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FIRST ENDORSEMENT on CG, III MAF ltr 3K/jld over 5750 Ser:00120169 dtd 20 October 1969

From: Commanding General, Fleet Marine Force, PacificTo: Commandant of the Marine Corps (Code A03D)

Subj: Command Chronology for period 1-31 August 1969

1. The subject chronology has been reviewed for completeness andis forwarded herewith.

R. D. WHITEBy direction

Copy to:CG, III MAF

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III MARINE AMPHIBIOUS FORCEMILITARY ASSISTANCE COMMAND. VIETNAM

FPO. SAN FRANCISCO 96602

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IN REPLY REFER TO

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Comnanding GeneralCommandant of the Narine COIpS (Code A03D)COl1lllanding General, Fleet 11arine Force, Pacific

Command Chronology (U)

MCO P5150.1AFMFPaoO 5750.8A

Encl: (1) III MA.F Command Chronology, August 1969

1. In accordance with references (a) and (b), enclosure (1) issubmitted herewith.

~I.t. REED8Y DIRECTJOIi

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III l1ar.l.ne Amphibious ForoeNili tar;;r Assi stanoe Conmand, Vietnam

FPO San Franoisoo 96602

COM1.AND CHRONOLOGY

1 August 1969 - 31 August 1969

INDEX

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1>ART I

PA.RT II

PA..B.T III

PART IV

ORG~ITZATIONAL DATA

NARRATIVE SUl,n'1ARY

SEQUEnTIAL LISTING OFSIGNIFICAnT 1'VENTS

SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS

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ORGANIZATIONAL DATA

CO~WIDER

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III ~~rine Amphibious Force Lieutenant General HermanNICKERSON Jr., U. S. Barine COIl>S1-31Aug69

DEPUTY COl1l:Wij?ER

Hajor General George S. BO'vlHAN Jr.,U. S. l18.ri ne Corp 8

l-31Aug69

XXIV Corps

}i Harine Divi 8i on

101 st Ai.rborne Divi 8i on(Airmobilo)

1 st Hari ne Di vi 8i on

1st Harine Aircraft Hing

Amc~~cal Division

Force Logistic Command

SU130RDIUATE milTS

Lieutenant General lIelvin ~S,

U. S. Armyl-31Aug69

~~jor General William K. JONES,U. S. Marine Corps1-31Aug69

}~jor General John M. WRIGHT,U. S. Anny1- 3lAug69

11ajor General Ormond R. SHPSON,U. S. Harine Corp s1-31Aug69

1"~jor General \~illinm G. THRASH,U. S. 11arine Corp s1-31Aug69

Hajor General Lloyd B. RAHSEY,U. S. Army1-31Aue69

Brigadier General James A. FEELEY,U. S. Marine Corpsl-31Aug69

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•Headquarters and Service CompanyIII I,jarine Amphibious ForceHeadquarters COIllllandant

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•Colonel Don D. EZELL,U. S. Marine Corps1-24Aug69

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1st Radio Battalion

29th Civil Affairs Company

7th Psyohologioal OperationsBattalion

Lieutenant Colonel Robert M.WINTER, U. S. !1arine Corp s25-31Aug69

ATTACHED UNITS

Lieutenant Colonel Delos M.HOPKINS, U. S. Marine Corpsl-31Aug69

Lieutenant Colonel Robert R.RAFFERTY, U. S. Amy1-}lAug69

Major Miohael FORTINI,U. S. Armyl-31Aug69

2. LOOATION

l-}l August 1969, East Danang, QUang Nam Provinoe, Republi 0 of Vi etnam.

3. STAFF OFFICERS

Deputy COIllllanding General, Air

Chief of Staff

Deputy Chief of Staff

Deputy Chief of Staff, Plans

Assistant Chief of Staff, G-l

Major General George S. BO~1A.N Jr.,U. S. Marine CO:tp s1-31Aug69

Brigadier General George E. DOOLEY,u. S. Marine Co:tps1-3IAug69

Colonel Lewis G. POGGEMEYER,u. S. Marine Corps1-31Aug69

Brigadier General William A.BURKE, U. S. Army1-31Aug69

Colonel George W. CALL1~,

U. S. J.1a.rine Co:r:psl-31Aug69

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•Assistant Chief of Staff, G-2

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•Colonel John S. CANTON,U. S. Narine Corpsl-3lAug69

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Assistant Chief of Staff, G-3

Deputy G-3

Assistant Chief of Staff, G-4

Assistant Chief of Staff, G-5

Assistant Chief of Staff, G-6

Force Psyohologioal OperationsOffioer

Force Supply Officer

Force Staff Judge Advocate

Force Engineer Offioer

Force Adjutant

Brigadier General Leo J. DULACKI,U. S. Marine Corpsl-3lAug69

Colonel Roy L. REED,U. S. Marine Corp sl-31Aug69

Colonel Oliver R. DAVIS,U. S. Marine Corp sl-31AU869

Colonel Theodore E. METZGER,U. S. Marine Corpsl-3lAug69

Colonel Bill E. HORNER,U. S. Marine Corps1-3lAug69

Colonel William E. BARBER,U. S. Marine Corp s1-31Aug69

Colonel Alfred C. TAVES,U. S. Marine Corp s1-2Aug69

Colonel John C. BOULWARE,U. S. Marine Corp s3-31Aug69

Colonel Harion G. TRUl.'SDALE,U. S. Marine COIil S

l-3lAug69

Colonel Thomas C. SHANAHAN,U. S. Marine Corpsl-31Aug69

Major James H. LYLES,U. S. Marine Corp sl-l3Aug69

Lieutenant Colonel Henry C.CAMPBELL, U. S. Marine Corpsl4-31Aug69.. .. .. .. .,. ..

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•Assistant Chief of Staff,Comptroller

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•Major Thomas F. DEACHER,U. S. Marine Corpsl-9Aug69

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Force Infonmational ServioesOffioer

Offioer in Charge, CombatOperati ons Center

Force Food Servioe Offioer

:F1orce Chaplain

Force Surgeon

Force Dental Officer

Foroe Motor Transport Offioer

staff secretary

Protoool Offioer

Lieutenant Colonel Joseph M.VOSMIK, U. S. Marine Corp slO-31Aug69

Colonel Charles B. REDMAN,u. S. Marine Corpsl-31Aug69

Lieutenant Colonel John S. KYLE,u. S. Marine Corps1-31Aug69

Lieutenant Colonel Lealie P. DAY,u. S. Marine Corp sl-3lAug69

Captain Robert W. RADCLIFFE,U. S. Navyl-31Aug69

Captain Oharles E. REE,U. S. Navyl-31Aug69

Captain John G. CHUDZINSKI,U. S. Navyl-3lAug69

Lieutenant Colonel Morris S.SHIMANOFF, U. S. Marine Co:rp al-3lAug69

Lieutenant Colonel James W.STEl1PLE, U. S. Marine Corpsl-2Aug69

L:i.eutenant Colonel Cha.rles G.COOPER, U. S. Marine Corps3-31Aug69

Lieutenant Colonel Paul F.MAGINNIS, U. S. Marine Corp sl-;lAug69

ENCLOSURE (1)

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Force Ordnanoe Offioer

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•Colonel William BIEHL Jr.,U. S. Marine Corpsl-16Aug69

Colonel George W. CAL~lU,

U. S. J.1arine Corp sl7-31Aug69

Colonel Robert E. PARROTT,U. S. Marine Corpsl-31Aug69

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Director, Transportation ControlCenter

Force Inspector

u~·ro Liaison Officer, ROKMO

USHC Liaison Offioer, MACVUSHC Liaison Offioer, 7th AF

Lieutenant Colonel William H.TARRANT, U. S. Army1-31Aug69

Colonel David H. SIMMONS,U. s. Marine Corps1-31Aug69

Lieutenant Colonel John E.POINDEXTER, U. S. Marine Corps1Aug69

Lieutenant Colonel Thomas E.BULGER, U. S. Maxine Corps2-31Aug69

Colonel JaOk L. REED,U. S. Marine Corp sl-25Aug69

Colonel Riohard H. RAINFORTH,U. S. Marine COIps26-31Aug69

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4. AVERAGE MONTHLY STRENGTH• SECRET·

a. III MARINE AMPHIBIOUS FORCE HEADQUARTERS

OFFICERS ENLISTED

USMC USN USA USAF USMC USN USA USAF

H&SCO, III MAF 14 2 a a 357 7 a aHQ STAFF, III MAF 217 9 24 0 502 11 10 21ST RAD BN 24 a a a 343 13 a aCAG'S 44 0 0 0 1896 107 0 029TH CA CO (ATT) a a 36 a a a 81 a7TH PSYOPS CO (SUP) 0 0 32 , 0 0 0 164 0

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USMC USN USA USAF

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a. (}=:~~I'~:)AL. Durir.g August 1169, ITI ':a:dne !.f.Jiiibic>vs?OI'CO Eoadqt.:.":,r·£.:,:rs was locatei in East D9.".,.(.~, :~ef..·;u' .j(. cf'Vietn&m. Tho averat-':e per':::onnel strengtr. }.'9.5 }I J ,O.Y; c.. d,;:;­c rea sc of 3,048 under the p~' ev lous :r.(jnth.

b. ACTI\TIT~ES. I.~:r !1arine Amnhi bious ~(,rc..e (' ')r. ~ jnu.cdto be ;r,u.Td.eOD:T-C01\iU3~1ACVDirec tive 10-11 da ted .: .;c .rem~e:·1968 in pursuit of its objectives for A~3u.st 1969.

2. OVERALL EVA:'JUATION

a. GENERAL. After a month of subdued action co~nur~ist

forces resumed a normal tempo of activity. Significant en­p,a~ements were spreaa throue~out I Corps with heavy contactsmade frequently in the southern Danang TAOR and the Americ(;JDivision area. of operation. For the period enemy c8sL<al':~e

were up 1,043 over June 1969. This increase was par·'l..i~:llv

attributed to the increased efforts of the 7th Mari~e -~ ,'-ment in Quang Nam Pr·ovince. On 12 AuguR t, e::lerr~entS \) ,.. W

Marine s encounte:r'ed a heavy concentra ti on 0:' enelny :r- t· ;;or.{O'in a 2~ mile flatland surrounded on three ~idi\S by . " ',":, Or; Go

river about 27 Kms OB.st of Hoi An. Significant sr,::: ".L './C ontac t we s rnade and 10 st repes tedly ':.hro'li~IiO't trJ; r'ler:. . l,.,'c.woeks as the enemy kept constantly on the ,nove :~r. t·[j·~ g(~n("":'I':"

Li berty Bridge vic ini ty. Not far south of thi s er"emr C Ol'r':;S'."'l­

tration, Operation FlEDSRICK HILL, conductod by the :.:9{,uLight Infantry Erigadt;, A."r,erical Division, in Qu.a;; (~·s··

vince was experiencing the month's heaviest OPP03~

accounted for 91+1 enemy KIA. Meanwhile, f&rtrer' S l.;'"_l,

11th Light Infantry 3rigede, Americal Divisior." m',I:iON MOUNTAIN in Quang ~;gai Province nad 360 en6m;the l):-rz t"1e 3rd I~arlne r.cgiment continued S:..1.C'· .:.$ •.,Quant:, Tri Province or! Operation IDAHO CAKYC~. wi "h;. '"I;.

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On major' ope2at.ions the !":a:'ine Corps y·.e ,.'J'j 92 "i~' IA wh i l. e ,9 ~ 0 OUrl t, :L ~l r~ t" or ~i21 ene~T(Y ~:I p~ w i· b. r· i ~r

s~iall uni t opo~""a tion~\ .J~d 112 fr'iendly 1\;1. ",l", - :L)­'/t1 t) cr~emy KIA. Trle :r'" 3. Pj.r<~T(v had }?~l -(I/~ fL,~, ~, i.J

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•1. SC:,::;-:A.:1Y O'F OP~HATIONS

a. GE1\EiU.L. During the p-:>r lod tr.e ?1arh.c ~ orps (onduct­ed five major--operations in addition to small unit contacts.'}'riC D.3. Army cOl'L'litted its troops to 13 major operat'ons.

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ARLINGTON CANYONIDAHO CANYONIROQUOIS GROVEG::ORGIA TAllKEKTUCKY JUNPSHMONTGJK~Y rlE~DEZVOUS

LAMAR PLAINCA.:-r1PBELL STREAHERHI CHLAJ.~D SQUAREWUISIANA LEEG:L..~I 3()RNE CHUTECiJ:1.BER LAND THUNDERPIPESTONE CANYON0urtF..A~1 PEAK~::':EDERICK HILL..:7ENEVA PAR. KN1L~ TUCKET BEACHIRON HOU1~TAIN

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6 ,51 47 1/5thMechlnf 1-31 Aug0 37 6 4,thr~ar 1-31 Aug0 9 c:: lOIs tA bnDiv 1-11+ Aug~

17 101 94 3rdBde lOlAbr. .1.-15 Aug6 20 4A

latBdel0lAbI. 1-1) Aug0 3 2ndBdelOlAbn 1-13 AuC!3 56 1 101stAbn..-')iv 15-31 At.

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453 941 196thLIBAmer - " ' Aw...i..- .).i.

