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FIRST ENDORSEMENT on CG III MAF ltr 3K/lhs 5750 Ser: 00242268 dated 27 Dec 1968

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

Subj: Command Chronology (U)

L The subject chronology has been reviewed for completeness and is forwarded herewith. ~~ )4,,-L__ w. E. ~~ By direction

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COMMANDING GENERAL III MARINE AMPHIBIOUS FORCE MILITARY ASSISTANCE COMMAND. VIETNAM FPO. SAN FRANCISCO gee02

IN REPLY IUI'ER TO, 3K/lhs 5750 Ser: 27 DEC 1968 00242268 unclassified upon removal of enclosure (1) From: Commanding General To: Commandant of the Marine Corps (Code A03D) Via: Commanding General, Fleet Marine Force, Pacific Subj: Command Chronology (U) Ref: MCO P5750.lA FMFPacO 5750.8A Encl: (1) III MAP Command Chronology, November 1968 1. In aCcordance with references Ca) and (b), enclosure (1) is submitted herewith.

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HEADQUARTERS III Marine Amphibious Force Military Assistance Command, Vietnam San Francisco, California 96602

COMMAND CHROOOLOGX 1 November 1968 - 30 Nove-ber 1968 INQ,i); PART I - ORGANlZATlOOAL DATA PART II NARRATIVE SUMMARY PART III SEQUENTIAL LISTING OF SIGNIFICANT EVENTS PART IV SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS

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PART I ORGANIZATIONAL DATA 1. DESIGNATION COMMANDER III Marine Amphibious Force Lieutenant General Robert E. CUSHMd Jr. U. S. Matlln. Corps lJun67 - 3OBov68 DEPUTY COMMANDER Major General Rathvon McC. TOMPKIBS, U. S. Marine Corps 26Ma168 - 30Bov68 SUBORDINATE UNITS XXIV CORPS Lieutenant General Richard G. STILWELL, U. S. Aray lJul68 - 30Bov68 Third Marine Division Major General Raymond G. DAVIS U. S. Marine Corps 2ZMay68 - 30Nov68 First Cavalry Division Major General George I. FORSYTHE (Air Mobile) U. S. Army 19Aug68 - lORov68 10lst Airborne Division Major General Melvin ZAIS (Air Mobile) U. S. Army 19Aug68 - 30Bov68 First Marine Division Major General Carl A. YOUHGDALE U. S. Marine Corp. 26Jun68 - 30Nov68 First Marine Aircratt Wing Major General Charles J. QUILTER, U. S. Marine Corps 22Jun68 - 30Bov68 Americal Division Major General Charles M. GETTYS U. S. Army 2)May68 - 30Hov68

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Force Logistic Command Brigadier General Harry C. r~. i (' f' ,. "il ut~,~t..' ,-~ OLSON, U. S. Marine Corps ,'.' j 2l0ct68 - 30Nov68 Headquarters & Service Co. Colonel William K. WHITE III Marine Amphibious Force U. S. Marine Corps Headquarters Commandant 40ct68 - 30Nov68 ATTACHED UNITS Sub Unit #1, First Radio Lieutenant Colonel Patrick J. Battalion FENNELL, U. S. Marine Corps l70ct68-30Nov68

29th Civil Affairs Company Major Charles E. ESLER u. S. Army 200c t68 - 27N ov68 Lieutenant Colonel Robert R. RAFFERTY U. S. .A:rmy 28Nov68 - 30Nov68

7th Psychological Operations Major Donald D. KE~WER, Jr. Battalion U. S. Army 24Uay68 - 24Nov68 Major Michael FORTINI U. S. Aray 25Nov68 - 30Nov68 2. LOCATION. 1-30 November 1968, East Danang, Quang Nam Province, Republic of Vietnam. 3. STAFF OFFICERS. Deputy Commanding General, Air Major General Charles J. QUILTER, U. S. Marine Corps 22Jun68 - 30Nov68 CHIEF Of Staff l;.ajor General Earl E. ANDERSON U. S. Marine Corps 21Dec67 - 20Nov68 Deputy Chief of Staff Colonel Michael MOSTELLER U. S. Marine Corps 5Aug68 - 30Nov68

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Force Adjutant Major James H. LYLES u. S. Marine Corps 8Aug68 - 30Nov68 Assistant Chief of Staff, Lieutenant Colonel Daniel J. Comptroller FORD, U. S. Marine Corps 25Ju168 - 30Nov68 Force Information Services Colonel Paul M. MOrlIARTY Officer U. S. Marine Corps 29Ju168 - 3l0ct68 Officer in Charge, COC Lieutenant Colonel James H. I'1A.CLEAN, U. S. Marine Corps 2lJu168 - 30Nov68 For6e Food Services Officer Lieutenant Colonel Leslie P. DAY, U. S. Marine Corps 28Sep68 - 30Nov68 Force Chaplain Captain R. W. RADCLIFFE U. S. Navy 50ct68 - 30Nov68 Force Surgeon Captain John H. STOVER, Jr., U. S. Navy l2May68 - 30Nov68 Force Dental Officer Captain William L. DARNELL, Jr., U. S. Navy lJu168 - 30Nov68 Force Motor Transport Officer Major Joseph N. EGGLESTON, U. S. Marine Corps 9Mar68 - 30N ov68 Force Ordnance Officer Colonel James LEON U. S. Marine Corps 22Sep68 - 30Nov68 Protocol Officer Major Robert E. GIBSON U. S. Marine Corps 19Ju168 - 30Nov68 Force Special Services Officer Colonel Willian BIEHL, Jr., U. S. Marine Corps 30Aug68 - 30Nov68

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Director Transportation Control Lieutenant Colonel John F. Center GOULD~ U. S. Marine Corps lFeb6tl - 30Nov68 . Force Inspector Colonel James W. SHANK U. S. Marine Corps l6Sep68 - 30Nov68 USMC Liaison Officer, MACV Colonel Carl E. SCHMIDT U. S. Marine Corps 22Sep68 - 30Nov68 USMC Liaison Officer, 7thAF Colonel Carl H. SCHMIDT U. S. Marine Corps 22Sep68 - 30Nov68 USHC Liaison Officer, ROKMC Lieutenant Colonel Lewis J. BACHER~ U. S. Marine Corps 24Jun6tl - 3QNov68 Staff Secretary Major Harold E. HAvlKINS U. S. Marine Corps 2Sep68 - 30Nov68

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a. III Marine Amphibious Force Headquarters Officers Enlisted

USMC USN USA USAF USMC USN USA USAF

H&S Co, HQ III MAr 14 2 0 0 308 7 0 0 HQ Staff, 111 MAF 208 12 26 1 508 8 13 2 SUl1,lST RADBN 26 0 0 0 368 4 0 0 CAG's 38 0 0 0 1885 145 0 0 29th CA Co (att) 0 0 9 0 0 0 24 0 7th l'syOps Co (sup) 0 0 15 0 0 0 57 0

b. III Marine Amphibious Force

Officers Enlisted USMC USN USA USAF USMC USN USA USAF

4988 427 4698 22 72102 2912 52543 30

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1. INTRODUCTION....-- PF __• a. GEtIERAL•. During November 1966,II:rHarlneAmphib:tous Foroe Headquar·terswas ~oeatedln Eas1i.Danang, Republic of Vietnam. The avera.ge p~rsonnelstre~thwa,s137,.72Zan increase of 342 over the previous month. b. ACTIVITIES. III MAFoontinues to be gu~ded by- COMUSMACV' Letter of Instruction (LOr 3-66Jdat~p.30Ma1"eh1966 .. in pursuit of its objectives for November. 1968•. 2. OVER4~JjE:VALUA!rION. QuangN8.lu all.9- northern Quang Tin Provinces weI'S the scene of the most 1mportantactions dm'ing the month of November. In South Eas~~rnQuangNa~aseven battalion Marine and ARVN task.fo:roe·~nOperation Meade River,. succeeded in encircling and destro;rinif two· enemy battalions and capturing large numbersot prisoners. Elsewhere in QuangNaIll,al"'tillerYdirectedbl}larine r-eccnnad.eaanee teams in Operation Hen4erson I!illaccounted for over two hundred enemy KIA. In oontrast to the intense aotiv:l'tt7.in central I Corps, hostilities in Northern r Oorp~andtliei:l'lUl1$5U-atevieinity of the DFrZ; remained at an unusually l!wlevel# with the enemy apparemtly unwilling or unable to commit his 'WIlts to a major effort in the area. DUI'ing November. III MAF units initiated ato1#a1 otfive new major unit operations in the ICTZ,. and te~m1nated ten. A total of eight were continuing at the endo! the month.

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PART III (S) SEQUENTIAL LISTINGS OF SIGNIFICANT EVENTS, NOVEMBE:R 1968 1. SUMMARY OF OPERATIONS. (The following three operations had moderate to significant contact. a. Operation MEADE RlViR. The 1st Marine Division (1st Marines) commenced clear and search opez-atacne. .in Quang Nam Province with significant contact for the period 20-30 November 1968. At 200845H a helicopter carrying part of the initial assault force crashed and burned. 6 USMC were KIA, 16 USMC WIA. Throughout the first day elements of 2/7 and 1/1 Marines continued to encoun ter scattered pockets of enemy. The largest contact occurred at 20l100H when a recon team engaged 9 NVA. The team fired small arms and was supported by air strikes. Results of the contact were 1 USMC WIA, 8 NVA KIA. At 202200H air strikes on a group of about 100 enemy in the open accounted for 35 NVA KIA. Between 2ll252H and 220120H artillery directed by recon teams accounted for 18 NVA KIA. During the period 21 to 23 November the frequent contacts between Marine units and small groups of enemy continued. At 2l2l00H B/l/l engaged seven NVA accounting for all seven of the enemy. Friendly casualties were 1 USMC WIA. at 22l0l5H E/2/7 received small arms and automatic weapons fire fram an estimated reinforced squad. E/2/1 returned fire with negative results. Casualties were 1 USMC KIA, 26 USMC WIA. A1! 242045H L/3/5 engaged 15 NVA. L Company utilized all orginic weapons and was supported by mortars. Results of the contact were 1 USMC WIA, 1 NVA KIA. Contacts with small groups of liNA!VC continued through out the day. At 21l200H K/3/26 while on a sweep received small arms and automatic weapons fire from 10 NVA. K Company returned fire, accounting for 5 NVA KIA. Friendly casualties were 9 USMC WIA. b. Operation NEVADA EAGLE. The 101st Air Borne Division continued clear and search operations in Thua Thien Province with moderate contact for the period 1-30 November 1968. At 111000H c/l/501 engaged an unknown number of enemy. Five VC were KIA and . five more captured. There were no friendly casualties. At ll13l4H C/2/502 while on a sweep engaged an estimated VC squad. Five VC were KIA. There were no friendly casualties. At l5ll00H c/2/50l on a reconaissance in force found an ammo cache containing 11,000 rounds of 82mm mortar ammo, and 52 Ibs of C-4. At l6l005H c/2/50l engaged an unknown number of enemy. C/2/501 was supported by gunships, artillery and air strikes. Results of the contact·were 1 USA KIA, 2 USA WIA, 6 NVA KIA. On 21 October &iVN units dis covered the bodies of 55 enemy credited to U. S. Army artillery and to air strikes.

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c. Operation HENDERSON HILL. The ls t JViarine Division con tinued clear and search operations in Quang Nam Province with significant contact for the period 1-30 November 1968. At 011430H H/215 received small arms and B-40 rocket fire from an unknown number of enemy. H/215 returned fire supported by artillery. Results of the contact were 1 USMC KIA, 17 USMC WIA, 11 NVA KIA. At l5l2H H/2/5 again found itself engaged with an estimated enemy platoon. Results of this second contact were 6 USMC KIA, 10 USMC WIA, 6 NVA KIA. Between 0814l0H and 090l0lH reconnaissance teams directed artillery onto small groups of NVA accounting for a total of 23 NVA KIA. At ll1335H the 1st Recon Team observed 12 enemy and called artillery. Eight NVA were KIA. At ll1640H H/2/5 found 16,000 lbs of rice. The rice was evacuated to the Battalion CP. At ll1800H the 1st Recon Team again observed a large group of enemy and engaged them with artillery. Results: 8 NVA KIA. At 131515H a recon called artillery on 20 NVA in the open. Seven NY A were KIA. At l703l3H a platoon from C/l/5 ambushed an unknown number of enemy. C/l/5 platoon fired small arms and automatic weapons and was supported by artillery. Results of contact were 2 USMC KIA, 3 USNC \fiA, 4 NV A KIA, 1 VC KIA. Between l81420H and l81600H 1st Becon Team repeatedly directed artillery onto concentrations of enemy ranging in size from 3 to 75, accountiing for 53 NVA KIA. At 190350H c/1/5 LP engaged an estimated 20 enemy with resulted in USMC 1 KIA, 4 WIA, Enemy 3 VC KIA, 5 ~NA KIA. d. The following thirteen operations did not have any significant contact dUring the periods indicated: OPERATION PROVINCE PERIOD VERNON LAKE I QUANG NGAI 1-2 November 1968 JEB STUART III THUA THIEN 1-3 November 1968 COl1lVIANCHE FALLS THUA THIEN 1-7 November 1968 BURLINGTON TRAIL QUANG TRI 1-11 November 1968 GARRARD BAY QUANG NAM 1-16 November 1968 LANCASTER II QUANG TRI 1-23 November 1968 KENTUCKY QUANG TRI 1-30 November 1968 SCOTLAND II QUANG TRI 1-30 November 1968 NAPOLEON - SALINE QUANG TRI 1-30 November 1968 VERNON LAKE II Q,UANG NGAI 2-30 November 1968 NICOLLET BAY Q,UANG NAM 7-14 November 1968 DA\iSO}T RIVER QUANG TRI 28-30 November 1968 ~ffiEELER - WALLOWA QUANG TRI 1-11 November 1968

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3. Friendly Casualties Sustained

a. 111 MAF Casualties are:

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b. Number of Courts-KarUa1 tried:

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Special 117

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c. Short tons of mail sent and received by 111 MAF:

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1 DECLASSIFIED DECLASSIFIED SECRET 4. Personnel •• Special Senices e1} lrt"ODLH1]] beaatio. C'lex Ca} First Lieutenant T. E. ROTH 0103771 vas appointed Officer in-Charge or the FreedOIl HUl aeoreation Center on the 27th of Nov.ber 1968. He was also appointed Theater O1'ficer, Library Officer aDd Advisor to the Freedom Hill USO.

