrun the night before. The American force immediately began clearing operations. In the early stages of the fighting around Cu Chi, the 3rd Bn, 22nd Inf and the 4th Bn (Mech), 23rd Inf bore the brunt of the action.
2 mar 2005 · At about 9AM Company C began to cross the Hoc Mon Bridge and came under heavy fire from a large enemy force concealed in spider holes and bunkers on both sides of the bridge. The initial attack lasted less than 10 minutes.
On March 2, 1968, the men of Company C, 4th Batalion, 9th Infantry "Manchus" walked into what was to become one of the worst single encounter loss of life incidents in the history of the Vietnam war.
Quiet villages like Tan Phu Trung and Hoc Mon were suddenly known by many. During the first 15 days following the start of the Tet offensive, the Cav and the Wolfhounds defended the Saigon, Tan Son Nhut and Hoc Mon areas. At times they fought in the streets, block by block.