3 40 79 198thLlBAmer 1-31 1:.u. C'....39 39 5/1-1-6/ 1 98th 1-31 Aug>

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b. l:':VEN'l'S. During the period 1-31 Augus t the fo llowingsignificant-COntacts were reported in chrono1o::ical order:

!r'ior "Co r,oon on 3 August, elements of 1"./.3 / 5 r,;ceivt;·S bi~'::iJinll ar':n~ fire fron: an osti:na ted enem.y sq.1.8d :d,~ Km,,,; .~'S,. "iloa. An e ssaul t of the enemy :Jos1 tion ne t;f;o NV I, '. , ',"It,

,',:,:; with C: U3~-';C ,:UA and 111, \'IrA. Later thb; t;'! r,inr:, ,/',l';:in a ,.iisht defensive position 6 Kms H3\.,' of ,', L "j': 1(;, .... ~c G

:.rroun:1 btt ack/ Orgeonic weapons tire anc: :~)oolr rest, l.;) if, r,

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~:-~,. b; (0"ix.st"" 10\}I p: ~t,ir,; i'or'\~e. ;'\.,' ., fir~".r'tUJE;r'J [~Ld r"LlLship3 rssulti1 6 in 4 K\'A K:::;. an~ 1 : ,'c ·"z:. "f.l

1 USA .:HA b nd 4 ,,;" A. A few hour s la tn' G/ :-'/5 ..}6 [1., (. g: _2.:id ki} led 2 XVA 1200 meters to the SEe At the sa.",:; t' !'~,e

3/2/506 Inr w~s r'0e:-,t:;sged &nd received 4. 'd:;.. from an Gstimctede:1emy squad. 'Two hour 3 18 tar B Company oo;"!:co n rece i v i~1.g RPJ.:"ir'e 6r.o C Co:upe.ny small ar:ns fire f:'om enemy troq)s .,n .fi~ht­

ing positions. hestA.lts were 6 NVA KIA, 3 nIe, i.. USA :~IA ar.a18 USA WIA.

,n the 7th of A':..i.Et.lS t LZ Nancy, 16 KMs SE of Quan~ Tr 1 City, h:;.d8 fire near an ammo pit resulting in several soconc9ry explo­sions causing 1 USN SeaBee KIA and !~ 'trIA with 7 1lSA 'n'H.. Laterin the morning B/2/506 Inf, 8~ KMs SW of A Luoi, made contactwith an unknown number of enemy resulting in 2 1'VA KIA, 1 rwc)and 1 CS'tJC with 1 USA KIA and 16 WIA. About o845H F/2/3 en­galSed 2 'SVA companies dug in a hill 8~ KNs NNE of the Rockpile.Ten hours of contact with artillery and air strikes preppingfor an assault resulted in 21 'NVA KIA wi th 1.+ USMC KIA and 10WIA. About noon D/l/ll Inf, 1stBde, 5thMech lnf Div, engagedan unknown number of enemy 11 KMs Nt,." of Cam I.e r'esul t in€, in 56~VA KIA, 23 lWC, and 3 C3WC with 1 USA KIA and 16 WIA.

Before noon on 8 August an AO from the 196th LIB, Aml";z<cal D3v,observed an estirrwted 26 VC about 11~ KMs wsw of Than?, Bini.Bno called for a fire mission from 3/82nd Arty killing l~;·:C.(l'nat evening D/4/3 Inf, 6 KMs 'dhrw of Duc Pho, received :'\FG andheavy auto~atic weapons fire; organic weapons f.ire was returneduntil the enemy withdrew. Casualties were 2 VC KIA a:rIQ 1 T.'v/Cwith 2 USA KIA and 9 USA WIA.

:.. :,,-gust E/2/3 engaged a large enemy force e<'tirnatI'lO 1":';)"[(,C0:i(!J<;il. ,'.:.;' to battalion strengtn 8 KMs NNW of the Roc'"'i-1ilbduring the fally eve;,1ng hours. Contact was sustajnod llr,til theearly daw.:r. hours of 10 Augus t. Grourld attacks wel'e lau~Jch()d

on E/2/3 \-Jith heavy small arms fire, grenades, e.nd sat(:helchnrfes. Air Rtrikes and artillery fire missions were re~~~~ed

!"c suJ ting in 36 I\VA KI A wi th 19 USMC KIA and 75 U~MC l,4IA. Irl:r,:"d-£d:"tbrnoon on tht~ 10th, C/I/327 Inf enga~e(:; an ....r,kn')v·~·: nurrlber­of ene:-riY 10 KMs SWof A Luoi refJulting in 11 }iVA Kl.-. and .3 ,()<:'A'..rI.A. About the same time M/3/1 near Liber·ty 3ridge,.lsedartillery and mortb:'S on 20 enemy killing 11 VC. _.1;; to:". 3/1/';2'1Tnf was engaged 8 K.1s S\r,' of A Luoi and retJ.rn fire; ",mIt,ad in1 NVA KIA and 1 IWC with 5 USA KIA and 6 ~IA.

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.' •Cn 11 j . ;~ust K/3/3 en ~:gt j an E.,lie::ny platoon .:'\: K!·:s N. or GamLo. Dur-ing the engagement the enemy was reLlrorced :JS was KCo:npany by elements of' 1/3/3 and 3rd Tank Brt. Arti l} ery endair strikes were called on the en~y bunkers. resulting in 18NVA KIA, 11 IWe, and 2 CSWC with 18 USMC WIA. About noon ETroop, 1st Cav received RPG and small arms fire from an un­known number of enemy 11 KMs WNW or Quang Ngai City. Resultswere 9 VC KIA wi th 1 USA KJ A and .3. USA WIA.

In the predawn hours of 12 August ~3A Hospital in Sast D&nahgCity received 2 direct hits out of 5 incoming mortars. Resultswere 20 friendly WIA. Seven KMe SSE ot Binh Son A/l/l Cavreceived a ground attact prepped W,1 th 60mm mortar and RPGt~e wounding 4 USA;return tire kl1led19 enemy. E/2/1 6KMa NNE of Hill 55 received an estimated 20-)0' gl'enades, 4RPG, and heavy small arms fire from an unknown number ofenemy. Marines used organic weapons, artillery, anc gun-ships resulting in 10 ve KIA, 9 IWC, and 3 eswc witL 1 US~C

KIA and 4 WIA. PSB Hawk Btll, 12 KMs NW of Tam Ky, received100 mortar rounds followed'by a ground attack with about 10sappers penet1'ating the per·i.meter and satchel chargi.ngsleeping bunkers and other Duildings. The casualties forthis engagement were 13 enemy KIA, l~ IVIC" and 2 cswe wi th7 USA KIA and 51 USA 'wIA. A/J.~/31 Inf on LZ West 8 Kl1s Eof Hiep Duc received a similar attack but forced the enemyto withdraw using organic weapons and artillery. Resultswere 50 NVA KIA, 5 ,\VAJPW, 5 IWC, and 7 CS'vIC wi th 4 USA '-J.iIA.1st Recon En 5 ~~s N of FSB Stagecoach called air strikes andSpooky after receiving a heavy volume of small arms fire andRPG. Results were 9 }lVA KIA and 3 !WC wi ttl 1 USMC KIA and3 WIA. F Troop, 18th Cav engaged and killed 15 1~A 6 Kr1SESE of Thang Binh. 1/7 Marines 6~ KMs NNE of An Hoa eng&~ed. ".?() "'\,fA with s.."nall arms fire. Sporadic firE; '.>lith s!l1a!:.arms, 82m."11 mortAl'S flnd RPG was maintained durini..~ the earlydawn hour s when con :;~G t .... ;)';rea sed and extended unti 1 la teafternoon. Resul ta were 147 1VA KIf, 4 crv JEF, 11.2 HIe, Anc7 CSWC wi th 15 USMC KIA and 101 I-.rrA. At dawn C/l/327 Ir.:C

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engaged 8-:1 unknown'iumber of enemy 10 KMs SW of A 1,. ..Oi. 'l'heenemy wi t--:Ldrew quic-!{ly but there were 5 NVA KIA ~ l-t:WC. :.d1 CS~~C wi th 5 USA WiA.

At 10 minutes after midniE')'1t ,)[1 13 August E/2/L; :'2 .<)18 ".::''wof the rtockpil'3 was probed by enemy using ,,\ren8,'ies, sat.:".elCharges, and 8H1811 arms fire l"€ls·,Iltir.s in 2 US~jC KI.L. ana8 USHe WIA. Jast p;'ior to noon AJ3/21 In! &nc ;)/l/-~ aavengaf~ed a;1 unkllo;·:n number- of enemy S KMs .l\'V'. cf \,,-J.E, ':7. K,I,;,jCity. Gun.ship:; werll U3eo and results weN 10 t\\i.., . .h, 4,2IWC, and 3 CSWC wi tl 5 USA KIA and 6 WIA. Not 1. (~.3 fl.ft~w

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l"(;sulted in 4h NVA KIA, 2 N'IA T'ET, 7 lWe, and 1 :S'dC wi th5 U~X2 KIA and 70 1hTJ: A.

On 14 AugJ.st Hea']quarters 1/7 8 KMs \INW of L1ber·t','bridge received mortar·s, HPG, hand grt:nades, ane. ~~1:' armsfire; returned artillery ar;j ,:>pooky resulting inf 1") ~VA KIA.and 9 IWC wi~~ 2 USMC WIA in a predawn attack.

During the afternoon of IS August B ~~d C/4/) Inf enLu~ed Dnunknown number of ene"rly 6 KMs E of Be To. During the contacta helioopter was shot down by .50 cal r~re. Results of theengagement were;; NVA KIA, 21>.n.JA/PW, 3 lWC, and 1 CSWC with10 USA KIA and 1 WIA. Later in the day A and C/3/1 Inf andB/l/l Cay were moving thrOUgh an area when 2X250 pounj bombswere cornma.nd detonated killing ) USA and wounding 13.

On 17 August D/h/3l Inf engaged an NVA Company 12 KMs NW of'fien Phuoc resulting i.n ;; NVA KIA, 1 USA KIA. ;; (JSA ~'IA

and 1 USA MIA. About the same time B/l/3 called artilleryon 30-1~O enemy II KMs NNE of the Rockpile killing 11 INA.

A~out noon on 18 August ~/u/31 Tnf received s~a:l ar~sfire fron an unknown number of enemy. Contact Jasted 8hO'ffS and gunships and spooky were called i.n r'esult5ng in52 NVA KIA with 4 U3J.. K:1.A, 21 "'tIA, and 1 IvfIA. 'I'.,;o (,our'~

later 3/!.\-/3l Inf engaged an unknown number of enemy in E1contact last:tng over 7 ;lOurs. Gunships Dnd spooky werecalled in rp.sultinrr in 91 NVA KIA and 2 IWC with 9 USA K:Aand 27 USA v,'TA. U.?~S CO /3/1 J KHs SW of Hill SS had 11WIA when n 2~ ton truck detonated a mine. Later, in theafternoon, L/3/1 ~l KMs N of Hill 5S ran into a r'Iline fir'}ldand detonated 6 mines, ;; in a daisy chain, resul~ing in ~U5:l-1C KIA and 10 iN'lA. B/1/3 engaged 15 NVA ;; KMs N of t.h,eRockpile and with 3pooky killed 10 NVA with 1 USMC W~A.

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receivednort81's, s1'l/.811 arrns r,;, re, and sappers; ret:r'nedorganic weapon,'! firo and Gunships resulting ir, 6 N',Tj,. KIA,and 2 IWC wi th 1 US:1C KIA and 10 WIA. E/2/7,; KMs NW o~

Q.ue 30n ooserved ).\-o NVA durin/; the morninp anc ca}) od iraartillery and air 8~rikes kilJ.ing 36 NV'A.

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In the pr-edawn hour's of 22 August','Danang Air Base received11 rockets I'esu1ting in 1 USMC WIA, 1 USAF KIA, J+1 USAFWIA.

In the earl~'" afternoon B/3/21 lntengaged enemy torces in abunker' complex 11 KMs NW of TienPhuoc resulting in 8 NVAKIA and 2 USA WIA. About tne $amj time 0/2/1 Int receivedheavy fire 9~ KMs ESE of Hiep Ducld111ng 1 USA andwounding 12 USA. Two hours later a roa4 sweep team fromD/l/19 Engr was ambushed 2 KMs ~S~ ot Du~ Pho resultingin 10 NYA KIA, 2 PW/NVA and 5 NOW! thZ U.SA KIA.and 9USA WIA. In the early evening 'L/3/3 nIl.de contact S' KMsNW 01 the Rockpile and called in Gunships resulting in8 NVA KIA with 6 USMC KIA and 11 1'1SlC WIA.

On 22 August Dll/46 Int engaged an estl'msted NVA platoon2~ KMs HE of H1ep Duc reaul ting int 11:NVA KIA and Z USAWIA. In the early hours ot darkn.ss a 1st Recon Bn teamspotted two large enemy torces otl.50 and 200 llIen.Artillery missions and Spooky weI'. oalled in acoounting for32 confirmed NVA KIA.

In the predawn hours of 24 August B/l/50b lnf and 3rd Bde/101 Abn Div at F'SB Berchtesgarden "received mortars and RPGwith an attack from an estimated NVA Company size fcrcp.~esu1tlng in 28 NVA KIA, 6 Iwe, aQd 8 CSWC with 3 Uf~ KIAand 8 DSA WIA. A/4/12 Cav found 15 NVA KIA in the earlyevening.