(b) Librar,r. The library was operational 30 days in November. PlexLglaas windows were installed.

Cc) Theatlr. The theater was operational 2!J days in Nov_ber. Total attendance .. 36,en,

Cd} 9YJpe'iUII. The QJIJWIiUlll was operational 30 days in November.

Ce) Boyl1,e CMter. The bowling center vas operational 26 dqa in November. Total attend.anee was approximately 4,211. (f) O1ltdQIr F,ciUti_. No change f1'Olll last month's report.

(g) OoUtmct;iOB Cggpleteg. Retaining wall in front of PX.

(hI Major OoMt1'!1CtioP PWipg. No change froJD prenous report.

(2) B&R A1tivitiea

(a) Of' 6,SWl seats allocated to III MAF, 6,036 were filled for 91.6 percent utilization. Of' 8,706 seats allocated to III MAF (inclUding Naval Forces in I Cerps), 7,322 were tilled tor 85.2 percent utilisation. Total allocations fer Dazw:ag B8c1l Center consisted of 13,600 seats of which 12,547 were filled tor a utilization percentage or 91.6.

(bl B&R Progre/01lt-o.f-CoUDtm. The following are the Novem.ber statistics for III MAP' and I Corps. B&R usage for each out-of-country sitea.

SITE III MAl' I OORPS TOTAL -BANGKOK 1233 906 2139 HONG KONG 875 662 1537 TAIPEI ff16 487 1363 TOKYO 441 2077 648 MANILA. 170 S3 253 SINGAPORE 262 166 428 SYmEY 1245 1047 2292 HAmI 1529 1341 2870 OKINAVA 235 11 246 KUALl LUMPUR 189 125 314 PENANG ..1!£1. ..l2Q 457 TOTAL 7322 5225 12547 Enclosure (1) 1 Enclosure (1) 12 SECRET '. I I DECLASSIFIED DECLASSIFIED I.

(c) Ia-eoMtrz i&R (Ch1pa Beach). Quotas allocated were utilized by 963 personnel. rh18 does not inclUde da11T users. Da.11T users tor the month of Nov."r totaled 5,500. (3) IDtert,iDl'Rt

Martha Bqe 10-12 Nov Handshake Tour Joey Bishop 19-21 Nov Handshake Tour JohD.Jv' Green and the Green Men 23-27 Nov Rock and Roll Show George J eSBel 26-28 NOT Variety Show

(4) MAllS 4etiJitiu (18 statiODl in I Corps) (a) Messages sent 8,673

(b) Messages received 5,849 (0) Phone patches sent 7,505 (d) Phone patches received 132 (e) Hospital calls 288

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b. Chaplain 1 NOTe.Der. Fo~.e Chaplain attended re.ep'ion givea by Colo.e1 Nguye. Ngo. Khol, Mayo~ or DaBani, i. eelebra,loD ot Vietnaa Na~ional :Day. 3 NOTe.ber. For.e Chaplain attended, as Seoolarship Fuad Sponso~, ..etiDs of Asso.la.ion for the Encouragement or Learniaa at whieh m.eting, de.isions relative to to. distri bu~ion of 100 high sahool seholarshipa were .ade. 4 NOT.~.r. For.e Chaplata disouss.d with 'he Ven.rable Tblah Nhu Buu, Senior Buddhis, Chaplaa in I Corps, CiTie A.~io. plan for eonstrue,ioD of additional olassroo.. for Tan Lap Buddhis~ School. 6 Nove.b.r. For•• Chaplain attended and address.d Cont.r.n•• of I Corps Buddhist Chaplaas. Spoke at ls~ MariM DiTision CaaplaiDs conr.ren... Discuss.d churoh cODs'ruetioD with Pastor Nguy.n hoai-Du., pastor of Hai Chau P~ot.staJJ:s ETaag.lical Church, Danaas.

7 Nov.mb.r. Fo~•• Chaplaia e•••rtain.d d.l.gatioD from Proi.stan' Evangelioal Church of Viet.a. to di8cuss plans for the construetioD of a t.mporary shelt.r for Christians from Thuomg Du. whose chureh was d••olish.d i. a re••nt .ngag••••t betw••• U.S. and NVA for••s. 9 Novellb.J". For•• Cnaplaia att.m.d two Mara. Corps Birth day ••1.bratioBs, oft.ring invo.atioBs at .ae•• 10 Nov.mb.r. For•• ChaplaiD held sp••ial Maria. Corps Birth day worshIp s.rTi... Off.r.d •••orial pray.J" at Marin. Anniversary S.rTi.. h.ld at Co~at Iafo~atl0. Bur.au. N.wly organiz.d III MlF Protestant Choir par.ioipated. 11 NOTe.ber. For•• Chaplain visited Hai Chau Prot.staat Evang.lioal Churoh Construotion Proje.t and Tin tanh Sehool wh.r. arr~•••nts were worked ouit for an art .x.haq. betw.eJa stud.:EI:bs of tbat and an American school. 14 Novemb.r. Fore. Chaplain participat.d in the Me.orial Service for Is.Lt Thomas B. RAINEY, USMC at Capodum.o Me.orial Chap.l Chu Lai. H&8 Company Chaplain ••ld organi zational ••eting for Op.ration Mistl.to., a Christmas effort in behalf ot orphans and ARVN ampute.s.

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1$ Nove.ber. Force Chaplain held canferenoe with Division Chaplain, Is' Mari.- Divisiaa and his assis_~ reSaPdias pIau and prograas for .he observ8E.ee of Christmas.

17 Nove.wel'. Foroe Chaplain a1il't.Jaded Latter Day Saia~s area conferen.e held at the Chapel of the Flags, 1st LOG. Asst Foree Chaplain escorted .e.bers of Catholi••0Dgregatio. on visi1; to Chi... Beach Boy's To~. 18 Nove.ber. Catholi. Chaplains met at St. Jolm's Semiaary tor a Dayot Recolleetio•• l? November. Force Chaplain escorted Miss Tippi HedreD, starle' and representative of raternational Orphans, Inc. on visit to Chiaa Beaeh Orphanage. 20 Noveaber. Corporal VernOR CLARK, USHC, Chaplain's clerk, aetaohed trom duty. 21 Nove.ber. For.e Chaplain visited XXIV Corps to discuss CAP Cloverage in CAG-3 and the Phu Luoq Hospital Civic Action Project with Corps ChaplaiD., Colonel Claytoa DAY,~. Visited Division Chaplain, 3~d Mariaa Division in Quana Tri to discuss Chief of Cbaplaias iti.erar7 tor his Christmas Visit, CAP cOTerage in CAG-4 and other .haplai. llatters. III MlF Cbaplams visited NSA Hospital. 22 Nove.ber. Force Cbaplaia visited 1st Marine Division Cbaplali aJad Cb.aplaias of the 7th MariDe Regi..nt to observe their field work. ?4 Nove.ber~ Force Chaplain attended III MAr ProtestaRt Ral17 at if Base, DaJULng. 27 }loveaber. Force Chaplai». visited Korean Chaplains at HOK Marra; Headquarters. Visited Hoi An Catholio o.phaDage to diseuss with Sister Pierre St. Louis the Spoasored OrphaBs plan and visited with the Venerable Nha Huoms a' Dieu llhan Buddhist Orphanage/Day Sohool to discuss oo..truotioB ot 2 school roo.. PFC Riok L. COSTA, USMC repor'ed to the Force Chaplains Offi.e tor duty. 28 November. Special ThaBksgiviDs Day Servioes .0Ddu.ted by III MiF dhaplaias. Assisted Lt RYONBA, USA, 9th PlatooJa, 29th Civil Affairs Co.pa." in preparatio. for 1;heir Christ... progra- tor refUgee children in the An Hoi area. Visited Division ChaplaiD, 1st Ma~1De Division to discuss Chaplain ooverage ot CAPs of CAG-2.

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5. IDtell1gence a. General ID!IIl[ Situation. The reduced level or eneII,Y il11tiated ac tivity during the latter part of the lIOnth of October persisted during the first two weeks of the JDOnth of Noveaber.

While the ajority or major en.,. tactical units in QUANG TRI, THUA TRIa, QUOO fIJi .. Qum NGAI Pl'O'r1JIo. reaaiJ*1 1f1~_ aDd out of con tct with fl"1eadJ.l' fore., t"e eA~ uDite cOl'lt1Ja1l11 to operate in these four respective proTiM" concctrated their efforts on uiDta1D1Bg a liJa ited dlll'e8 ot pr.sure eg81J1Bt triadq installatioDS ad Metical ull1te by' resort!ml to local huous1Jlg t.ctice, i •••, scatt..ed harus1Jllg attcks by' fir., a tft 11IIitell grouJdattcka, use ot dD... b00b7 trape, aDd iJaterdiction !~M_!i;-""-of c...aicati"'-.A~'tIi.':a.etiae' :. tb.e en~ UIIlta collt1Dued their cMp"1p ot terrer .. p87ebologicalwar tare in aD .ttort 1;0 w1.D the npport ot tile local populM. wbile al80 at t.-pt1ng to build up the local VC illtrutructlD"e.

_..,. .cti'f'ity iDcre..ed allR1tie~ ia aouthe1"ll I C.rps durinc the latter part ot the .uRh when IO~ tore. aubordiDate to Jf1l1"'" Region S coDducted a sert. .f coordiDated att.cka by tire ..s groum attcD 1Ja e..tern QUAIIl lWI, QUJ)Jl TD .. QUAID HGlI ProrlllC.. Oil 17 lov_... Sub sequ_t to th18 eharp u.ereue 1D IO~ grouDCl .ctiOD, acti'f'it7 continued at a light to 1IOCl.... level throughout the r-. ad.. ot til. _ntb ia eut ern QUJIti lAM (p) wbil. droppiDg te p.-n.oua low' lwela ill QtWD TIl m:l QUllO IIUI Pro'f'iIIC••

Ill..,. ettorte 1I'l QUAlIl TRI ProviDee dur1.DI the JIODtil ot 10Tellb.. gener alq tollowed the e._ pattern ot .ctiT.lt;r as iJl the preced1Dg _nth with attecD by'tir. UIl att.-pte at interd1ctioa of triem1T liD. ot c.-m ieatioa again charecter1.... tll.e efforts. While curra:t iDtellic..e in dicated that the Mjol"1t7 ot _jer 888117 tllCtical uaita aubo:rdiDate to the B-5 P'RCII'.r r.dMd out of contact DDrth of the BEll HAI-River or in ...tern LACS, ...,. tore. r.da:511g with1D the DMZ contillled to be IlCti" tbl"ough out the _nth to11MJlg a halt iJl the lad, air aDd Uft1 bollbaNMJIt ot Iortb VietDaa on 1 Ift'-.ber. Irte.iv. recoJm818.... effort.a b7 aerial aD:i forward ON8I'Tera prod.ueeel BUMI'OUS s1ght:1Jtga of peraollDel, iDdmt1ticat10n ot auppq and atae1Jll areas, h• ..,. trail .cti'1'1ty, 8apaa ad boat .ctiT1t7, road 1JIpn»v_entll, Ttld.cl., u ..11 as a1lhtillge ot aquld to 00WlPUlr si•• • ~ fore.. TllCtical air, artllle17, aDd uval guDtire lI1as1o_ deatro7ed or daJUged ... ot t ... tug.te, preduced ..erous 88OoDCl.,. apl081o. and 1dlled a subataDt1al D\JIIber ot ..... troop.. The..... "etc to aer ial recoDnai..... fUghts GTe- the DMZ on -...ous ...1eB8 by' fir1Jlg at trieDdlT aircraft with aJlall aNa tire .. well as .30 aid .50 calib.. anti-

