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COMMAND CHRONOLOGY
1 September 1969 - 30 September 1969 INDEX
PART I ORGANIZATIONAL DATA.
PART II NARRATIVE SUMMARY
PART III SEQUENTIAL LISTING OF - SIGNIPICA:NT EVEN'l'S
PART IV SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS
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• PART I • OlN.A,NIZATIONAL DATA
1. DESIGNATION 0<.!1HAlijlER
III Marine AJDphibioU8 Foroe Lieutenant General Hexman l«OKEBSON Jr., U. S. Marine C011>8 1-30Sep69
D¥UTY 0OMM.ANl?ER Major General George S. BOWMAN Jr., U. S. Marine Corps l-30Sep69 SUBORDI NATE Ul«m
XXIV C011>S Lieutenant General Melvin ZAIS, U. S. A.rm.Y l-30Sep69
3d Marine Division Major General William K. JONES, U. S. Marine Corps 1-30Sep69 lOlst Airborne Division Major General John M. WRIGHT, (Ai:J:lllobi1e) U. S. Army 1-30Sep69
1 st Marine Division Major General Ormond R. SIMPSON, U. S. Marine Corps 1-30Sep69
1st Marine Aircraft Wing Major General William G. THRASH, U. S. Marine C011>8 1-3OSep69 AJDerioal Division Major General Lloyd B. RAMSEY, U. S. Army l-30Sep69
Force Logistio CODIIIIaJId Brigadier General James A. FEELEY, U. S. Marine 0011>S 1-30Sep69
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DECLASSIFIED DECLASSIFIED • Headquarters and Semce Company Lieutenant Colonel Robert M. III Marine Amphibious Foroe WINTER, u. S. Marine~" Headquarters Commandant 1-3OSep69 t.U;l£(JglllJJ~~OWO[E@ ATTACHED UNITS
1st Radio Battalion Lieutenant Colonel Delos M. HOPKINS, U. S. Marine Corps l-30Sep69
29th Civil Affairs Oompany Lieutenant Colonel Robert R. RAFFERTY, U. S. A'J.'II1Y l-30Sep69
7th Psychologioal Operations Major Miohael JORTINI, Battalion U. S. A:f1I1Y l-,osep69
2. LOCATION
1-30 September 1969, East Danang, Quang Nam Provinoe, Republio of Vietnam. ,. STAFF OFFICERS
Deputy Commanding General, Air Maj or General George S. BOWKAN Jr., U. S. Marine Corps l-,osep69
Chief of Staff Brigadier General George E. DOOLEY, U. S. Marine Corps l-30Sep69
Deputy Chief of Staff Colonel Levis G. POGGPJD1fER, U. S. Marine C01'P8 l-,osep69
Deputy Chief of Statf, Plans Br1gadier General William A. BUllICE, U. S. AJ!I1JY l-,oBep69
Assistant .Chief of Staff, G-l Colonel George W. CALLEN, U. S. Marine COrp8 l-21Sep69
Colonel Robert L. PA.Bm:LL Jr., U. S. Ma.r1ne Corp 8 22-,osep69
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Assistant Chief of staff, G-2 Colonel John S. C~~/l,fjJ~~UIfO[E@ U. S. Marine COXP8 l-30Sep69
Assistant Chief of starf, G- 3 Brigadier General Leo J. DULACKI, U. S. Marine Corps l-30Sep69
Deputy G-3 Colonel RoY L. REED, U. S. Marine Corps l-30Sep69
Assistant Chief of starf, G-4 Colonel Oliver R. DAVIS, U. S. Marlne Corp 8 l-30Sep69
Assistant Chief of starf, G-5 Colonel Theodore E. METZGER, U. S. Marine Corps l-20Sep69 Colonel Oliftord J. PEABODY, U. S. Marine COI'Pl!I 2l-30Sep69
Assistant Chief of Staft, G-6 Oolonel Bill E. HORNER, U. S. Marine Corp s l-14sep69
Colonel SBlll .A.. DRESSIN, U. S. Marine COI'PS l5-30Sep69
Foroe Psychologioal Operations Colonel WHliBlll E. BARBER, Offioer U. S. Marine COI'PS l-30Sep69
Force Supply Officer Colonel John C. BOULWARE, U. S. M&rlne Corps l-30Sep69
Force staff Judge Advooate Colonel Maxion G. TRUESDALE, U. S. Marine Corp s l-30Sep69
Force Engineer Offioer Colonel Thomas C. SllANAllAN, U. S. Marine Corps l-30Sep69
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DECLASSIFIED DECLASSIFIED @~©U:IIF- Foroe Adjutant Lieutenant Oolonel Henr,y O. O_BELL, U. S. Marl.ne Oorps l-30Sep69
Assistant Ohief of staff, Lieutenant Oolonel Joseph M. Oomp troller VOSMIlC, U. S. Marine Oorps l-30Sep69
Foroe Infonnational Servioes Oolonel Oharles B. REIIlAN, Offioer U. S. Marine Oorps l-30Sep69
Offioer in Charge, Oombat Lieutenant Oolonel John S. KYLE, Operations Oenter U. S. Marine Oorp B l-l7Sep69 Lieutenant Oolonel W1l1iam o. BRITT, U. S. Marine Oorps l8-30Sep69
Foroe Food Servioe Offioer Lieutenant Oolonel Leslie P. DAY, U. S. Marine Oorp 8 l-30Sep69
Foroe Ohaplain Captain Robert W. lW>OLIFFE, U. S. Navy l-l9Sep69
Oaptain Eugene S. SWANSON, U. S. Navy 2O-30Sep69
Foroe Surgeon Oaptain Oharlel E. DE, U. S. Navy l-30Sep69
Foroe Dental Offioer Oaptain John O. CHUDZINSKI, U. S. Navy l-30Sep69
Force Motor Transport Offioer Lieutenant Oolonel Morris S. 8BIKA1fOFF, U. B. Marine Oorp s l-30Sep69 staff Seoretary Lieutenant Oolonel Oharles O. OO ENCLOSURE (1) 5 DECLASSIFIED DECLASSIFIED Protoool Offioer Lieutenant Colonel Paul F. MAGINNIS, U. S. Marine Corps 1-3OSep69 Foroe Special Servioes Offioer Colonel George W. CALLEN, U. S. Marine Corp B 1-30Sep69 Foroe 01'dnanoe Officer Colonel Robert E. PARROTT, U. S. Marine Corps l-30Sep69 Direotor, Transportation Lieutenant Colonel William H. Control Center T.A.RRABT, u. S. A:my l-30Sep69 Foroe Inspeotor Colonel David H. SIMMONS, U. S. Marine Corps 1-3C>Sep69 USMC Liaison Offioer, ROKMC Lieutenant Colonel Thomas E. BULGER, U. S. Marine Corp s 1-30Sep69 USMC Liaison Officer, MACV Colonel Rioha1'd H. RAINFORTH, USMC Liaison Offioer, 7th AF U. S. Marine Corps 1-3C>Sep69 ENCLOSURE (1) G DECLASSIFIED DECLASSIFIED a. ITI "MARINE AMPHIBTOUSRJRCE HEADQUARTERS " "OFFICERS ENLISTED USMC USN USA USAF USMC USN USA USAF H&SCO. III MAF 14 2 0 0 354 12 0 0 HQ STAFF, III MAF 225 4 27 ° 1 509 13 9 1 CAG'S 42 0 0 0 1897 122 0 0 1ST RAD BN 26 0 0 0 351 15 0 0 29TH CA CO (NrT) 0 0 56 0 0 0 112 0 7TH PSYOPS BN (SUP) 0 0 35 0 0 0 162 0 -;'"ro, , ~!.II ! " , ~J b. " III MARINE "AMPHIBIOUS FORCE "OFFICERS ENLISTED USMC USN USA USAF USMC USN USA USAF } if ) C( 4845 410 5533 21 b6809 2636 55220 25 lUlOO~ll~~~~~l~lUc 0,\ I ---··-... ~ ~ ENCLOSU~E ( I) 7 DECLASSIFIED DECLASSIFIED e I!I!ft PART II @~©~ffi~~~WD ~[D) NARRATIVE SUMMARY 1. INTRODUCTION a. GENERAL. During September 1969, III Marine AJuphibious Foroe Headquarters was looated in East Danang, Quang N8JD Provinoe, Republio of Vietn8JD. '!'he average personnel strength wall 135,499, a deorease of 5,540 wner the previous month. b. AOTIVITIE3. III Marine AJnphibious Foroe oontinued to be guided by OOMUSM.A.OV Direotive 10-11 dated 1 November 1968 in pursmt of its objeotives for September 1969. 2. OVERALL EVALUATION a. GENERAL. Communist aotivity returned to near July levels. Exoep tione to the general trend ot inaotivity were in moderate to heavy oontaots in the 3d Marine Division AO and Southeastern QUallg N8JD Provinoe. Near the DMZ the 3d Mar.l.ne Regiment oontinued to have periods of heavy oontaot in Operation IDAHO OANYON until it tetminated on 24 Sap tember wi th a total ot 565 enemy IIA. In the early mornil18 hours of 6 September, the Danang area and 1st Marine Division were attaoked with 459 mortar rowns and 62 rooket rounds together with several grown probes. Resul. ts of the attaoks were 6 U. S. IIA and 201 WIA. To the South the 2d ROK Marine Brigade together with BLT 1/26, oonduoted their first amphibious operation ot the war in Operation DEFIANT STAND. '!'he operation lasted trom 7 September to 19 September and reeul.ted in 293 enemy KIA. Meanwhile, Operation FREDERICK HILL in Quang Tin Provinoe oontinued to be suooessful with the 196th Brigade, AJDerioal Division aooountil18 tor 349 enemy KIA. In the Southernmost part of the I Corps Taotioal ZOne, Operation IRON MOUNTAIN involving the 11th Brigade, AJnerloal Division, had 212 enemy KIA. On major operations the Marine Corps reoeived 35 KIA and 253 WIA while aooountil18 for 160 enemy KIA. Marine OO1]>S lIDall un1 t operations had 32 frierdly KIA and 649 WIA with 517 enemy KIA. On major operations the U.S. Amy reoeived 73 KIA and 530 WIA while inflioting 834 enemy kills. On small unit operations the U. S. Army reoeived 3 KIA and 10 WIA with 15 enemy KIA. ENCLOSURE (1) 8 DECLASSIFIED DECLASSIFIED • PART III SEQUENTIAL LISTING OF SIGNIFICANT EVENTS DURING SEPTEMBER 1969 1. SUMMARY OF OPERATIONS a. GENERAL. During the month of September 1969 there were fourteen (14) major unit operations conducted in the I Corps Tactical Zone. Ten (10) of these operations were conducted by U. S. AI'fltY units and four (4) by u. S. Marine Corps units. Results of these operations for"the month are listed below: Fnd Cas En Cas MaJ or Operati ons KIA WIA KIA WC Period ARLINGTON CANYON 1 4 ~ 3 l-2lSep69 IDAHO CANYON 17 38 105 25 l-25Sep69 IROQUOIS GROVE 4 38 48 27 l-25Sep69 GEORGIA TAR 1 5 25 0 l-25Sep69 RI CHLAND SQUARE 2 0 6 ~O l-28Sep69 CLAIBORNE CHUT'E 3 43 25 26 l-28Sep69 LOUISIANA LEE 1 14 17 8 l-28Sep69 CUMBERLAND THUNDER 0 19 55 29 l-28Sep69 RF.PUBLI C SQUARE 1 3 1 ~ 29-3OSep69 PIPESTONE CANYON 0 26 27 3 l-3OSep69 FREDERICK lULL 28 225 449 52 l-3OSep69 GENl!.."'VA PARK 4 49 8 36 l-3OSep69 NAN'!'UCKET BEACH 2 16 11 0 1-3OSep69 IRON MOUNTAI N 31 130 209 52 l-3OSep69 Small Uni t OperationE!. NORTHERN ICTZ 9 78 47 10 1-~OSep69 DANANG TAOH 26 581 485 91 1- ~OSep69 b. E,'{ENTS. Duri ng the month of September the following signifioant contaots were reported in chronologioal order: At 02l830H a 1st Marine Division recon team observed 20 enemy moving west on a trail 5l lems north of An Hoa. An artillery mission was called resulting in 5 VC KIA. At about the same time, the team observed 15 more enemy 600 meters to the southeast moving in a westerly direotion. Artillery was again called killing 5 enemy. A half hour later, 800 meters to the northeast, they observed 75 more enemy moving west on a trail. Artillery was again oalled resulting in 20 enemy KIA. Total resulte were 30 VC KIA. At 021600H "A" Troop, 1/1 Cavalry made contact wi th an unknown size enemy force 1 kms south southeast of Due Pho receiving small ams, automatio weapons, and RPG fire. The oontaot oontinued and "A" Troop was reinforoed DECLASSIFIED DECLASSIFIED by "D" Troop, 111 Cavalry at l730H and C/4-3 Infantry at 1900H. During the oontaot a D/l/l Cavalry gunship reoeived 2 hits wi th small arms fire reeulting in no oaeualties and the gunship oontinued to ny. The oontaot tel1Ilinated at 1930H. Results were 22 enemy KIA, 9 IWC and 2 CSWC with 4 friemly KIA and 6 WlA(4 evao). At 030800H C/l-l Cavalry found 9 NYA bodies lying on top of the groum. 1 kms south southeast of Duo Pho. The bodies were leee than 24 hours old and had been killed by small arms fire. At 0955H, the same unit wi th C/4-3 Infantry found 5 more NYA bodies on top of the ground 2 kms to the southwest. These bodies were also less than 24 hou't's old and 4 had been killed by small arms fire and 1 by artillery. Total results were 14 NYA KIA. At 050230H 1/3/5 Mari.nes in night defensive podtion ~ lons north of An Hoa observed 10 enemy on a hill 200 meters west of their position. The Marines took them under fire wi th organio weapons and the enemy returned fire wi th automatio weapons, 20 RPG rounds, 3Ox60mm mortar rourrls and 6Ox82mm mortA.'t' rounds. At the same time, K/'3/5 Marines 300 meters to the north northwest reoeived small anns fire, 6x6Qnm mortar rounds, 3x82mm mortar rounds and 5 RPG roums. 3/5 OF was looated with "K" Company and ''M'' Company was 600 meters northwest of the CP. The enemy attaoked from '3 direotions, but "M" Company was left untouohed. First, "K" and "I" Companies reoeived enemy fire fran the west, then the southwest and subsequently "K" Company am the CP reoeived enemy rounds from the east. One round was reported to have hit the Battalion COC oausing minor injuries to the Artillery Liaison Offioer and the S-3A. Counterbattery was f1 red with mortars and artillery and Spooky was oalled on station. A sweep of the area was made at first light. Total results were 2 NYA KIA and 2 IWC wi th '3 friendly KIA and 22 WIA(18 evao). At 060l55H III MAP reoeived 4x122mm rookets, 2 in the river north of the ferry landing (negative oasualties or damage), 1 in the oompound (negative oasual ties or damage), and 1 east of the oompound outside the perimeter (negative oasualties or damage). At 030OH, 5 more l22mm rockets were reoeived, '3 in the river between the white elephant and III MAF oompound (ne~ative oasua1ties or damage), 1 in the oompound by the briefing room resulting in 49 WIA(~ evao) and moderate d~e to the building am 1 round 500 meters east of the oompound outside the perimeter hitting a storage building resulting in a fire and 3 WIA(evao). At 060300H the NSA oovered storage area reoeived 5x122mm rockets, 1 round impaoting in an ARVN storage area on an open pile of 4,000 AT mines oausing a seoomary explosion. Resul ts were 8 U.S., 2 ARVN and 1 ROK WIA(evao) am major damage to oovered storage area. At 08ll40H B/3-21 Infantry found 5 graves oontaining 5 NYA bodies 8 kms northwest of Tien Phuoo. The bodies were approximately '3 days old and ~,-.. ".'.- ,_ .. ~ " ~ "II I ~,lij·'i.lj'tII "{i'-\'.",',".....:,'.'.I"~ I' /. .ENCLOSURE (1) .j J\ l.J7Lj(\\i~~;·,~))!! f II~!;' DECLASSIFIED DECLASSIFIED had been killed by artillery. At l320H 200 meters to the east the same uni t found 19 graves eaoh oontaining 1 NYA body. These bodies were also about 3 days old. Seven had been killed by artillery, 10 by air and 2 by small anlls fire. At 09l500H a squad from 1/3/1 Marines while searohi~ an area wi th a ohieu hoi who had informed the Marines of a possible weapons oaohe, reoeived an unknown number of RPG rounds and small a19s fire 2 kms southeast of Hill 55. The squad returned fire and oalled artillery in support. Results were 14 NYA KIA, 9 oivilian detainees and 1 IWC with 3 USMC WIA(evao). They also oaptured 400 rounds of AK-47 ammo. At ll0205H B/4-31 Infantry at FSB Siberia 1'" kms southwest of Hiep Duo reoeived small arms, automatio weapons, RPG and recoilless rine fire, By 02400, an airborne FAC and a gunship were on station. The FAC took approximately 3 rounds of .50 caliber fire and called an air strike on the suspeoted enemy looation. There was a two-pronged attaok, one from the west and one from the north by approximately 25 men each. The enemy did not breaoh the perimeter. Contaot broke at 05200 and a sweep of the a.rea was oonduoted. Reeul te were 31 enemy KIA, 15 IWC and 4 CSWC wi th 4 friendly KIA and 12 WIA(evao). Misoellaneous ordnanoe and some doouments were also oaptured. At l50820H X/3/3 Marines was maneuvering to get to the rear of the enemy position in the vioinity of L/3/3 Marines' oontaot of 13 and 14 September when the oompany reoeived small a19s, RPG and mortal" fire from an unknown size enemy force 6 kms northwest of the rookpile. The lead platoon baoked off to oall for supporti~ arms and fixed wing air strikes and artillery were employed. The oompany reoeived mortar fire until approximately 130011. The oontaot te:nninated at 15300 and the oompany is presently holdi~ in plaoe. Reeul ts were unknown enemy oasualties with '3 friendly XIA and 21 WIA(evao). At l60945H A/3-2l Infantry found 17 NYA bodies 12 kms east of Hiep Duo. Four had been killed by air, 6 by artillery and 1 by small a19s fire. They also found 150 ChiCom grenades. At l70950H the 3d AmTrao Battalion in a oolumn of five detonated a 15-100 pound pressure type mine a;. kms south southwest of Hoi An. The amtrao exploded and burned and there were 19 USMC and 1 Kit Carson Soout WIA(evao). At l11500H C/4- 31 Infantry while on a sweep disoovered a mass grave with 17 NVA bodies 2 kms north of Hiep Duo. At 20l430H A/1-6l Meohanized Infantry disoovered 155 NYA bodies ~ kms northwest of Cam Lo. The bodies were approximately 6 months old and appeared to have been killed by artillery. 