Mid-zl1ornlng of 25 August R/2/1 Int was engaged b;f fAn un­known number of enemy and was reinforced by 8/1/46 h~ KMsEN);:; of Hiep Du-:; resJ,l ting in 12 h-rvA KIA ard 7 aSA 'rJ ....A.About the same ti~e C/2/1 found 15 NVA KIA 10 KMs ESE ofHiep Due. In the afternoon H&S CO, G and H/2/7 reoe1vedintense small arms fire killing 11 USMC ard wcunding 41.B/2/1 Inf found 21 '!.1JA KJ A 1n the vicini ty of their :norn­ing contact. 3/1/4~) in the sume area oontacted a lJirge

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forco and celled in E .<.;~;h.ips and 6 .... tillery l'esult'i.n· in 74NVA KIA and 10 IWC with 1 USA KI~ and 49 USA WIA.

In the predawn hours of 26AugU8~ 2/7th Marines 6 ~v.s NEof Hiep Duc received 24rnortar:\ rounds resulting in 1~ USMCKIA, 26 USMC WI A, and 2 USA WIA. ,C/4/31 kil1e a .5 NVA andhad 6 USA KIA and ll01, USA WIA ln~,mld"'bJorning con tee t 4 KMsNE of Hiep Due. In the afte~noon Vand'&gtttt ~oMbat Basereceived 4 rockets wounding 17 USKO. 0/217 received smallarms fire 6 KMs NE of Hiep Due and returned 8%"tillerymissions, mortars, and organloW&lpOnS resulting in 1 NVAKIA wi th ;'}wi th 1 USMC KIA ~d 24 USMC WIA. .Al)out the sQll1etime C/1/5 4KMs SW of L1bert, B.r.~~ge called an air strikeon lS-20 enemy resulting in 10~••

On 28 August B/1/3 received a pre~awn.ttaok 8 KMs NNE orthe Rockpile resulting 1n J NVA KIA wi~h3 USMC KIA and9 USMC WIA. 3/7 Marines engaged .. la!'ge enemy force 5KMs NE ot. Hiep Duc in a day long battle.. resu.ltlns. in 18NVA KIA, lS IWO, and 2 CIWC wi th~.3 USMC WIA •. B)(4/31 tntnot tar away made contact in the .rternoon and eXchangedsporadic fil'e until dal'k resulting in 5 NVA KIA, 1 IWCand 1 CSWC wi th 1 USA KIA, 3 USA I'IA and 4 USA MIA. Inthe early evening 1st Recon an team deteoted 50-60 enemy8 KMs SE of Liberty Bridge and called .irstrikea killing48 NVA. . .

In the predawn houl's or 29 AugustA/l/l Cav and D/3/4Inf 6 KMs SSE or D1..lc Pho received RPG ~nd mortar, woundlJ1g27 USA.

In the early evening of 30 August C/3/82 Arty l~ KMs SWot Hlep Duc received mortars wounding 10 USA.

Late in the morning on 31 August Ml3/1 engaged 20-30enemy near Liberty Bridge wi th an artillery mission killinp­20 NVA. Ear'1y in the afternoon Cll/l Cav found 20 NVA KIA8 KMs SSE of Duo Pho. In the early evening hoars a 1stRecon En team directud ar'tillery on 120 enemy 6 KMs NNW pfAn Hoa resulting in 30 lNA KIA. A/l/S S~ KMs SSW ofL1 berty Bridge recei vod HPG and small armtl fir e resul tinrs1n 4 USMC KIA find 7 USMC WIA. Near m1dnir.,ht Q,uang TrlCombat Base received 31 rockets killing 3 USMC andwounding 26 USMC.

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USMC USN USA USMC USN USA USMC USN USA166 5 134 1499 67 892 , 19 1 25

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USMC USN USA USMC USN USA25 2 13 2301 259 2733

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Special 117

General 22

c. SHORT TONS OF MAIL SENT AND RECEIVED BY III MAF:

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(1) b'eggom Hi),.]" Mcrga.,tiQn Oomplex

(a) LIBMRXa The library is fully operatiQnal withreclassifying and indexing Qf books nearing oompletiQn.

(b) THEiA'l$Ra During August the theater was QperatiQna129 days. It was closed two days due to MFa conversion and repairs.

(c) CAlE'mRIAI The cafeteria is still under constructionwith a project Qpening date in early OotQber 1969.

(d) BOHLING Al,IiN1a The Bowling Oenter remains clQsed untilroof repairs are completed and the lane renovation work is accomplished.

(e) BATTInG ~: All three Batting Cages are operatiQnalwith all maohines mounted Qn oonorete fQundations.

(f) GRQ~: I.endsoaping and filling continues utilizingVietnamese labor.

(g) MAJOR AOTIVITIES

1 Tuesday, 12 August, at 1000 the Grand Opening of themain exchange took place. Free coffee and dQughnuts were available topatrons. Drawings were held throughout the day fQr dQor prizes.

~ Tuesday, 19 August, at MOO the "Miss Amerioa USO Show"took place in the Freedom Hill Amphitheater. Approximately 3,000 peopleattended.

J Thursday, 28 August, at 1400 the Roy Acuff USO Show,"Grand 010 Opry" took place in the Freedom Hill A/llphi theatEr. :~PPl'oximately

2,000 people attended.

(2) R&R Aotiyities (9Y.k=of-Oountry)

(a) or 6,?.43 seats allQoated tQ III }~, 5,287 were filled for84.6% utilization. Of 7,594 seats allocated to III MAF (inoluding NavalForoes in I Oorps) 6,594 were filled fQr 86.8% utilization. Total allooa­tions for Danang R&R Center oonsisted of 12,114 of whioh 11,677 were filledfor utilization peroentage Qf 96.4%.

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Sydney 1,220 886 2,106Tokyo 452 335 787Singapore 343 299 642Hawaii 1,822 1,605 3,427Hong Kong 632 500 1,132Taipei 811 501 1,312Bangkok 1,065 709 1,774V.l8.nila 216 72 288Okinawa 163 46 2Q2

TO'rAtS6,724 4,953 11,677

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(a) Quotas allocated were utilized by 1,229 personnel.This does not include daily users. Daily users for the month of Augusttotaled approximately 13,000 personnel.

(4) Ente[tainment

Irena Wiley (USO) '1-7 Aug Handshake TourSoul Patrol (CMTS) a..9 Aug MusicalThe New Folk Singers (USO) 9-14 Aug Musical VarietyChanin Hale With Two Far Out (usa) la..15 Aug Musical VarietyGeorge Gobel (usa) 13-16 Aug Handshake TourSouth Harket Street Jazz Band (Usa) 15-19 A.ug Musical VarietyHiss America (usa) 19-22 Aug Musical VarietyBunker Brigade (CMTS) 19-25 Aug MusicalThe Fred Thompson Show (Usa) 21-27 Aug Musical VarietyRoy Acuff and Grand Ole Opry (USO) 27-29 Aug Musical Variety

(5) MMS Activities (18 StsUQP.!3 in I Oorps)

(a) }~ssages sent

(b) Messages received

(c) Phone patches sent and received

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(a) 8,899 prerecorded musical tapes were produced duringthis reporting period.

(b) 7,797 prerecorded musical tapes were sold during thisreporting period.

(7) Film I4br,w:

(a) 90 l6MH films were received from AAFMPS, Saigon andput into the circuit in I Oorps area.

(b) 110 l6MH films were repaired by this facility.

(8) Stars and Stripes Distribution

(a) 40,437 Stars and Stripes free issue newspapers weredistributed in the I Corps area on a daily basis.

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1 August. Force Chaplain attended opening day ceremony of Tan LapBuddhist School.

2 Aygust. Force Chaplain assisted in opening ceremony of the VinhMinh Village school.

3 August. The guest preacher at III Harine Amphildous Force Protestantworship was Dr. W. Robert SMITH, Head of the Department of Philosophy atBethel College, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Force Chaplain conducted worshipservice at CAG School.

5 August. Force Chaplain served as escort officer for Dr. Norman VincentPMLF~, eminent clergyman and author as he visited USNH, Danang, MAG-16,Chapel of Flags at Amy Support Corrmand, Danang, the Hoa Khanh Childrens'Hospital at Camp Brooks, III Harine Amphibious Force, the 7th Marines onHill 55, CAP 2-5-2 and the 366th Tactical Fighter Squadron.

7 August. Force Chaplain visited with Division Chaplain, First }OlarineDivision and Wing Chaplain, First Marine Air Wing to discuss chaplain distri­bution and strength problems.

9 August. Force Chaplain discussed potential seminary scholarship pro­gram with the Reverend Le-Van-Tu, pastor of the An Hai Church.

10 August. Force Chaplain was guest preacher at the Korean ChristianChurch.

10 August,..-15 August. Force Chaplain on leave in Taipei.

16 August. Force Chaplain hosted dinner for the new NAVFORV(Saigon)Chaplain.

17 August. Force Chaplain escorted NAVFORV Chaplain on indoctrinationtour to the First Harine Division, 7th Harines and Force Logistic Command.

18 August. Force Chaplain discussed with representatives of theChristian Science faith the forthcoming Christian Science Conference.

20 August. The Force Chaplain served as escort for Miss VirginiaBOTKIN, Professor of Husic at North Texas State University·as she offeredconcerts at the First Hedical Battalion, CAG School, Camp Hom Theater,USS R1'~POSE, First Marine Air Wing and the "0" Club, III l-larine AmphibiousForce.

22 AUgust. Force Chaplain delivered Health and Comfort Pacs for ARVNwounded to 5th ARVN Regiment. Visited First Marine Air Wing to discussmatters related to forthcoming Supervisory Chaplains Conference •

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24 August. Force Chaplain was guest preacher at CAG School and Protes­tant Rally at USNH, Danang.

26 August. Force Chaplain held a conference of Supervisory Chaplains toperform Team assigrunent connected wi. th the Chief of Chaplains SupervisoryConference in Washington. In attendance were the First am Third MarineDivision Chaplains, the Wing Chaplain of the First Marine Air Wing, theCommand Chaplain of Force Logistics Command, and the Force and AssistantForce Chaplain, III Marine Amphibious Force.

27 August. Force Chaplain visited the Venerable Thich Nhu Buu, SeniorBuddhist Chaplain in I Corps to discuss problems rea ted to school construc­tion project.

28 August. Force Chaplain taught for the last time his High SchoolEnglish class.

31 August. Force Chaplain preached at two worship services at ForceLogis tic Conunand. Force Chaplain attended me eting of 1b e Associa tion forthe Encouragement of Learning to discuss the III Marine Amphibious ForceEduca tional Program scholarship funding for the 1969-1970 school year.A minimum of 110 high school scholarships were promised for youth inDanang, Hoi An and Quang Tin province.

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a.. "Ge::'?~_~E1..1_J:l!~e.rl1L._3.~.tu.~t:L?i~. The tempo and intendt.y of enemy initia:tcQactivity in the IC'1'Z dn-j-nr: the l:nonth of August incr.eased over the previousiflonth as the enemy launchE.d their much r~ralded nSumr!l€lr-Auturanl1 Offensive.This increase waD reflected int.he increased totals of cnerrr.,r initiated gro<.lnd.incidcni..s, incoming arJd enemy killed in action. 'l'he number of enem:r initi­fd.,ed fl'o:.md iticidents 1:'08e frOl'iI 1,lb7 'to 1,652. The nu.mb01' of enemy in­comine rounds also rose from 2,540 to 4,706 which is only slightly abovethe monUtiy average for the year of 1., 3h5 • 'l'he nwnbe r of enemy killed inlJ.ction increaE;led troIa 3,364 to 4,511 which is slightly below the monthlyaverago of the year of h,96l. Counteri1ltelligencc rolated activit1esalso increased in most categories. There was an increased prOEram ofselective assassination of low level GVN ~niniBtrators and ~ocal forcepersonnel as well as increases in sabotage and terrorism in the form ofhatllet harassment directed against ref'ugee centers. The munber of propa­ganda incidents also increased as the enemy intell8i.fied his efforts todiscredit the GVN.

The increa.sed enemy activity was focused in t.he central portion ofthe DHZ, the .1 <;rirW Valley area of western THuA THffiN (p), the DANANG Cityarea. and the ;,.'",,\.,hern DA1~Al~G TAOR, and the I.,;UANG TIN-QUANG NAN border inthe vicinity oj' tlIL? DJC. The enemy initiated activity in the centralsector of the DY~ occurred during the ear~ part of the month when anew unit, the 9th Hegiment of the 304th NVA Division, was identit-led in:::;i:tarp contact6 in the central DMZ while attacks by fire were launcheda~aittst fr1end~ base camps and unit headqual~erB in tr~ eastern sector.'l'hc A SHiLU Valley vicinlty was the acene of several contacts during theI'lorit.h as' well as the site of several indirect fire attacks against friendlyfire support bases •. The DANANG City area and the southernDANANG TAORwere the areas of intensified enemy oporat1.ons during the early morninghours of the 12th. This activity took thefonn of numerous attacks byfire and/or limited sapper probes against friendly installations andlU1it CP locations. Toward the end of the month, the lUost active areain the ICTZ was the QJANG TIN-I,J,UANG NAM border area in the vicinity ofHE? DUe. In a series of sharp contacts with the 1st VC and the 3rdl'NA Regiments, elements of the Americal Division killed in excess of800 hVA. As the month drew to a close, the type and intensity of oon­tacts in this area indicated that the enemy effort in the HIEP DUGvicinity was on the wana.