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With the exception of a 62 roUJId barr... of l3Q1a artill.,. tire on 00)1} III COIIbat B..e on 1 Ioftllber, tiler..... DO hea~ artUle17 attllCks ....t1llg troa DOrth of the BmI &U Riv... The enur contilmed to pace Mjor euph..is on har••iDs tr1eadq forc.. _iJag the vital CllA VIEr Riv.. dun. the mnth. There were ...... al __Me ot river patrol craft aDl ~ .app... were succ..a£ul in ~ 11101 • att.-pta, the m.t .igD1t1cat ot _ich occurred on 11 IOT_.. vb. a riv.r patrol craft .....t a JI1..- __ .ank. Brldence of local VC par&lllPation in the.e .jn:Jng att8lllPta ..... r ....aled on 12 Iov_ber When local T1llag... id_titiecl four VC bodi. foud as a result of a ....eep coDducted 1D the area where the patrol craft action hid taken pace on the preOed1ng d81'. Aures.ive sweep aDd reconna1a.anee-1a-foree operatic_ con ducted b7 fr1~ torees throughout the proTiDe. 4om.aated grouJd action duriDg the _tire mnth but Mt with ntll1c1ble resist...,... .ajor en-.r tactical unite r~ed out ot cont.ct. I.ever, .. aull contllCt thr.. ld.l o.nen 80uth ot CUA VIEr Port racitit,. oa 7 loy... produced 81gD1t1caDt ... intel.l1geuc. when ....en pwt.....rt f'iGI"ed,flft of th. f1'Oll the 1-8 Battalion, 7th 1'I«II'l aDd OM each f1'Oll the 4th Battalioa, 812th a..1aeDt, aDd Recquartera, 7th P'RON't. OIl 23 10Tellber Operatlo. LUCJSTIR n teril1nated 1D the IIOrthw.t... portio. of QUAJIl 'fBI Provi.e. Total cUlllati.,.. en.., 10.... tor this t __nth operation were 1,601 KIA, 42 pwt., 824 ildiv1.dual and 89 crw-aerYed w.... captured. 'DIUA THIDI ProY1llce produced the lowest lft'el of e~ activit,. in the I Corps TlIOtical loae dur1Dg the mnth of lov.er u _jor en8ll1' tactical uDita subordinate to HRTTH r.'1Ded witbdrnn into the western h1ahlaDl1 ar... SIeREr SECREl

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SECRET alJIl/or eastern ~. ~ forees r··'n'. in the eastern lowlmd. areas aTOided dec1eiTe grouDd ...._t-. tbrougbout the _nth but UDIlgeci to u1nta1D 80M degree Of iD1ti.ti". by coDduct1Dg local har"_eDt which took the fora of scattered har.siDa attllCD by' fire eau.t frimd17 1DBtal1a tiOD8 aDd t.ctical1Ul1u fl'Oll PHoo DIll south to PHU 100. One s1p1ticant saboUce imideat occurred in tb18 particular ar.. duriJil the middle of the mnth when --.r sapp... dutro7*i a ra1lrolld bridee near PHU IOC on 16 lov8llber. lrieadl1' forees contised _teJ1lliTe t.ctical operatio. through out .., of th. proY1.e duriJil th. math but eDCountered onl7 aiDiM] en IIV r.18tance. BoweY.., IIUJl4Il'OU en., clICh..... uncovered. The ~st s:lcD1ticaDt d1scoTer1. took pl•• in an .... 20 Idlo_t... west southwest of HUB in Bu. Are. 11.4 between 2) aDd 26 loT8ber where el_entll of the lat JRVI DiY1sion's BLACK PANTHiR COIlpaD7 foUDd an -1IIIIlY bu. c.-p consillt 1Dc of 290 hut-. ad COntaSMDg over ),)00 round8 of lI1xed 60/8~ mrtar QIIJ1n1tion ad ISO B-40 rocke.. l'f1daa••ttest1ll& to th. success of these operatio. in deJl,11Dc tke .n.. crlt1calq Deeded food aDd 1olistloal sup pU. was reYealed on 11 IOnUer when • PW fl'Oll th. I4C B.ttallon, 4th HiA R~t. c~tured wbU. on • rioe gatheriDg II18s1on 13 1d1oMters BOrth west of PHD 100, staW th.t the mrale ot hi. UD1t .M low due to allied oper.tio. and • lack of foodstuffs, JUd1cal suppl1.., ••&pODS and ...ni tion.

In southern I Corps, the first two we" of IOTeJlber s_ the aajorit1 ot eneiii' IICtiT:U,1 cont1Du.e to be comentr.t. in eutern QtJA1(} HAM whU. groUDd IICtion .as g.nerally .t • low leTe1 in both QUAE TIl and QUAIIG lOA! Prov1Dc.. The en.. contimed to exert light pressure aga1D8t triend17 forces in the DANAE TAal dur1al the period. FrieDdq t.ctical uBitil en countered fire troa .qu.1Id to platoOil sis. 8I18IV torees. The.....ault. produced onll'l1cht triendlT casualti.., ad BOne d.'Y81oped into any real silniticant q ...ntII. A f. nall grnDd attacD were reported duriDg Wj::t1lle trae aDi although met .ere IIiDor in nature, •• ~tion wu a 1 IoT_ber attllCk b)" an UDkDovn si•• en.. force agaiDat a CAP tJa1t two ldlolletel'8 wat of II>I AI which r8ll1llted in mderate friencl1¥ eMU.Ities. The eDlllQ' continued to req on the use of aiDes aDd boob1 traps tbrough out tb. DANARG TAOR in m effort to iDtl1ct cuualti.. mel keep fri8lldq forees otf bal8DI:e. A prille _ample of the ene.'. iDe.nuit7 in the use of surprise firiJII d89'ic es occurred six kilo..t... BOrthwest ot DIEI BAli on 6 HOTeabu' when dur1Dc the course ot a rolld sweep OD Route 1 ten lOSJlJll artU 1817 roUDds rigged u co...m. detonated lI1Iles were siJmltaneouaq exploded resulting in two US MariDu, one IiOK Marin. and. tour ARVN soldiers killed, aDd epen 113 Mar1nee aDd three ARVN sold1... wounded. There were also a tew isolated terrorist imidents reported in eastern QUAlO NAM. Intelli gence indicatiDe VC intiltr.tion ot explosiT88 into DANANG Cit7 troll the

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DIEN BAN ar. by bicycle wa substantiated on 12 BovtWlber wh. a VC w~~ appre hended. rid1Dg a IIOtor bike across the CAM I.E Bridge sou1ih ot the DAlWIl Airbase. Inspection ot the T8h1cle revealed it was filled with C-4 8lt ploaives and contained a time fuse.

1 The en~ suffered the l08S of several large caches of rice in eastern QUAm NAM (P) as well as other large c8Ches of food, weapons, ammunition, equipmen1i aDd supplies to friendq sweep operatioDS. '!'he .ost significant of these discoveries occurred on 13 Bovellber when a m CARSON Scout led elements of the 18t Battalion, 5th Marines to a cache 11 kilometers south southwest ot Hill 55 conta1ni~ 57 tons of rice and other assorted equipment and documents.

Local harassaent, corducted primariJ1' by local force and guerrilla units, characterized enelll' activity in QUAID TIN (p) am QU.AK} HlAI (p) as tri~ operations dominated these battlefields. The majority of enem;y activity was concentrated in the eastern lowland areaa and consilitlMl-of scattered harass ing attacks by fire, a tew Ilinor grouI¥l attacka aDd ambushes &8 well as a continuation ot interdiction attempts on tr1~ lines ot coBmDication. One signiticant incident occurred in the southeastern CHU LAI TAOR on 6 Novem ber when a PCF boa1i received a direct recoilless rifle hit while engaged in a naval gunfire support mission on the northem aide of BATJJUAH Penin8ula. This attack resulted in two crew members 1dl1ed.-t"cf.~" -.xd'''lIOdwate damage to the craft. ------

On 11 November Operations WHEELER/WALWA am BURIJlI}TOH TRAIL terminated. Total cUJllllative en8lJ)" loes. tor the former operation which cOE18nced on 4 October 1967 were 10,020 KIA, 246 PW'a, 48 HOI CHANHS, aDd 1,724 individual and 329 crew-served weapons captured. The latter operation which ca.aenced on 8 April 1968 r881l:J,.ted in a total ot 1,948 en.., KIA, 34 PV'a, 12 HOI CIWIHS, and 441 individual and 104 crew-served weapoDS captured. The period 17-23 Bovser produced the IIOSt significant en-.r acti'Vity in i the I Corps Tactical Zone during the II)nth ot Bove.ber•• The earq II)rninc hours of 17 November saw a sharp inerease in eneav offensive eftorts in south em I Corps as 8118111 forces subordinate to Military Region 5 lamcbed a aeries j of coordinated attacks by tire and groUDd/sapper atteo against vital areas, k81 installations 8Dd triendJ.y t.:tical units throughout the eastern lowland areas of the three southern provine.. Of particular significance was the fact that several ot theae attacks were directed againat population centers and resulted in a 8ubatantial nuaber ot civilian casualties. In eastern QUW BAM Province, the DANABl City area experi8DCed a notice able 1Dcrease in eo.., activity on the night of 1f>-17 Hov_er includ1De sev eral ..all fire tigbts as well .. Boae terrorist _tivity. Seven N'a cap tured dur1Dg the ,course of th. even1Dg were identified as -.ben ot the Q.9l Special Action Sapper Unit and 1Dclicated that they had infiltrated into the

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city' to participate in lDcreued otfensiTe etion ~a1Mt the city' between 16 aIIl 20 10Tellber. SubeequeDt; to this action, both the DARA!ll Airbue aDd the EA Deep Water Pier received ...u DOunte ot iDCOIl1~ rocket fire in coDjuDCtion v1th .ttllCks by fire aml1ght grcnmd .ttacb e1IIwbere through / out tu southern DANARl TAOR. 'I'he II08t s1gDiticant IICtiYitJ' however, oc curred in the DIBI BAI arK ...e aleaente of the 36th IVA RegiaeDt launch- j • a ground .ttack.:· ... *t el_nt8 ot the ,let AlWII Regm.t. and a CAP Unit in the rlciDtty of the vm DIDI Bridge. Heav,y t1chtiJII which luted throughout 17 10TEer resulted in 30$ en~ KIA •

.ActiYity reu1Decl .t • mderate level th1'ougbo..t,tVaa latter part of the week of 17-23 loYeab.. 1D eutena QUAlIl HAM (P) .. the ... continued to conduct spor8d1c attack_ by fire aDd ground attacks .ai_t trieDdq 1IIIItal lat1o_ aDd tactical UDita. IJI8tallat:J,.oD8 in the DAIAIn City ar.. received sull aountll ot 1Dc0ll1Dl neat or ...-tar tire. 'I'argn. included the DdAlIl Airbue, Force Lociat1o Ce-aDd, let M&riDe Din-ion H.-dquartere, MAiBI& Mountain Air Facility, ISA Ho_pital, the ISA Cn-end Storllle Area aDd an ARVI ...mtioa stor.e arK adJ,8cent III MAF Headquarters in the DAlAlIl East area. IIotwortlv".ere t_ .ull lMn"tar attacks OD 001 All City during the dayl1lht hours ot 20 IoT_.. vb.1ch resultecl in two civili.. killecl aDd 27 pc"SOD8 WOUDded 1DcludiDg 19 school childrm. FriendlJ tore.. reported 1ml81"OU a1chti..- ot -.e.,. troop mvtllJeD.ta throughout the DJNAliG TA.OR dun. the latter pU't of the .... 'I'actic&l air strikes and artillery tire missions result1Dg in a substantial I1UIIber ot en.., killed. A large percentaae of ~ activity' ... incident to the C~eMIlt of Operation MEADE RIVIR in the DIEII BAN ar.. as en.., forees resisted the 88 tabUsbMnt of the 1D1tial ..,lrcleMDt.