11 DECLASSIFIED DECLASSIFIED At 2119l0H A/4-3 Infantry while in a night defensive position 8 kms north of Ba To reoeived 45x82mm mortar rouMs and small arms fire from an unknown size enemy foroe. There were 3 direot hits on foxholes. Shadows, gunships and artillery were oalled in support. Contaot broke at 2050H. Results were enemy oasualties unknown with 11 U. S. KIA and 10 WIA(evao). At 23l850H 1/3/1 Marines 11 kms northwest of Que Son reoeived 1-l0x60mm mortar rounds resulting in 20 USMC WIA(evao) inoluding the Battalion Commander. Counterbattery was fired at suspeoted enemy looations wi th unknown results. At 251345H 4/1 ARVN while on a searoh mission engaged an estimated VC oompany moving east 10 kme southwest of Ba Long. The ARVN reoeived small anns, automatic weapons and B-40 rocket fire and returned small a11l19 and automatio weapons fire. A sweep of the area was oonduoted. Resul ts were 19 VC KIA, 6 IWC and 2 CSWC with 1 ARVN WIA(minor). Numerous doouments were also oaptured. The enemy unit has been identified as the K14 VC Battalion. At 261000H an LOH-6A helioopter from C/2-l1 Cavalry on a visual reoon mission received moderate small ams fire 11 kms south of Camp Evans. The airoraft was hit twioe, orashed and was destroyed. There was 1 U. S. WIA(evao). The remainder of the orew was extraoted. At 27oo50H C/2/4 Marines ~ lerns north of the rookpile made oontaot wi th an unknown size enemy foroe reoeiving 2Ox82mm mortar rounds and small al1Tls fire. Results were enemy oasualties unknown wi th 2 USMC KIA and 11 WIA(2 evao). One Kit Carson Soout suspeoted of passing info to the enemy was detained. At 2811l7H C/l-11 Meohani7.ed Infantry reoeived small arms fire from an unknown size enemy foroe 1; kms northwest of Cam Lo. At l125H, the enemy employed an unknown number of EPG and 82mm mortar rounds. Tao Air was requested and was on station at l200H. B/l-ll was oommi tted as a reaotion force a,nd arrlved at 1354H. Contaot was broken at 15000 following whioh a sweep of the area was oonduoted. Results were 15 NYA KIA, 1 IWC and 5 CSWC wi th 3 soldiers KIA and 7 WIA(evao). At 29l640H 3/5 ARVN made oontaot wi th an estimated enemy oompany and exohanged small arms/automatio weapons fire 9 kms northeast of Tien Phuoo. A sweep of the area revealed 25 VC KIA, 3 IWC, 4 CSWC, and 2,000 rounds of small arms ammo oaptured. There were no friendly oasualties. 2. CASUALTIES INFLICTED ON THE EID>1Y. See page25 • ENCLOSURE (1) 12 ,i)U~i~~\ii;\~~),~~I~\~:l'~ ...... __",,. ... ,,...... ,.b ...."-· ~ DECLASSIFIED DECLASSIFIED 3. FRIENDLYCASUALTIESSUSTAINED a. III MAFCASUALTIES (1) Battle KIA WIA DOW MIA USMC USN USA USMC USN USA USMC USN USA USMC USN USA 93 14 64 1206 120 481 10 0 6 1 0 16 (2 ) Non-Battle DEATHS TNJ/ILL USMC USN USA USMC USN USA 29 1 10 2772 282 1256 b. -NUMBER -OF COURTS..:MARTIAL -TRIED: Summary 127 Special 112 General 7 c. SHORT TONS OF MAIL SENT AND RECEIVED BY TIl MAF: Sent: 238 Received 603 13 ENCLOSU~E( () -- DECLASSIFIED DECLASSIFIED SECRET Ie... Personnel @lE@&DJ$$O[?O~@ a. Special Services Activities (1) ~'rS)edom J!,\J,,;L &creation Oomplex (a) THEAllill: The theater \-1as operational 29 daYs. It was closed one day due to construction of light screens for the doors. (b) BOW~Ji~~: The roof of the Bowling Center has been repaired,' hOHever} the next heavy rain \lill establish its serviceability. Arranzemcnts are pending with Brunswick Corporation to provide a bowling lane repair survey by a technician in mid October. (c) BATTIJIG OAGE,S: The batting caGes are now fully operatiorr- ale (d) SHO;f.r:.:l~SHAVB I·'AGILITY: 'I'he Shower-Shave facility has opened recently and ii, being used moderately. 1 Frida~r, 12 September, at 1400 the "George Jesse1 " USO Show took place in the Preedom Hill Indoor Theater. ApproY~mately 500 attendedo ~ Honday, 22 Septembe.r, at 11/-00 a talent contest took place in the ~roedom rull Irilloor Theater. ApproYXmately 950 attended• .:l The establishment of water hours at Freedom Hill has been of gre~t concern because of sanitation problems. The Porce Surgeon was notified and has helped rectify this problem. I. 'fhere has beon considerable trouble with the sewage system at ireedom Hill ~ecre~tion Complex. The main problems wore in the barracks and in tho theater - \Jhore commodes plueged up and the sewage backed up through tho floor drai.ns. At the present time Public Works is digging up the sewer pipes at various places on the compound and are attempting to correct the problem. (2) wt 1I.ctiyJ,.ties (Owk-of-Gountu) (a) Of 6,046 seats allocated to III l~~', 5,104 were filled for 8!j-.4~~ utilization. Of 7,232 seats allocated to III lolU" (including Naval Forces in I Corp8), 6,320 were filled for 87.4% utilization. Tot~l allo ca,ti.ons for Danang ::;;:'.::1. Center consi::;ted of 11,643 of which 11,166 were filled f01' utilization percentage of 95.3%. @~©I1JM~$D~O~@ SECRET 14 ENCLOSU~E( 1) DECLASSIFIED DECLASSIFIED (b) The followine are the September statistics for III HAF and I Corps R&R usage for each out-of-country site. SI1'£ III HA,~ I ca'~j; • TQTAL Sydney 1,354 956 2,310 Tokyo 390 .304 691+ Sil10apore 357 348 705 Hnuaii 1,677 1,402 3,079 Hong Kong 676 572 1,248 Taipei 585 389 974 Bangkok 998 642 1,640 Nanlla 206 82 288 Okinawa 199 29 228 TOTALS 6,442 4,724 11,166 (3) R&R Actiy~es (In=CQUPttY) (a) Quotas allocated were utilized by 1,247 personnel. This does not inclUde daily users. Daily users for the month of September totaled approximately 14,000 personnel. (4) ~ntertainlllent Dob Heyroouth (usa) 3-6 Sep Musical Variety George Jesse1 (USO) 16-17 Sep Nusical Variety BeUlah Bryant (usa) 19-22 Sep Husical Variety Sounds of Time (OMTS) 19-25 Sep ,Musical The Free l,ancers (usa) 23-25 Sep Husical Variety (5) NARS Actbz.i.;ties (18 Stations in I Oorps) (a) Hessages sent 6,154 (b) Hessages received 3,560 (0) Phone patches sent and received 1.3,.399 (d) Hospital calls 24.3 (6) Tape Faci.JJ..El (a) 8,500 prerecorded musical tapes were produced during this reportine period. (b) 8,300 prerecorded musical tapes were sold during this reporting period. (O)~©~IA1$~~W~~® SECRET 1 5 ENCLOSURE ( I) DECLASSIFIED DECLASSIFIED SECRET • @lE©[IAl~~llWlllEID (7) £'i1m 1AP.l:ar.Y. (a) 112 16MM filmc were received from AAFHPS, Saigon and put into the circuit in I Corps area. (b) 1,30 16MB films were repaired by this facility. (8) Stars ~ncl ~ripes PistribWiion (n) 40,437 Stars and Stripes free issue newsPapers were distributed in the I Oorps area on a. daily basis. ®~©~fA\~~~W~~OO SECRET 1 G ENCLOSU~E ( I ) DECLASSIFIED DECLASSIFIED b. Foree Chaplain 2 Sept. The Force Chaplain visited the command Chaplain, 366th eSG, USAF to discuss potential revisions in the Chaplain retreat program. Force Chaplain addressed the Danang Square and Compass Club on the subject, "Orphanages in Quang Nam Pro vince." ~ sette The Force Chaplain visited the new senior Protestant hap ain for I Corps, LTCOL, Chaplain Hein and discussed mat ters concerning our support of the ARVN Chaplaincy. 5 Sept. The Force Chaplain held a conference with Navy Super visory Chaplains to develop reports ror rorthcoming Navy Supervisory Chaplains Conference. Present were Chaplains from 1st and 3rd Mar Divs., 1st MAW, FLC and III MAF. 6 Sept. Clean up or Chapel and ofrice spaces after damage from FJcket attack. Sgt. S.W. Benson, USMC departed for CONUS. 7 Sept. The Force Chaplain delivered his farewell sermon at Protestant Worship service. He visited Sacred Heart Orphan aLe to discuss orphan sponsorship program. 8 Sept. The Force Chaplain visited the Senior Buddhist Chaplain in I Corps to discuss the building project at Tan Lap School. He attended luncheon in honor of the Rev. Harry Wood, Ecclesiastical Endorsing agent of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. 10 Sept. Captain Eugene S. Swanson, CHC, USN reported for duty as Force Chaplain, III HAF. . 11-12 Seat. The Force Chaplain escorted his prospective relier on an in octrinatlon tour to Phu Bai whel'e XXIV Corps, CAG 3, 36th MAG, MCB 133 and MCB 1 were visited; and to Quang Tri/Dong Ha where Vandegrift Combat Base, Con Tien, Cua Viet, Elliott FSB, CG 3rd Mar Div, Childrens Hospital, 3rd Med Bn, 11th Engineers, MCB 74, CAG-4, and numerous other activities were visited. 13 Sept. The Force Chaplain escorted his relief on visits to China Beach Orphanage, Combined Action Program, and NSA Danang. 14 Sept. The Force Chuplain introduced his relief to the III MAF Protestant Chapel Congregation and to the men attending Chapel at Combined Action Progr~m Headquarters. The Force Chaplain escorted his relief to Head~uarters 1st Mar Div, and to Marines of the 1st Regiment on Hill 5~. 15 seft. The Force Chaplain continued his orientation of his relie Doth through visits in the Danang area and discussions held in his office. @~M~fD~@ 1 7 _-,--, I ENCLOSURE (,) DECLASSIFIED DECLASSIFIED 16 se~t. ~'he Force Ohaplain escortsd his relief on visits to the D eu Nhun, Catholic and Tin Lanh orphanages and the MILPHAP in Hoi An. 17 Sept. The Force Chaplain chaired a meeting of the Supervisory ~haplaln Team that was requested to provide input to the rorth coming 8upervisor;y' Chaplains Conference in Washington. In the afternoon, the Force Chaplain chaired a meeting or 18 I Corps Supervisory Ohaplains at whioh a presentation was made by Colenel R. BURROUGHS, USMC, Combined Action Program Orricer. A chaplains Farewell Dinner was held for the Force Chapl~in at the 0hina Beach "0" Club with sixty-six Chaplains in attendance. Indoc trination of the prospective Force Chaplain oontinued. 18 Sept. The Force Chaplain was awarded the Vietnamese Armed Porce:3 tronor 1I1edal by Lt. General Hoany-Xuan-Lam. Pastor Le Cao Quy of the Tan An trin Lanh hosted a farewell luncheon for the Force Chaplain. The Association for the Encourli.gement of Learning (Which sponsors the High School Scholarship Program) hosted a dinner ror the Force Chaplain at which Colnel Nguyen Ngor-Khoi, Mayor of Danang _warded the Force:; Chaplain a Certi ficate or Merit ror his sponsorship of the scholarship program. Indoctrination of the prospective Force Chaplain continued. 19 Sept. The Force Chaplain escorted the prospective Force ~haplaln on indoctrination/familiarization visits to Chaplains Civic Action Projects, Force Logistic Command, NSA Hospital, etc. The Venerable Thich Nhu Buu, the Senior Buddhist Chaplain held a ~" testimonial dinner at the Bao An Cultural Center in honor of the Force Chaplain. 20 Sept. Captain H.W. RADCLIPFE, CHC, USN was relieved as Force Chaplain by Captain Eugene S. SWANSON, CHC, USN. He de parted this date for duty in the Chaplains Division, Bureau or Naval Personnel, Washington, D.C. @[©~J;J~~nwn~® SECRET ! 8 ENCLOSURE (f) DECLASSIFIED DECLASSIFIED 21 Sept Conducted III MAF' Chapel Service. Helped sponsor party for orphan patients of Danang Provincial Hospital at 0-6 Xess. Held conference with 3rd MarDiv Chaplain relative to redeployment of 3rd MarDiv Chaplains. 23 Sept Visited Headquarters, 1st MAW; delivered gifts for orphans Mid-autumn festival to Venerable Thich Nu Bu. 24, Sept Visited MAG-16 and 5th Communications Bn. Attended ARVN I Corps Mid-autumn Festival as guest of Mrs. Lam. 2~ Sept Escorted the Buddhist, Catholic and Protestant ARVN C lefs of Chaplains for I Corps via helo to visits of 1st and 2nd ARVN regiments at Dong Ha/Quang Tri. 26 Sept Visited Tan Lap School Mid-autumn Festival with the Venerable Thich Nu Bu. 27 se~t Held emergency Supervisory Chaplains meeting with Cdr. imberle, Navy Admin Officer for FMF PAC, to reassign certain 3rd MarDiv Chaplains to FLC and 1st MarDiv. 28 sept Conducted III MAF Chapel Service. Accompanied General Thrash and Spanjer to MAG-39, Quang Tri, for dedica tion of The Shepherd of the Sands Chapel. Returned to Danang for meetine of the ~ssociation for the Encouragement of Learning at the Vietnamese/American Cultural Center. 29 Sept Attended dedication of MAG-17 Chapel. Met prospec tive 1st HAW Chaplain on arrival. 30 Sept Prepared end of quarter reports. @~©~/}J~~~W~~@ SECRET J9 ENCLOSU~E( I) DECLASSIFIED DECLASSIFIED i.. 0~~~0J1(~T!\! .:0~~t:S:.1.. 'l"t11e t.em~~ ar.j :rrt,(;J",b:\ L.y 0;- (',~:-"l~.:'~ '--.:":: \.}~-;~Geo. "ct.lvit:f ::: T; tr.e :':CTZ Cn,rl:.g tr,e jjol'Jtr. of Sept.e.moe::- o.ecre,C~bP,'. :..r. (~..~.;:;,e..":'':'(x". ·:..,0 ·:":40 p~·V:'O:'1S ~O~-t1,r.... rtrj S ceC:""a2..66 was r€flect,ec ir. Q:.~ .~ :.e Lio~. \._J~ ~nc.ices of e:lercy o.ct.iv:.t.y. 'rhe r:uroer of erleu,y i:'':'.',:-:.&t.eC f',."'('\J.-':<:,"j.;:"'~; deC~"ea5ed :""rom 1,6:)2. t,c 1;,;,28: ~rell beloW' u.e previo',~s :l~cx.t,[.~~:".;_·· "<·::.~-'l .:;i'" l,5S6 for 'tIl:b YBf:.r. '~'[jt.'; rlt~)er of en€lr,y inco:::..1rQ: ~~o,,":,,~~, ".:',.-, ;.\'.:::~.)":.;', :;NJI2.,706 to 3,87 :; c,g,.lr, weJ,l beloow t.r.e yea'1"l.:{ <.Vero.t,<.':.:>;' "-"'"'" '::,c nur:ber of ene;ny kille':: :r. actic-.... aleo decreaew :'ror.·l 4, Sl'l 't,A; :i ,.:J::'I') , d. drdP..htic uN}) :trc.rr. t.h\'. year:"y f:.V€"·'~ge of 4,961. 7ni::. w·~~ ',,1".€: lu... ~s~. r.urr.her of en€Zl~' K~_lloo ir. one r.or,'t"r. in thE: ~st 20 r,jont.'1s. ::2; ~0r,trd.st to t.no reductio:. :...... '1 ene.:r;;.' initiated carhat type activit.i~s, COtC'"I\,el' inte}J.:'..genc6 relateC. c.~t.ivities reme..ined. constant witt. t.he pr"'''':ufl.ry "b:.ect~ve ·D6irlg the expansion and strengthening 0;' the ?rovit>::iCTlal Revolutiono.ry Goverr:mtmt and its policies irl the light of OIl event<:.."l U. S. wit.r.drawal and t.r.e electi0r; of a future liV"N Goverr..rl!ent. '":ne"t'c 'Wb,b a continuatiorl or' empha.s::..s on the cooduct of :rJ.l.itary, politica:, (j,r.:i c:'vil proselytinf: 'to strengthen t.rle enemy' e cadre and force6. :"r. addition, there Wb.S a mar~eci increase in terrori8Jrl direc~ at re::\:..