From an Order of Battle point of view, the enen~ offensive posturealong the central Dl-'.2 appeared to be slightly improved wi-th documentaryevidence pointing toward the presence of all or part of the 9th Regimentof the .304th NVA Division. Adding further credence to an improved pos­ture in the central DMZ were the heavy infra-red returns centered about12 kilometers north of the Rockpile and sensor readinE:s which indicateda southward movement of personnel. Especially large n~~oers of sensor

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readines were obtained from a location 16 kiloolct.ers southwest of CO:,':'HIEN • Also in this sector of the DHZ, prisoners were taken froUl the1-l.9th 3I1d 45th Battalions of the QJANG 3INH Provincial Unit.· Although:nembers of this and similar units have been used as replacementBintlrls area in the past, this is the first time that one has be'3n en­countered operating as an entit~v so~th of the DMZ. In the northwesternquadrant of QTJANG TRI, Project Delta forces observed the movement ofgro1lps of enemy personnel, the nature of whiCh indica.ted too presenceof a major enemy unit, most probably the 246th NVA Regi.ment. To theso~th in the MltTTH area, a PW from the K.lO Battalion, 5th 'NVA iWgimentconf:i.rmed the most recently held locations of this battalion which is11 kilometers to the southeast of HUE. However, the remainder of the5th Regiment continues to be held in the far southwestern portion ofTHUA THIEN. Also of interest, tM H'Jr:/DANANG railroad was nrl.ned forthe 19th and 20th tJ.JlleB this year. Documents indicated that. the unitresponsible for the recent mining incidents along this railroad wasthe C.14 Engineer Company of the 4th NVA Regiment. In QJANG NAH Province.prisoners were captured fran all lll&jor units in the DANANG TAOR. Areview of the information elicited from these Pt/I s plus reconnaissancesiphtings indica.ted the forward de-ployment of enemy units into t~ QUA.~G

NAM low-lands north of DIEN BAl~. In addition, there were a number ofsightings south of NaNG SON in the QUE SON Mountains perhaps indicatingthe return of enemy forces to their old base camps with the cessationof ~ration DURHAH PEAK. Southwest of Q(JE SOO, there are 1~dicatians

that the 1st VC Regiment rtJJJ.Y have moved north across the QUANG NAl1-QUANG TIN border into the southwestern reaches of these QUE SON 110untainB.This ap-pears to have occurred atter 1st ve received heavy casualties inthe hard fighting aro1md HIEP DOC. In QUANG TIN Province, a Pw wastaken frOO'l the 70th Main Force Battalion. Hie place of capture, fourkilometers east of TRANG Bn~H confirms the previous~ held location ofthis battalion. '1'his was the first PW or Hoi Chanh fran this unitsince 25 June. In the southern reaches of QUANG NGAI Province, a PWwas captured !'ram the 2nd ve Regiment so'utheast of Due ?H(). This isthEl first identified contact with this unit since mid June and confirmedirldicatione that this was the enemy unit continually confrontingAmerical Forces in this area. The closing of the month broaght neunerousintelligence indicators of enemy intentions to renew hostilities in yetanother phase of the II SUJti11er-Aut·,llllntl Offensive. Principal target[~

Here to be the DANANG environs, population areas along the coastallowlands and refugeo resettlement campa.

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'D. };nmJ,y\ctior, 0tat:istics. Facts pertaining to enenw activities inAllied operating areaf:;, includIng combat bases, for the month of August areas follows:

~~n(;ljl1Jr Initiated Acti yj.ty

JJJ 1JJ;F ARVN QiE ~ fDQ-Attacks 32 17 3 0 ')

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Arnbushee 3 0 1 0 4Assaults by Fire 33 20 4 1 :>Harassirlg Fire 61..6 158 111 19 25Hines/Booby Traps 256 46 21 16 1.AA Fire 659 11 0 0 0

Total Acts of Terrorism for ICTZ - 229

c. Enemy Order of Battle. Confirmed forces operating in ICTZ on :31August 1969.

(1) QUANG TRI (p). Confiromed units in QUANG TRI (p) include onlythose considered to be operating south of the DMZ. Major units were the7th Front Headquarters; the 6th, K.8 and K.14 Infantry, and 10th SapperBat talions 8ubordinate to the 7th Front; the 246th NVA Regiment; and the2d Battalion, 84th NVA Artillery Regiment. Additionally, one independentcompany and two companies of the 31st ~VA Group operated in the province.The total cOnfil'lMd strength in QUANG TRl Province was 3.480.

(2) THtA TH)F)J (Pl. The 1".4B and 1".4C Battalions of tre 4th l'.11/ARegiment; K4 a.m KlO Infantry and Chi 'l'hw I and Chi Thua II Sapper Bat­talions of the 5th NVA Regiment; 806th Infantry a rrl K.12 sapper Battalionsof the 6th NVA Regimertt; K.32 't-.f\/A Artillery Battalion, MRTTH; arrl five

. independent companies were located within the province. The total con­firmed strength in 'l'HUA 'l'HIEN Province was 4,145.

(3) QUANG NAl-i (Pl. Enemy forces in QUANG NAH (p) consisted of:Front 4 Headquarters and support units; the 102d and 10Jd Battalions oft.he 31st h'VA Regiment; the 36th, 90th, and 141at NVA Regiments; 3tBB },'VAArtiller,y Regiment, six independent battalions and six independent com­panies. The independent battalions are the 577th }NA Rocket Battalion;the R.20 LF, '1.25 LF, and D.7 NVA Infantry Battalions; and the 3d }TVA.and T.89 MF Sapper Battalions. The total confinued strength for theprovince was 7,360.

(4) Q.UANG r~n! (Pl. The 2d NVA Division Headquarters and supportunits; the 1st MF and 3d NVA (AKA 31st) Ree.imentr; of the 2d NlJA Jivision;five indeper~ent battalions; which include the 70th ~y and 72d LF Infantryl:lattalions, the 74th U' Heavy Weapons Battalion, the rl8th }oI.F A.rtilleryBattalion, and the 409th Sapper Battalion; arrl four indeperoent companieswere located in the province. Tne total confirmed streneth in QUANG TINProvince was 4,325. •• •• •• •• ••• ••

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(5) .9.!lANC NCAl (rl. The 3d t.."VA Divis:ion Headquarters ani supportUflitsj the 2d 'Ie and 22d t..'VA R.egimerltf, of the 3d 'NVA Division; the 21stNVA Regiment of the 2d NVA Division; five indepement battalions which in­clude the 38th LF, 48th LF, and l20th I·fro' InfantI"'j Battalions, the 406thSapper Battalion and the 107th' ~NA Artillery Battalion; rind 15 independentcompa.nies were located in the province. The total confirmed strength inQUANG NCAl Province was 6,805.

d. Counterintelligence

(1) Counterintelligence Honthly Overview. This past month saw ageneral increase in counterintelligence related VC/VCI activity. ' Based onprevious indications, as derived from agent reports and captured documents,the upsurge followed the pattern outlined with increases in propaganda andpolitical activity, and a marked increase in terrorism. The apparent goalof these activities i5 to further the "peoplels struggle for liberation"by disruption of the pacification effort, Undermining and discrediting theGVN administration, breaking the GVNls control of the population, discred­iting the initiative and intentions of the U. S. military in RVN, aM "neu­tralization" of attitudes of persons aligned against the Provis:i.onal Revo­lutionary Government (PRC).

(2) Propaganda and Subversion. VC cadre were directed to pushf01"'\48.rd the "people IS struggle for liberation ll am the policies and. prop­aganda of the Provisional Revolutionalj" GcNerruoont (PRG). Plans to incitepeople to conduct demonstrations utilizing slogans arrl demands for abolish­ment of the draft, a peaceful settlement of the war, and formation of a­coalition government with the PRG failed to materialize and may have beenabandoned in favor of promoting "legal strug,gles". ilLegal strug.gles" arethought to basically take the form of demands of redress for IIcrimes" anddama ~s against the people and their property. utilizing this metho::i, theViet Cong seek to impress the people with concern for their welfare, demon­strate that concerted effort can bring results, stir up grievances againstthe GVr, and ."ake demands that cannot reasonably be met by the GVN, whichcan consequently 'be exploited. This type of activity is less likely to bereported and difficult to attribute to the Viet Congo Propaganda leafletsernrlhaslzing the NLF' 5 "Ten PointE:. for Peace ll and attempts to discredit theinitiative am intentions of U. S. forces in RVN have been directed at theGVN forces in an attempt to neutralize attitoo68 re~rding the PRG.

en Torr_oXi.BEl. Terrorism. in the form of assassinations of GVNofficia1 s and civilians, kidn3.ppingf.;, attackB on refueee and rebettlementareas, - an:i burning of homes continued at a high level. The fJ.ener-al failureof the VC to persw~de people to return to VC controlled areaf.; resulted inmore emphasis on the use of coercion and terN;:- to force these people outof CrVt: controlled areas. Hecent reports, capt1.n'ed, documents and PI'll sindicate a recent uPP"ading in the use of sappers to carry out lnilitarytasks in support of political objectives. It appears that VC reconnaissance

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:;;.'liJper urlits, speicCil i1,VL:i.on units and city sapper cells ar(~ being i':"\vengreater emphasis in the overall strategy for Hvictory'I'. IntenDi fied Vl.r­geting of U. S. materiels, installations, and personnel was noted.

(4) Sabotage. Sabotage generally remained at a l<M level duringAu£ust. Primary emphasis continued to be directed againAt lines of carr~

munication, specifically culverts and bridge6~ Two successful attemptswere made against trains on the HUE-DANANG Railway.

(5) Espionage. Reported vc/vcr intp-lligence gathering activitiesduring August failed to reflect any definable pattern or trends of eitroran increased or significant vcr intelligence collection effort. This shouldnot be construed as indicating any reduced. effort. Captured documentscontinually reflect past 6UCC6ssess in the collectioD efforts of both rril­itary reconnaissance units and VCI elements throughout lCTZ. Several doc­uments captured during August provided some insie,ht into the ability of theVC to collect intelligence on friendly positions, dispositions, unit iden­tifications, personalities, activities, patterns of activities, and intentsderived from these patterns. Sources, as indicated in the documents amby the nature of the intelligence gained, are myriad and, ss in the past,many ma.y well continue undetected. other documents arrl agent reportsreflected increased concern by the Viet Cong for improvement of collectionand subversive capabilities through penetration of GVN agencies and ARVN/US/F'w"MAF.

e. EnemY Losses. Enemy losses during the month of AU81st were asfollows:

III HAF !ill.'al ROKMC £11ill ~ TOTAL

KIA's 3,004 1,184 127 13.3 69 ;.,51?Detainees 1,105 253 12 3 100 1,473J=W's/tNA 52 0 0 3 4 59Pwls/VC 17 113 8 0 4 142Ret,urnees/~"'VA 11 0 0 0 0 11Returnees/VC 37 102 6 1 8 154Civil Defendants 189 0 0 0 0 189Innocent Civilians 350 0 0 0 0 350Individual Weapons 673 566 7.3 49 51 1,J~12

Crew-served Weapons 110 128 2 12 5 257

f. Ki.t Carson Scout Program. Significant accomplishments of KitCarson Scouts employed by l-1arine Divisions for the pericx:l 1-31 AUt,'7llstwere as follows:

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Patrols 936Classes Cor!ducted 6P5YOOS Broadcasts 20Enemy killed 8MElroy Captured/Suspects Apprehended 8/5Weapons Recovered 3Returnees 1Caves/Tunnels/Caohes Detected 3Mines/Booby Traps Detected .~

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6. LOGISTICS

a. General. The logistic posture in ICTZ remained ex­cellent during the month of August. Continuing good weatherand the resultant dry roads, relatively calm sea state, andfavorable flying conditions contributed 9reatly to this con­dition. Enemy interdiction of LOC, which was sporadic andwithout pattern, consisted of isolated attacks by small armsand mining incidents (see paragraph 6.c. and 6.d.) At notime were logistic operations affected by enemy action.

(1) The final phases of Operatiorl KEYS~ONE EAGLEwere completed during the latter part of August as 3/9,HMM-165, 1st LAAM Battalion and VMFA-334 embarked for rede­ployment.

(2) On 18 August, HMM-362 was decommissioned atPhu Bai. This squadron, which lifted approximately 55,000combat troops and carried 4000 medical evacuees last year,was the first Marine squadron to serve in Vietnam (1962)and the last to operate the UH-34D helicopter.

(3) In Northern ICTZ, five operations (GEORGIA TAR,IDAHO CANYON, ARLINGTON CANYON, IROQUOIS GROVE, and LOUISIA­NA LEE) were active during August. Except for LOUISIANA LEE,a 101st Airborne Division sweep in the A Shau Valley, which·began on the 11th of August, all other operations began priorto the reporting period.

GEORGIA TAR is a 4th Marines follow-on to HERKIMER MT. in themountainous jungle area north-west of Vandergrift Combat Base(VCB). Also north-west of VCB, the 3d Battalion, 4th Mar~nes

is conducting Operation ARLINGTON CANYON. Both search andclear operations are also meeting light contact.

IDAHO CANYON, like its predecessor, VIRGINIA RIDGE, is a3d Marines sweep, north of the Rockpile. Designed to bothsearch out invading NVA units and break up impending attackson FSB,.it has met with only light contact.

IROQUOIS GROVE is a continuing 1st Brigade, 5th InfantryDivision (Mech) sweep along the coastal area of NICTZ.

Deep logistic support for forward-operating units relied onhelicopters conducting resupply missions from prepositionedlifts of cargo staged at' Fire Support and Forward OperatingBases (FSB and FOB). This technique, developed during thewinter and spring of 1968 for use by Marine Corps units,will become essential when the approaching marginal flyingweather often secures larger bases.

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(4) South of the Hai Van Pass, in scuthern ICTZ,Operation PIPESTONE CANYON, which began in May, continuesas a land-clearing operation in the Go Noi/Dodge City area.Operation BRAVE ARMADA, an SLF Bravo amphibious thrustthrough the Batangan Peninsu]a, was secured on 7 August.