In the s... tiae trae, local torce and guerrilla uD:l.ta in the southem two proTiDees of I Corpe coDducted DUaerOU light attacks by fire and ground! sapper attacks against friendly inatallat1o.... tactical unite. Theae .ttack_ appeared to be coordinated vith s1Jd.1ar actio. tati. place in eut ern QUAllt HAM. In QUAIl} TIl Prov1.Dee, sapp.. attack. 4.troyed both the LY TIR am .AH TAB Bridges Oil Route 1 be.... 'I'd II aDd CBU W. A .t1Jllated VC collPUl' coDCluctecl • cOllbinat1on mrtar aD4 grouDd attllCk against the THAHJ BIIB Sllbsector Headquarters aDd three nearby refugee CIIIIPS. The mst signif icant 1Dcidct occurred seven kilo_t... southwest of TAM XI City when 81e .enta of the 72Dd and 74th Local loree Battalion conducted a grollDd attack agaimt eltMDta of an jRVJ Reg1MDt in night der-.1ve positioll8 r.ultiDI in 49 en..,- nA. In QUJJIl NGAI Province, ,4 ~ vere Jdlled at BIE S

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In the lut da,ya of IOTuber ...tern QUAl(} lWI contiDned to produce the high.t 1eft1 of ..,. .ctint7 in the I Corps T.ct1cal Zone. The en..,. coDtimed to conduct sporlld1c rocket aDi JIOrtar attllCD agaimt allied instal latio_, frielllq tactical unite aad populated ar... rr1~ tactical unite w.re eub.Jeeted to DIUl8I"OU8 ..saultil b7 fir. fre. squm to cc.paD,f si.e en.., fore. ctar1111 the week, mel th... "er. additional gl"OUDd attllCks, particulG' 17 aga1D8t kq brida.. in the DI. BAIt area. IUMI'OUs s1ght1Dg8 of .-" to battalion si..... forc•• " ... r~orted throughout the e.t..n portion of the proviDee. SigD1t1cant 8Il.-y illtel11&8DCe "811 produced on 2$ Iovober when four PW's captured near HIED DUC by a CAP Unit "er. identified .. .-hers of the 3rd Battalion, 318t IVA Regiaent.

hidence of the ...,-'8 intentioD8 to conduct future attllCD in the DANAHG TACIi was reTealed by a HOI CHAliH who rallied near 'fHUOO Dt£ on 2$ lov-mer. The HOI CHAHH id8llt1fi.d his unit .. the 2Dd Battalion, 14111t IVA RegiMnt, aDd indicated that the 1I1881on of b18 UDit ".. to attack THUoro DO: in order to draw allied fore.. _. fra DAN&. He furth.. 8tated that DAHAm 18 the main target for attackB at an UDSpecified tble by the 3111t md 36th IVA Regi mente. b. En8!Y Action Statistics. Facts pertaimng to en..., activities in Allied operati~ area, iDCludi~ combat bases, tor the JIOnth of November are as follo..:

En... Initiated Activity III MAF -CIDG ARiB ROmC Attack 4 3 38 1 Ambush S 7 11 0 Assault B7 Fire 31 2 3$ 4 Harassing Fire 403 26 170 46 Mine/Booby Traps 145 2 29 9 AA Fire 898 0 4 0 Total Acts or Terrorism for IOTZ - 124 c. Ene. Order of Battle (Confi1'lled). liileJV' forces operatiDg in IOTZ on 30 Nov.wer 1968.

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Reg1:aent and the 18 aDd n4 Intant17, the loth Sapper aDd the K32 Artillery Battalions subordinate to the probable 7th FIDNTJ the 1st am 2nd Battalions of the l38th BVA IJ¥iependent RegiJaentJ and the 2m and 3rd Battalions ot the 27th IVA IJ¥iepement Regilllllt. Additional17, four iJ¥iepeJ¥ient companies are located within the proTiDee. The total confirmed strength in QUANG TRl is 4,16,. (2) THUA THIEN. The K4B and K4C Battalions ot the 4th NVA Regiment; the K4 and Kio Infantry and Chi Thua 1 Sapper Battalions ot the 5th NVA Reg iment; and six iJ¥iepeJ¥ient coDlp8ies are located .tl4:gt:;theprovince. The total confirmed strength for THUA THIEN is 2,130.' _ ..~._

(3) QUANG NAM. En~ forces in QU~ NAM are compriaed of: the 2'1st NVA Regiment ot the 2m NVA Division; the 102nd and 103rd Battalions ot the 31st NVA IJ¥iepeudent RegiJlent; the 36th NV A Reg1:aentJ the 141st NVA Regiment; the 368B NVA Artillery Regiaent; the R-20, V-2" D-7 Infantry and the T-89 and 3rd Sapper Battalions ot the 38th !iVA. Regiment; the 1st Battalion of the 68B NVA Artillery R~nt; aDd seTen independent companies. The tot.81 con firmed strength in the pro'f'ince is 7,800.

(4) QUANG TIN. The 2nd NYA DiTiaion Headquarters and support units; the 1st VC and 31st NYA. Regiments ot the 2nd NYA DivisionJ tour independent battalions aDd three independent companies are located in the province. The total contimed streIWth in QUANG TIN i8 3,81,.

(5) QUANG NGli. The Military Region-5 Headquartersl the 3rd NVA Division Headquarters and support unitsJ the 2nd MF aDd 22nd NVA Regiments of the 3rd NVA Division; the 120th VC Infantry, the 406th Sapper and the 107th Artillery Battal1.cns of the 401st NVA. Sapper Regiment; three indepen dent battalions and ten independent companies are located in the province. The total confirmed strength in QUANG NGAI 18 7,71,.

d. Counterintelligence. (1) Counterintelligence Hamhly Ovel'T1.ew. The general level ot VC counterintelligence-related activity increased sharply durilW NOTelllber. This increase reflects an intensive VC campaign to extend their political control over as large a proportion ot the population as possible aDd to pre sent at least a facade ot strength and legitimacy. Emphasis was placed on harassment of refugee csmps, terrorizing ot GW officials, establishilW and strengthening of VC Liberation Co.m1ttees and Revo1utionar,y Councils, aDd ex tensive propaganda activity. In general, VC tactics indicate an ever-in-

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(2) Prop.anda alii SubTersion- Viet Cong propaganda activit7 1A creased sharplT dur1D1 the IIIOnth in support ot the cODCerted drive to extend Viet Cong political. Bd population control. The U. S. bombing halt W&8 fre quentl7 cited .. proof of U. S. defeat aDd of the 1In1Dent Viet Coag aDi NVA victo17. Propagama &lid subversion continued to be directed againSt families ot GVM otticials and ARYl a11itC7 persomel.

(3) Political Activity- Political activit7 remained high as the VC continued their ettorts to orgamse Liberation CoBD1ttees, weak_ GVlI influence in contested areasI aDd consolidate their own posl~,:in "liberated" areas. Towards the end ot the ~nth, agent reports aDd documents iD3rees1ngl1' re ferred to VC preparatioDS tor the fontation of a coalition goverment. At teJIPts to organize daonstratioDS against the war and the U. S. presence in Vietn.. contiDued, but without &BY'DOtable successes. Reports were also re ceived ot att8lJ)ts to org8Jl1se Buddhist el_ents tor demonstrations in support ot a D8If Buddhist charter aDi a coalition government. Th-eee d81llOnst8tions also tailed to ..ter1alize.

(4) Terroria. T..rorist activit7 increased sharply' during November, culJdnatiDg in a series of ground attecu and attllCu by fire on refugee camps aDd population centers in the southern three provine., during Ilid-Iov.-ber. The -.jorit,. at terrorist incidente were designed to force retugees to re tum to VC controlled areas, el1m1nate the GVI Idministrati.,. apparatus, md increase Viet Cong intlu8llCe.

(5) Sabot.e. Sabotage activit,. decreased during the IIIOnth, but con tinued to be targeted a1mst aclusivel.1' againBt bridgee on IOO's and river traffic on the CUA vm Rive. This decrease JIa7 be partiall.1' attributable to the withdrawal ot IVA UDits fro. the two northern pronncea ot I Corps.

(6) Espionage. Reported eepion8ge activity rsaained at a normal level. Viet Ccmg espionage activit7 continued to elphasise the use ot chil dren and females as low level collection agents. Reports further 1Dd1cate that the m/GVN pllCiticat10n and ant1-1ntrastructure progr8J18 are beiDg tar geted by the Viet Cong.

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e. Ener Losses. EnelV losses during the month of November were as follows: III MAF ARVN -ROKM:: -USSF TOfAL KIA 2355 1517 220 49 4141 Detainees 4333 578 7 0 4981 PW/NVA 31 1 0 0 32 PW/VC 100 398 12 6 516 Returnee/llA 2. 0 0 2 Returnee/VC 11 40 0 0 51 Civil Defendent 169 0 0 0 169 InnlDC ent Civilian 2827 0 0 0 2827 Indiv Weapons 497 596 63 10 1166 C!S Weapons 65 102 5 2 174

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6. LOGISTICS a. General. (1) The logistical posture in ICTZ reaained satis factory during the month of .ove~er. Although relatively light, the monsoon raiDs and requirements in support ot operation LIBIRTY CARYOI during the first half ot Bovember tended to ourtail oargo resupply tor short periods ot time, but had no significant eftect on supply levels. b. Dental. (1) Periodic visits to III MAF dental facilities, NSl Hospital, 95th Evacuation Hospital and dental units at Dong Ha, Quang Tri, and Phu Bai coaplexes wel'e made b7 the Force Dental Officer during Xovember.

(2) On 9 November the 17th Dental Professional and Administrative Conference was held. (3) Dental Civic Action (DENTCAP) was conducted b7 III MAP Dental Companies during October and November as follows: Ca) Patients Treated: 1,735 (b) Dental Procedures: 3,990 c. Blabarltation. (1) tir LOC. Due to airfield repairs, there was sporadic open Dg and closing of several Special Force. airfields in ICTZ, however, there were DO adver.e effects on operational coDadtt.ents. Operation LIBBRTY CANYOI movement terminated on 12 Hovember 1968. The personnel and tonnage for the month were lower in comparison to October b7 approximately 17,600 PAX and 4,770 SIT. During the last four 4ays of the month emphasis was placed on moving AM2 and M8Al matting to An Hoa for rebuilding ot runways and ramps. (2) Sea LOC. With the termination of LIBERTY CANYON there were 38 vessels that departed for the port ot Newport. ~ere were a total of 4,240 PAX, 13,899 S/!, and 53,521 MIT lifted by surfaoe during the duration of LIBERTY CANYOI. Although the committments placed on assets during the operation were heavy, sea resupply oontinued at a satis factory rate throughout ICTZ. (3) Road LOC. Although incidents of enemy harassment and interdiction of road nets increased slightly during the period, no effect was noted on highway ship.ents. During the

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DECLASSIFIED DECLASSIFIED ·SEcRET month of November there were 69 resupply, 53 retrograde and .5 unit-move convoys. (4) A.ir Operations Sm.merl: USAF USMC (FIXED WING) TOTAL !!I CARGO (SIT>. PAX ( CARGO (SIT>. ~ CARGO(S/T) 68,550 24,421.3 43,179 10,690.5 111,729 35,111.8 Special Missiona Flown During November: TYPB RBQ,UEST NO. Am TOTAL CARGO (S/Tl m OK 64 C130 3572.1 8158 CK 1 C123 160.9 1125 Cli: 2 C1A 10.2 30 BR 1 C123 1.3 0 (5) Surfaoe Operations Summary: 58 Deep draft vesaels debarked/embarked at Danang 31 MaTS LaT' a debarked/embarked at Danang 36 UO LST'a debarked/embarked at Deang 389 LCU/YPU's debarked/embarked at Danang 115 Barges debarked/embarked at Danang MONTHLY PORT PERFORMANCE SUMMARY (S/T >. -PORT OFFLOAD DAILY AVG THROUGHPUT DULY A.Va Daneg 227245 1575 341094 11510 Dong Ha 41630 1388 48532 1618 Phu Bai 33874 1129 45491 1516 Ohu Lai ~ 1626 Total ~ Ifm 16336 (6 ) Highwq OperatioDa Summary - RESUPPLY HISSIOlfS (S/T> Danang to Phu Bai 4,938 ARVN Convoys North 300 Danang to An Boa 1,139 Others ?~,~1 Total If;''7BB'

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(7) CHRONOLOGICAL LISTING OF EVBHTS. lllov - LS'!' 230 and LST 600 departed in conjunction with Operation Libert~ Canyon. Hue/Tan My throughput restricted b~ backload require ment. of Operation Libert~ Can7on. Between 010757H and 011300H .SAD Cua Viet came under three separate artillerr attacks with a I total of 22 rounds. BI'!' medium artillery, I I some rounds landing in camp, in river, and I on north bank. Material damage limited to .' shrapnel holes in structures. TWo WIA. 2Nov - LST 623, 532 and 854 departed in conjunction I with Operation Liberty Canyon. 3Hov - LSD 31 and LST 1083 departed in conjunction with Operation Libert,. Canyon. Ha Tan airfield closed due. to large cracks in run wa7· 4Nov - LPD 8 and LS'!' 117 departed in conjunction with Operation Liber~ Can7on. 5Nov - LST 1170 and 287 departed in conjunction with Operation Liberty Can70n. Ba Tan air field opened. Oceanic Tide departed to Okinawa with 365 SIT retrograde cargo. 6Bov - LST 572 departed in conjunction with Operation Liberty Canyon. 7Nov - LST 1088, 566, 626 and 664 departed in conjunction with Operation Liberty Canyon. 8JJov - LSD 31, LST 630 and 550 departed in conjunction with Operation Liber~ Canyon. CB for 120 troops from Danang to Quang Bgai. 9Bov - LPD 8 and LST 546 departed in conjunction with Operation Liberty CanTon. 10Nov - LST 47 departed in conjunction with Operation Liberty Can~on. CE for 140 troop. from Danang to Quang Ngai. llNov - LST 1069, 1170 and 629 departed in conjunction with Operation Libert,. Can7on. Seatrain Georgia departed to Okinawa/Conus with 639 SIT retrograde cargo. Dong Ha ramp received sniper fire at 111$20H. One minor VIA.