~.,€ cmc resettlerrl£lr.t area::.. ''''nis terrorist type activity peakeo ourirlp, 'It; middle of '\:.he month and declined sharply during the la6t week of Septel:.bf'::~, '2:'r,~ aC'.;..iQ". t..!',o.t li::.d OCCUT" waf. focused in tr,e cerltral mc~ iJ.~e eo'; ~ A~·C. ':1\1 ?l''Ov::ince, the DA1\ANG City a~a of QUANG Nt.}'. Provin-:e, trle n~":? ~ (. .. rea of QUANG ?ll\ pzoovi:race and the no:rtheastern quadr-6.nt cf ~;f.~ ', ..,:; ?;rcvince. During the third Wef>K of the month, element.e of "t.hf: :~ Batt-alion, 3d lI.arine Regiment. fought several sharp engagements ...,.,i, U'. elemmts of tr~ 9th Regiment, 304th NVA Division in an area bligr,t.:;. northwest ot the ROCKPILE. Earlier in the month, OTJ the 6th, the imu~iate DA~ANG City area was subjected to four sapper attacke, ~~ mortar attacks, and five volleys of rockets. To the 80ut.n, We rl)~~ :x,:, area was again the scene of hard fighting as elements of tr;e 1st VC.IiC. 3d 't-.'VA Regiments conducted grou;,d attacks and att.acks by f~re a;'a'i' cl DOC and fire support bases in t he immediate vicinity. The 6r;er..y .... ., eSP€'cial}y c.ctive in Qt;Al\G };GAI (?) this men t.r. as refu.,~e", c.'ti:..p_ .'.': resett.:ernc::lt areC.s ir. t:-'e BINH ~ District b.rr.. soutT. Ct)Tlt.r&: '),)~'". ti.e prov::"r.ce loi'erEo &uh:;t;;ctec to unusually hea.vy 'Cerrori6t. typ€ -,t.t..-:' Ir. t.he r.eCiviE:st. contbct, an attack on the AN PRONG Vlllage corr.jJ:"e:t. ::.., t.r,e AN HOA Refugee Ca..np, fr:..endly forces idLed l16 memb~1"'b u;,' 'the ,:".{ 3at,tblion, 21st "'ttl/A r~:t:~Lt~r.t,. "~"C/tlr(aro thE: erJd of hE' illor:th ~-";"'- .~~' \..:-~- dro~j W6~ !,'.~j dr&J(;ht.ic in ttJ€8e 'V'·rr\,1-:l8t. at.tacKs c" 1 " (il< ',_ ..4 of eneL1:/ .&ct.~v';'t.:v. ·ir.o.r;c:..tior.) t.flere wert {,el <1va::C::J> .. '~,~ .... ,,",, < indicat.or"" w;,icr. would po::"fl\' to bor.y ia¥lIi:lcr." .;;,n~u\f ,:.1' ~'(._.., • .;;,. ~rOiL ~~"l"l') ~~~, ar'" o1'C.er of bat.#'L:€ po:..nt, 01'" vlew, l"" .....0k, '-.:-,t.. '1' .. ( • ..' ..>c 3C4t.rl Kif,:' Div;;.tlior. c(Ir.=-1!"'~eQ prevlous bUSP:"'::'OT;.:> 0;' 3.:-. ~ " .-e'.i: __ poet.ure a~ong t.r.e cerltral J.'2.. Add ing fu::-"tle r c reaenCE: 'J" '.:.~. i b J.." ~ . ENCLOSU~E.·1r ) •20 wiit9iinln~fID DECLASSIFIED er III ::.:;;: __. .__ DECLASSIFIED .. was the captu:-e of three p:-isoners from t.he 27th 'to.'V;.. ~gi.me;:-.t.. ',"~ capture of these N's m the central DlI2 area ~::,e..ds to conf:"l"It. Ot;:'4 .;>:1-•..::ep1: of both the area of operstionb of the 27th Reg:..ment and its mOdus o}::erandi, which is that it enters RVN only to prepare i'or or ex.ecute a spec::f:-..c mission of a limited. nature. This was t.he first ccn!:irmed contAct wit.n the 27t.h KVA RegirAent since 22 May 1969, although a N was C;:,ptDrL"d alone on 28 July 1969. To the south in the M.1."l'TH area, a j.?risoner ,",'as taken in HAl LANG District (YD 3448) during the secone. wee~ of t~1e i1l.or.u. fran the };"'11 Sapper Battalion of. the 7th F!"'Cat. While there have boer.. docum.ent,8 a.nd al:usions by other prisoners to the existence 0:: the 1\-11, this was only the second prisoner taken from tl"6 unit. Also early ::.n the month, the T.89 Sapper Battalion was identified by a prisor~er e.s the unit involved if'. one 0:4 the e.t,tacks in tile DI\NANG City area, Anott.er prisoner identified the C-31st Independent Co;npany 0::- t.he ::-Jorthel"T. Command Front 4 a.s the unit involved in a probe agair.st ASP-2 ir. thi: vicinity of DANANG. 'r.his was the first known offensive actiCXl SOl.i.t.h of NAM 0 (AT 9383) carried out by the C-31st in recent mcntha. In anothe::o development, a warrant officer ra.llier provided an update ana conf1rmatioo of the Nortb.ern Ccmmand. He stated that the Northern Cocn:m.aM is COIIlpose<1 of the '1'.87 Sapper and HAl VAN Engineer Battalions supported by elementa of the 573<1 Rocket Artillery BattaliCl'\ and two local force companies, C.31 and Q.55. Of continuing :interest were the unuaually large sight.ings of enemy personal in the soutneastern reachel!l of QCANG NAM Province "..:1 th special emphasia upon the PHU we and ANTENNA Valleys. The :lOst likely possibility for this great number of sightings can be attributed '(,0 the .:w.-ent of foodstuffs from the lowlandS back into the mountains t.o aupport the en...,'. needs during the fall and winter months. Also in QUANG HAM (P), the interrogation of an NVA prieoner on the 28th ot Septembel"""ind1cated that the 3d Battalion of the 36th NVA RegiJDent was based in eastern DUY XtJ!Di ni:atrict in the vicinity of (B'I' 125.:n aboUT. 13 kilometers east of where this unit had been held previouslyw The mission of the 3d Battalion is :t,o ccnduct sapper attacks in tr.e gene:'4 a:. area where the battalioo i8 located. In addition to prisoners :;.'rom tne 1st VC and the 3d ~-VA Regiments, a prisoner who claims to be fl"OOl ti"le 10th Sapper Battalion, 2nd ~"VA Division was taken in tb.e neavy :~ig,.'t:~1g a.round H:EP DUe. There 1s information that between November 1969 do:"£: June :"9 f:f:), the 304th ~"VA Divis:ion in the vicinity of HANOl '-,". ':';.eo:.. sf,p-per battaliorus ",aiel". W6r'tl subsequently inf:tlt.rat.ed int.O :- .... :~. -, --,,;e of these batta:'ions were t.r'okt"Jr, U"P and used &.15 individual 1"'I":)lacerr.e,:.~, while t.he other three are be:l..ievea to be elUployad ae new ~_; .~er ·;:)at.t..·._:..ono. The 9th Sapper Ba.tta.:l..ioc: nas a:ready been ~d".);t·.:":'i'~ if::.\ :\(~\:.: '?', The eeconi new sapper battalion 18 believed. Ui be' U"~e .',,", ~'o.r'-::' ,:;-1' the 7th Front. '!'he :..Ctn ia> (.,lArr6ntly hela ~5 ar; A'fJ\. for t.~ lsK-3~ Sapper Battalicn of the 2d ~NA Division. Howev~r ":.nere io \:..;·'0 :-.:._::_. that this is a thirti new atld separate 8a.~PDe~ ~_:;.. 't,":5..::'-):-~~ ~- 0"-' ~-#~e~" sigr.ii'ic&nt intelligence ga'therec1 in QUAl';G TTh \.? \) t::lementsj1' ;:':.t" 72d LF Battalion were identified in a corn..act in t.r.t:: ?:'·::'.\?'?L? ?O~4e-.:-: Area (center of mass BT 2522) appro:c..::natel.v el,;?'Dt. :(:.lo.:.et~-' .~. ·-tf:";;.,r ' TAM :-"Y. "l\fo prisoners were u:..i(en froa 'th~ un.:...... WEO repor\,c·:.',.;.<:..'. ENCLOSURE,( I) 111_;;-; OO~@ ...... - ~ DECLASSIFIED DECLASSIFIED .,.;' ·':, 'l .. ' -..,J " • lW3mbers of t.he:.. r ·th .. l __ '- ;~.\.".~ \,;~'A )~ri:J.\, ls,~]; :tJl 'tr~ ,(._ ·4·o~est". Tne 72d Bat.ta.lion ib c\'l'"r-er.t.lJ -:redit.ed with a 8t~ngt(, .)1" ~p.<: ,:;... :"";'::oT.:iel with their AO gen&l',sl:"y e:.ftit " ilotWt",l"S to the :rJv~..thea.~t ot theoo::"r.t "here the prisoners were taken. In "':.Jther c:>:vc: ~ ..:::want u! pe...~"lCU~6.r significance, a lor.g rar!ge reeonnajB"":t,r\~e pau'c'... from t.he P.mel"1cal Division sighted tW'O eneIlO' moving ale.r (.~ the iW"'~'.1 t-;.~~ 1 vhieh leads southeast through ctmt,ral QUANG 'tIS (F) (AT B35152:1 ,u..-i kil.le..: "'.hem. Documents found crj t.heil" hodies incUcF.ltod th~t they were ret,\ln-!ing to tjjeir ur.its ir, eaSU~l"'1'l QUt1\G TIN (P) after havir,g attended. the 2d ~'VA Division sapper school. 7nis is the first positive indication held by the III MAF OOB tiles that the enemy 1s operating a division sapper school. u.o during the month, there WN about 70 return&es fran two villages in THANG BH."H District. A large proportion or these returnees have been attributed to one TNn QurEN who wal identified a8 the guel'l"illa mdt leader for the t~ villages. It 18 further e.U-ted that the ,principal reasons tor ral~g were the etteoUftMSS of trien4ly awe}) \openltiClD8 and tbe1&ck or foed. On 'be 22d ot Septellber, .. captU1"'8Cl ~oo __t 1c:lnt1flec1 tbe 93rd Battalion, 24 VO Bt&1Mnt as the un1t in oontact with el...nte of the 173 Airbome Brigade about ClIle JdlOMter !in81de the BIWH DIHH BOrder 1n D Corpa. M. doc-.nt shed. new l1aht ion an _ ..mr low level report. that t. 3rd alVA DiY1e1on was to .d Clfte :reg1.Mnt .outh to operate 1n BIRH DIHH Prot1.nce aloGg with another I reg1MDt of the 3rd RVA O1...18ion, the 18th, *1cb DO~ operates 1n i the noJ"tbem portion of II Corps TacUeal zane. While thil IIOve 11 of 180M intelligence interest, i te tru••~canc. 1ft lOft 1••~t / liIdted. tor two reasOO8. F1~t, ft'entbouah W. battal10n baa c~ ! an lMI prorlnoial bou:rda17 the real cU.-tanGe' 1m'ol...ed are re1aU"'el1 ..11. / SecODdq, tbe .oTe val ent1re~ vithin the, DO.-l Gl\eftt1ng area. of the tmn.Y'1 MUital7 a.g1on S wbich exteDda ach tarther aouth into the 4tWR 1 II OTZ. JPurthel'llOre, it 1. Mil1t&r1 .l1aa S to W11cb the 'I'd IVA I O1...1lion 1s tact1C&l~ subordinate. lleftce, it i_ ent1req Na.OD&lale II that tb~ un1~ lhould IIO~ ..ok udtor.th acl'08. t~s AllVNprodJlc1al. • ,bour¥lal"1' with relaU'Y. ease. Ibwnr, furtber e~4mC. 18 D8Ce....17 before other el..nte ot the 2d va Re~t can be accepted a. JIl:W1ng south to operate in the II Corps area. 'rhe month caM to a cloee with a growing ~ body of evidence indicating that IVA/ve unita veN shUi.1n,; troml combat type operation. to those or gatbflJrins rice and pre~ for the cOIling aon.oon .....011. b. Ene. Action S!:Iti.t1cs. Facti) P"Jl'ta1n1ng to ~-7 activities in Allied op8Nting area., incluUn,; cCllli:~ ~ \~. a••, tor tbe IQOfttb .~f septe.ber are u followe: DECLASSIFIED DECLASSIFIED C. ·:..~r" ... ,':. , -':';""'_<.."';"' ... • .. ..,.:' .;. ... v""• ~"l' ~ ~ itOKl-.::: ~ A1:Us,ckf, 20 0 0 23 3 , J.J±,ushes ? 1 7 0 Lj AS5aulte by F:ire ~~6 23 0 2 0 Ha.rassing Fire >lS 110 88 43 ? )'';,ines/Booby Tl"d.PS 180 57 15 3 '3 AA Fire 445 17 0 0 0 ~\etal Acts of Terrorism for ICTZ - 229 1;' c. Enemy o:'''eler c,f 3attle. Confirmed force8 operating in IC'l'Z as of JO Septei..ber 19[jj. i.' (1) 9.l~e.l\_Q;~L_iEL. Cotlfi1"'llled units in QUANG TzU (p) include only t.hoseicon£idered to be operating south of the DMZ. Major units ....I:"re th~: 7th Front Headqua.rters, the 6th, K.8 and K. J4 Infantry, and the 10th ard 11th sap;>er Battalions subordinate to the 7th Front; the 246th NVA :.:egi ment, 9th HegiJl1ent, -'~04th Division, arid the 2nd Battalion, 84th Artillery rleg'.unent. Aclditior.ally, one indepeMent c~ny and two companieb of the 31st ~"VA Group operated in the province. 'l"ne total confirmed strength in QUANG TRI (P) was 5,755. (2) THlJA "fti!1'}J (P). T'ne K4B aM K4C Battalions of the 4th ~iJA Regiment; K.4 arid K.lO Infantry, and Chi Thua I &rid 11 Sapper Battalions of t,.l-)e 5th WA Regilllentj 806th Infantry and K.12 Sapper Battalions of the 6th 'KVA Regiment; K.32, K.34 aM K.J5 Artillery Battalions, }lJ{'I'TH; 3rd. Battalion, 803rd NVA Regiment; ani five independent companies were located within the province. 'l"he total confirmed strength in THtJA THIm Province ....a8 4,170. (3) Q1)ANG r-:tJ~ (Pl. FJ'leJly' forces in QUANG NAM (1') consisted of }i'ront 4 Headqua:rters and support uni tSj the l02rxl and l03rd BattalioT16 of t.he 31st "t."VA keg.t~nt; the 1st MF Regiment, 36t.h, 90th, and 141st 't-.'VA Re¢' lle:.ts; eight :'ndeper..:iEmt battalions and six independent companies. Toe independent battal:i 01'16 are the 573rd, 575th and 577th ~"VA Rocket B&t.talions; t.:.8 ~~.;~() l{f, \'.25 }(r'", 8w"-1d D.? hlfA Iri!antry &ttalions; and the 3rc ~"VA c:.~r!o. 'i'.itS J~~}' ~~apper Batta1ioTIS. 'l"he total confirmed strength for the province W&o 8,450. (4) fjjt~l\G1.n; (P). 't'ne 2n1 NVA Division HeaciqUlil'"tel'"b arl', :)U~.}~I~·t. units; tr,e 3rd NVA rAKA 31st) Regiment of the 2M lNA Divieiori; .fiV6:;·,.J~;_ penaent. 'oattalicme which irlcluie the 70th MF and 72M LF In!a.r.try ~t.tb.:: o~, t:-l€ ?4th LF l-'.eavy It>J'eapor.6 Batta.l.ion, too 78th MF Artillery Batta1 iOfI J <,n{ "r.t 409tr. and 76th Sapper Ba1:talione; and five independent ccmpar,ieb Wl'l'r'6 :'ocat.ed irt tr.e provlnce. The total confiniled strength in QUA~C 711'\ Provirlcc; \ora..b 4,350. 23 • -""--_._------~ "'-"' DECLASSIFIED DECLASSIFIED units; the 2nd------If.F d.r,f;..2nd ~vA n.eg;l.tDlents or the 3"--d "I:'.lA :L.visior.; the 2lst ~:VA Regiment 01' the :>.'",.~A Div'J..8ionJ five indeP!!l;:,1ur...t.•....ttalions ~':;i.ch'_in elude 'the 38th LF, 4C ;J and 120th MF Infantry .:Iat-t.e.:.s, the ~.::'; J5r- per Batta.lion and the :(r'7th Artillery Battalion; and :-, lndependttnt COtZp&n.J.ea were located in the province. The total confirmed etroength in QU/J;c.rc;'." Province was 7,115. d. COHPterintelligc~c~ (1) £.9.Uj'.t.€:'":rt-.e1}i ..ence Monthl,x Overvill!' Counterinte1ligencI:C rel&ted VC/VC! a,-::tiv:ties durir.g early aJ'\d mid-~ptember1969 gene'l"fI.\ 'h1 followed the pattrem indicated in n\DerouB ca.ptured documents, intel: igtm,.' reports, and prisoner and rallier interrogation reports. F.)npMsis W3f' "ocused on strengthe[.~~i': 'tr:(; reYolutioMI"'J .€'-ove1'1"tlDental c~rlre ;;'00 forces t.hrough intensive use of civil, military, ani politica.l proselytir.g, J)ro:p aganda, te1"1"9rtsm, and the cultivat.ion and wide8pread use or speciall,. selected and trained penetration agent8/cadre. Indioated eMIlY ohjectivtlb were the continuation i 01' ta.ctics desill:Md to promote;-t.he penetration And. subversion of CNN/RVNAF agencies, expansion of covert revolutionary goven,··· mental cadre at various levels in GVN cont.rolled areas and acceleration 01' political programs in preparation for peat-hostilities. In an attempt to alleviate reportAd widespread criti<'; . '.' shortagee and related aorale problell8, the --a.Y t.umed his at t.E:nY,,:Jil' arid ettorts to the collection, storage, and tNnsportat1on of foodst-u.t't'; pO.r-- ticularl, rice, preparatory to the onset of th. northeast. DlOnt'oon ~"''''K·n As a consequence, cO\D'lterintell1genc. related activ,} t,~6, part.>.: t, ...... , terrorism and sabotage, declined 8harpl1 in 6COpe am irtter.sh.J .:~ :' •• _.• last 7-10 days ot the period. \. (2) Propu;:and.9. and E,uhversion. 'Rer.orts contin~r1 t, "f, '"':. sis on organizational consolidation and area expansion of t::,e '~'''' .... ~ govenmental structure. Support. tor the revolutionary govf.r(u~'!:i';. ..r~ gained. through bot.h proselyting and coerc",,\o= o.ct,ivi."iet:>. ... v .... ,.t-;< I were generally oriented toward cClllPlement,ing and &.< ~t>V:"",,~ .•- r - torts. 'l'ypical themes were designed to promote dellands ''';- > t, of all US torces and an em to the war. Additionally, J:,. <, :-?>.~'.,,- t directed at vario.u8 youth, student, religious groups /'.. C"F";')~'';'' I secure 8uPJX>rt tor inciting legitiete legal struggJe J df)~jgnt' and ~tir up grievances against the GVN. ! The target audience, at whom such propagandf ,to be d:..r4'lcted~ proved genera11y unreceptive to this t~~ e.j:;?E!al J'.¥n ir.t..endea demonetrations failed t~ materialize. The general fa.ilure of the VC to ,..e:reuade the people to return to their fortaer homes outside CiV}.; controlled are1l8 rf>8u1t("t1 ir, d~hpeY"l!te use of terror and coercion in attempta to tOrce them from GV~ ~(,jjtrO\\led are&6. , ENCLO.