DURHAM PEAK, being conducted by the 5th Marines, is con­centrating its search and clear efforts in the area to thesouth-east of An Hoa Combat Base.

In the southern third of the Americal Division's AO, the11th Brigade and the 4th ARVN Regiment are conductingOperation IRON MOUNTAIN.

As in NICTZ, helicopter logistic support is vital, however,emphasis continues to be placed on established LSA's as op­posed to the FSB/FOB.

b. Dental

(1) Dental Civic Action (MEDCAP II) conducted byIII MAF Dental Companies during the month of August was asfollows:

(a) Dental Procedures(b) Patients Treated

4,0911,807

(2) The Force Dental Officer continues to hold MED­CAP on a continuing basis for the indigenous populace at IIIMAF Dental Facility.

(3) Total officer/enlisted strength of III MAF Head­quarters and dental companies as of 31 August 1969:

Dental OfficersMedical Service CorpsDental TechniciansUSMC Enlisted

654

14110

(4) Total number of facilities operated by dentalcompanies throughout I Corps as of 31 August 1969 was 31.

(5) On 9 August the 26th Dental Professional andAdministrative Conference was held in conjunction with theI Corps Dental Society meeting at the Tien Sha Annex, Danang.

c. Embarkation

(1) Narrative Summary

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(a) Air. Airlift operations during August pro­ceeded in a routine manner in ICTZ. The number,of·unit movesdecreased from July with the completion of Keystone Eagle andthe movement of the 1st Brigade of 101st Airborne Ilivlsion.A decrease was also noted in the amount of cargo and pax movedby Common Service Air System. Cargo fell off by 8,513 SiT andpax by 12,084.

The C7A cargo lift increased substantially due to movement ofairfield construction material for the stocking of airfieldsfor the oncoming rainy season.

(b) Surface. During the month enemy activity hadno effect on the movement of cargo by surface means in ICTZ.Input into Northern ICTZ totaled 51,668 SiT, a decrease of16,276 SiT from July. Input into Chu Lai was 36,758 SiTwhile Sa Huynh received 4,002 SiT. Danang received a totalof 232,152 SiT at all ramp and pier facilities. This repre­sents a 10,669 SIT increase over July receipts. Total cargoinput in ICTZ by surface means was 324,580 SiT, a decreaseof 16,663 SiT over July.

Keystone Eagle redeployment was completed on 28 August withthe airlift of VMFA-334 from Chu Lai to Iwakuni, Japan.Typhoons had little effect on embarkation of units but causedsome of the ships to steer diversion courses and caused de­lays in shipping reaching POD'S on time. A total of 8,414USMC and 252 USN personnel, 233,571 square feet of vehicles,and 15,117 SiT of cargo and equipment were redeployed fromICTZ to Okinawa and Japan.

(c) Land. During the month of August there were103 resupply convoys carrying a total of 17,166 SiT and 31retrograde convoy movements during the month.

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Pax 90,883.0 38,972.0 129,855Cargo 15,763.8 8,657.2 24,421

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Offload Daily Avg Throughput Daily Avg

232,152 7,489 347,657 11,215

26,314 849 32,677 1,05425,354 818 28,940 933

40,760 1,321 54,878 1,770

324,580 10,477 464,152 14,972

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4,3091,9995,2575,601

17,166 SiT

Retrograde Missions (31 Convoys)

Total 2,913 SiT

(6) Chronological Listing of ,Significant Events

1 Aug - 200 passengers ~irlifted from Danangand Ouang Tri tQ MCAS Futema (2/9 andHMM-165 Advance Parties)

10 Aug - 1st Brigade of the 10lst Airborne movednorth to Hue frc,m Tam Ky: 1,446 passen­gers and 158.9 E:jT of cargo. Thesefigures include movements on the 10th,11th, and 14th.

12 Aug - Chu Lai Combat Base was attacked at0200H by mortar~ and at 0543 by rockets.There was no damage to NSAD facilitiesor personnel.

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began movement to oanang from QuangTri for further embarkation 1 1,407passengers and 33.6 SiT of cargo.

14 Aug - In Danang, the LSD-26 and LKA-112 Idad­ed elements of the 1st LAAM Battalion.

- In Chu Lai, VMFA-334 elements boardedLST-839 and LST-1167.

- LST-1073 loaded elements of F Battery,2/12 and L Battery, 4/12 at Cua Viet.

15 Aug - LST-I077 embarked A CO (Rein), 9th MTBattalion.

30 Aug - 553 passengers (portion of the DeltaForce) were moved south from Dong Hato Nha Trang to rehabilitate.

d. Engineer

(1) Major construction projects completed:

(a) Tien Phuoc Special Forces Airfield repair(b) Ba To Special Forces Airfield repair(c) FLSG Bravo covered storage (102,000 sqft)

at Quang Tri(d) MAG-39 helo facilities (revetments and

parking apron) at Quang Tri(e) Five UH-l hangars at Camp Evans

(2) The following MILCON Projects were cancelledduring August as a resu1t of current construction programreviews. In addition, several minor non-MILCON Projectswere also cancelled.

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Enemy LOC interdictions continued at a relativelyThroughout ICTZ, four bridges were destroyed; all

The Seabees completely restored a 242 foot pile, bent timberbridge north of Hue in 8 days after its destruction by theenemy. The Seabees also completed restoration of the 1,330­foot Hue highway Bridge in 30 days. This project included re­moval of a 230 foot, single lane, Eiffel span and the construc­tion of two steel H-Pile piers and four new 55-foot spans.The bridge was reopened to traffic on 1 Spetember.

Two major highway bridge construction projects are in pro­gress: The Lang Co highway bridge (65% complete) and theDong Ha highway bridge (28% complete).

30 kilometers of QL-l were paved during the month. 319kilometers (80%) of this 400 kilometer route are now paved.On Route QL-9, 3.5 kilometers were paved. This 41 kilometerroute is now 73% complete. Route 540, a 36.5 kilometer roadessential for access between An Hoa and Danang, is being up­graded to the MACV Class B standard and is now 59% complete.

(4) Vietnamese National Railroad

There were six enemy interdictions on the rail­road between Danang and Hue during August, five of which in­terrupted rail service for longer than one day. The SongBo Railway Bridge is under construction and is 32% complete,and five kilometers of track have been restored on the Hue ­Dong Ha segment of the railroad.

e. Food Service

(1) On 4 August the Force Food Service Officer vi­sited the 2d ANGLICO detachment in the'2d Marine Brigade,ROKFV at Hoi An to discuss the status of the U.S. diningfacility under construction in that area.

(2) ForO PIOllO.5A, the III MAF revised Menu Ser­vice was published on 17 August.

(3) On 20 August the III MAF Subsistence OperationalAnalysis Report for the month of July was submitted to HQMC.Data highlights are:

Value of "A" & "B" Rations issued:MARINE CORPS MESSES: •••••• $3,557,Qll.OlU. S. ARMy:................ 575 , 75 8•59ROKFV: • • . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 85,400.13

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(4) On 25 August, Change 2 to ForO 10ll0.4C (IIIMAF Food Service Program) was published, setting forth ingreater detail the categories of personnel authorized tosubsist in government messes, including better identifica­tion procedures for civilian personnel.

f. Motor Transport

(1) Motor Transport statistics for August for thefive Motor Transport Battalions and Truck Company FLC are:

Mileage:Fuel (Tons)Cargo Tonnage:Passengers:

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(1) The Armed Services Explosives Safety Board con­tinues its visit of ICTZ. The board is primarily concernedwith those facilities that handle, store, or transport ammu­nition. To date, they have inspected the NSA Bridge Ramp,the Tien Shaw Ramp, ASP's 1 and 2, and FLC. The board willcover the Chu Lai ASP on 3 September 1969, the Ouang Tri ASPand the Tan My Loading Ramp on 4 September.

(2) An Interservice Support Agreement, (ISSA) hasbeen negotiated between the u.S. Army and USMC to cover theloan of 26 guns, 175mm, SP M107, and direct exchange (OX) of18 each chassis, 8" howitzer SP, MIIO, to USMC in SEA. Thisagreement is an extension of the original ISSA (provisional),and continues to 1974.

(3) An inspection of various types of tracked ve­hicles was conducted during 20-23 August 1~69. The ins­pection covered first and second echelon maintenance pro­cedures of M48A3 tanks, M67A2 flame thrower tanks, andM5lretrievers. Overall results of the inspection were highlysatisfactory, with a few minor discrepancies.

h. SupplyI

(1) A letter was prepared to the Commanding General,FMFPac which recommended the consolidation of the 'two fieldpurchasing offices currently authorized and in operation withIII MAF. This consolidation would maximize utilization ofpersonnel and equipment, reduce competition and inflationarypressures on the local market, improve control over procure­ment actions with balance of payments implications and re­duce shipping and receiving problems.

(2) A message was drafted and subsequently releasedby the Commanding General which recapitulated discrepanciesin WIA personal effects and baggagE! received at the ThirdForce Service Regiment during the months of March, April,May and June 1969, and set a goal of ::eduction in overalldiscrepancies by 50% prior to 1 October 1969.

(3) A message was released which established moreeffective inventory procedures for KIA baggage upon receiptat the Naval Support Activity, Oanang~ KIA baggage will nowbe inventoried jointly by an NSA representative and the unitrepresentative immediately upon delivery to NSA. Any dis­crepancies found between the unit's initial inventory andthe' actual contents of the baggage will be verified by theunit representative. This procedure will assist in identi­fying the origin of diccro~an~ie~ ano will expedite actionstaken to resolve ~hesa dio~rcp£ncies.

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(4) Progress in the receipt and issue of 1969-:L970monsoon requirements has been good. First-increment allo­cations are now being issued by the Foroe Logistio Cornman'd.Completion of these issues is expected not later than 15September 1969, leaving only 52,500 lightweight rainsuitsand 79,000 yards of nylon plastic sheetinq remaining to beallocated and issued. These items are expeoted to be re­ceived by the Force Logistic Command ino+ementally duringthe next five weeks.

(5) Based on a request of the 2d ROK Marine Brigadefor II go-home II boxes of stronger materials, an intensivestudy of the problem was conducted during August. As theBrigade agreed to using 1/4" plywood vice the 1/2" plywoodthey had previously stated was required, it was determinedthat materials could be issued and the boxes constructedby self-help at a savings to the U.S. Government. It wasdecided to terminate the present local purchase contractfor prefabricated boxes with final delivery on 1 October1969. This precluded any financial ldss that could haveaccrued had the contract been terminated earlier. Commencingin November, 1/4" plywood, 1 X 4 lumber and nails will beissued to ROK units supported by III MAF.

(6) Actions are now being taken to decrease theassets in the FMFPac Special Allowance Pool for AN/PRC-25Radios, F'RC-61. One-hundred radios will be removed from thepool, leaving 112 radios to satisfy temporary loan require­ments of in-country units. Of the 100 radios removed fromthe pool, 37 will be invoiced to units currently holdingradios on temporary loan to fill TIE defi.ciencies. The re­maining 63 radios will be available for issue at the ForceLogistic Command as part of the End Items Stockage Allowance.The impact of the overall redistribution will be to reduceTIE deficiencies while providing adequate stocks at the ForceLogistic Command to satisfy future requi,rements.

i. Medical

(1) The average pat.ient load for the two MedicalBattalions and 1st Hospital Company was 363 with a totalof 2049 admitted and 509 patients evacuated out of country.3384 pints of whole blood were expended to use.

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Dong Ha D-Co3dMedBn 15 13 9 70

Danang lst.MedRn1stHarDiv 240 240 148 67

Danang 1stHospCo1stMarDiv 100 100 74 74

(3) The USS Repose (AH-16) was LogSup III MAF theentire month of August. The USS Sanctuary (AH-17) departedfor Su~ic Bay 20 August- 1969. Both ships were on stationat tte below l.isted location as the tactical situation re­quired.

(a) Danang Harbor(b) Quang Tri - Dong Ha operating area

(4)August 1969

1st MarDiv

3d MarDiv

1st MAW

FLC/1st FSR

III MAF Hq

III MAF' Medical Department strength as of 31is as follows;

2100 2300 HM'sAl1ow/OB A11ow/OB A11ow/OB

89/66 17/15 1097/1017

64/57 14/12 776/ 719

42/31 2/ 3 208/ 169

8/ 7 6/ 6 156/ 127

3/ 3 :; 3 157/ 167206/164 41739 2395/2199

(5) Figures shown under III ~~F Headquarters include128 Hospital Corpsmen assigned to the Combined Action Programas follows;

CAGSchool (Dng)

1st CAG(Chu Lai)

2nd CAG(Hoi An)

3d CAG 4th CAG(Phu Bai) (Quang Tri)

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(6) Aerial dispersal'of insectioides by helioopterweD not conducted during the month of AU9ust.

(7) Ceptain R.E. LUEHRS, FMFPac Force Surgeon ar­rived 1 August 1969 to conduct an informal inspection ofICTZ medical faciliti.es.

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a. Objectives. The basic objectives of the lIT t1arineArmbibious Porce civil affairs program re'rrJain t.he same.

b. Civic Action Statistics.