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11010H Hark 4 LCPL NR 23 destroyed by Mine. ane KIA, 5 VIA. OK for rotation of mnits between Quang Bgai to Baldy. l2Roy - LST 623 departed in conjunction with Operation Liberty Canyon. Transglobe departed to Okinawa/Conus with 132 SIT retrograde cargo. Due to mines Cua Viet river closed trom 0900 to 1100H and from 1200 to l400H. Air move.ent for Operation Liberty Canyon completed. l3Hov - LST 590 departed in conjunction with Operation Liberty Oanyon. Surface move ment completed for Operation Liberty Canyon. Ba ~o New airfield opened to C7A. l5Hov - Hannibal Victory departed for Subic with 32 SIT retrograde cargo. CE for 260 5th Special Forces troops from ~uang Ngai to Danang, l6Nov - SS Elizabethport departed for Conus with 537 SIT retrograde cargo. LCM 637 sunk in Danang harbor. Salvage operations being conducted. 18NoY - LCM 6 sunk while undertow enroute Danang in approximately 50 feet of water. Tug Sumi-maru recovered all personnel. Salvage operations to begin 19 Nov. OK for ammo from Danang to Baldy. Roads from Danang and Ohu Lai to Baldy were each interdicted with one cut each. No convoy delays, damage repaired. 19Nov - LCM-8 917 hit mine at YD 304677 at 0815H. Suffered hull damage and possible damage to engines. One minor personnel injury. River closed from 0800H to 0940H and from 1200H to l300H due to mining and sweeps. Duc Fho open to C130 aircraft. CK for ammo from Danang to Baldy. 20Bov - Morgantown Victory departed for Japan with 2583 SIT retrograde cargo. Del sol de parted for Japan/Conus with 736 SIT re trograde cargo. US defender departed for Okinawa with 304 SIT retrograde cargo. CK for ammo from Danang to Baldy. 21Nov - USNS Barrett embarked 316 replacements and debarked 306 rotatees. CE for ammo from Danang to Baldy. C C ("r') EI" 29 EnClosure~~ ) Ii I

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24Xov - Seatrain Florida departed for CONUS with 519 s/~ retrograde oargo. 25Nov - President Auther departed for Conus with 452 SIT retrograde cargo. High Point Victor7 departed for Subic with ~ SIT retrograde cargo. Grinnell Victor7 departed for Okinawa with 230 alT retrogra4e cargo. Chu Lai received rockets at 2506l0H. Bo personnel or material 4amage to BSAD. 26Bov - Fairland departed for Conus with 159 SIT retrograde cargo. CB for 200 bundle. AM2 matting from Danang to An Boa. OK for 26 troops of advance construction crew from Daneng to .An Hoa. d. Bngin.er. (lJ .R!ad and Bridie R.....e. Incident. of ene., hara•••ent .mc£lnterdlction of pr1a&1'7 line. of cOJllllunication increased .ligbt17 duriDI the .onth, with .even bridges and nine culvert. being damaged or de.tr07ed. Recuperativ. and upgrading engineering efforts produced four bridge. COD structed, .ight7-eight culverts repaired or installed and twelve tactical bridges installed. Continuous upgrading has continu.d on .ost ..jor highwa7a, with primar7 etfort being concentrated on Qt.-I. Asphalt paVing of several sections of QL-l is scheduled to commence in early December• .(2) Vietn..... National Railroad. Restoration of the Danang - Hue segment of the railroad is continuing with the southern work crew haVing progressed to the Hoi Mitt .ridge site northwe.t of Lang Co. The northern work crew has progressed southward to about seven kilometers north of Phu Loc. A rail road bridge located just east of Phu Loc was damaged b7 enemy demolition on 11 Bovember and is current17 being repaired b7 Naval Construction forces. S.veral aeters of track were destr07ed b7 enelll1 deaolition on 11 lioveaber. This d.....ge was quick17 repaired by a VIRS work crew. Th. Hoi Mitt bridge, which is being constructed b7 Baval Oons~ruction Force., is scheduled to be compl.ted on or about 25 December 1968. The entire Danang- Hue segment of the railroad is scheduled to be open by 1 Pebruar7 1969. (3) An Boa Airfi.ld/Co.bat Base. Tactical operations in the An Hoa area necessitated acceleration of plans to up grade the airfield runwa7 surface and expand other facilities at the airfield and the combat base. Construction operations were scheduled to COmRlence on 2 December to replace the runway and turnaround surfaces with AM-2 aluainua matting, to repair

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(2) LtCol J. F. BAKER, Head MT Branch, HQMC (A04H) and the Force MTO visited FLSG-BRAVO and units or the 3rd Marine Division rrom 1-3 November. (3) The FMPPac Motor Transport Material Maintenance Assistance Teams visited 1st Marine Division units during the entire month or November. (4) The Mobile Instruction Team ror the Ml23A.lC Truck-Tractor arrived at III MAF on 9 Nove.ber. (5) !he Force MTO made starr visits to various units or III MAF throughout the month.

(6) On 26 NoYember the Force MTO was visited by LtCol DEMUTH, USA, J42 (Maintenance and Service Division) MAC~ to introduce his relief, Major SCARBROUGH, USA. g. Ordnance (1) The direct exchange or chromed chambered rirles to III MAP units, and initial issue of Ml6Al rirles to lstMAW, lstFSR, and 7th Bulk Fuel continues. The status or the program is as t'ollows: Ca) Maneuver Units. 100% equipped with chrome chambered rirles. Rirles on hand total approximately 28,782. (b) Combat u ort and Co.at Service SU Units. 94.3~ equippe w c rome c am ere res. ome chambered and standard chambered rirles on hand total approx imately 25,408 and 1538 respectively. Standard chambered rifles are in the process of being exchanged at the present time. (c) (c) Initial Issue. A total of 8,243 have been issued or positioned for issue to 1st MAW. Thi. will bring 1st MAW to approximately 67% ot' its initial issue. The quantity or MI4 rirles still requiring replacement in the 1st MAW is approximately 4,068. Total remaining initial issue requirements ror III MAP are as rollows: 1st MAW 4,068 1st FaR 3,885 7th Bulk Fuel Total 8,ig~ (d) Second Brigade, RODC. 100% equipped with chrome chambered rifles. (e) Division Units. All Divisional Units have been reported as 100% equipped with chrome chambered rirles.

Enclosure (1) 32 SfCRE T DECLASSIFIED DECLASSIFIED I. SE L~~.E T A 100% inspection has been conducted and those standard chambered rifles which were overlooked in the rifle exchange program have been replaced. (2) As of 30 November 1968 a total of 1,844,888 lbs of commercial dynamite, DODIC 567, was on hand in the Danang ASP's. Based on usage data and using unit requirements of 88,000 Ibs a month, FLC will establish stockage levels and has requested authority to retrograde the excess stocks. h. Suppll (1) Approximately 75% of the total lightweight rainsuit requirements submitted by major commands have been filled. An International Balance of P~nts Waiver was forwarded to the Third Foree Service Regiment authorizing the purchase of 22,000 rainsuits at a cost of $62,900.00. (a) The stated schedule of delivery is as follows: Q,TY DATE 400 2 Dec 68 600 12 Dec 68 4000 17 Dec 6t 5000 23 Dec 68 5000 30 Dec 68 7000 6 Jan 69 (b) Standard rainsuits to be received from CONUS will be retained at the Third Force Service Regiment for Contingency stock and replenishment as required. (2) The Force Supply Officer attended the Fleet Marine Force, Pacific 13th Periodic Logistic Conference from 18-20 November 1968. During the latter part ot November research on the three conference agenda items indicated below was commenced or intensified. (a) Stockage Criteria for using units. (b) Automatic Requisition Cancellation. (c) Monsoon Requirements for the 1969-1970 Season. (3) The Assistant Supply Chief visited the Third Force Service Regiment from 21 to 25 November far orientation concerning personal effects problem areas. The information gained will be utilized to reduce processing time and to assure handling in accordance with eXisting regUlations. Enclosure (1) 3.1 SECf-

SE C~RE T (4) !he III Marine Amphibious Force Supply Assistance Team visited the Second Combined Action Group on 19 and 20 November 1968. (5) TWenty thousand cubic meters of 3-5 inch rock was contracted for during thi8 month. The roek i8 used both in road construction and improving trafficability and drainage of base camp areas. i. Medical (1) The total average patient load for t he two Medical Battalions and 1st Hospital Company was 299. with a total of 1552 admitted and 328 patient. evacuated out of country. 154 pints of whole blood were expended to use. (2) Information relative to III MAP in-patient treat ment facilitie. is as follows:, AUTH BBDS ACT BIID8 AVG OBNSUS ~ Quang Tri 3d Hed Bn (-) 3d MarDiv 240 140 94 68 CBB Vander- C-Co (-) 10 grift 3d MedBn Dong Ha D-Oo 3d MedBn 15 4 21 Danang 1st HedBn 240 180 91 54 1st HarDiv Danmg 1st Hosp 00 100 100 43 43 1st HarDiv (3) The USS Repose (AH-16) was LogSup III KlF the entire month of November. The usa sanctuary (AH-11) departed for Subic B~ 1 Hov 1968 for Up-Keep. and retur.aed LogSuP III MAP l1Nov 1968 for re..inder ot the month. Both ships were on station at the below listed locations as the tactical situation required. Ca) Quang Tri - Dong Ha operating area (b) Northern Station - approximately equidistant from Phu Bai and Wunder Beach (c) Danang Harbor (4) III MAF Medical Department strength as ot 30Nov68 is as follows: Bnolosure (1) 34 SECf-

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2100 2300 HM's Al1ow/OH Allow/OH Allow/OB 1st HarDiv 90 77 17 15 1137 1215 3d MarDiv 74 67 14 13 1075 1007 1st HAW 34 33 2 3 234 193 FLC/lstFSR 13 10 7 4 166 126 III M.lF Hq 2 2 ~ 'l'otals 2'0 1'89 rd Ji 2tijt (5) Figures shown under III HAP Headquarters include 111 Hospital Corpsman .ssigned for Combined Action Prograa, as follows: CAG #1 CAG #2 CAG #3 CAG 14 (Chu Lai) (Danang) (Phu Bai) (Quang Tri) 23 38 34 16 (6) There was no dispersal of insecticides accomplished during the month of November. (7) Capt Ben EISEMAN, MC USllR, Surgical Consultant to Navy Surgeon General, visited facilities ICTZ period 16-29 Nov68.

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let ....ift4l 6,000,000$0 adliitiolMll alItihor1satioa of .au tllllU.III. 19th LtOel. roaa t.o TAD, Okia_ t.o attelll iadaet Conference. 25t.h LtOel. POD trca UD, OldDava.

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(1) file upward va4 or Oivic .lO~iOD ._~1Jlue4 during the _1iih or ••v__r. A••vid_•• :tr. tb. in- .re... ta ...1••1 tr...... ~.. coa.tructi.. proj.ct. and .dll0.tioD&1 ;,r.P'''. 1;h. popal.•••• 8 ill""." 11\ "11' 1-. prov..eD~ cantta••• to in.r..... A total .r 131,755 HBJ)(JAPS w.re e.4uoteel 1dd16 DBN~.lP8 ;p•••lled 7.4.37. Alg1i_ 01••••• oonel••'.4 b,. Oivio j.o*lo 1 ••re 4,271 with 14.359 Vi.__•• reoeiving !aRPa.'i.. Dur ing the IlODth. 'IS COD.U-Uo~iOD projeot...... 0000l...... III ...i_lon to tile inore••eel iDter••~ ill ••U tllpJtev__t, the p.ople .1.0 &howeel .cr. interest in ••0uri'F pfOJects ror their h.-l.t. and vill.ge., particul•., the GYf .rrioi.l•• Th. _jorit,. .r tA...... uri~,. proje.t..... or the ••11'- h.lp tn. wiUl _ ~ ••ial. and .upeJ!'Ti.ioa prov14e4 b7 .irie .c~i.. are...... in.tor.. T.bua !hi•• Provia.. oontinue. tc le&4 the ••,. in the ov...1l oivio acti.. aa4 p••iricatiaa prop•••

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a. Ohieu Hoi PrGgr.... 248 enemy personnel rallied duriJ18 the reporting period.

b. StaticticsI

Total leaflets distributedl 233,361,160 Total hand distributedl 5,394,410 Total nWllber hours us grd,!_terbor.oe loudspeaker broadoasts 185145 Total number aerial loudspeaker broadcasts 303110 Total posters produced. 85,819 Total movies shownl 590 Total. cultural drama performancesl 76

c. Oampsign Support, number of leaflets/air bl'Oadcastsl

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Ohieu Hoi t35,245,~5 18t'35 Anti VO/NYA 27,806,000 39150 Support GVN 38,448,350 40.40 mRew.1'ds 16,550,075 34.45 d. Taotioal PSYOP in support of Major Operations.

