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Operation Quyet Thang (transl. "Resolved to win"), was a United States Army and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) security operation to reestablish South Vietnamese control over the areas immediately around Saigon in the aftermath of the Tet Offensive. The operation started on 11 March 1968 and ended on 7 April 1968.
25 paź 2024 · Primary service involved, US Army. South Vietnam. Location, Hoc Mon. Description: What was later determined to a VC/NVA battalion had taken the village of Hoc Mon on the first day of Tet. After the 3/4th Cav was released from Tan Son Nhut, most of C Troop moved back highway 1 toward Cu Chi.
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...
The story that had become known as the Hoc Mon 500 was racing through the Squadron from man to man like wildfire. It seems that Johnny Johnson, a man of no small appetites, had cranked up a new tank in the motor pool back at Cu Chi and tried to bring it out to where we were loggered south of Tan Son Nhut.
Three days later, a security force guarding the Hoc Mon Bridge, a vital link between Hoc Mon and points north along Highway 1, discovered a Viet Cong demolition team swimming towards the bridge. The American and Vietnamese force opened fire, driving off the enemy.
By this time the 271 and 272 VC Regiments began to move into Hoc Mon District after their plan to relieve Local Force units in Saigon had been threatened. Harassment by gunships, artillery, and sweeps by US or ARVN units initiated by such sightings prevented the massing of any major enemy force.
On the morning of March 2, 1968, the 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry, 25th Infantry Division “Manchus” were preparing for a ground assault on an area of previous contact when Charlie Company was ambushed by an estimated reinforced Viet Cong company at a bridge on Route 248 by the Quoi Xuah hamlet close to Hoc Mon village, fourteen kilometers (8 ...