(1) Cost of sup-)J.ies contributed from mi.litaryresources for CA projects (does not include costof cO''1trlOdities obtained from US.l\.lD, CO"RDS, Cr:S,and like organizations):

(2) j,;xpenditures from US/;:;-r·Tj1AH' Civic ActionP::-;V1 Tt~ T'? li'und:

!;VN 8,149,977

:pVN 1,768,712

(3) Kajor Civic Action proGrams Man-days(10-hr day)

a. .t:conomic Developrnent (incluclos a~riculture, fisheries,markets, cottace industries): 2,191

b. ~ducation (increase & devel­opment of school facilities, class­room or other r,roup instruction;excludes technical training in a,c, 11nd d): 3,086

c. Social Welfare (assistanceto hospitals, refugees, orphanages,relir,ious organizations, other in­stitutions, groups & individuals;excludes items in s, b, and d): 4,443

d. Transportation (improved orincreased means of transportation,e.g., roads, bridges, waterways): 1,026

e. Refugee Assistance Support(includes refugee assistance report-ed in a, b, c, and d): 2,385

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2,428,812

3,8l-t-4,819

1,209,519

2,246,658

(4) Number of separate institut1.ons assisted dU!'ling thereporting period.

a. Schools 214

b. Orphanages .58

c. Pospitals/Dispensaries 111

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MedicalResulting from Hostile ActionNot resulting from Hostile ActionImmunizations

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8,4953,476

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b. Number of Vietnamese Health Workers Trained: 191

c. Civic Action Projects. The following are highlightsof significant civic act!on-projects conducted during themonth of August 1969:

(1) Quang Tri Province.

On 2 August a fire destroyed the homes of 76 families/500 people in Dien Truong Hamlet (YD445464) in Hai Lang Dis­trict. 3d Marine Division troops moved in immediately pro­viding security, medical help, food, and clothing. SeveralMEDCAPs were held the following week. Resettlement of therefugees bee;an the sane week in the area around My ChanhHamlet (YD449463). The Division's quick action reduced theamount of suffering and hardship felt by the people.

Approximately 400 acres of a total of 2200 acres ofovergrown riceland were plowed by 3d Marine Division duringthe reporting period in Trieu Phong and Hai Lang Districts.The ~8' is bounded by coordinates YD488502, YD480495, YD519483,and YD5l0477. This area had not been plowed since Tet 1968.

The number of enemy incidents in villages and hamletsthroughout 3d Marine Division's CAAOR has decreased. The il­literacy rate has declined. Also on the decline is the diseaserate. The number of refugees is being redu~d. Agriculturalmethods have improved and production has increased. Healthstandards are improving.

(2) Thua Thien Province.

The 3d Brigade, 101st Airborne Division again has aImDCAP Program in all three of its assigned districts. It isfelt that I~DCAPs are still one of the more outstanding civicaction functions carried out by the Brigade. The Brigadehas been warmly received in all hamlets visited and all vil­lagers seem to desire the 10lst to return as soon as possible.

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Continuing with its reward system for PF units whichdo outstAndin~ wor~, the 2d Brigade s-5, 101st Airhorne Di­vision, with the assistance of G-5, has supplied over 1500rounds in food stuffs fo~ presentation by Sector Officials.'l'ho s-5 of tho 3d ARVN and 54th ABVN Regiments have approach­ed the 2d Brigade 3-5 for items which can be placed in giftsto be presented to the wounded of those units. This has beena point of pride for the 2d Brigade and has contributed to theoxcellent working relationships between U. S. tJ,nd ARVN in theseunits, both in the military and the civic action fields.

Intelligence information on the NVA and VC activities con­tinues to be turned in to Division officers by the localpopulace. The people also seem to accept the U. S. forcesnop~ 8S friends than as a necessity,due to civic action proj­ects.

101st reports that vreekly nE!.'DCA Ps have been held in a slumar-eD in Plian Thiet; Hamlet where the living conditions are ex­tremely poor. Soap is regularly 'lj s tri buted and the childrenare made to take a bath before visiting the medical aidmen.Clothing has been ~iven to the needy and food is distributedeach week. The people are extremely grateful since their in­come is very low Bnd they are not supported by any of thewelfare organizations.

The 101st Airborne Division Assistant Chief of Staff, G-Send the Assistant Civic Action Officer participated in thededication ceremony of Giang Dong B Primary School (YD893221)on 7 Aur;ust. The one-room school buildinG in Phu Thu Districtwas repa ired wi th Ina terials furni shed by G-S. School commen­ced hrinwdiately af'ter the cereP1ony, which was conducted by thePhu Thu District Chief.

The s111all Industries Development Center at number S, TranCao Van Street, Hue, held its dedication and opening ceremonyon 15 Au~ust. 10lst G-5 donated showcases to the Center toassist in the handicraft displays. NCR-32 did much of theconstruction work on the building.

Three-hundred pounds of canned food were delivered toVinh Lac District Headquarters. The food will be used as asupplement to rice for a People's Self Defense Force rallyto be held in early September. Two thousand individuals areexpected to attend the rally.

NMCB-I reports Phu Loc Marke t (2,D080005) is 4010 comple te.Repaired existing market place; sheet metal roofing placedon two existing structures, placed concrete vralk-way and stepsfrom road to marlce t area. II uong So l1arket (YD730023) isSO:t,cor~plete. Repairs 8:1'" vdcJitions to existinl3 market place; sheetmetal ~oot':inf'. ~)lHC:c;! on u);:i8t.in~; struc:tl,r,., trus~,c,j, purlins,and shee t metal pJ.~ec~.~.new. ·~"~12~t~t·tl. Loc Ban Di spensary

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"N!\WB-133 repor·ts V:l.nh IJoc Road upgrade (ZD040l25) is 3011complete. R-oad is now open to the laterite mountain at thesouth end of the island. Bridge at (ZD096093) was reinforced"lith additional bracing. Vinh Loc Pier Construction (YD96l200)(YD993l6l) (Z))062l0L~)(2D096092) (ZD019137) is 60~ complete.Construction of five M.mber piers and two concrete piers forthe use of the fisherman. Diem Truong Bri.dge (2D032l45) is 30~complete. A coffer dam was transported to the slte to be usedin strengthening the existing bridge. Vinh Giang Bridge (zD064109) is 10010 complete. Strinsers and decking placed, wing walkand approaches completed. Thuy Phuoc School (YD768203) is 80~complete. Three-room addition to existing school. Floor slabsbeinG placed, inside plastering completed, fO~ling second porch

roof. Xa Irac RVN Dependent's School (YD768220) is 45%c()ir}plete. Construction of three-room school is being conductedjointly with the 1st ARVN Bngineer Battalion. Inside plaster­ing completed l rafters and roof purlins installed. CORDS MotorPool (YD76721~) is 70% complete. Vietnamese mechanics are be­ing inst:r'ucted on how to establish PH schedule for CORDS ve­hicles. Phu Vang Road upgrade (YD784239 - YD780228) is LI..5%complete. Construction of four miles of secondary road. AnTruyen School (YD839321) is 25% complete. ~1wo-room addi tionto existing school. Walls and roof complete on one room f.i{)dand floor slabs are being placed. Trieu Thuy School (YD~08274)is 10)''0 complete. Two-room addi tion to existing school. Foot­bridges constructed and s i. te prepara tion completed. Footingis now being dug.

NMCB-ll reports Phong Dien Water Line (YD528349 - YD530343)is 75?b complete. Installati.on of 2" and 6" distribution linesfor refuEt,ee water system. Quang Dien Road Inlprovement (YD6913lJl-686366-6;;S'368) i.s 60% complete. Repaired and replaced cul­verts frorn YD686366 to YD655368. Repaired bridge at (YD683365). Deli.vered 22 loads of fill for rOAd. Graded Bnd com­pacted fill on bad sections of road. Replaced irri~ation cul­vert 8t YU625306. Millt Supply Stations (YD51..j.6331-YD529399) is00% c~nplGte. Supplied material and quality control to privateVietn8mese contractor.

(3) ~uang pam Province.

The increase of the 1st Marine Division area of respon­sibili ty has caused the redeployrnent of battalions through­out Que.ng Nam Province. The movement of uni tf Etnd increaseof CAAOR's has temporarily disrupted civic action prograMs inIJieu Due, Dai Lac, Dien Ban, and Que Son Districts. The

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LOGistic requirements for the redeployment have pre-emptedmost of the 1st Marine Division's motor transport, resultingin a shortage of transportation for civic action materials.The situation is presently improving and should be resolved dur­inr, September.

The people of Boa Khuong Hamlet (AT936727) and PhuocThuan Ilarnlet (AT9L~0732) have responded well to 1st HarineDivision's weekly MEDCAPs. A bond has been established be­tween the hamlet people and Headquarters Battalion personnelwho work on the civic action projects and MEDCAPs. A hamletgirl who has gone to nursing school has had the opportunityto use ber training for the first tine. The clearing of landfor a tea plantation provided a valuable source of wood fortho poople. As soon as engineering equipment can be made avail­able to level the cleared ground, cultivation of tea will be­~in. The hamlet of Hoa Khoung was the site of three VIP visits,inclu.dinp; the Commandant of the Harine Corps.

1st t:arine Division reports living conditions At Xuan TraPar;,let (B'l'064676) &. Hai An Pamlet (BT058677) have r,reatly im­proved in the last few weeks due to hard work by the people.Construction at Tu Cau Hamlet (BT056652) is accelerating assecurity improves and building materials become available.The poople in these hamlets are showing more interest and trustin the GVN.

The orospects for better cooperation, understanding, andcoordination appear ~ood in Foa Vang District as a result ofthe re~ular meetinp;s held every tHO months by 1st Farine Di­vi8ion~ The meetings bring the rarine 3-5's, the local vil­lage cbiefs, the distr·ict chief, and the r~ACV aclvisors to­r~cther to review the status of villase self development andcivic action as well as to plan a unified effort for comingmonths. The most incourap;ing factor is that the VietnameseDistr'ict Chief sll.r.r~ested the continuation of Barine civicaction !,!eetinr,s,t·) in,-:J.ude the vil1a~e chiefs, after viewingthe results of the first meeting held at the 8ugr,estion ofhis District Senior Advisor and tho 1st Marine Division G-5.

Porco Logistics Co~mand reports a lock of confidenceexhibited by hamlet leaders in the ability of their govern­ment to provide assistance in the building of projects. Therehavo boen several incidents lately wherein hamlot chiefs orbuddhist priests wElre told to use their proper chain of com­11and to obtain materials and they openly expresR~d the sen­timent that they knew they would not get assistance and if

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thoy did it Hould talce many rr:ont:-ts. These people wouldrAther [lc!'ounge around and "make-do" than go through the pro­cndure and then tho Ions wait. FLC has put out the word toits subordinate unlts to encourage the hamlet leaders to usetheir proper chain of' command, and to 1nf'orm them of' the im­pOl'tant effect this can have if successful.

Force Logistics Command reports beneficial results ofcivic action projects are mainly pride exhibited by the peop~

in tho successful accomplishment of a project, and a definitepro-\mcrican attitude exhibited in many hamlets. In somehnnlets (for exam.ple, Tiep Cu Hamlet (A'!'95!t787)) people aretakin[r, a real interest in the appearance of their hamlet asevidenced by the marked reduction of trash and ga'rbage strewnabout.

Tbe construction of a new chu.rch in Tiep Cu Hamlet (AT954787) in Porce Log! sties Command CAAOR is considered particular­ly effective in that it is a community-type, self-help project.At this construction site, not only are the people putting upthe crlurch, but they are also making the brickfJ that are beingused in the construction.

t a vol 8upport Acti vi ty reports that the most obvious bene­ficial results of civic action programscontjnues tooo thecooperation with and trust of civic action personnel by themajority of the people who receive civic action assistance.It c:hollld be noted that whenever possible an atternpt ismarle to i nvolve t 1lE3 Vi etn91ne se Government in civic ac tion~rojccts so that a measure of this trust and cooperation canbe ;,;u1ded in its direction. '.{''nis is the ultimate goal, topersuade the Vietnamese citizen that his government reoogni­zes his existence Bnd is attempting to create a better lifefor him. Because of the close proximity of civic action teamsto v i 118[1;e and hamlet officials as well as to the people them­selves, intelli[';enc.e inf'ormation frequently finds its way tocivic action :)erso11nel. This information is immediately turn­ed over to the proper authorities for evaluation and such re­Dorts have often proved quite accurate. This has continuedto 1::B BO during th is reporting period. }"1.<:I)CAP s also continueto )roduce favorable results.

The openine of most of the Danang schools begins anotheryear of the l~n[';lish teaching program sponsored by Naval Sup­port Activity. Throu[';h this program, U. S. military personnelvolunteer their time to teach English to Vietnamese students.Thero Bre currently 39 volunteer teachers instructing over 1200students throughout the city of Danang, and it is anticipatedthat by October these fignres Hill rise to 50-60 teachers and2000 students. Two of these volunteers Bre concentrating onteach! ng VietnR1ne se teachers so that they may ini tie te theirovm Enr.:l1sh languai~e programs next year. Present plans call

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.t;arly this month, NAVSUPPACT Civic Action was approachedby the Officer in Charge of the NAVSUPPACT Supply Depot whohad possossion of H largo qUAntity of apples surveyed by thereofer ship ~SS EARS. The apples were ~tored in the open airand wore in danger of spoiling beyond use. Civic action tookpossession of approximately 500 cases of the apples and duringthe next few days distributed them to hospitals, schools, andorphanages in the city of Danan~.

As in previous months Naval Support Activity continues toro~6rt unavai.lability of dunnage Iml1ber. Their sources arepresently limited to lumber five feet or less in len~th. Lum­ber of thi s s1 ze i Buns ui table f or vi rtually all of the largercivic action projects and most of the smaller ones; and as aresult, progress on many is at a 8tartdstill. If the situationco,·ltinues, the only alternative v11.11 be to reduce the numberof project requests or reduce the amount of lumber i8~ued foreach project. 1st Marine Aircraft Wing reports similar prob­lelns.