~YJ;i~LJ,. I 24 t.mBl @~©~~$$DWU~ID £'!..= DECLASSIFIED DECLASSIFIED , ' ! "! I! ! !, 1 1:r; C "";'''''''-:''7'''' I ".....- ~ -- ....Ii.JV.wo..... J. • Reports irl'.1icated initiatiol"l of a program for rep-roupir.g selected. CiVlli~~s) cadre) and boldiers to North Vietnam for specialized t~aining to prepare them for eventual positions of leadership in iNN afwr the enemy anticipated establishlnent of a cOdlmunist state and reunification of the cour.try is ~ccomplished. (3) Terror::s$. Acta of terrorisia) except for the last 7-10 days of the period) continued at a relatively high level in ICTZ. Those acts consisted of as~s8inations and kidnappings of GVN administrators, offi cials, and civilians, incl\¥iing fill cadre, People'a Self Defense Force and National Police personnel; attacks directed toward local governmental organizations and agerlcies; attacks on refugee and re6ettlement areas and I the destruction/burning of homes. Terrorist activity reflected a concerted effort to force people in refugee and resettlemer,t areas to return to their former homes in areas outside GVN control; intimidate GVN administrators and Officials, partic ularly at village and hamlet levels; and CSierupt GVN Plcification effOrts. The en~ placed considerable emphasis on discreditir.g the ability of the GVN to effectively provide for the security of the people. Additionally, numerous civilian casUlltie8 resulted when limited enemy attacks and at tacks by fire on various governmental and military aRencies aM installations, d16regarded the presence or close proximity of civilian meTI) women and children. On occasions, attacks by fire featuring rockets aM mortars were so far removed from an.v governmental or military agencies) organiZ&tions, or installations that the resultant civilian casualties could only be construed as intentional efforts to terrorize the people, a COlllplete disregard for their safety, or bot-h. (4) Sabota~. Sabotage activities remained at a low level during September. Interdiction of lines of cOIJII'lunication continued as the pri mary target and featured minor bridge 80M culvert damage/destruction aM road cratering. Two successful mining attempts were conducted- against· .... tr&ins on the HUF-DANANG Railrae.d. A US Navy ship sustained re1a.tively JIlinor damage from what was believed to be a mine attached to the hull, below the water line, by an underwater sapper. (5) F.sP1ona,e. In addition to normal covert reconnaissance and surveillance of GVN RVNAF/FWMAF personnel, installations and activities, enemy intelligence gathering efforts continued to reflect empba,s16 on the cultivatiofl and recruitment Of penetration agents through civilian and JRilitary proselyting. Additional activity incllJ1ed the attempted 1ntiIt!''&t1or. of specially selected and trained penetration agents/cadre into various GVN agencies, organizations, and areas throuiJI the use of the Chieu Hoi program. Plane 25 , EN~fstllh ...... ~,,.- ...... --....._~ -""'--';"~'.""""'.._"'.'••.".'l!',,----"""""I -"i 1' DECLASSIFIED DECLASSIFIED • were revealed to use females and young teen-agers to collect info!"ll'A. tion in G~ controlled areas .....hile conducting simultaneous trade, purchase, and food collection activities. Captured enem"v documents continued to reflect the succes"es of VC IIf:..fth columnists" (enemy agents) located within various rrd.litary units and c: villan governmental agencies a.nd organizations. The ~cope of enelJ\Y' successes in this endeavor could not be accurately deter.mined, but ~!e detection and apprehension of several agents disclosed at least limited ' success and exemplified the necessity for continuous and effective imp1e ~entation of active, passive, and denial countermeasure security programs. e. :::t:emy Losses. i'::nemy 10S88S during the month of September were u follows: In ¥J..F MiY! ROOC f1QQ ill TOTAL KIA's 1,515 992 257 57 195 3,016 Detainees 804 279 75 11 115 1,284 P'fl' B/~rv A 29 0 0 4 3 36 P"iI's/VC 13 53 0 2 36 104 r:etumees/NVA 9 0 0 0 0 9 Returnees/VC 23 108 1 0 21 153 Civil Defendants 94 0 0 0 0 94 Innocent Civilians 215 0 0 0 1 216 . '. Jndividual Weapons 308 473 145 29 97 1,052 Crew-served Weapons 77 74 2 25 183 " 5 ' . . "I t. Ki t Carson Scout Program. Significant accomplishments of Kit Carson Scouts employed by MarirJe Divisions tor the period of 1-30 Sep- tember were as follows: let Har Div 3d Mar Div f1& Patrols 438 949 27 Classes Conducted 21 77 0 Psyops Broadcasts 15 8 0 Enemy CaPtured/Suspects Apprehended 1/21 2 P. f.r.emy Killed 13 0 0 fieapons Recovered 8 0 0 ~tumees 0 0 0 Caves/'l'unr.e18/Caches Detected 0 16 2 ... Y.irles/Booby Traps Detected 16 .L 4 ';0 September 1962. The status of Kit Carson Scouts waf> as folJows: 25 I DECLASSIFIED DECLASSIFIED . . • No. KCS ~o. KCS Ko. xes EmplQZ~ Recnnted Kl A-\\IA-Y.I;'-:J'S~, 2st 1-'.arine Division 104 7 o 3 o o 3~ Mo.rine ~ivision 11) 11 2 o o Americal Division 137 o o S o o lOJ.st Abr. Divisior, (F.M.) 141 o 1 1 o o 1st Brigade, 5th Infantry Division 54 13 o 0 o I) force Logistics Command 2 o o 0 o o Total 5ili 31 3 10 o o ; ..-<0_---..--'. _ "~~M,:" 27 • ENCLOSU~~f?' 1~ SItlR'"tr",1d • .,: i!, " . " ...... ~ _.. -.. --, ..._...... ~ ji .--"~-- _ DECLASSIFIED DECLASSIFIED 6. LOGISTICS a. General. During the munth 'of 113eptlJmber the "lo"qlit:10'~:"\'l;;,c;,,.;,c,;-,- I ' posture remained, good to excel :,ent throughout ICTZ. Weather, although approaching the monsoon season, had little effect on surface or air movement of car·:o. Enemy action aimed at har- rassing LOCs remained at a low level during the pe:a:;iod. The only significant event occured on 16 september when two com- mand detonated mines derailed ~he engine and two cars on the Hue to Danang train of the Vie:;namese Railroad. 9 meters of track were damaged and two Vie~:namese oivilians injured•. (1) Other enemy activ::.ty directly 8:ffecting logistics occured on 6 S~ptember when a rocket attack was ~irect€:d against the Danang East area. At 0155 and at 030Q a tots.l of S' l22mm rockets hit III MAF. Only two impacted in the compound. At' apP~91"mately 0300 a l22mm rocket impacted. in the ARVN ammo stoti point, adjacent NSA covered storage area, and across the road tom III MAF. The ARVN ammo storage point contained an open pl~e of 4,000 Antitank mines which exploded in a single larg' '.econdary explosion which left aorater 100 to 120 feet in dia~eter. The resultant overpressure apd fite ~aused con~ siderable damage to the covered storage area. J'pp:i'o~imately 50%, or 236,000 cubic~feet of reefer capacity wils lost. Other damaged facilities in the covered storage area were adminis trative and office spaces, the ice plant,warehouses, and the telephone exchange. ~n ,ddition to 49·pe~sonnel wounded (3 evacuees), III MAF received ma~erial damages to include struc turally damaged warehouses, blvwn out windows, doors and fix tures. (2) On 9 s~ptember there was a meeting of representa tives from III MAF, NSA and 3rd NCB to discuss reconstruction plans. A force of approximately 150 seabees began to rebuild warehouses, offioe spaces, refrigerated spaces, the telephone exchange, and the ice plant. The estimated date of recovery to pre-~ttack condition was set at late November with the pos sible exception of the reefer capacity which depended upon the delivery of replacement units. A long term floating reefer storage was used as an interim measure to satisfy reefer re quirements. Since the use of the refriqeration ship was ex tremely costly, a short term storage capacity was planned to eliminate the use of facilities afloat. November first was the tenuative completion date for this short term capacity to be used for freeze and sensitive chill i~ems. (3) Planning phases o~ Operation KEYSTONE CARDINAL commenced in late september wi~h emphasis on preparations for embarkation for CONUS whioh be'Janon l~Qctoper. ···T········r' 28 Enclosure (1) • c .... DECLASSIFIED DECLASSIFIED (4) In Northern ICTZ ;'our operations oontinued into September; all of them terminaLing in the litter part of the month. No new operations were initiated in' the north during the month: (a) ARLINGTON CANYON, a.se~rch and destroy op~ra... tion conducted in Quang Tri Provinoe by the 3rd Dattalion, 4th Marines, ended 21 September with light ene~ oontact. The operation began on 3 July 1969. (b) GEORGIA TAR, conduoted in the same AO as the previous operation HERKIMER MOUNTAIN~waBa searoh and destl~oy operation in the vioinity of the Rookpile.inQuan9~riProv.j.Qoe. This operation, conducted by the 4th Marines, started 16 JUly and terminated 25 September with light enemy contact. (c) The 3rd Marines, on 2'5 september, wrapped up'" operation IDAHO CANYON -reporting in excess of 500 ene~ killed and oveJ:' 200 weapons captured. This operation , which startea 16 July, was a search and destroy operation in Quang Tri Pro~ vince. (d) IROQUOIS GROVE, conducted by the 1st Brigade of the 5th Mechanized Infantry,.started on '19 June at Base Area 101 in the coastal lowlands of QuangTri proVinoe and ended;oh" 25 September. This was a 'search and destroy operation conneot:ed with the GVN Vietnam Pacification Program. Moderate contact was encountered. (e) Resupply for the operations 'in Northern ICTZ i ~------was conducted by: 'helicopters' from "]a forward operating base (FOB) at Vandergrift Combat Base. Near the end of the month, the FOB was changed to Quang Tri due to stand-down for redeployment of 3rd MarDiv units. (5) In Southern ICTZ, Operation PIPESTONE CANYON con tinued in the Go Noi Island - Dodge City Complex. This opera tion commenced on 26 May and consists of se'arch and clear operations by the 1st Marines. Light oontact has been reported. (a) DEFIANT STAND, a combined operation with SLF Alpha working in conjunction with the 2nd ROKMC Brigade, was an amphibious and helicopter assault along the province boundary of Quang Nam and Quang Tin Provinoes. This operation began 5 September and terminated 19 september with 293 enemy killed and 121 weapons oaptured. The ROKMC portion was called VICTORY DRAGON XV. (b) In the southurn portion of Americal Divisions AO, the 11th Brigade and 4th A1tVN Regiment continued Operation IRON MOUNTAIN which is' a oontiuuous searoh and-destroyoperation. 29 It)~©nJii~T Enclo~ure (1) '. DECLASSIFIED DECLASSIFIED • (c) The logistic support for combat operations .. in Southern ICTZ was comprised of helioopter resupply from forward operating bases or fire ~uppor"i. bases. Due to the open,traf ficable terrain that is typica; of SICTZ, LVT's and marginal ter rain vehicles were employed fOL short range support of three to five day operations. This presented the advantage of being able to move supplies with the unit being supported. b. G-4 (1) On 12 September Col. R.J. BARBOUR joined the G-4 Section as replacement for Assistant Chief of Staff, Col. O.R. DAVIS, who has since departed for CONUS. (2) On 15 September, Assistant Chief of Staff, G-4 briefed the JLRB concerning how III,MAF functions logistically within ICTZ. (3) From 23 to 25_S~ptember, G-4 Plans Officer, LtCo1. K.L. ROBINSON and the Force Embarkation Officer attended the Seventh Fleet Ship Scheduling Conference at Yokosuka, Japan in preparation for the redeployment of RLT-3 and other units of 3d MarDiv. (4) From 25 to 27 Sep~:ember, G-4 Plans Officer attend ed the CINCPAC Redeployment CO~lferenoe at CINCPAC Headquarters, Camp Smith, Hawaii to' discuss ~:he logistic aspects of the KEY S~ONE CARDINAL redeployment op~ration. c. Dental (1) On 6 September III Marine Amphibious Force Com pound was bracketed by rockets. The Force Dental .Administra tive Office and the Dental Treatment Facility sustained sub stantial damages. (2) By 8 September temporary repairs had been made by III Marine Amphibious Force Maintenance Section to Force Dental Administrative Office and Treatment Facility. Daily work re sumed on a limited basis. (3) Dental Civic Action (MEDCAP II) conducted by III MAF Dental Companies during the month of Geptember was as follows: (a) Dental prooedures";~3;-182 (b) Patients Tre~t&d 1,~39 (4) The Force Dental :)fficercontlnues. '·1- ,.... . to hold MEDCAP on a oontinuing basis for the lndig"enous.pqpulaoe at III MAF oental Facility. 30 DECLASSIFIED DECLASSIFIED • (5) Total officer/enL.sted streng·th of, III MAF Head quarters and dental companies 4';'S of 30 Septenlbei'~ 1969: Dental Officers , , Medical Service Cc·rps Dental Technicianc USMC/enli.sted (6) Total number of f~cilities operated by dental com panies throughout ICTZ as of 3(: September 1969 \<7as, 26. ," (7) On 13 September the Twenty-seventh' Dental Profes sional and Administrative Conference was held in conjunction with the I Corps Dental Society meeting held,at Tien-Sha Annex. (8) The Force Dental Officer visited'dental units in the Danang TAOR throughout the month of September.' d. Embarkation (1) Narrative SummaFY (a) Air'Operation Summar~. Airlift operatrons in I Corps proceeded in a routine manner for the month ofSepte~er. There were no unit moves until 25 September,with the beginning of Keystone Cardinal. Cargo dt:creasedfroro24,42l.0 to 19,256.3 a drop of 5,164.7 SIT. Passen~ers decreased from 129,855 to 113,077 a drop of 16,779. 'l'heC-7A operation returned to normal with a small decrease in passengers from 4,707 to 4,099 a,drop of 619. Cargo decreased from 2,052.5 to 1,~99.4 a drop of 854.1 S/T., Combat essential. a,1r1,1ft CleoreAsed f~Qm 16" in, 'Augu~t to 7 in September•. There was one ER prooessed, . two 0-130 s()~.. ties into the A Shau Valley. The added traffic into Tien Phuoc Airfield, for the Americal Batterieea , brokethrou9h th,erec~n"tly resurfaced runway., T~~ Airfield is again closed forfepair', .. estimated date of oompletion 12 October. (b) Surfaoe 0tieration summat'i!. .. ,J:)'!~~l'lg~l'l~,~~,~.~l;,: enemy aotivity and weathe~ad little effedt on the movement of cargo by Surface means in ICTZ. Input into ftorthern ICTZ tot~1 ed 49,406 SIT, a decrease of 2,262 SIT froIq August. Input into Chu Lai was 40,080 SIT while 'Sa Huynh reoeived 2,185 SIT. Da- nang received a total of 1,94 ,-913S/T·'!~~~~~l~:;a:'.,.mp'and pier~:~t-~i,i,a. ... ,,,c,,,' ties. This represents a 36,239 S/Tdecrea"-e.from AU9ust reoeipts•• Total cargo input in ICTZ by surface means ~as 286,594 SIT a de crease of 37,996 SIT from August i.nput.KeY8tone,.Car(U.nal,i>has~ II Redeployment of 18,483 Mari:~es of 3rd Marine Division and 1st MAW from RVN was announced on :: 6 Septembet:., Mov.ement commenced with airlift of an advance parf,y of VMA(AW) 533 from Chu Lai'to Iwakuni on 28 september. 