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(1 ~ Scotland 5,695,600 4.30 Lancaster 2,193,000 3.40 Kentucky 470,000 2.00 (4 Napoleon/Saline 6,120,000 9.40 gl(5 Vemon River II 2,503,000 1110 (6 Meade River 1,790,000 6105 (7 Nevada Eagle 17,327,150 103.15 (8~ Wheeler Wallowa 4,844,000 4'35 (9 Burlington Trail 8,024,000 9.35 e. PSYOP Intelligence. Bnemy continued to maintain a high level of political activity coupled with slight :increase of harassment and terrorist incidents. .A.n intensive propaganda campaign is being conducted as part of the eneD\Y"' s effort to extenl control over as large a proportion of the people as possible and to create a facade of strength and legiti.maay through the establishment of National Liberation Oommittees at village and hamlet level. Propaganda themes used most frequently by the enemy continue to cite the bcmbing halt and current peace talks in Paris as a victory over the the United States. Additionally, specific propaganda. appeals were made by the enemy to relatives of ARVN members and GVN officials to join the enemy's ENCLOSURE ( I ) 38 SECRET T DECLASSIFIED DECLASSIFIED

cause .DOW before it would be too late. The specter of a coalition government resulting from current peace talks is also beginning to be exploited in en~ propaganda.

f. Kit Carson ScOllt Activities.

(1 ) Personnel 1stMD 3rdMD ~ 1stACD 101 stADD 1stCAG

(a) Kit Carson SCouts 90 99 108 23 145 13 on rolls as of 30 November

(b) Number in training 13 0 5 0 20 0

(0) ICU. during Nov 1 0 1 0 0 0

(d) Wu. during Nov 1 0 0 0 2 0

(2) Major Accomplishments 1stMD 3rcD1D ~ 1stACJI 101stACD 1stCA.G (a) Mines & booby traps 8 0 11 3 10 16 discovered

(b) Patrols participated 401 323 636 7r:IJ 265 150 in

(d) VCS apprehendedjvC 12/0 12/0 18/8 4/3 4/0 2/0 (e) Returnees 2 0 0 0 0 2

(f) Greaades found 4 0 12 2 1 10

(g) Caves/tunnels 16 19 9 0 0 2 discovered (h) Caches discovered 9 1 6 0 2 0

(i) PSYOP broadcasts 35 40 78 0 2 30

(j) Weapons discovered 2 0 0 0 3 1

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(}) Narrative.

(a) 1st YJarine Division. Ten (10) Hoi Cha.nh I s underwent training, of whom} wre assigned to 1at CAG. 1 KCS was wa, and is in satisfactory condition at NSA Hospital in Danang.

(b) 3rd Marine Division. During the reporting period 2 KCS were wounded and later returned for duty. The iDS apprehended 12 detainees and. found 1 cache.

(d) 101st Air Calvary Division. A KCS from "D" Troop, 2nd Bn, 17th Calvary, 1st Calvary DiVision, was wounded during a rescue of .American casu.a.lties in which the iDS was recommended for a Purple Heart and Bronze Star.

(e) America! Division. One (1) KCS was laA while on patrol }O November 1968.

(f) 1st CAG. During the reporting period, } KCS retumed from 1st Marine Division sChool in Da..nallg and. were sent to their positions.

(1) Lessons Learned. Because they, too, are Vietnamese, xes are able to reach a rapport with the people which an .Americaa can never hope to equal. Because of thier experienoe with the VC the scouts have a wealth of information to pass on to line troops.

(2) Problems Enoountered.

(a) When employed without interpreters it is difficult to use the XCS to their full potential.

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(a) The ill MAF monthly PSYOP Conference convened on 22 November at the III MA.F Headquarters, with representatives of ill MAl' PSYOP, CORDS/PSYOP, CORDS/Chieu Hoi, 7th PSYOP Battalion, all major U.S•. Taotical Units and Provincial CORDS/PSYOP in attendance. The agenda included discussion of the status of the Accelerated Paoifioation Campaign, implementation of the Chieu Hoi inducement rewards oampaign, revisions to the "Tim Sung Giac" rewards advertising format, and PSYOP sllPPort request procedures.

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(b) On 23-24 November, a Special Study Group, oomposed of the III IvIAF PSYOP Officer, the Co, 7th. PSYOP Battalion, and the PSYOP Offioers of the U.S. Divisions, met at III MAF Headquarters. The topic of study was the formulation of a model TO and E for a CTZ PSYOP Organ ization, to inolude a PSYOP element to provide direQt support to each division, and coordination of efforts of military and oivil PSYOP or ganizations and agenoies.

(c) In response to a report that high level NVA leaders of Qua.ll8 Da (Quang Nam) Provinoe were planning to meet on 28 November at a certain remote location in the Western Highlands, I Corps and. III MAl' jointly organized and conducted a quiok-reaction PSYOP mission to induoe these leaders to defeot. Special leaflets were developed, includ ing appeals from high ranking NVA defeotors and a personal message from the Commanding General, I Corps, which pro]JJised the enemy leaders respect ful treatment and appoiniments to positions of truat appropriate to their rank. The leaflets were delivered by Flight "A", 9th SOS 02-B aircraft with commendable aocuracy into diffioult mountain ravines despite limited visibility and erratic winds resulting from inclement weather. The operation produoed no immediately disoernible results but did demonstzate the oapability for rapid response to a priority target opportunity.

(2) Chieu Hoi Campaign. The III NAP/I Corps 1968 Chiau Hoi Campaign results continues to surpass 1967's record, with a total of 248 ra.lliers reoeived during November 1968, as oompared to 201 reoeived in November 1967. January through November 1968 ra1liers totaled 2,831 as compared to 2,370 for the same period in 1967.

(3) Anti NVA Campaign.

(a) PSYOP support targeted against NVA units continued to uploit the enelIl3' s vulnerabilities as disclosed by ra1liers and s urrenderees. In November, recurring eneD\Y' vulnerabilities inoluded sickness, lack of food, lack of medioal care, and a "wit and see" a ttitude in response to the Paris talks.

(4) Anti VC Campaign.

(a) Anti-VC PSYOP oontinued to foous on the "Denounoe VC In frastruoture" Program as a vital part of th.e Aooelerated Paoification Campaign. Speoial printed and taped mterials were developed to!: use in the target hamlets by GVN military and oivil organizations. Other ma terials, inoluding newspapers, were produoed to promote the "DVCI" Campaign

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(b) A.mericaJ. Division reported a Vietnamese Lambretta bus struck a VC mine OD. Highway 1 vic (BS 199}98), resulti.n.g in 15 persons killed. On the following day, another Vietnamese lembretta bus struck a mine on High way 1 vic (BS 5'B499). resulting in six civilians killed. The incidents were quickly exploited in the local area with a PSYOP program emphasizing "Viet Cong Dis:regard for the Lives of Innocent Civilians."

(c) In the Accelerated Pacification Campaign, Americal Division PSYOP Officer coordinated with all interested US and GVN agencies to es tablish Americal as the central coordination point for PSYOP support of the campaign in the Americal AO. America! Division assets augmented GVN assets where possible to insure maximlDll coverage of all hamlets.

(d) The Third Marine Division PSYCiP detachment has been eaployed primarily with ARVN units on the Accelerated Pacification campaign, with emphasis on identification and elimination of VC Int'rastructure cadre.

(5) SUppOrt GVN Campaign.

(a) PSYOP activity in support of the government of Vietnam has been incorporated into the Accelerated Pa.cification Campaign. PSYOP has included film ahowings, neWSpilper and leaflet distribution, broadcasts and advertisement of MEID-CAP and DEN-CAP programs in establishing and highlight ing GVN presence in contested areas.

(b) The First Marine Division conducted extensive PSYOP in support of Operation "Meade River." PSYOP assets were employed in controlling civilian evacuees, directiag them to the central collection point and explaining the necessity of the~ evacuation. Of the almost 2,100 civilians which we:re screened, 100 evacuees fran the traditionally VC-controlled areas requested asylum in GVN-controlled areas.

(6) Civilian Reward.s Campaign. ~e III MAF/I Corps Civilian Rewards Program achiavet a new high during November with a total of 1.491,509 $ VN paid in 911 instances to Vietnamese ~rticipants for information leading to the recovery of weapons ana explosives. This brings the number of rewarlis paia through. November of 1968 to a to:taJ. of 7,862. The most current a.na.lysis of the national rewards (VIP) program prepared by nov, that for the month of September 1968, credits I Corps/III MA.F with having proviaed. 83% of the nationwide total of incidents of Vietnamese civilians receiving rewards for certain int'o:rolS.tion, ana indicates 6~ of all rewards monies ~ throughout South Vietnam in this program was made for information developed in I Corps/III MAE.

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10. CO~;rrniICATIONS a. Message volume through the III MAF Communication Center October Nov~ber Increase Decrease Incoming 38..400 3.. 314 Outgoing 20..046 1..399 Total 58 .. 446 1 .. 915 b. Combat Operations Center Communication Center Traffic October November Decrease Incoming 5.. 969 326 OUtgoing 9.. 994 599 Total 15 .. 963 925 c. Headquarters.. III MAF message traffic originated October 3.. 151 November 3.. 810 Increase 113 d. The average daily subscriber initiated call rate through the III ~aF AN/TTC-28 was 9800 calls. This figure does not include an estimated average ot 2000 operator processed trunk calls for which no accurate count is avail able due to capability of equipment. It is interesting to note how this average of 11800 total calls reflects the efficiency of the dial telephone equipment in handling such an increase over last months' daily average call rate of 6946 per day with manual operation. e. During the reporting period the III MAF Battlefield Surveillance Radar School (1) Trained a total of 10 operators and 2 technicians. (2) Conducted familiarization courses for 26 officers and SNCO's of HqBn .. 1st Marine Division. f. Col GOLDENTHAL, CO .. ICTZ Signal Group visited and received briefing by Col HORNER on 1 November. g. Maj CONNELL made an informal liaison visit to 8-4, 1thCommBn on 1 November.

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------r------0-- DECLASSIFIED DECLASSIFIED SE l~HE T h. LtOol DiVIS and Maj OONNELL made a liaison visit to 1stLogComd(X-int) on 4 Nov. i. Lt001 DAVIS and Maj OONNELL made a starf visit to N-5. NSA DaNang on 5 Nov. j. III MAF/Area Ooordinator IOTZ Oable Ooordinating Oommittee met at III MAF on 6 Nov. k. Maj OONNELL made liaison visits to OEO. 2d ROKMO Bde on 7 and 8 Nov. 1. LtOol HOOVER. Maj BENSON and Lt STUFF visited Oommand and Oontrol Detachment (North), 5th SFG(A) on 8 Nov. m. Lt001 DAVIS made liaison visits to IstLogComd(Maint) on 8 and 9 Nov. n. Maj CONNELL made a liaison visit to G-3 Maintenance, FLO. on 11 Nov. o. LtCol DAVIS made a liaison visit to CEO. lstMarDiv on 11 Nov. p. BGen VAN HARLINGEN. CG. 1st Signal Brigade. visited Col HORNER on\ 11 Nov. q. Mr. G. A.. PA.SSEL&, 00-16. SpecAsst. Readiness and Lt001 D. W. OGD. Jr•• both from the Office of the A.Oora, Oomm-Elect. Department of the Arrrr:1.were .. briefed and accom panied by 001 HORNER on visits to MACS-4. 37th Signal Bn. and DaNang Signal Bn on 12 and 13 Nov. r. Col HORNER attended MACV J-6 conference at Saigon on 16-17 Nov. s. LtCol DAVIS attended the 13th Periodic Logistic8 Oonference on O~inawa on 16-21 Nov. t. Maj CONNELL made a staff visit to N-5. NSA.. DaNang on 20 Nov.

u. Maj CONr~ made a liaison visit to Orypto Repair Facility project. Nal DaNang on 21 Nov. v. Maj WILLKOMM attended USARV Signal Ofricers Conference at Long Biob on 21-22 Nov.

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w. Col MCELWEE, CO, 21st Signal Group visited 001 HORNER on 21 Nov. x. MGySgt MARSHALL made informal visit to 3rdMarDiv Hq, TF HOTEL Hq, and units at Vandegrift Combat Base on 22-~ Nov. y. Maj HOLDER escorted Capt B. H. ANDREWS, USN, Deputy Director, Naval Electronics Systems Command, Capt E. L. HURD Jr., USN, CO, Naval Shore Electronics Engineering Activity, Honolulu, and Comdr CRINER, USN, CO, FTAE, Satgon on visit to electronics facilities and installations at III ¥JlF Hq, IstI"1A.W, FLC and MACS-4, on 23 and 24 Nov. Z. Maj HOLDER attended .lUTODIN Subscribers Working Group Conference at DCA-SAM in Baigon on 28 Nov. aa. ICTZ Area Communication Officers Conference held at III MAF on 28 ~ov. bb. Maj CONNELL made a staff visit to Electronics Maintenance Office, Camp Tien Sha on 30 Nov.