1st Larine Aireraft \I/in['; reports that beneficial resultsfor this neriod have been an extension ofcommunity pride with some of the results traced directly toconstruction and dBily use of the new hamlet office complexin roa An Hamlet (AT9B7766). One obvious benefi t to the de­fense of the hamlet was realized with the completion of anarmory within the office building allowing for better care andcloser control of the weapons assigned to the hamlet defenseforces.

Also reported by '\rang was that the inhabitants of Lo GiangIT amlet (BT025705), Hoa Do Village have been supplying muchinformation on Viet Cong activity in that area. A VC meetingheld on 7 August was reported to the civic action team throughthe village chief enabling them to effectively counter state­ments made by the Viet Cong through leaflets and handbills.

·The VC power in the village has been challenged on sev6raloccasions with no resulting incidents. The enemy's lack of analternative to the GVN's solution of local problems has alsoboen broup;h t forth.

A bridge was recently constructed to replace three 36-inch culverts that had been vlashed away in the 1st Marine Air­craft Wing CAAOR. The culverts were pulled out by MCB-5 equip­ment, then repaired and replaced by the Vietnamese of Hoa AnRamlet (AT987766). At the same time that the culverts were be­in~ replaced and concrete headwalls being constructed at their

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1. It was a project that had been requested for severalyears; the people could see the obvious need when the road wasda'Lflr:;ed by the rains.

2. ~['he i:'lpenc<inr, rainy season provided a sense of urp;ency.

3. 1st Earino Aircraft 'Hng vias able to provide the nec­essary materials when needed.

1/. The planning, design and actual work was done by theVi 0 tmHr,e se, allm-linr, them to become very inm lved and commi t­ted to the project.

The performance of the 1st Harine Aircraft vlinlj Rand atIToi An on 9 September contributed to the hiC;hly successful L~-T

Festival. The CORT)S agriculture advisor requested a band fromthe 1st Marine Division but it was not available on that date.Upon request from 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine AircraftWing provided the band and the helicopters to insure supportof' the Vietnamese F~estival. This Was a good exaJl1p1e of coord­in8tion nnd cooperation between two large adjacent commandsand the CORDS advisors, which resulted in a successful Viet­namese rally. Three hundred Vietnamese boys and girls had anopportunity to hear the band, attend training classes in agri­culture Bnd crafts, exhibit their achievements, and enjoythemselves for two day s.

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Americal Division reported the 1st Infantry PattalionPeriodic Village Council meeting was initiated to planjoint aivic action Projects. The village chiefs, hamlet chiefs,v1118~e elders, and s-5 personnel were present This is avery effective method of jointly discussing all problems be­tween U. 3. personnel and the Vietnamese.

Buildin~ nateria1s and vehicle transportation were fur­nished to aid in the building of a combination maternity wardand dormitory in Binh Son District (BS601922) by an elementof America1 Division. This is to be used by the villar,ersto caro .for maternity cases and provide shelter for the resi-

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Amorical Division reported that a ten year old boy fromAn Ton II amlet, (BTlj.98067) Has taken to Tam Ky Eosp:l. ta L Fromthere 8 corpsman escorted him to NSA Hospi tal, Danane; and toth e II ospi tal Ship "Repose". Doc tors who examinc( hin foundthat ho had a hole in his heart. The boy will return to the"~'~cpose" :l.n four nLonths for an operatlon. Fe is presentlyb01tJ~~ trented nt I:i\G-13 Dispensary in An Tan }~amlet.

;'cr-~8 reports that the District Chief has taken keen in­tors 8 t in t1le proposer} cons trLlction of the J'i::h School on euLao He IsJ.and (BS792004) Quan~ Ngai Province. All officialsS;)pODr Bl'wzed that t"he material request forms have been ap­proved Bn~ materials wore issued in sufficient amount to com­il1Gte one-helf of the school as planned.

} Cq-::S also reports thnt a detachment of the 3e[;(J(;;·38 10­cnted on Cu Lao Re Island (DS972004), 18 miles off the ChuLai Coast, are living in an old school and have a mission ofproviding technical assistance in the construction of a Ij.­r'ooril, t.·:o- story High School. They are we 11 accepted by thepeople on the islE1LD.

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b. Media Producrtion and Dissemination:

(1) 7th PsyOp Battalion ProductionTotal basic (10 1/2" X 15") impressions:7,217,610Leaflets printed: 14,063,000Posters printed: 122,500Handbills printed: 796,000Newspapers printed: 725,000

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Ground loudspeaker broadcast hours: 1090:35

Waterborne loudspeaker broadcast hours: 44:40"'.....~ ~

Movie showings/hours: 671/612:40

Cultural Drama Team performances: 21

c. Campaign Support: *

THEME LFTS ·(Air dropped) AIR BROADCAST HRS

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d. Tactical PsyOp in Support of Major III MAF Operations:

OPERATION LFTS DELIVERED AIR/GND BDST HRS

(1) Kentucky Jumper 17,296,000 128 00/354:00(2) Richland Square t6,691,500 63 30/160:00(3) Iron Mountain 16,058,000 92 55/ 65:00(4) Durham Peak 15,213,000 15 55/ 31:00(5) Geneva Park 12,595,000 25 15/ 74:45(6) Iroquois Grove 10,646,000 35 15/ 0(7) Fredrick Hill 8,982,00'0 17 55/ 25:30(8) Nantucket Beach '6,111,000 13:45/ 7:00(9) Pipestone Canyon 5,643,000 16:40/ 14:00(10) Idaho Canyon 4,952,000 7:15/ 0(11) Georgia Tar 3,675,000 4:50/ 0(12) Arlington Canyon 2,539,000 6:00/ 0(13) Lamar Plains 768,000 0/ 0(14) Brave Armada 396,000 1:25/ 0(15) Bold Mariner 252,000 :15/ 0

e. Narrative Summary

(1) General

(a) Redeployment of US troops from RVN was asignificant feature of psychological operations this reportingperiod. Reporting units continued to prepare for their ultimatereplacement by Vietnamese forces, both military and civilian.3d MAR DIV was the forerunner in these operations. They devotedconsiderable time to turning over civic action projects toappropriate Vietnamese agencies and promoting the transition.Military replacement was widely reported and the strength andcapability of the ARVN was stressed. The people were assuredthat they were not being abandoned - that all projects and serviceswould be continued by their own qualified people. Severalunits employed indigenous physicians in Med-Cap operations topromote villagers' faith in their own. In Danang CitYl the1st ARVN Division held an air show on 21 August in front of theMayor of Danang's residence. Approximately 10,000 people stoodon the bank of the Danang River to see aircraft of the VNAFfly by in formation. Highlighting the show were 25 parachutistsfrom the 1st ARVN Division, jumping from varying altitudes to land

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aa planned in the river. This show was well received and appar­ently promoted faith in VN Armed Forces.

(b) Concentrated efforts were made to improve coor­dination between all PsyOp agencies. Typifying this relationwas the combined effort to establish the television translatoratop Hill 724 at Hai Van Pass. Here,-US military, JUSPAO, andother civilian agencies, worked with Vietnamese military, MOl,and VIS in a coordinated effort to make the facility operation­ally effective.

(c) The Light Observation Helicopter (LOH) aerialloudspeaker capability has proved effective in experimentationby lOlst ABN Div. Additional advantage of LOH over 02-B isnight flying capability.

(2) Program Evaluation and Results

(a) Chieu Hoi

1 The lOlst ABN Div has been operatingextensively in the A Shau Valley. A Chieu Hoi Campaign wasconducted identifying rally points by smudge pots; leafletswere prepared for the operation giving maps of rally locations.The LOH supported this operation.

2 First Coastal Zone Advisor reported successwith a "Chieu Hoi-Hour". Intelligence indicated potential HoiChanh were afraid to rally at night for fear the US troops wouldkill them; they were also afraid to rally during the day forfear of what the VC would do. The hour 0600-0700 was establishedas amnesty hour as reassurance that the rallier would not beharmed by US forces. Statistics support its effectiveness.

3 Immediate exploitation of ralliers has im­proved. Early word missions from 9th SOS enables the rallierto speak to his comrades as soon as he is received. 7th PsyOpBn then prepares quick release leaflets for aerial distributionover the known or suspected location of the rallier's unit.Follow-up leaflets have proved effective in dispelling fearof mistreatment after rally; leaflets with pictures of HoiChanh with family or ralliers of some weeks ago receiving morerecent ones manifest technique improvement.

4 The 1st Marine Division developed a newteChnique for Chieu Hoi poster distribution. Posters were firstcovered with acetate for protection from the weather. Plasticpouches were then attached to the poster. Chieu Hoi informationi.e., benefits, safe-conduct passes, were inserted, thus providinga complete weather-proof Chieu Hoi package. The posters were

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hung on trees along known vCtrails and displayed in suspectedand known VC hamlets.

(b) Anti-VC/NVA

1lack of concern fortants were urged toauthorities.

Acts of terrQr were denounced as VC totalthe welfare of the people. Local inhabi­report such incidents immediately to

2 Intelligence contributed significantly to thePsyOp effort by iaentifying enemy units' number, recent activity,and morale. Leaflets and tapes were then prepared addressing theunit individually. Recent defeats, illness, lack of food andhardships, reported to be prevalent by PW's and Hoi Chanh, werecited. Intelligence also enabled PsyOp units to deliver messagesover known or suspected NVA base camps and routes of infiltration.A recent innovation to such tapes was the use of a female narrator.

(c) Pro-GVN

1 Attempts to increase popular support of thelegally constituted government predominated in this campaign.The capability and viability of the GVN and its agencies werestressed. Typical of responsibilities reassigned to the Viet­namese was transferring distribution of Mien Trung newspaperto VIS. The US now provides printing support only.

2 First Coastal Zone Advisor explained newfishing boundaries to Hamlet Chief, then let him use Swiftboat broadcast system to explain boundaries to villagers. Alarge crowd gathered on the beach to listen. Cooperation byfishermen during the week indicated the operation wassuccessful.

(d) Voluntary Informant Program

1 This program was hampered by a reductionof available funds - in some cases, 66% cut-backs were reported.As a result, advertised rates of payment for ordnance weresuspended. Rewards for individual equipment and non-explosiveordnance were also discontinued.

2 The month of August reflected an increasein the amount of payments for information received; locationof booby traps, VC rice supply points, and weapon caches arerepresentative of information received. CAP has had considerablesuccess in this area; now Divisions are reporting an increasein information paymentscas opposed to the customary ordnancepayments.

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to anThe main themeyour medevac."

(e) Enemy propaganda

1 There was one report of leaflets dissem~natedin a village. They were in English and urged American sold1ersto refuse to fight in an unjust war.

2 An enemy PsyOp team broadcastAmerical Division-Fire support Base three times.was "We have shot Twiggie" and "We have shot downMeaning of "'!'wiggie" is unknown.

3 A recent trend in enemy propaganda attemptsare "legal struggles" aimed at disrupting GVN.pacific~tionprogress. The intelligence input explains th1S techn1que.

(3) PsyOp Intelligence

(a) During the month of August, as in past m~nths,enemy political and propaganda activity continued to rema1n ata relatively high level. Their effort was concentrated inQuang Nam and Thua Thien Provinces du~ing'the early part of themonth, with scattered activity in the other three provinces ofICTZ. In the early part of the month a marked decrease was notedin the number of political meetings reported. A slight increasefollowed later in the month and leveled off as the month nearedits end. The bulk of propaganda activity consisted of propagan-dizing the populace and GVN forces. .

(b) Predominant topics were for support of the PRG,and for the destruction of GVN rural administration. Theenemy urged the people to demonstrate allegiance to the VCcause, by displaying VC flags. This would indicate theirstrength and acceptance. No demonstrations were reported.Attempts to incite legal struggles were also unsuccessful.Legal struggles were to take the form of demands against theus and GVN for crimes committed against the people and theirproperty. The VC hoped to stir up grievances against GVN,and demonstrate their concern for the people's welfare.Attempts to incite legal struggles were a result of failureto implement their previous, more extreme objectives i.e. toincite political struggles, penetrate GVN agencies, and stagelarge scale Anti-GVN demonstrations. Despite the enemy'sextensive propaganda efforts, there were no discernibleindications that the enemy achieved any degree of successamong general popUlation.

(c) By resorting to acts of terrorism and coercion,the enemy reflected acknowledgement of failure of his propagandaactivities to achieve his desired objectives i.e., destructionof GVN Pacification progress and ultimate destruction of the

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•GVN. Other indicators of apparent failure can be found amongcaptured enemy documents and statements of PW/Hoi Chanh whichcontain comments of enemy propaganda being disdained by thepopulace. The significant reasons for the failure of enemypropaganda to achieve any degree of success are the growingstrength of the GVN and the lack of any recently significantmilitary victory by the enemy.

(d) Noteworthy is the representation of the UStroop redeployment as a VC/NVA victory. Enemy exploitationof US troop redeployment faded into the background duringmid-month, reappearing at the end of the month to discreditinitiative and intentions of US forces in RVN.

(e) Primary emphasis of VCl remained on fammentingpolitical struggles; penetrating GVN agencies and ARVN forces',increasing influence over population;' and disrupting GVN mili­tary and pacification projects. The vcr efforts were directedat retention and expansion of control over the rural populace.The people were urged to petition the province chief to releasethem from refugee and resettlement camps so they could returnto their native areas. This attempt to disrupt GVN pacifica­tion efforts never materialized. There was only insignificantmention of Paris Peace talks during the month.