31 Enclosure (1) DECLASSIFIED DECLASSIFIED • 1tl1E&R.jIi~i T • :!:'jft J.;:.c"< (0) Land OEeratic;ns sumrnarX. During themon~ , of September there were 123 rebuppty .9()nV9Y8_Qe.~J:Ying atQ'''), of 18,023 SIT and 41 retrogradeoonvoysoa:rryi~g a tota1rc5f 2,675 SIT. i (2) Air Operations statistioalSUmma;y. -USAF !m!!£ TOTAL PAX 76,918 36.159 113,077 CARGO 12,503.2 6,7S3.1 19,256.3 Special Missions Flown ~ Request ACFT CargoS/i" PAX ER (1) C-130 301 o CE (7) C-123/C-130 201.9 1,795 (3) ~aoe Operation~ Statistioa1 Summary. 48 .Deep Draft vf-sse1s embarked/debarked Danang 39 MSTS LST's er.~arked/debarked Danang 10 USN LST's e~,arked/debarked D~nang 286 YFU/LCU Craft: embarked/debarked vanang 65 Barges embarked/debarked Danang . I (4) Monthly I'ort Perf Enolosure (1) _J en 1 DECLASSIFIED DECLASSIFIED (6) Chrono~ogica1• Listing of Events for•September 1969 1 Sep - 8 - C7A f·orties into A Shau Valley. De livered 43,200 lbs of culverts material. Cargo operations reduced in NICTZ due to threats from Typhoon Dora. 2 Sep - Cargo operations stopped to NICTZ until 2200. Hue/Tan My operations were resum ed at 2200. Cua Viet/Dong Ha experienced extensive damage resulting from Typhoon Dora. 3 Sep - commenced backload of retrograde cargo aboard the Valley Forge. 6 Sep - At approximately 0200 one rocket struck an NCA dry provision ware~ouse causing moderate damage. At approximately 0250, three more rockets struck the depot area destroying-three reefer banks and causing considerfoble structural damage from con cussions to the frame and butler buildings. Four veh:· c1es damag€:d. 11 personnel wound ed - 1 seri.ous. 9 Sep - CE 9-155 from Danang to Chu Lai 17500 Ibs of bomb l.elease charges. Processed CE 9-158 from Danang to Ouang Tri, 3590 lbs an Auto Sevacom Van. USNS Geiger debarked 399 incoming ROKMC replacements and em barked 426 ROKMC rotatees. 12 Sep - Processed CE 9-171 from Phu Bai to UBON Thailand, an engine and prop assembly. 15 Sep - Air drop in A Shau Valley, TWO C-130 sor ties 60345 1bs. 16 Sep -.CE 9-189 Danang to Chu Lai, 17384 1bs of W/P rockets. Keystone Cardinal announced, redeploy 18,483 Marine from RVN. 18 Sep - Moved mobile strike force from Danang to Mai Loc. The convoy from Sa Huynh to Duc Pho was nmbushed 2 KMS north of ambush al ley whicl1 extends.in a north easterly direc tion 2 t~ 4 miles north of Sa Huynh where the moun ·;ains come down to the .. highway, two tank"'!rs lost, no ,casualties. Enclosure (1) 33 ID~©~f~~~T DECLASSIFIED DECLASSIFIED • l~amp 21 Sep - Dong Ha commenced movement of 3rd: MarDiv M~dical unit from Dong Ha to Danang. 25 Sep - CE 9-205 Quang Tri to Danang, 436 Pax, 5 C-130 sorties. CE 9-209 Danang to Quang Ngai, 19,150 lbs of rocket and mortars. 26 Sep - Airlifted 413 Pax from Quang Tri to Danang, 5 C-130 sorties. 27 Sep - Airlifted 385 Pax from Quang Tri to Danang, 5 C-l30 sorties. 28 Sep - Dispatched 15 YFU/LCU craft .to Dong Ha to be utilized in staging/loading LSD loads. 30 Sep - CE S-222 Camp Evans to Mai Loc 485 Pax, 12 C-l23 sorties. e. Engineer (1) Road and Bridge Resume (a) There was a significant reduction in LaC inter dictions during September. Only one bridg'e was damaged. This occured on route QL-l 20 kilometers north of Tam Ky. The Hue-By Pass Ferry was placed in operDtion on the 6th of September. The ferry offers the only means of access across the Perfume River for large tactical vehicles. (b) Two major Highway Bridge construction projects were in progress; the Lang Co Highway Bridge (88% complete) and the Dong Ha Bridge (52% complete). 22 Kilometers of QL-l were paved during the month. 341 kilometers (85%) of this 400 kilo meter route have been paved. On route QL-9, 5 kilometers were paved. This 137 kilometer route was 92% complete in September. (The scope of the route QL-9 upgrade project was reduced from 41 to 37 kilometers because paving of the stretbh j~rom Vander grift Combat Base to Ca Lu was no longer considered tactically necessary). Route 540 has been 83% completed. (2) Vietnamese National Railroad There were two enemy interdictions on the railroad between Danang and Hue during :~eptember, halting service for a total of 6 days. The Song Bo ~ailway Bridge is under construc tion and is 70% complete. 7 K·:.lometers of track were restored on the Hue-Dong Ha segment of:..:he railroad. 3 Spur lines were under construction. The Danan;r Bridge Ramp spur has been 97% completed, the Camp Haskins Ra.~l Spur has been 87% completed and the Phu Bai rail spur has been 50% completed. Enclosure (1) l4 DECLASSIFIED DECLASSIFIED (3) Major Constructior. Projects Completed for Month 'o-f'Septembe:t: (a) South POL Tar.k Farm, Chu Lai (b) Special Forc~s Airfield repairs: (1) Tien Phl:OC (2) Ba To (3) Ha Thanh (4) Thong Duc (c) Damage repairs from 6 September Rocket Attack, Camp Horn (4) Major Construction Projects Started for the Month of September: (a) Phu Bai Airfield ltepair (b) Hue By-Pass Ferry Ramps (c) Aircraft Shelters, Uarble Mountain (d) Construction of 5 class 30 bridges on secondary LOC's North of Hue (e) LZ Baldy/FSB Ross upgrade (5) Major Constructior. Projects Cancelled for the Month of Septeiiibel~: The following maj<-.r projects were cancelled during the month of Septembei' due to construction reviews requested by MACV and the redeployment of tl1e 3d Marine Division: (a) PMAG-39 facilities at Quang Tri for covered revetments, Aircraft Hangar, Messhall, and Corom facility. (b) 3d Marine Division at Quang Tri/Dong Ha for a Corom-Autodin building, secondary water distri bution, central power, Corom electric maintenance facility, and cantonment for 1/12. (c) MILCON C-2l2 for airfield improvement at Phu Bai. (d) MILCON C-549 for maintenance facilities, MAG-36, Phu Bai. (e) MILCON C-520 for aircraft revetments and shel ters at Phu Bai. f. Food Service (1) 7 September - The Force Food Service Officer visited the FLC bake'cy to observe the :>read slicing and wrapping operation. All bread within the Danang TA:)R is now sliced and wrapped prior to issue. This is the first t:"me that Marine Corps units have ever been issued sliced and wr,l.pped bread in a combat zone. Si:1Ce the waste normally encountered in hand slicing bread has been 35 i, DECLASSIFIED DECLASSIFIED eliminated, the bakery has beell able to reduce production and still fulfill all requirements (2) 17 September - Thf' III MAF S~bsistence Operational Analysis Report for the month of August 1969 was submitted to HOMC. Data highlights are: Value of "A" & "B" Rations issued: MARINE CORP~; MESSES: ••••• ~ •••• $3,703,247.31 U.S. ARMy: 534,017.35 ROl<~V: •••••..••••••••••••••••• 86,816.89 Value of MCI's issued: MARINE CORP:; MESSES: •••••••••• $1,159,285.70 U• S. ARMY I •.•••••••••••••••••• 97 , 49 2 • 5 0 ROI<~V: ••••••••••••• .. •• ~ •• ,:. •••• 222 , 69 6• 25 Average No. fed "A" & "B" Rations daily: U.S. ~ORCES: •.•••••••••••••••• 6~7~,~5r5~Or ROKFV: ••••••••••••• \ •••••••••• 2~,_9_l_l Average No. fed MCI's daily: U.S. FORCES:...... 16,635 -----.-~:;-::;- ROKFV: •••••.•••••••••• ~ ••••••• 4_,~4_1_3_ II Daily average cost to feed "A" & IIB : U.S. FORCES:...... 1.786 I ' ------",-:-:- l~OKFV: •••••••• ...... ;..,;9:....6,;,..2_ (2 meals per day) II Daily average cost to feed "All & IIB & MCI's: GRAND TOTAL •.••••••••••••••••• $6,210,146.69 (3) 19 September - The III MAF Food Service Planning Board held its bimonthly meeting at Camp Horn. g. Motor Transport (1) Motor Transport siatistics for September for the Five Motor Transport Battalion~ and truck Company ~LC are: Mileage 475,901 Passengers 183,982 Tonnage__~8~O~,:....4;..,;8;..,;O~ Fuel (Tons) 3,594 .35 DECLASSIFIED DECLASSIFIED (2) On 1 S~ptember Cat t; • J.M. KELLY reported in as Assistant Force Motor Transport Officer. (3) From 7-10 Septembt.r Force Motor Transport Officer TAD to Okinawa for conference ~ith CO, MaintBn FSR on multifuel school. (4) On 11 September PFC G.J. GARCIA reported aboard as Force Motor Transport Administration Man/[Iriver. (5) From 16-17 Septemr.er CWO ANTOINE f:r.om 3d FSR, Okina wa arrived to discuss the possibility with the )i'orce Motor Trans port Officer of a multifuel scLool being conducted in-country. (6) On 19 September Force Motor Transport Officer held a conference with MTO I S from 1st ~1arine Division, 3rd Marine Division, Force Logistic Command anc'l III MAF OPCON. h. Ordnance (1) Representatives Lou tlle Government Accounting Offi ce are in the Danan9 area to surw~y DApartment of Defense ammuni tion shipments. (This is a resumption of, the assignment suspend ed in March 1969). The visit incl'l1necl trips to the Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, the Transportations Management Agency, the Force Logistics Command and the Navy Support Activity, Danang. The team arrived in the Danang area on 28 September and will have completed their visit on 4 October 1969. (2) The Force Operations Analysis Sect-ion completed Phase I of the study, "Marine Corps Ammunition Management System, Vietnam". Phase I covers the areas of organization and func tioning, inventory management and the manning level and equip ment status of units man~ging and handling ammunition. The re quirement to provide more professional training in management techniques and technical operation procedures, for all personnel assigned duty in the ammunition management system is addressed. The study includes conclusions and recommendations applicable to problems for immediate solution, and for the development of or ganization and procedures for more efficient ammunition manage ment in the future. (3) Reconstruction continues on ASP #1~ The MAERU section is near completion and opening of some pads is schedul(:d for 5 October 1969. When completed, ASP #1 will have a capacity of 10,272 SIT. Force Logistich Command will share equally with First Marine Air Wing in the s'.:.orage space. Naval Construction Battalion #4 is the unit taske.l with reconstruction of the AS~J. EOD has cleared all surface ordnance with the exception of a COFRAM area on a hillside over,ooking the ASP. Completion of the entire project is slated f:lr 15 November 1969. DECLASSIFIED DECLASSIFIED SECRET • @lE©[Iil~$OfFll~@ i. Supply (1) Allocations for il·itial reqhirements of monsoon items were given to each commar.d and issues completed. In addi tion, sufficient quantities arb in stock at the Force Logistic Command to meet replenishment requirements throughout the 1969 1970 monsoon season. (2) A recommendation was made to CG, FMFPac which would change the currently authorized safety level for repair parts in the FLC shop stores from 15 days to 30 days, thereby increasi.ng the authorized reordE!r point quantity to 45 days. This action, if approved by CG, FMFPac, will provide for the large fluctua tions in demands within the shop stores and also permit utiliza tion of lower priorities on shop stores requasitions. (3) A new Force Order was completed which provided new and more detailed procedures for the processing of personal ef fects and baggage within the III t1arine Amphibious Force. The publication of the order should elilninate many problems pre viously encountered during the recovery, documentation and ship ping of all categories of personal effects. (4) A logistic coordination conference was held at this Headquarters on 22 september 1969 to discuss numerous aspects of Phase II redeployment;· The con';'crence was attended by represen tatives from all major U.s. cOllunands in the ICTZ. j. Medical (1) The total averag~ patient load for the two Medical Battalions and 1st Hospital Company was 358 with a total of 1924 admitted and 514 patients evacuated out of country. 824 pints of whole blood were expended to use. (2) Information relative to III MAF in-patient treatment facilities is as follows: . TAOR UNIT AUTH BEDS ACT BEDS AVG CENSUS %OCC Quang Tri 3dMedBn(-) 240 220 110 50 3dMarDiv CSB Vander C-Co (-) grift 3d MedBn 10 Dong Ha D-Co 3d MedBn 1:) 13 7 54 Danang IstMedBn lstMarDiv 240 240 169 70 Danang lstHospCo lstMarDiv IOu 100 72 72 ')8.J Enclosure@~~~ DECLASSIFIED DECLASSIFIED (3) The USS Repose (Ar-16) was LogSup III MAF the entire month of september. •The USS S~nctuary (AH-17) returned from Su bic Bay 3 September 1969. Both ships were on station at the be low listed loaations as the tactical situation required. (a) Danang Harbor (b) Ouang Tri - Dong Ha operating area (4) III MAF Medical Department strength as of 30 Septem ber 1969 is as follows: 2100 2300 HM's A11ow/OB A11ow/OB Al1ow/OB 1st MarDiv 89/69 17/15 1097/1104 3d MarDiv 62/60 13/15 776/ 782 1st MAW 42/31 2/ 3 208/ 182 FLC/lst FSR 8/ 8 6/ 5 156/ 129 III MAF HQ 3/ 3 157/ 175 TOTALS 206/171 41/39 2394/2372 (5) Figu~es shown undex III MAF Headquarters include 153 Hospital Corpsmen assigned to the Combined Action Program as follows: CAG 1st CAG 2nd CAG / 3d CAG 4th CAG School (DNG) (Chu Lai) (Hoi An)' (Phu Bai) (Quang Tri) 20 32 41 35 25 (6) There was no helo dispersal of insecticides during .-;eptember 1969. (7) RADM F.B. Voris, CINCPACFLT Medical Officer arrived 3 September 1969 to conduct informal inspection of ICTZ Medical Facilities. .33 Enclosure (1) SECRET DECLASSIFIED DECLASSIFIED SECRET 7. Comptroller @fE@KIfJ~~D[fnrr~ro) a. Sign1!ioant events tor september There were no 81gn1fioant events tor the month ot September I~ 0 ENOLOStJRE (1) SECRET ~ - DECLASSIFIED DECLASSIFIED 8. Civil Arfairs. a. Objectives. The basic objectives of the III Marine Amphibious Force civil affairs program remain the same. b. Civic Action Statistics. (1) Cost of supplies contributed from military resources ror CA projects (does not include cost of commodities obtained from USAID, CORDS, eRS, and like organizations): (2) Expenditures rrom US/FWMAF Civic Action PSY'WAR Fund: $VN 2,263,255 (3) Major Civic Action programs Man-days (10-hr day) a. Economic Development (in cludes agriculture, fisheries, markets, cottage industries): 1,965 1,158,486 b. Education (increase & devel opment of school facilities, class room or other group instruction; excludes technical training in a, c, and d): 3,4·25 2,301,093 c. Social Welfare (assistance to hospitals, refugees, orphanages, religious organizations, other in stitutions, groups & individuals; excludes items in a, b, and d): 4,066 d. Transportation (improved or increased means of transportation, e.g., roads, bridges, wate~ays): 1,698 611,927 e. Refugee Assistance Support (includes refugee assistance report- ed in a, b, c, and d): 2,955 2,744,957 (4) Number of separate institutions assisted during the reporting period. a. Schools 217 b. Orphanages 64 c. Hospitals/Dispensaries 110 d. Other 109 ENCLOSU~E ( I ) l~ ®~©~ • ...l...1 DECLASSIFIED DECLASSIFIED (5) MEDCAP - DENTCAP a. Treatments Number or Patients Medical Resulting from Hostile Action 1,983 Not resulting rrom Hostile Action 70,264 Immunizations 9,116 Dental -~ Total Patients ~ b. Number of Vietnamese Health Workers Trained: 166 c. Civic Action Projects. The following are highlights or significant civic actIon projects conducted during the month of September 1969. (1) Quang Tri Province. 