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11. OOMBAT ZPORMA'l'ION ;eOREAU a. Backaround. During the month of November 1968, the cm proviCJidAcorts to accomp&D¥ newsmen on 379 DeW8 gathering aasignments, Govering ICTZ ground a1 d air operations, civic actions and ~be OAP program. The MAOV Preaa Oenter provided ac cOlJll'1Odationa tor 133 corl'eapondents during the BIOnth. b. Motor Transport {I} Vehicles on Hand -TYPE vgICLE fI. STATUS M-37 312260 Working S-IO 2S087l Workine M-15l 358b.67 Working M-15l 35)697 Working Ford-loo .$oOlt014 J)ead1iud liSA Dodge-200 ~1.$ Deadlined lISA DatsUlli SOQx031 Wos-kina M-151 CAt.-69l71 DeadUMd lfSA. M-l51 94-69847 DeadliDad Presl Center (2) RemarkS The three vehicles at liSA are being thoroughl,. imlpected t0 determine whether the,. will be repaired or surft,._d. The M-1Sl deadlin.d- at the Pre.s Center ia awaitins a a~i1ar inspection. c~ Photosraph~ The rolloving is a compilation ot photo graphic work accoiiiPllshed by III MAF ror the 8ubject month. -UNIT DGATIVES PRDTS MOPIC cm S,l~ l7,~O ~'300 lstMarDiv 3.2 7, 55 .200 3rdMaztDiv 7_8.$S 3,800 .0lJ.9 1st MAW 9.462 400 FLC .$.93.$ 0 I Corps ~:m1- 0 0 TOTAL , ~ 15,949

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d. The figures below show the number of features and news tapes and FHTN interviews froD1 III MA.F cOlllll8ncls submitted during , the month ot November. . (1 ) Radio Production TAPE STORmS SUB- TOTAL PRODUCTION -UNIT MITTED fO em lQR DlSTRIlU1'l.ON l!mi CIB 26 1,820 66 1stMarDiv 4 N/A 2,36 3dMarDlv 7 N/A 8~n, IstHAW 0' N/A FLC 0 N~A TOTAL 31 1,80 ~ (2.) Miscellaneous. One Radio!TV announcer was used in conjunction With eIB PhOto (SYBC-SOUND) to announce one hour dedication ceremonies at Song Dons Village and one hour com mentarJ ot presentation at I Corps Headquarters. A mail-out campaign which was initiated bJ the Radio/TV Unit in OctOber, has been completed and answers received were most favorable from 95~ of those contacted. e. Escort. Major combat operations covered during November included Scotland II, Lancaster II,' Napoleon/Saline, Nevada Eagle, Garmrd Bay. Henderson Hill, WheelerlWa11owa, Burlington Trail and Meade River. (1) Notable news media representatives hosted/escorted during November included: Roger Peterson, Kenneth kId., ABC; 57 Wolen (Assrt Bureau Chief), Ton,. Sargent, George S7"rtssn, Larry Pomeroy, Richard Th: 61keld, CBS; Elizabeth Trotta, James Betmett, Robert Goralski, NBC; Richard Pyle." l'ob7 ~1s: l.. BC?~. OlBan, D. V. Phouc, Yvon Cornu, APi Alvin Webb, JoliD Wa·~h.. r· (Bureau Chief), Perr)" Young, Ray Wilkinson, Barry NewborI"J, PieJTe' lssot,UPI; Jean Goudatikker, Derek Wilson. APP; Ron Golden, Len Santorelli, REUTERS; Anthony Lawrence, Anthony Munda,.~ BBC: Robert Christopher, Joel Blocker, DWSWBElt: William Tuohy, L. A. TIMES; Colin Le1nster, John 01'.eoo, LIFE; B. Drummond Ayrea, ~Ob1nson, N. Y. TIMBS; Hike Roberts, CLEVELAND PLAIN ; Ridgely Hunt, CHICAGO TRIBO:D; T. Umezu, ASAHI SHIMBUN, JAPAN: Foridun Hikmet Ha. Semiha Hikmet Ee, HAY AT. T'tJlUtBY; Ronald Van Norstrum, James Rogers, SHERMAN BECK ASSOCIATES; Takeo Tokuoka, HAINIOHI SHDfBUN, JAPAN; Peter Krebs. Jan P. Block. Thomas 1'r~;=, GERMAN TV; Arthur Vogt, ZURICHSEE ZEITUNG, ZURICH, SWI ; Jan AI!' Martinsen, Harold Brynildsen, AF'l'BN POSTEN, OSLO, NORWAY: W. B. "Buck" Lanier, LONG BEACH CALIF, INDEPENDENT; Joseph AltO p, WASHINGTON POST; Jean LeDuc, Jean Janssen, Paul Delaol, aR!P-TV. PARIS; Naotake Moch1da, NBK-TV, JAPAN; "E. Zaugg, HOMETOWN FEATURES; Terry Reynolds, OVERSEAS WEEKLY. -.oS Enclosure (1) 47

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~. Press. The Preas Unit ~oc&ased a total of 400 r.l.a••• from III HA.F unit.s during the mOl1th 'ot Ilovellber tor rel•••e to civilian II1d military news 1II8dia~. Supporti. tbe•• "1••••• were 264 photogrr..phs. The follcrt7tng is • breaaetevn _ unit: 1stMarDiv 123 3dMarDiv 104 *lstMA.W 94 FLO OIB ~ 9th MAB 7 8L'l' 3 SL1' TO'l'AL ~ *,33 ot this total are additional r.leases, although not news releases, put out by the lst.W and includes a daily and week17 wrap-up o~ wing activities. (1) There ~re 10,638 Fleet H~town News releases during the month. Theae include the following: lstJlarDiv 3.6~ 3dMa.rDiv IstM\W ~:~76 FtC 1;jij.1 em 161 ~LF TO'l'AL ~ r. Combat Art. During the month ot lIbvember the tollowing personnel.were attached to the Karine Corps Combat Az-t Team in Vietnam; Mr, lobn Witt, JIr. John Clendenn!n&, Cp1 Benr1 C. CASSBLLI ant LCpl Richard nco. The art team produced 68 pieces,

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f. Misccllnneou~: The followinG work was completed with in the elB durIng the month. (1 ) The ro~f of room 50 w~s repaired with new tile. (2 ) Roam 50 was panelled and retiled. (3 ) Re,aired screen in enlisted quarters and back bar. (4) Repl~ced plastic wind/rain curt~in8 in bnck bar. (5) Re~aired lenks in kitchen and back bar are~. (6 ) Pc.intod hend in room 10 nnd retiled deck. (7) Constructed new drainago system near Press Building to eliminate standing water. (8 ) Carried out normo.l _1ateDlnce .·aro"Urid t. cCll.LPound.

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PART IV !lFERENCES (A) Third Marine Division Co.-and Chronology, November 1968. (a) First Marine Division Co.mand Chronology, November 1968 (e) First Marine Aircraft Wing Command Chronology, November 1968 (D) Force Logistice Command Command Chronology, November 1968 SUPPQRtIli OOCUMENTS (1) .,; III Marine AIlphibious Force Co_and Directory, Nov_ber 1968 (2) -Noveaber 1968 Editio~, III MAP Newspaper; ·SEA TIGER-. rr~. J;;;.t.~ ~ ~ NA?.s dt:.J,...... , / f / /,)J~. 01 • ;---'" <;

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SECTION PAG1'~

CO~1MAND SECTION 1,2 G-1 SECTION 2 G-2 SECTION 2,3,h,5 G-3 SECTION 5,6,7 G-4 SECTION B G-, SECTION B G-6 SECTION 9 AD.RrrANT SECT ION 9 CAP SECTION 10 CHAPLAIN SB:}TION 10 COMPTROLLER SECTION 10 CORDS 1l,12 DENTAL SECTION 12 ENGINEER SECTION 12,13 FOOD SERVICE SECTION 13 FORCE INSPECTOR 13 INFORMATION SERVICE 14 LEGAL SmrION 14 MEDICAL SECTION 14 :M1' SECTION 15 OP.DNANCE SECTION 15 CPS ANALYSIS SECTION 15 POOTAL SECTION 15 PRarOCOL SECTION 15 J PROVOST MARSHAL SECTION 15 PSYOPS SECTION 16 7TH PSYOPS BN 16 SPB:}!AL SERVICES SECTION 16 SUPPLY SECTION 16 TRANSPCRTAT ION CONTROL CENTER 17 WOUND DATA AND MUNITIONS EFFECTIVENESS TEAM (WDMEI') 21 TABLE OF CONTENTS (CONT'D)

CltGANIZATIONAt LISTrnG

HEADQUARTERS & SERVICE COMPANY 17,18,19 SU #1 FIRST RADIO BATTALION 19 29TH CIVIL AFFAIRS COMPANY 19 lST COMBINED ACTION GROUP 19 2ND COMBINED ACTION GROUP 20 3RD COMBINED ACTION GROUP 20 4TH COMBINED ACTIOO GROUP 20,21 HOSPITAL SHIP HELGOLAND 21

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\; HEADQJ ARTERS III Marine Amphibious Force Military Assistance Command, Vietnam FPO San Francisco, California 96602 8 Oct 1968

COIofiWm DIRECTORY

i~AME Bn.LET RANK TELEPH01'lE NUMBER RTD--..I";-

COMMANDING GIDIERAL STAFF SECTION

COMMANDING GENERAL LTGEN CUSHltfAN, R E JR 306, DNG 2100 IND c AIDE LTCOL EDi~ARDS, C 306 12/68 t'I'j AIDE CAPT JANAY, M R 306 10/68 C DU'UTY CORDS MR CROSS, CT DNG 3,0, t'I'j Pi (j > POLITICAL AnV }R RICHARDSON, KS DNG 2401 r- rFJ VN AIDE lSTLT TUYEN, N V 413 > rFJ..... SGT MAJ &1T MAJ BURNS, E A 409 7/69 rFJ ....."""'l .....rFJ t'I'j """'l DEPUTY COMMANDING GENERAL SECTION ..... C t'I'j "I C DEP COMMAND ING GENERAL MJEN TOMPKINS, R McC 260 12/68 AIDE CAPI' HOULAHAN, TJ 260 8/69

DEPUTY COMMANDING GENERAL FOR AIR J DEP CCMMANDING GENERAL MGEN QUTI,TER, CJ 36,/lST WING 206/209 7/69 CHIEF OF STAFF SECTION

CHIEF OF STAFF MGEN ANDERSON, EE 40" DNG 3212 ]2/68 DEP cIs COL MOSTELLER, M 30" DNG 3313 3/69 STAFF SECRETARY. NA.J HAWKINS, H E 438 9/69 AnMINO CAPl' SULLIVAN. TC 438 10/68 ADMIN CHIEF MGYSGT A.JIDERSON, C 0 360 8/69

PRODUCTION SUB UNIT

PRODUCTION OFF LTCOL MCKENNEY, TC 471/442 9/69 A/PROD OFF MAJ DAVIS, DL 471 11/68 A/PROD OPF MAJ(USA) MARROIrJ, R 471 9/69 A/PROD O/OIC M~ TEAl1 MAJ (USA) SYDENBAM, SR 471 8/69 A/PROD O/OIC ANY TEAM CAPT THOHAS, BK 41.t.2 3/69

PLANS UNTI

INTEL PLANS/EST OFF MAJ STRANHAN, JW 471 7/69 • GROUND RECON SUB UNIT GND RECON OFF CAPT STACY, R M 422 12/68 C C t'I'j AERIAL SURVEILLANCE SUB UNIT t'I'j (j (j r- I r- AS OFF MAJ QJIST ,I JW 455 10/68 > I rFJ I rFJ> rFJ ..... AERIAL RECON SUB UNIT rFJ..... """'l """'l ..... ' ..... t'I'j I C AERIAL RECON OFF bAPT IffiRl3RUbK'1 D r 455 Iii 4/69 It'I'j I' c

I I SPECI1l1 INTEL UNIT I

I SPECIAL INTEL OFF MAJ BUCKRAM, HV 402 10/69 A/SPEC INTEL OFF lSTLT LANE, B 402 6/69 I SIGNAL INTEL OFF LSTLT WHITE, H 0 402 ,I, 10/69 • S/EWCC EW ADMIN 0 18TLT 'tillITE, BD 402 I 3/69

3 COLLECTION UNIT

COLLECTION OFF MAJ CAPUTO, JJ 422/443 11/68 COLLECTION COORD MAJ(USA) WEAVER, JB 422 9/69 COLL ANALYSIS OFF lSTLT SCHOLZ, DR 422 4/69 INTERROGATION/TRANS SUB UNIT

IT/COORD CAPT PATENAUDE, RL 450 1/69

PHaro IMAGERY INTERPREr SUB UNIT PII OFF CAPT GRINAGER, VL 424 11/68 • ASST PII OFF CAPI' ronr, FA 424 6/69 AERIAL RECON/PHOTO OFF 1STLT HILLARD, RL '424 8/69 c AERIAL REGON/PHaro OFF CWO-2 SPARKS, AN 424 3/69 c t'I'j AERIAL RECON/PHOTO OFF CWO-2 CARAWAY, BD 424 8/69 t'I'j (j (j r- AERIAL REcoN/pHar 0 OFF 1STLT WOOD, JL 424 8/69 > AERIAL RECON!PHaro OFF 1STTIl' RUNNER, JT 424 8/69 r- rFJ AERIAL RECON/PHOTO OFF lSTLT JIMINEZ, F· 10/69 rFJ> rFJ 424 . rFJ ..... AERIAL RECON/PHOTO OFF 1STLT BR&NLEE, JL 424 9/69 ..... """'l """'l ...... t'I'j I; t'I'j C II SUB UNIT C OIC CAPT BAU,ANCE, SM 424 11/68

TIO SUB UNIT TIO MAJ KRASS, ES 202 7/69 '.