(f) Prominent Enemy Propaganda Themes during themonth of August were:

1 Support the PRG.

2 US troop redeployment as a NVA/VC vi.ctory.

3' "Legal s'\:ruggles" expressing VC concernfor people's welfare. '

4 US is deserting GVN.

5 Abolish the GVN draft.

6 Peacefully settle the war by forming acoalition government with PRG.

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a. Message volwne through the III MAF Communications Centera

IncomingOutgoingTotal

.i!!:1:l42,27519,07361,348

AUgust

41,29121,52162,812

Increase Decrease

9842,4481,464

b. Combat Operations Center Communication Centertrafticl

July August Increase Decrease

Incoming 7,101 6,697 404outcoing 8,811 9,856 979Total 15,978 16,553 575

c. Headquarters, III MAF message traffic originated I

July 4230August 4285Increase 55

d. The average daily subscriber ini1;iated call rate through the III~~F AN!£T-28 was 12,555. This figure does not include a daily average of490 operator processed trunk calls. !

e. 7 August the Retcap team from C&E TIn San Diego cOOlpleted a 2 weeksurvey and evaluation of graduates from C~ Bn technical courses.

f. Mr. ~/. vI. SMITH, Field Engineer Hi th Litcom, a division of LittonSystems arrived III MAF, 9 August 1969.

g. Col. TUMA visited III MAF, enroute to 3rd MARDIV on 12-13 August1969.

h. Col. R. J. DUNN JR., XXIV Corps Signal Officer visited III MAFand 37th Signal Bn facilities 19 August 1969.

,1. LtCoL C. S. DE I,OID, conducted an infonnal working inspection

pi' 5/7 Corom Dna on 18-19 August 1969.

j. LtCo1. H. F. PAV IS and Capt. P. A. MYERS inspect,ed 5th Conun BnComrmnicnti (l1l~:l Cf'nto' and ~/7 COOlm Bns electronics maintenallce shops on18-19 August 1969.

k. Capt. P. A. MYERS assigned ~s Electronics Maintenance Officer viceI.tC 01. Y.. R. DAV IS J transferred to CONUS on 23 Augu~t 1969.

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Ii. A. tI,Alt~)H.AI.L assistBd in the installation of the T.V. translator onHTLL 72L ..

m. loIa.i. E. S. HISLlffi attended the Automated Data processing courseat F1C on 17··23 August 1969.

n. LtCol. BEACH, 3rd Marine Division Assistant CEO visited III }olAF I

1st l-1arine Division, FLC and 1st MAW on 23-24 Aup,ust 1969.

0.. Maj. E. S. RnnJ~'.R at tended the techniques of System Design (IBM)course at Okinawa on 23-31 August 1969.

p. lCTZ Staff Visits. '

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coox'<U.no.tion 'l.J1th Dlviaion, \-ling, 00(1 FLO 10' s provided as."C01';ts t09.ccm"(J.pany neusml::>n in neus gathering assigrnnentscovering I Corps gl~ound end air operations, civic action sod·l-:,l'>.O GAP px'ogr'am<> The 11AOV Preas Center hosted 95 corres...pondents dup.ing t~e month&

b~ MOTOR iiRANSPOR':f~ Taotical vehicles on hand inoludetwo l1...1;;r'lee"pEt and-one MS'037 truok" other vehicles on hs.ndare one 9 passenger Chevll'olet .$X10 van, two 1/4 ton Datsunpiokup trucks and one Datsun sedan.

TYPE !m!!Q.l& }IO 2 STATUS-- -M'''37 312260 Workingg··10 2S! t'lorkingUu lSl »8 7 \-lorkingM·,.,15l 35 97 WorkingDLtsun SOOX1,31 WorkingDatsun ,00X135 \'l1orkingDatsun 500X1~0 Workinr:Mo lSl 94-69 87 Deadline NSAM·"l$l 94-69171 Deadline USA

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jflg£. nEGATIVES PRINT~ !1.9P1C !FEE'tt~..-_.~

1 Corps 24-618~~~OIB 2,,092 6.S00

lstHarDlv 2.660 12#391 1-1003dJ.7arDlv

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F'ltA\l ~.8S 2.800Fl.JC )1) 2 9..206 400

'tOTAL 17D795 5S,7l7 12.200

(1) _ All slgni.ttoant events occurring during the monthof" AUGUst within the SOCIPO of this uni't were covered bY'photograpb.el~s of this ur11t~ Signifioant events inoluded:

(a) Oommanclant ot the Marine Corps, GeneralI.oonard Fo Chapman Jro. visits I Oorps.

(b) A group of distinguished visitors. repre·"seuting the Citizens Cormnlttee tor Peace with Freedom in Viet ...n~n (Douglas Committee)r,vlsits I Oorps~

(0) NetoJ zeo.land Ambassador" P.K. Edmonde~ visits

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(e) Iwverend Norman Vincent Peale. visits I CorpsG

(1") Undol'sElc,reta'\'7 ot 'the llaV7. J .Wo l..ramel','vS-sits I Corpso

(g) Seorfjt!u'Y' of the Army~ SoRe Reaor. visits ICor-ps.

(h) Congra~a.l0nE.F. Lamdgt'8be Jr. (R). E.We.D€lnnis (R) Indiana and JC)S. Wold (R) ot Wloming, vleits the): Corpse,

(1) Chief ot Naval Operations. Admira1 'l'oHc Moorerp·~'S.,s1t5 1 C01'PSo

1. COI'PSQ .

(3) Comedie.ntleorgo tfobel and group vlaits I Corps 0

(k) Miss AmE}rioa and group visits I Corplo

(1) Major GE}Dera].' CoTo Hagan Jl'o. t1SHCR, visita

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do RADIO~LEVISION0 n.l~lng the month ot Augusttbe RadiolTV unit ea1£e6'" taped"":J:'adl0 nQW8' teatures And dUbbed Iil "total ot)40 oopies tor distribution to selected oommeroialradio/TV outlets In COlrof~. to 11fU:'lne Corps Dletrlot PAOIs.HOIO's in new York and LetS Anaelea. and _Jor ccanand ISO'sStateside. ISO seotlons i~ III MAP oommands prodUoed S2Shome town radio interviews on individual Mal'lnes ond tor-warded those 'tapej directl,. to the Pl••t B01Il8 TowD Neve Centeri'or processing and dlstrlbutlonp The b1'8ak4oWll or news1'eatures and home town tnpee it' rP.s follows s

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TOTAL 66 S25

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(!ciUtinuedfO prov! e' 88%';;10e8 to newsmen throughout themonthe>g~wo1."ta were provided and/or e.r1""anged to cover major I Corpsoper'atlons ... Pipestone Cnnyon. Frederiok Hill. Iron 140untainpHontgorDeJ:.'f1 Rendezvous and Virginia Ridge as well as many smallunit operatloT~ and paoltlcatlon OAP aotivities looatedw1thinthe I Corps Tactical ZOm». In addltlon~ peraonnel or theOpora.tions/Esoort unit 8(,companled major uetwork and wire ...servioe personnel to the ~e!1 Water Pier. DaMng. to cover the~tlbar'katlon phase or the redeploJDl$ut ot' the )d Battalion 9thUarines 88 well a8 ita f.\(ttual departure hem VletDalllo

(1) lew,.n~D1.t.1u. At approximatel,. 1700 on 19August, a U.S. X1'm1' na~«1lft71ng AP photographer .011ver Eo Noonan Jr•• wan ahot dOVD. b,. enemr grouudtlre andburned in an area SS lau no,..th".at ot Cbu Lalo Althoughtr60pera from tM 3/21. 196th Intantry Brigade. AmerloalD1v1s1on were unable to reach the a1 te ot tbe crash until214. Auguat p 111-1.> Noonan's body wo.e reoovered and laterS-dentifled by Diok Pyle of AP 0

(2) Notable l~o\owIt'.lCU.:l\ Notable MHtl media ropresents. thrOBnt. the Jl't!.'r, oenter··c,urllii;the month of' Aue:uet included: DcE onG;.k{il'r 'l:" Hirash1\l:u" T.. StIlH:"aki .. 'l'c.Dc Suu p ABC} 1.0 Jones, J(.Be" Pt\:tlBone:1 ,. J{f Stul·devnnt;. V... SUU. Bo Littell. JIoT" IJgh1a.,r~BcL~':(·n~. BX'OW'll. HI:. '.L'ill'~lli:0:ld. A~J1t. ::;Qllgont, De-Co l-1cL&od, CBS;('{ l",,,J1o.\[",)t .. B(. "18.\1. Ea, II,D" mil.lAn, H.. He:. pY1EJ, Pfl A'rnf,lit.~t,

~li.l Shht'b\:.tt:J ITo Ffla.al' 0 .., rioOT1fl.n~ APJ Do Lamb. UPl, PcJI>TE.H'I"t s' L,B" Hellel"':, UPl",,~~Nf. l\,lt. lIodierne~ Bo Eleen, DQ

VJt.l'shs; Sr.l/I.ns & S~iHll)lWJ L,i·l" Sant.u:&,1ell1, Ie> Mackentie .. REU'l'EHSjH" ll~. Olol"lr.,to J Co r't \/11helm.l, 'l\,~ Dc Blnh. 'l11me....Ll1"e; It. Boyle"J()li'z'ankl1ut. Dc, Hirst" OV:':H..4KA8 WEElLY, Jo Sterbe. nEH YORK Tlims;Xc, Bu(;lclE<~rli NmJm.\iF;F,J{J OQ 'l'bcmlpBon" A..P.P .. ; T.Re> Son p GERt-1Ail TV &HhDlt.'~ E"I'!;t Puet\;~ C~I1. lAQp lr1'lIEllNA'.l.'IOlJAL TELE-UEWS; Wo EllingDlJOOS'l'E;R TJAIT.,Y RECORD (OllXO); AlloW .... Alexanaer. at.l'DUSfi ,REGlSJlfm (OHIO}J .l•• He.yakalln. II", Maoklc; Yc.. .,TakaglD FUJI 'i"V}]), PEn,mett. p HONOLULU ALWERt.l.':LSgR; He- Howard.· 0 ... Todd" D" ,M€lduBp11" Banl{~. 13" Barron,. BHl ~'ISn BROAOOASTING CO.: G.\v .. Ash'~:(lI'th"I:,. J'otd;, CJmIS~'JH~ Bc:n;i'WL lWIJlT01,; 11'0 Akl" AN IUllAR; lTil;!

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(a) SHIPNliflg - ... Alumni magazine of U.S$ naval

(b) HEI\DER J 13 DIOE:3~

H~) A total of' 0,980 home town ftems on individualI·iu1.·lrF)fi ''';')L'l{j fOrHf1.l'ded h;y III HAlJ' comfl1artds to the I"l&at1ivllioO '1'm·m nOWE> Center fox- px-ooosaing Ell d distribution to'ttt)rt1('j town newapu!)e:rs., '1'11& bX'Oa'k(lown S.s as 1"ollowe:

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gt! q,~'.HBfl.lt.....~!!.tf'· D'..tr-~.u.~ the Ill<mtb of' August the nUl\lb~x'01' Cor(lbat 1G:·tlBts at tLe Cl.',d)v.t Information Bureau t-ms thr-oo,;,:~Sg;t; !i'cd.l"f'8.X, 1'.1"(:' sWilJ.5.fl.ln.s a.nd li086t-

().) }'};\j t 8 Robot',; 1.. \-1illialD.s and Gary \1. liosac:r'€~ YW\J o.oditions t;o the Cor'lbo.t Art seotion. Pli'C WilliamsJ"'aportod to the CID 14 July and PFO M08.(on 10 Aug 19690

(?') SSFt Fa.1.rfEl.); j:toport:od in off speo i0.1 leave1L\'e(~r.\t 19(.9.

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G. CHEt\DLE

J. F. FREUND

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L. F. CHAPMAN Jr.

C. H. BONESTEEL III

RANK/SERVICE

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cis, For Military Assistanceand Logistics CINCPAC

Marble Collegiate Church,N. Y. City

CMC

CMdr/Chier, United NationsCanmanci/Camnanding General,Sth U. S. Forces Korea

ll-13Aug69 D. H. RUBEL RAdm:USN

l2Aug69 J. D. LWELLE LTGen:USAF

l3Aug69 PALMER GezuUSA

14-21Aug69 C. T. HI\GAN MGen:USMCR

14Aug69 L. FRE.'Y Jr. Congressnan

l4Aug69 VI. FLOWERS Congressnan

14Aug69 L. J. HOGAN Congressnan

14Aug69 J. F. HASTING Congressnan

14t.ug69 J. R. HANN Congressman

17Aug69 M. OOWLING Mrs.

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2O-21Aug69 J. w. WARNER HONORABLE: Mr.

24-25t\ug69 S. R. RESOR WJNORABLE:Mr.

24Aug69 E. F. LAN DGREBE Jr. HONffiABLE:Mr.

'2-4Aug69 D. 1v. DENNIS HONORABLE:Kr.

24Aug69 J. S. \~LD HONORABLE:Mr•

25-27Aug69 J. V. SIENA Mr.

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21-28Aug69 A. K. LOWENSTEIN Honorab1e:Mr Representative, (D-New York)

29Aug69 W. B. ROSSEN Gen:USA nep COMUSMACV

29Aug69 S. P. WEIR Brigadier: Aust <Joldr-Blect(Designate 1st AuatTask Foroe)

30-3lAug69 T. H. MOORER ADm: USN Chiet ot NavalOperations (ONO)

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