3d Marine Division reports continuity of some civic action projects has been a probl'em because or the troop redeployment. Transportation has been difficult to arrange for delivery of supplies. Typhoon Doris disrupted many projects throuehout the Province. The two largest high schools in Quang Tri Province received considerable aid and assistance from 3d Marine Division dur ing the reporting period. The Bo De High School and Thanh Tam High School in Quang Tri City (YD347531) have a combined enrollment of approximately 2,000 students. They are both ex amples of the improvements being made in the educational sys tem in Quang Tri :Province. On 30 September two Vietnamese children returned to Quang Tri Province after having spent approximately 3 months at a hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Both were sent to the U.S. by the 3d Marine Division to undergo open heart surgery. One was operated on but it was later determined that the other child did not actually require surgery. The Reverend Gordon SMITH, who has spent 41 years in Vietnam, accompanied them back to La Vang Airrield in ~ang Tri City. Both child ren have been returned to their ramilies. (2) Thua Thien Province. This month saw the completion or the maternity clinic in Huong Tra District (YD755251), Thua Thien Province. This was a major errort undertaken by the 2d Brigade, 101st Air borne Division in direct conjunction with the 3d ARVN Regiment. This clinic was originally a French-built struoture in poor condition. Following six months of work. strictly voluntary, by troops of the 3d ARVN Regiment, with materials provided by - it 2 EN~~~l.!:Ili\.I!!'JlI?J DECLASSIFIED DECLASSIFIED the 2d Brigade, s-5, through the Division G-5, the clinic has added four new double bedrooms, a new water closet, and a new administration building. The capacity of the clinio has been more than doubled and much of the danger in childbirth has been eased. The ARVN soldiers willingly worked because it was of direct assistance to their families. The relationship between the 2d Brigade and 3d ARVN Regiment was more firmly cemented. Intelligence information on the NVA and VC activities con tinues to be turned into lOlst Airborne Division officers by the local populace. The people also seem to aocept the U.S. forces more as friends than as a neoessity beoause of civic action projects. Weekly MEDCAPs have been held in a slum area in Phan Thiet Hamlet, lOlst Airborne Division CAAOR, where living oonditions are extremely poor. Soap is regularly distributed and the children are made to take a bath before visiting the medical aidmen. Clothing has been given to the needy and food is distributed each week. The people are extremely grateful since their income is a very low and they are not supported by any of the welfare organizations. Elements of an Aero Rifle Platoon, B Troop, 2/17 Cavalry, lOlst Airborne Division discovered an abandoned Montagnard female ohild, age three years, in the vicinity of (YC8l3795). After rendering necessary medical aid, the child was evacua ted to Kim Long Orphanage (YD73921l). In preparation for the Mid-Autumn Festival held on 26 September, the 2d Brigade, 101st Airborne Division provided support to the 3d ARVN Regiment in the form of candy, lanterns, and toys for the 2.300 dependent children. A movie was also shown on the night of 25 September 1969. The 4-year old sister of Kit Carson Scout Nguyen D Cau was found by personnel of 101st Airborne Division to be suffer ing from an acute kidney failure. Prompt diagnosis and speedy evacuation to the 85th Evacuation Hospital, later to the 95th Evacuation Hospital, saved the child's life. G-5. 101st Airborne Division helped an estimated 6,000 Vietnamese children celebrate Tet Trung Thu (Mid-Autumn Festival) on 26 September. Gifts of toys for both boys and girls, oandy and lanterns were presented to the 3.500 dependent children of soldiers in the 3d ARVN Regiment and the 54th ARVN Regiment. Several orphans, children of widows, school ohildren, and children of the interpreters and Kit Carson Soouts also re ceived Tet Trung Thu gifts from G-5. In addition, gifts were presented from the Division Commander to the children of 1st ARVN Division Commander and the children of Thus Thien Province DECLASSIFIED DECLASSIFIED Chief. Gifts we~e p~esented on 25 Septembe~ 1969. Recently a large number of bodies we~e discove~ed bu~ied in a mass g~ave near Hue in lOlst Airborne Division CAAOR. These bodies, the ~emains of victims of VC te~ro~ism during the 1968 Tet Offensive, are to be bu~ied in a la~ge bu~ial vault which will be dedicated by GVN as a sh~ine to the peo ple of Vietnam. Marines of CACO 3-1 obtained the materials for the coffins. Two-hund~ed chickens were given to Con Son Refugee Vil lage (YD545335), lOlst Ai~bor.ne Division CAAOR. The chick en coop WaS built out of used lumbe~ provided by the 3d Bri gade. Fathe~ Smidt, of 10lst Avn Gp, gave a mass service in Latin at the Catholic chu~ch in Thanh Huong Hamlet (YD532482). Ove~ 400 Vietnamese attended the service. The 326th Engineer Battalion, 101st Airborne Division par ticipated in a US-VN Folksong Festival at the Ame~ican Cul tural Center in Hue on 28 September 1969. 101st Airborne Division ~eports a prog~am has been init iated under the supe~vision of NSAD TAN MY Public Works Officer to p~ovide enlisted Navy builders to instruct and di~ect the local Vietnamese in the construction of pUblic buildings. ( 3) Quang Nam Province. MEDCAP programs by MAG-16 and MACG-18, 1st Marine Airc~aft Wing have received favorable response from the Vietnamese in the past month. ~~G-16 has distributed to each person attend ine MEDCAPs a dental ca~e kit consisting of a toothbrush; and toothpaste. As a result, more people have sought treatment than befo~e this p~og~am was sta~ted. Efforts are di~ected towards getting the people to practice dental hygiene on a regula~ basis. MACG-18 has t~ained its civic action team in basic first-aid and now receives villagers on a daily basis at thei~ hamlet office in Hoa An Hamlet (AT987766). Flooding continues to be a p~oblem in the resettlement camps in the 1st Ma~ine Division CAAOR, and has reached major p~oportions at Xuan Tra Hamlet (BT063675). By the first part of last week, the wate~ level had ~eached 36" within the camp. The Vietnamese people drained the their compound by digging a ditch across the NSR to drain the ·water in another direction. 1st Engineers emplaced a 36" culve~t and re-opened the road. The Hoa Vang Dist~ict Chief remains adamant in his decision not to move the hamlet, and has asked for engineering support to c~eate an adequate drainage system. 1st Engineers conduct ed a survey which indicated that the hamlet could be drained only by extensive earth moving and culvert emplacement. Since • ENCL.OSURE ( I ) :f:i ®~©~ro~I~ET DECLASSIFIED DECLASSIFIED the 1st Marine Division does not have sufficient engineer ing assets available to accomplish the project, the District Chief was asked to consider the use of ARVN Engineer support, or failing that, to consider moving the people. In the mean time, one-hundred families have moved in with the families of nearby Hoi An Hamlet which is only 25% flooded. The lack of construction materials, particularly wood, in 1st Marine Division CAAOR, has brought construction in Ngan Cau Hamlet (BT056566) to a stand still. In excess of 3,000 people are now living in 20 houses, 10 GP tents, and an adjacent shanty town built of scrap cardboard and crating. Living conditions have deteriorated from marginal to poor. The 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division have been training Vietnamese nurses to take over their MEDCAPs. Most of the MEDCAPs in An Hoa vicinity are conducted by Vietnamese with 5th Marine supervision. In the 26th Marines area, self-help animal projects in An Dinh Hamlet (AT8978l5) have brought the people closer to gether as they labored cooperatively using material provided by the 26th Marines. Projects at An. Dinh Hamlet (AT8978l5), 1st Marine Division CAAOR, were particularly successful because at the outset the 26th Marines were determined to allow the Vietnamese to pro gress at their own pace, providing materials as they needed them. This techique is being used at Hoa Lac Elementary School, An Dinh, where lumber is being provided for school furniture, while the Vietnamese supply the labor. The An Dinh Dedication Ceremony on 30 September was an example of good c:l.vil affairs in the 1st Marine Division CAAOR. The ceremony dedicated the completion of a pig project, a rab bit project, a chicken project, and a well. Ten General WALT Scholarships and fifty school kits were presented to the childven in Hoa Lac School following the Well Dedication Cere mony. Many FWMAF and RVNAF officials were present, including CO 26th Marines, and Hoa Vang District Chief. III MAF band played for the ceremony. One and one half months ago 1/13, 1st Marine Division arranged for a three year old Vietnamese girl to go to the United States for heart surgery. The surgery was accomplished successfully, and she was returned to her family two weeks ago. Her health is much improved and although it is not expected that she will live long her life expectancy has improved. Her par~ts seem very pleased with the visible signs of her re covery. She was a "bluefl baby and now has a normal skin tone. 1/13 is now arranging to evacuate two more children of the same family to the United States for similar treatment. ENCLOSURE ( I ) lID~©~.~ DECLASSIFIED DECLASSIFIED Naval Support Activity reports the Civic Action Scholar ship Program has had many beneficial results. In offering scholarships to over 250 children in the Danang schools, civic action is not only offering these children an education, but is also encouraging those children who did not receive schol arships to want to go to school. This effect has been observ ed by many of the civic action teams. Naval Support Activity further reports that intelligence and other useful information continues to find its way to civic action personnel. Of special note was the reporting by villagers of a series of taps on a fuel line running from Red Beach to the Air Porce Base. Village Assistance Team 7, Naval Support Activity has recently accomplished a major step in reaching an important civic action goal, that of preparing the Vietnamese to take over the civic action functions and to serve their own people. At regularly held MEDCAPs over the past few months, VAT 7 personnel had noticed a considerable interest in their work by a Vietnamese Corpsman. This interest developed, and with in a few weeks, the corpsman was actually taking part in the MEDCAPs. Before long, he grasped the situation well enough to conduct the entire MEDCAP himself. Soon the location of the MEDCAP was moved to a Vietnamese buildlng, and a MEDCAP where Vietnamese treat Vietnamese was established. Once it was proven to the villagers that their government was making an effort to help them and that the Vietnamese corpsman was as capable as the Americans were, attendance at the MEDCAPs surrpased previous records. Civic Action's only remaining role in the HEDCAP is the provision of medical supplies. In the village of Hoa Thanh (AT912785), Force Logistics Command CAAOR, there is a deorease in the number of patients at MEDCAPs. It is felt that this is because of better per sonal hygiene practiced by the villagers. The village offic ials are also beginning to gain more confidence in the Vil lage Development Fund and are using this source of money. Intelligence information concerning NVA units and mission assignments was recently given Force Logistics Command offic ers. Additional information was provided regarding NVA units infiltrating into one of the villages at night. The pagodas completed at Hoa Phu Hamlet (AT757784) and at Thanh Vinh Hamlet (AT923793) in Force Logistics Command CAAOR are of great importance to the Vietnamese people. In the hamlet of Xuan Thieu (AT935893), a road approxi mstelV hOO meters 10n~1 has been completed. This road ENCl..OSU~E( I ) I~• G fID~@lUI.\~~I~~ ET DECLASSIFIED DECLASSIFIED provides the people with access to Route #1. Prior to this time all goods had to be physically transported through the sand to Route #1, but now vehicles can go directly to the hamlet and bring the people and their goods to market. The rollowing projects were completed during the month or September: Hamlet/MEDCAP/DENTCAP offices at Hoa Phu Hamlet (AT975784)1, Trung Nghia Hamlet (AT984777), and Bac Ninh Ham let (AT965tWO); one room addition to the school at Trung Nghia Hamlet (AT984777); ten heads and 2 public showers at Phu Loc Hamlet (AT975784); hamlet gate entrance at Tiep Cu (AT95L~787); three wells at Tiep Cu Hamlet (AT954787); com munity well project at Nam 0 Hamlet (AT935893); refurbish ment of a pagoda in Hoa Phu Hamlet (AT975784); and remodel ing of the elementary school at Da Son Hamlet (AT960765). III MAF H&S Company Chaplain's office is involved in the recruitment of off-duty English teachers for the USIS sponsored Vietnamese-American Association. Most of the teach ers in this program are USMC. During September, 12 personnel taught a total of 54 hours at Khiet Tam School, Danang. These volunteer activities are making important contributions to the development of mutual understanding between U.S. personnel and the Vietnamese. The Camp HornhTSA Ci~ Action Scholarship Program, coord inated by H&S Company Chaplain, has received contributions from Camp Horn Harines enabl ing 101 needy children to attend school th is year. (4) Quang Tin Province. Ky Khuong Village in Americal Division CAAUR is making rapid progress in initiating several significant projects under Village Self Development Fund. At the present time 1 med- ium size dam, 10 pigsties, 1 culvert, and 1 generator are under construction. 26th Engineers indicate that each project chosen will contri.bute to the s elf-sufficiency and development of the village. A further indication of the progress being made is the f act the t the 26th Engineers have furnished no commodity support to Ky Khuong Village durinf~ the reporting period. The 2d Battali.on, 1st Infantry, 196th Brigade, Americal Division, Friendship Council meetings at Binh An Hamlet (BT2L~1319) and Binh Trung Hamlet (BT228343) continue to be a successful means or discussing U.S. Military and Vietnamese civilian relations including joint civic action projects, joint military operations and problem areas between U.S. and Vietnamese personnel. e:~M~~f~/) SECRET DECLASSIFIED DECLASSIFIED The 4th Battalion, 3d In£antry, Americal Division, is using Vietnamese nurses in MEDCAPs to treat Montagnards. This has been success£ul in ~ining Montagnard support. There is a planned rice denial operation in Suol Loa Valley, where the Battalion will secure the rice harvest area for villagers from Ba To District to harvest the rice. The area is currently under va control and contains about eight square kilometers of rice fields. Refugees in Ba To were to move out from this area; this operation will give them the opportunity to regain the use of this land and deny the r ice to the VC and NVA. , SECRET DECLASSIFIED DECLASSIFIED • • III 11AF Quang Nam Province. In support of the Mid-Autumn Festival (25-27 September) III MAF provided 10,000 portions of candy to Mrs LAM, wife of LtGen LAM, Co~nanding General ICTZ. III MAF also provi ded candy, clothing and toys to other organizations in Danang City. G-5 is conducting a continuing review of the coastal block ade in ICTZ with n view toward recommending relaxation of re strictions on fishing where imp1'loved seourity permits. The purpose of this is to increase the daily catch which would subsequently drop the fish prioe (presently higher than in the U. 3.), so that there would be an increase in protein in take of the Vietnamese in ICTZ. During September, the blook ade from (AT943883) to (AT954885) has been relaxed to author ize fishing from 2000H-0600H daily. The area from (BT063760) to (BTl05665) has been restricted one kilometer out to sea from the high water l-ine ashore vioe three kilometers. The blockade from (BT090695) to (BT095685) has also been relaxed to allow Vietnamese fishermen free transit to and from the shoreline except during curfew hours (2000H-0500H). The blockade on the south bank of Cua Dai River (BT2l0565) to' Thuan Tinh (BT190550) and its tributaries (BT190550) to Hoi An River has been lifted during curfew hours. This should provide improved acoess to the fishing grounds for the inhab itants of Xuyen Long Refugee Settlement (BT163552). MCB-5 has installed a new fishing pier consisting of two barges in Danang Harbor (BT034797). Danang oity oonstruoted four concrete fish sheds and an aocess road to this pier. NSA civic action has provided two thirty-foot poles to bridge the gap between the barges and shoreline. The Mayor will provide planking to form a walkway between the poles. Difficulty has been reported in obtaining cement and rock fill to form an abutment on whioh the shore-end of the ramp will rest. ARVN engineers will design and construct the ramp. The problem of trash and garbage disposal by U.S. units in the Danang ares is being resolved by NSA Pub1io Works. Re quests for bids by private contractors for the trash removal have been sent out. Bids opened on 16 September 1969. The successful contractor has been operating since 1 October. 301 atium payments to victims of A3P-l explosion of 27 April 1969 total $VN 4,480,000 for five hamlets in Hoa Vang District. GVN War Victims Payments to the same five hamlets total $VN 22,312,800. ENCL~~}~rID SECRET DECLASSIFIED DECLASSIFIED • 9. Psychologioal Warfare Operations a. Chieu Hoi Program: PROVINCE TOTAL RECtD BY CLASSIFICATION RALLIED RECEIVED BY RVNAFI USI WITH RALLIER PROVo GVN FWMAF VC NVA POL OTHER WEAPON QUANG TRI 18 13 5 11 5 1 1 5 THUA THIEN 10 9 1 6 0 4 0 17 QUANG NAM 190 171 19 73 13 76 28 28 QUANG TIN 160 159 1 55 2 74 29 5 QUANG NGAI 139 135 4 60 5 48 26 19 TOTAL 517 487 30 205 25 203 84 74 b. Media Production and dissemination: (1) 7th PSYOP Battalion Production: Total basic (10 1/2" X 15") impressions: 8,358,123 Leaflets printed: 22,565,000 Posters printed: 105,000 Handbills printed: 252,000 Newspapers printed: 262,000 (2) Flight "A" 9th SOS operations - ICTZ Total PSYOP sorties flown: 432 Total targets scheduled: 5,726 Total leaflet targets flown: 2,302 Total tape targets flown: 1,309 Total leaflets dropped: 153,312,000 Total tape time: 173:20 (3) Ground loudspeaker broadcast hours: 959:00 (4) Waterborne loudspeaker broadcast hours: 71:00 (5) Movie showings/hours: 409/474:22 (6) Cultural Drama Team Performances: 24 c. Campaign Support:* THEME LFTS (AIR DROPPED) AIR BROADCAST HRS (1) Chieu Hoi 73,981,500 88:35 < , , (2) Anti VC/NVA 7,570,100 86:40 *NOTE - Includes total support rendered by RVNAF/FWMAF agencies as well as by US military and civil PSYOP and reported to III MAF E~I) SECRET DECLASSIFIED DECLASSIFIED THEME LFTS (AIR DROPPED) AIR BROADCAST HRS (3) Support GVN 34,719,000 83:41 (4) Rewards 1,515,000 :40 d. Tactical PsyOp in Support of Major III MAF Operations: OPERATION LFTS DELIVERED AIR/GND BDCST HRS (1) Richland Square 19,201,000 133:15/162:30 (2) Iron Mountain 12,182,000 17:10/24:05 (3) Geneva Park 11,895,000 16:05/34:30 (4) Nantucket Beach 7,850,000 9:25/16:15 (5) Iroquois Grove 6,536,000 17:20/0 (6) Pipestone Canyon 5,972,000 5:30/7:30 (7) ARVN AO 5,899,000 3:20/0 (8) Fredrick Hill 5,173,000 5:45/64:30 (9) Recon Zone 3,672,000 9:15/:20 (10) Idaho Canyon 3,943,806 1:30/0 (11) Arlington Canyon 1,643,000 :30/0 (12) Georgia Tar 1,549,000 2:00/0 (13) Republic Square 634,000 4:30/16:00 e. Narrative Summary (1) General (a) On 3 September 1969, an announcement was made of Ho Chi Minh's death. PsyOp guidance was received from COMUSMACV and the ICTZ Regional PsyOp Coordi nating Council met on 8 September to plan exploitation of Minh's death. Amplifying instructions on MACV guidance and results of the I Corps coordinating meeting went out to subordinate commands. A series of tapes and leaflets were developed with target audience priorities established as follows: a) NVA/VC; b) population in enemy controlled areas; c) population in contested areas; and d) population in GVN controlled areas. A thorough review of all propaganda with direct references to Minh was conducted to remove any items that became inappropriate after his death. (b) Troop redeployment PsyOp focused in Northern I Corps where the remaining elements of the 3d Marine Division commenced preparation to leave the battlefield. A Division Bulletin and PsyOp Annex to their Redeployment OPlan has been E.~~~W~~~,) 51 SECRET DECLASSIFIED DECLASSIFIED disseminated to all subordinate organizations, stressing the importance of PsyOp during redeployment. Aerial and ground broadcast tapes and leaflets have been prepared locally and by 7th PsyOp Bn. All events and ceremonies in volving Marines and Vietnamese will be covered by VIS to insure that radio, TV, and newspaper .. coverage is obtained. (c) Several meetings were held this month to improve coordination between PsyOp agencies as troops redeploy and to insure continued PsyOp effort for all other ongoing campaigns. I III MAF condUcted a P,syOp Orientation Course on 26 September for officers from commands throughout ICTZ. Course objectives were to familiarize officers with 'the PsyOp organization, mission, objectives, campaigns, and assets for III MAF, MACV,JUSPAO, and Vietnamese agenoies. Emphasis was placed on III MAF, 7th PsyOp Bn,and Flight 'lA''', 9th SOS. (Okinawa) 2 The 7th PsyOp Group/conducted a Leaflet Dissemination Training Class on 25 and 26 September for pilots and crew members of Flight "A" and 7th PsyOp Bn personnel. The course covered background and theory of targeting, leaflet quantity determination, and technical aspects of leaflet drift and dispersion. 3 On 12 September, III MAF held its monthly PsyOp conference for all US PsyOp agencies, military and civilian, in ICTZ. The nature of the conference was a mutual exchange of ideas on activities, SOPs and problem areas so that agencies might benefit, one from another, in developing new ideas and solving problems. ! A meeting was held on 19 September with representatives of all RVN and US PsyOp coordinators in the Danang area participating. The purpose was to discuss redeploy ment PsyOp. An overall approach to missions, concepts, objecb tives, and coordination was agreed to. 5 The PSyOp Officer met wi.th Quang Tri officials on 26 September to discuss redeployment PsyOp. The Province Chief has suggested that a "Brigade of Vietnamese Marines" be moved in to physically replace the US Marines. Local officials are aware of the need to reassure the people of their safety and encourage them to be strong. td) A mass grave site was found 16 km south of Hue on 19 September. US and RVN officials investi9ated and EN~~~~~~~~) 52 SECREl DECLASSIFIED DECLASSIFIED • SECRET • @~@~b.1~®n~~f€® found approximately 250 decomposed bodies in a shallow grave in a stream bed. These are believed to be the remains of victims of the 1968 Tet Offensive at Hue. When the investiga tion is completed, appropriate ceremonies, designed for PsyOp impact, are planned. (e) Enemy propaganda leaflets found by 1st Marine Division used theme of racial inequality of Negroes in Vietnam. (f) Problems developed with the television translator atop Hill 724. In addition to structural deficien cies noted in the equipment shelter, technical difficulties have prevented retransmission of the signal from Hue. Force Engineer and NBCI technicians have been notified and are taking steps to rectify their respective problem areas. (g) An increase in the number of terrorist attacks by the enemy against innocent civilians during recent months prompted III MAF, PsyOp to prepare ICCI 3824.1 to disseminate information on documenting and reporting acts of terror and attacks on population centers. The instruction prescribes policy and promulgates guidance'on procedures to be followed to investigate, document and report such incidents. (2) Program Evaluation and Results (a) Chieu Hoi 1 On 25 September, a VC Company Commander named Quyen rallied to Thang Binh District. He is a native of that district. After becoming disillusioned with the failure of the VC to fulfill their promises, Quyen persuaded about 25 members of his unit to Chieu Hoi with him. The Quang Tin Province Chief took the ralliers through the city and bought them clothes and toiletries and showed them what life was like under GVN control. To demonstrate their good faith, the ralliers disarmed 26 mines and booby traps they had prev,!ously set in the district. 2 There were 517 ralliers in ICTZ this month. E~~~f~~j~~,) 53 SECRET DECLASSIFIED DECLASSIFIED SECRET That is the third highest total recorded this year. 3 In Northern I Corps, 3d Marine Division reported that thorough indoctrination of NVA soldiers before they cross the DMZ creates problems for the Chieu Hoi appeal. The most effective themes used against NVA emphasize hunger, disease, fear of ambush, and B-52 strikes. 4 Americal Division reported that on 28 September, five VC-rallied to Nui Lac Son Village, Quang Tin Province and brought with them six members of their families. Each VC claimed to have rallied because of an Earlyword Broadcast flown on 27 September in which the Nui Lac Son Village Chief spoke. Printed letters from District Chiefs have also reportedly been instrumental in inducing rally. (b) Pro GVN 1 The Children's Mid-Autumn Festival was celebrated by several III MAF agencies on 25-26 September. Many village children and orphans received gifts, candy, and fruit from Marines, soldiers and sailors in ICTZ. Danang festivities were climaxed by a moonlight cruise on a junk which was decorated to look like a dragon. The junk, with some 50 children on board, dressed in sailor suits, cruised along the Danang waterfront. 2 Rice denial operations were conducted throughout ICTZ •. lntelligence reports indicated that the enemy was already suffering from lack of food; this campaign was designed to maintain that state of deprivation. Two goals can be achieved in this program: rice denial to the VC/NVA; and education of the people concerning the GVN central sto~age program. 7th PsyOp Battalion has prepared 5 leaflets and 4 tapes for this campaign. One of the leaflets tells that the VC is paying a high price for rice, he is paying with his life. ENCLOSU~CI) @~©~lA\$$~lFU~lID 54 SECRET DECLASSIFIED DECLASSIFIED ;-- (cl Anti-NVA/VC 1 Intelligence indicated growing dissension between NVA and VC-forces in I Corps. A leaflet campaign was conducted to exploit tne distrust and suspicion between the COMMUnist force•• 2 The 5th SFG undertook a campaign to convince NVA troops that the "Liberation effort" was not desired by the people of South Vietnam and that the NVA soldiers were dying for a useless cause to satisfy the whims of North Vietnamese politicians. 3 Americal exploited sustained contact in HiepI Duc area with two leaflets highlighting the thousand enemy killed in action in one week. One target group was the local VC with a message discrediting the NVA capabilities. The second leaflet was aimed at the local population to advertise the defeat of the NVA and to build their confidence in the GVN. This leaflet also solicited information of enemy activity and location of caches. Cd} Effectiveness Indicators 1 At a recent visit to the Quang Ngai Chieu Hoi Center, ralliers were asked what they felt was the most effective medium to induce rally: sixteen said letters received from friends and relatives; eleven said leaflets; seven said leaflets and radio broadcasts; and two said radio br~casts. In a previous visit to the center, the following information was given by 30 ralliers as the influencing media which caused them to rally. Eleven stated face-to-face communication; eight stated letters from friends and relatives; four stated leaflets; four indicated frustrations; two claimed "Earlyword" broadcasts, and one claimed radio broadcast. ~ A previous propaganda unit member who rallied to the GVN said he left the VC after he saw many inconsistencies in their propaganda. He credited leaflets and radio broadcasts with influencing him to rally. (e} Voluntary Informant Program 1 This month villagers reported the location of an NVA rice cache to CAP. A patrol found 150 pounds of rice in the cache and distributed it to the villagers who reported it. ENCLOSU~E( I ) 55 ~~WU~fID DECLASSIFIED DECLASSIFIED 2 Americal Division paid 10,000 $VN for information leading to the capture of a hamlet guerilla. The location of a food cache and tunnel complex was also disclosed. Information led to the discovery of mines and booby traps in An Tho Hamlet as well as 4,000 pounds of tapioca, and a cave used as a VC/NVA hiding place. (3) PsyOp Intelligence (a) While the general trend of a gradual decrease of enemy initiated tactical activity continued, enemy political and propaganda activity continued to remain at a relatively high level. Additionally, the month of September was marked by two important events - the death of Ho Chi Minh and the re deployment announcement of 35,000 US troops. The death of Ho Chi Minh did not appear to result in any immediate change of previously announced enemy policies. In commemoration of the death of Ho Chi Minh, the enemy initiated a three day truce and appropriate ceremonies, which were utilized to bolster morale and strengthen individual resolve and dedication to continue the conflict in SVN. Numerous reports indicated that the enemy allegedly planned to make intensive use of civilian and military proselyting and propaganda in support of enemy's prime objective of promoting conditions suitable for establishment of a coali tion government. The reported relative increase in acts of terrorism, particularly attacks on refugee settlements, was viewed as being indicative of enemy's,det~rmined effort to defeat the GVN's pacification program ·and to portray GVN as being incapable of providing adequate protection for the civilian populace. (b) The enemy was quick to exploit the announced redeployment of additional US troops. Enemy propaganda directed toward influencing international opinion labelled US troop re deployment as being a deceitful trick as the number of US troops involved was an insignificant amount. However, the topic of us troop redeployment was used to bolster morale of enemy troops. Enemy troops were told by unit political officers that the redeployment of US troops was the result of tactical defeats and that the US was deserting the GVN. Enemy propaganda also played upon the existing fear and doubt among the civilian populace concerning the actual capability of RVNAF to render adequate protection and stressed US troop redeployment as being further positive evidence of inevitable VC/NVA victory. (c) Prominent enemy propaganda themes during the month of September were: 1 Present GVN government is a puppet ENCLOSURE CI) , 5G @~©OJ\~fiftT DECLASSIFIED DECLASSIFIED government; demand coalition government be established. 2 Tactical defeats have forced US to withdraw its troops; US is desertinp, GVN; GVN cannot provide populace with adequate protection. 3 PutiIe to suppor t GVN; join "just cause" now and share in tne inevitable victory. & Do not join local defense forces to serve as guards for sleeping Americans and supporters of puppet government; Americans want you to take up combat tasks. ENCLOe,Y,QE11) ®~©~ro~~UlrUlf.lID 57 SECRET DECLASSIFIED DECLASSIFIED ""7 10. COMMUNICATIONS a. Message volume through the III MAF Communication Center: ~ Sept Increase Decrease Incoming 41.,11 33,683 7,608 Outgoing 21,521 11,355 10,166 Total 62,812 45,038 17,774 b. Combat Operations Center Communication Center traffic: ~ Sept Increase Decrease Incoming 6,697 6,193 504 Outgoing 9.,856 6,643 3213 Total 16,553 12,836 3717 c. Headquarters, III MAF message traffic originated: August 4,285 September 4,446 Increase 161 d. The average daily subscriber initiated call rate through the III MAr AN/T'&-28 was 15,340. This figure does not include a daily average of 1,146 operator processed trunk calls. e. Commander RICHARDSON and Major DAVIA fran COMNAVFORV visited III MAF in connection with Sea Lords Communications on 1 September 1969. f. Col S. A. DRESSIN assigned as Assistant Chief of Staff, G-6 vice Col B. E. HORNER, transferred to CONUS on 11 September 1969. g. Maj E. G. FURLOW, u. S. Army, assigned as Assistant Operations/Circuit Officer vice Maj H. E. REYNOLDS, transferred to CONUS on 16 September 1969. h. LtCol ARQUETTE from Philadelphia (Code 834) visited III MAF and Ftc in regards to maintenance supply support and the Marine Corps eqUipment modification program on 16-22 September 1969. i.; LtCol MCCARTY from PhUadelphia visited III MAF in connection with initial proVisioning of Marine Corps equip~t on 16-22 SeptEll1ber 1969. j. Capt MYERS and MGySgt VESEY attended a provisioning briefing by a team from MCSA Philadelphia on 17 September 1969 k. The ICTZiDanang Sector Communications Coordination Conmittee met at III MAF on 17 September 1969. 1. The ICTZIDanang Sector Cable Coordinating Committee met at III MAF on 17 September 1969. 58 DECLASSIFIED .. DECLASSIFIED m. The integrated observation device team with equipment arrived on 29 September 1969. n. Col DRESSIN met with COMNAVFORV J-6 in Sgilgon to discuss Sea Lords Oommunications Support 28-30 September 1969. o. The Mobile Conmunication Center AN/roC-37 removed from 1st Marine Division and prepared for shipment to the 3rd Marine Division on 30 September 1969. p. G-6 Section Staff members attended the following meetings and conferences: Date Attendees Conference/Meeting Location 2-4 Sept Maj REYNOLDS ICTZ Trunking Conference DCA-Tan Son Nhut Maj FURLOW 10-12 Sept Maj RISLER Autosevocom and Autodin DCA-Tan Son Nhut working group conference 18-19 Sept LtCo1 DELOln TELMA working group meeting DCA-Tan Son Nhut q. ICTZ Staff Visits 17 September 5th/7th CommBns Col DRESSIN, MlySgt JOHNSTON 18 September I Corps ACofS, G-6, Col BOO Col DRESSIN, MlySgt JOHNSTON 18 Sept_ber FLC FCC Operations Capt :Pm! 21 September ForLogComd LtCo1 ARQUETTE, Capt MYERS 21 September 1st Marine AirWing FCC Operations Capt MORT 22 September XXIV Corps and 101st Abn Div Col IIlESSIN, MlySgt JOHNSTON 22 September Danang EE Capt MCRT 23 September 3rd Marine Division Col DRESSIN, IDySgt JOHNSTON 25 September 1st Marine AirWing Col DRESSIN, MGySgt JOHNSTON 29 September 1st Marine Division, Navy DCO, Capt MCRT AF DCO 30 September 1st Force Recon Co. Maj RISLER r. Liaison Visits 1 September 5th/7th CommBns Capt H:>RT 3 September ForLogComd Capt MYERS 5 September Maint Bn 1st FSR and ForLogCond Capt MYERS 16 September Maint Bn 1st FSR Capt MIERS 18 September ForLogComd Maj n8L0Rl 21 September ForLogComd G-3 Maint Capt MIERS 22 September Danang EE Maj FURLON} 25 September 1st Marine AirWing Maj FURLOln 29 September 1st MarDiv, Navy DTE, aoo Air Maj FURLON} Force DTE ENCLOSURE (1) 59 DECLASSIFIED DECLASSIFIED a. BACKGROUND. During th~ month or September, the CIa in coordination with Division, Wing, and FLC 10's provided escorts to accompanY' newsmen i:1 news gathering assignments covering I Corps ground and ai~ operations, civic action and the CAP program. The MACV }?ess Center hosted 100 correspondents during the month. b. MOTOR TRANSPORT. Taotical vehicles on hand in clude two M-lSl jeeps and one M-37 truok. Other vehicles on hand are one 9 passenger Chevrolet SIlO van, tV(J ~ ton Datsun piokup trucks and one Datsun sedan. TYPE VEHICLE NO, STATUS -Datsun 500Xl3l Working M-37 312260 Working S-lO 250871 Working M-151 , 358467 Deadline M-151 353696 Working Datsun 500X130 Working Datsun 500Xl,3S Working M-15l 94-69487 Deadline NSA M-151 94-69l7l Deadline NSA One M-l51 jeep is deadlined ro~ 4th eohelon maintenanoe on engine at Maintenanoe Battalion, Poroe Logistic Command. c. PHOTOGRAPHY. The following are the produotion figures .from all Marine photographic sections in I Corps• ]lli!! NEGATIVES PRINTS MOPIC (FEET) CIB 2,695 8,056 lstl-jarDiv 3,620 13,098 1,5'l4500 3dl-1arDlv 6,~3 11,045 100 }"Yi.Avl 1,6 6 1,065 500 FLC 3,894 9,586 TOTAL 18,218 42,850 7,945 (l) All s1.gnlflcant events oocurring during the month of September within the soope of this unit were covered by photographers of this unit. Significant events :I.neluded: (a) LtG'en H. W.· Buse" yOmDlfinding General of Fleet Marine, Force, Pacific, visits' I Corps. ' •GO DECLASSIFIED DECLASSIFIED (b) ,Mr. J.M. Patr1~k, Co...nder ot the Amerioan Legion, tours I Corps. (0) Guamanian sen8~ors vi.it I Corps. (d) Assistant Secr~tary or the Navy, J.D. Hittle visits I Corps. (e) Selectman CharI•• F. Yaitan.s tours I Corps. (t) Sir Neel Wheeler visits I Corps. (g) A total ot')) photo releases were pr1nted at cm tor a total print oount ot 3,300. d. RADIO/TELEVISION. During the month of September the Radio-TV unit edited 72 taped radio news teatur~s and dubbed a total of 576 oopies for distribution to ~eleotea oommeroial Radio-TV outlets in CONUS, to Marine Corps Distriot PAO's, MOIO's in New York and Los Anseles, and m&'jor command ISO's stateside. ISO sections in III MAF oommands produced 303 home town radio interviews on individual Marines and forwarded thoae tapes directly to the Fleet Home To~n News Center tor prooessing and distribution. The breakdown of news teatures and home town tape. i. as follows: -UNIT NEWS FEATURES FHTNC CIa 22 15 lstMarDlv 26 127 3dMarDiv o 67 FMAW 8 FLC 16 tt~ TOTAL 72 -)0) (1) CrB Radio-TV added 200 stations to total distribution. e. OPERATIONS~ESCORT. The Operationa/Esoort Unit continued to provi e services to newsmen throughout tho m~nth. Escorts were provided and/or ar:,,(mged to oover major I Corps operations--F'rederiok Hill" GeE,::,'}!!. Park, and, Iron tfountain as well as M4ny small unit ppe~atlons and Paoirioa~lon/CAP aotivities looated within the I Corps Taotical Zone. In addition, personnel of the Ope~ations/Esoort unit accompanied major network and wire servioe personnel to the )d Marine lID~@~[jJ$$n~n~[ID Enof'osure (1) • 61 SECRET DECLASSIFIED DECLASSIFIED Regiment to staging areas at Dong Ha and Quang Tri for their planned redeployment tro~ the Republio of Vietnam. Also newsmen were provided trantJportation and e.oort to the lOlst Airbort;ie Division's AO tOl' ooverage of the reposition ing of troopers within Thua Thien and~uang Tri Provinoes. (1) Botab1e Newsmen. Notable news media representatives at the Press ~enter during the month or September inoluded: C. Arnot, V. Dan, K. Oa1e1 K.F. Sam, D.E. Baker, T.V. Kha, ABC; A.H. Sargent, W.H. Brown, M.V. Duo, M.E. Marriott, R.D. Threlkeld, D.H. Webster, P.O. Cuong, R. Lorentzen, A.H. Sohupp, CBS; V. Giao, J.B. Parsone, K. Jones, H.T. Nghia, V. Suu, T. Yashiro, S. Yasuda, J. ~turdevant, NBC; R. Merron, E. Sharbutt, J. Sharbutt, H. Vitn Es, R.ID. iOhrr-.an, C. Bel1orget, AP; S. Akat.uka, D. Gibbons; D.B. Thomson, D. Lamb, P.J. Issot, N.J. Wheeler, R.M. Wheeler, t)'PI; S. Warsh, J.T. Clare, J.I. Song, P. Lwninello, STARS & STRIPES; L.M. Santorelli, I. MacKenzie, REUTERS; R. Boyle, OVERSEAS WEEnY; C.M. Lee,' D. lUtohell, INTERNATI,ONAL TELE-NEWS; D. Fawoett, HO~OLULU ADVERTISER; D. McKendry, B.M. Peok, AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING; J. Nugent, KCYL COMFORT NEWS; J. Manron, CONDUGHT PUBLICATIONS; T., Ohata, YOMIURI SRIMBON; T. Pinoher, BATTO. PBO'l'()GRAPHIC ORGANIZATION; R. Swanson, H.C. Wingo, LIPE MAGAZINE; N. Adams, READER'S DIGEST: K.T. Choi, AUSTRAILIA NlWS, H. Emmerioh, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE; J. Sterba, NEW YORK TIMES, E. Pond, CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR, C.Thomplon, A.P.P., J. Hayakawa, H. Meaki, Y. Takagi, PUJI TELECASTING; R. Alm, FAIRCHILD PUBLICATIONS; R. Anson, TIME-LIFE; K.Y. Choi, DONG-A-II,BO; S.Y. Dong, DAE HAN NEWS; B.X. Kim, JON WOO SHINMOON; Y.S. Lee, KOREA LIFE; J.C. Ma1et, VIS NEWS LTD, W. Meriok, U.s. NEWS & WORLD REPORT; T.H. Son, GERMAN RADIO & TV; H.J. Trimborn, LIFE; C.W. Briggs, CONTACT MAGAZINE: A. LeBon, H. Soboute, E. Zaugg, C. Holliger, FREELANCE. f. PRESS. During September the Preas Unit processed a total of 346 news and feature. releases from III MAF commands tor release to oivilian and mi1itarl media. Following is a b..eakdown of the relea.e. t " . -UNIT NE!iS/lMTURE RELEASES CIa S7 lstMarDiv 2S 3dl(arDiv, S7 PMAW PLC f~ Augult Hold oyer 111 TOTAL 346 I B1)olos\ll'e (1) [,2 fID~~~'fID DECLASSIFIED DECLASSIFIED (1) A total 01' 5,689 ~1~!me town it••• on individual Marin•• were forwarded by III ~F oommands to the Pleet Home Town New. Center tor proo~~8ing and di.tributioD to home town newspapers. The bre~kdown 1••• tollow., g. COMBAT ART. During the month of September the Combat Art team In the Repub1V,,\ of Vietnam oonsisted ot Lieutenant Apgar, Lieutenant H~Connell, SSgt Fairfax, PPC's Moss and William.. Lieutenant MoConne1l reported. to the CIa on 25 September tro~ the )d Marine Divilion. (1) Both Lieutenant M·jConnell and SSgt Fairtax have one (1) painting in progrols and have gathered material for new wor ks • (2) PFC Williams has produoed .everal drawings and has gathered material tor new works. (3) PPC Moel has oompleted tour (4) paintings and has gathered material for new works. I Enolosure (1) DECLASSIFIED DECLASSIFIED 12. CHRONOWY OF VIP VISITS DATE- NAME- RANK/SERVIOE BILLET 1-2Sep69 W. B. ROSSON GenlUSA DEPOOMUSMAOV 3-7Sep69 F. B. VORIS RAdmaUSN MC, USN, CINCPACFLT Med Otf1oer 4Sep69 W. L. STARNES BGena.USA Ass't for Construotion OP'8, OASD 5-6Sep69 J. D. HITTLE HonorableaMr. Asa't SECNAV (M&RA) $-6Sep69 CARNEY BGenfUSMO CG, 9th MAB 6Sep69 DZU MGen aARVN ARVN Foroes 8Sep69 ZUMWALT VACDUUSN COMNAVFORV 8Sep69 YATES BGen:USA MACDC 8Sep69 J. M. ACFALLE Honorable Senator (GUAM) 8Sep69 W. D. L. FLORES Honorable Senator (Guam) 8Sep69 L. S. N. PAULINO Honorable Senator (Guam) 9Sep69 SHILLITO Mr. Ass't SeoDet 9Sep69 W. B. ROSSON Gens USA DEPCOMUSMACV lO-11Sep69 J. ALOSP Mr. Column1st 14-16Sep69 F. S. BESSON Jr. Gen:USA Chairman JLRB 14-16Sep69 F. L. WIH;SE}{AN LTGensUSMC Member JLRB 14-16Sep6~ L. L. MUNDEL LTGen:USAP Member JLRB 14-16Sep69 E. B. HOOPER VAdmsUSN Member JLRB 14-16~ep69 O. E. HURLBURT Y LtG_nUSA Member JLRB 14-16sep69 J. W. BOTTOMS RAdm:USll Member JLRB 14Sep69 F. J. FITZPATRICK RAdm:USN COMNAVCOM 17-18Sep6~ C. J. WRIGHT Mr. National CoHdr Amerioan Leg10n Staft member of Mr. PATRICK 17-18Sep69 H. C. HULL Mr. Ass't Executive Dir Ind1anapo11s HQ Amer10an {.eglon E~i~'~'~I ) DECLASSIFIED DECLASSIFIED • @~©~ffi_1R£ T ~ NAME RA!KlSERVIOB BILLET l8-19Sep69 W. R. KRAFT BGenIUS! Dep Ass't Chiet ot Statt tor operations, J-3 MACV 21Sep69 RYDER BGen:USA 23Sep69 Sir NEIL WHEELER Air Marshall RAP 25Sep69 O. w. ABRAMS Gen:USA COMUSMACV 26-28Sep69 H. W. BUSE LTGen: UftIO OG, FMFPAC 30Sep69 W. B. ROSSON Gen:USA DEPCeJ.1USMAOV 30Sep69 N. AlUMS Mr. Readers Digest Reporter ENCLOSURE ( I ) (,s ®~©~§m~~ DECLASSIFIED DECLASSIFIED • PART IV SWfORTING DOOlJMENTS , (1) Saptember 1969 Editione, III Marine AJDphi bioue Force Newspaper, ItSEA TIGER. It ~..-..-t.(. l'i'twi ~ ~ '.!! M SEC~ET DECLASSIFIED DECLASSIFIED SECRET • •.. 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