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INTEL WATCH OFF CAPT ZITZ, K W 355 9/69 IRTEL WATCH OFF lSTLT WILLETT, WP 355 11/68 INTEL WATCH OFF lSTL'I' SCHWELM, J R 355 2/69

CI UNIT

STAFF CI OFF CAPT GUENTHER, JJ 472 8/69 ASST STAFF CI OFF lSTLT FRIEDL, RT 472 1/69 • 5TH IT TEAM OIC CAP']) ZITZ, KW ,450 9/69

11TH IT TEAM c C t'I'j t'I'j (j TEAM CONMANDER CAPr MJLES, PW 450 8/69 (j r- > SUB TEAM CONHANDER CAPT POLLOCK, iN t-J 450 8/69 r- rFJ SUB TEA1'~ COMHANDER CAPr GRABNER, G' J 450 8/69 rFJ> rFJ..... SUB TEAM COMMANDER CAPT MEZGER, EW 450 8/69 rFJ...... """'l SUB TEAM COMHANDER l81LT MORRISON, CH 450 8/69 """'l t'I'j ..... SUB TEAM CCMHANDER ISTLT OSENOSKI, S M 450 3/69 ' t'I'j c C G-3 SECTION

EXECUTIVE UNIT

ASST cis G-3 BGEN HOFFliIAN, CW 233 2/69, • DEPUTY G-3 COL DALBY, MC 203/223 9169 EXEC ASST TO G-3 CAPT SUDMEYER, PT 203/223 3/69 ADMIN CHIEF GYSGT CASTERLINE, RA 203/223 10/69 RDT&E SECTION

RDT&E OFF mCOL Al·TIiliNTORP, WL 337/336 9/68 RES/DEV OFF MAJ FLYNN, JF 337/336 11/68 RES/DEV OFF ASST RES/DEV OFF CAPI' BAIT.£Y, JR 373/363 2/69

OPERATIONS UNIT

DEPUTY G-3 GND OPNS COL HELSTROH, RS 461 5/69 ASST OPNS OFF LTCOL(1iSA) sCHOENn~G, GW 273 1/69 ASST OPNS SPEC FORCES LTCOL ("eSA) HANRICK, D 11 273 11/68 ASST OPNS OFF/CHEM }fAJ(USA) SHARSH, JD 273 9/69 • TRACK VEH OFF HAJ(rSA) DIXON, VJ 273 12/68 NGFO Lcr? CAl'iPBELL, -:.-[ 403 4/69 A1'IT'H OPNS/RIVERINE GFF HAJ-:f- I-EERLJG, PP 273 7/69 e PROJ/REPORTS OFF CAPT LEFAVOR, 11 \v e t'I'j 273 2/69 t'I'j (j ASST OPNS OFF ARMOR HAJ HA.ILER, DW 273 8/69 (j r- > RECON/SURV OFF HAJ LEVY, N 273 7/69 r- rFJ ASST OPNS/FORCE ARTY OF'F LTCOL GOODSON, JP 361 11/68 rFJ> rFJ..... ASST OPNS/NBC OFF LTCOL EMMONS, CD 273 9/69 rFJ...... """'l ASST OPHS OFF LTCOL O'l"1ENS, T 461 8/69 """'l t'I'j ~ e ASST FORCE ARTY OFF LTCOL SVKiSON, 0 I JR 361 10/69 . Ii STRUC/TRNG OFF LTCOL CROVJLEY, RW 362/373 10/69 'e

AIR UNIT

DEPUTY G-3 AIR OPNS COL PEEBLES, RR 323 10/69 ASST AIR OPNS OFF LTCOL RIFFLE, J C 323 10/68, ROTARY wnm OFF LTCCL(USA) cnor, RM 303 10/p8 • FIX:::D WING OFF LTCOL CRITZ, R L 303 4/69 ARC LIGHT MAJ STANroN, BC 303 10/68 OIC TARC MAJ WALDO, JD 303 7/69 TARC OPlm OFF CAPT KERR, DA 303 11/68 TARC OPNS OP'F }1A.J(USA) WILLIA118, RE 303 9/69 BRIEFING OFF CAPT KABZA, KJ 303 1l/68

6 LIAISON UNIT

LIAISON OFF/MACV COL SCHMIDT, C E MACV COC 383 10/69 ASST LN OFFj}1ACV CAPT ROLL, ~'J R MACV COC 383 4/69 LIAISON OFF XXIV CORPS LTCOL(USA) HATHHAY, C T 362 LIAISON OFF/7TH AF :HA.J SHELTON, JL MACV DROP 64 11/68 I CORPS LNO CAPT (USA) ROVJE. DS 485 12/68 ASST LN OFF/7TH AF lSTLT SGHWANDA, RT MACV DROP 64 5/69 LIAISON OFF/ROKMC LTCOL BACHER, LJ DEI' 24 3/69 ROKMC LN OFF LTCOL K]}'I, HK 242 ASST ROKMC LN OFF CAPT SUR, Y S 324 • TASK FORCE ALPHA. MAJ POORHAN, GL 373/363 7/69 AMERIGAL LN OFF LTCOL(USA) UNDERHILL:, GR 273 7/69

HISTORICAL UNIT C C t'I'j t'I'j (j HISTORICAL OFF MAJ BRRRY. RH 343 9/69 (j r- ~v > ASST RIST OFF CAPT COBB, C JR 343 10/69 r- rFJ SITREP/HIST REP OFF, CAPT GEIDIAN, TG 802 5/69 rFJ> rFJ..... rFJ...... """'l COO UNIT """'l t'I'j ..... • ill II t'I'j C OIC LTCOL MCCLEAN, JH 339 3/69 C ASST OIG MAJ MUIJ,EN, A L JR 339 12/68 G-3 WATCH OFF MAJ BCY..fLES, RW 103 1/69 G-3 "JATCH OFF CAPT (USA) LCXrlE, RJ 339 12/68 REP OFF MAJ(USA) HARDY, DL 103 10/68 REP OFF lSTI,T BERRY, T H 339 3/69 • G-3 l'lATCH OFF MAJ CARROLL, JT 339 9/69 . PROJ OFF HA.J(USA) GROSS, 1Jv P 339 9/69

GRA.PRIO ART UNIT

NO 010 SSGT RAHENTO 485 9/69

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EXEXjUTIVE UNIT

AC/S G-4 COL NORTON, LC 41.4 7/69 DEPUTY G-4 COL DAVIS, 0 R 414 10/69 ADMIN CHIEF SSGT CHATARY, RA 434 11/68

PLANS UNIT

LOG PLANS OFF LTCOL OROURKE, JK 204 8/69 ASST teo PLANS OFF MAJ CLOUGH, C w 204 9/69 ASST LOG PLANS OFF MAJ COOPER, FW 404 12/68 • OPERATIONS UNIT 0 0 t'I'j LOG OPNS OFF LTCOL RYKYJAN, JB 304 9/69 t'I'j (j ASST r.co OPNS OFF MAJ HEY, J W 404 8/69 (j r- r- ASST LOG OPNS OFF MAJ FOREJv!AN, CD 404 4/69 > rFJ> ASST LOG OPNS OFF MAJ(USA) HESTAND, K D 404 rFJ rFJ rFJ..... ASST LOG OPNS OFF CAPT HENDRICKSON, CD 304 4/69 ...... """'l """'l t'I'j G-5 SECTION I~ 0 ·0 EXECUT rvs UNIT

AC/S G-5 LTCOL ZORN, EJ 301, DUG 3195 10/68 DEPUTY G-5 LTCOL SNELLING, E loJ 301, DUG 3195 10/69 ADMIN CHIEF SSGT MADISON, G H 301 9/69 . • CIVIC ACTION UNIT

CIVIC ACTION OFF CAPT vffiIE, MF 446/301 1l/68

8 G-6 SEC'rION

EXECUTIVE UNIT 1.

ASST C/S G-6 COL HORNER, BE 259/3538 9/69 DEPUTY G-6 LTCOL HOOVER, M H 259 4/69 ADMIN CHIEF SGT MORRELL, J F 210 4/69

OPERAT IONS UNIT

OPNS OFF MAJ WIIJ.,KQl\1M, J W 310 10/69 ASST OPNS/CKTS OFF J'1AJ (USA) BENSON, RJ 310 2/69 • ASST OPNS/FREQ OFF lSTLT('JSA) STUFF, CT 310 7/69 ENGINEERING UNTI' .. C C t'I'j ENGR PLANS OFF MAJ EVEREI'T, J 1<1 371 10/68 t'I'j (j ASST ENGR /PROJ OFF CAPT HOLDER, K 11 371 ·4/69 (jr- r- > >rFJ ELECT MAnIT UlJIT rFJ rFJ rFJ...... """'l """'l ELECT HATIIT OFF LTCOlL DAVIS, H ;R 410 9/69 ...... t'I'j t'I'j A:SST MAINT OFF CAPri CONHELL, IJ 'J 2/69 C 410 C ADJU'fANT SECTION

ADJUTANT MAJ LYLES, JH . 407/207 8/69 S&C OFF lSTLT SHELKEY, L E 427 7/69 PERSONNEL OFF lSTLT PARRTc;H, BJ 407/207/209/333 1/69 • REPRO OFF ~m KEARNEY F J 307 ll/69 rzas CHIEF HSGT BOiTBH, t J 333/209 .6/69 ADMIN CHISF MGYSGT BLOXOM., WH 407/207 9/69

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" CORDS

DEPUTY FOR CORDS MR CROSS, CT DUG 3505 SECRETARY MRS GlILLAS, VH DNG 3505 sssr DEP FOR CORDS !.'lR PUCKETT, L D DNG 2491 SECRErARY MRS CAULFIELD, DE mm 2491

CORDS JOINT STAFF

SENIOR MEMBER MR COMISKEY, S A Mar 231 MEMBER COL KNAPP, G C 218 7/69 MEMBER COL (USA) TUTTLE, WB Mar 231 PLANS/PRCU MR OLSON, RK Mar 231 • ASST PLANS/PROO LT(USA) BAUMBUSCH, PL 217 3/69 REP/EVALUATIONS CAPT SLOA;,j, T M 217 12/68

C REVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPEEm DIVISION' C t'I'j t'I'j (j (j r- CHIEF HR HUSTAKOS, H MOT 300/218 r- > RD TEAM OPNS OFF LTCOL BLYTH, C W Mar 300 3/69 > rFJ n~sp rFJ rFJ RD TEAM MAJ COTTRELL, H 12/68 rFJ ..... RD TEAM INSP ISTLT DEARDEN, LJ 12/68 ...... """'l ....."""'l t'I'j RD TEAM rssr ISTLT STOUT L 2/69 t'I'j C RD TEAM INSP lS'l'LT DAi'UEL," CL III 2/69 C RD TEAM INSP lSTLT SCHAFFER, KS 1l/68 RD TEAM INSP lSTLT KOilALSKI, B 12/68 SPL STUDIES OFF ISTLT MCCLELLAND, G 2/69 RD TEA.1o.i INSP ISTIJT RYAN, D P 7/69 EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENr DIVISION

• CHIEF MR BOSTON, EJ Mar 178 ASST CHIEF MR. SCHUHACHER, DC MOT 178 PERS OFF MR MOORE, W MOT 277 CONTROLLER MIl COX, C MOT 166 GENERAL SERV OFF MR BOTTS, B I1CJr 178 AIR OPNS SPEC MR BAXTER, D Har 174 TRANS OFF MR. FL1K, J nor 277

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CHIEF MR URQUHART, R Mar 196 CHIEF EDUC BEUU~CH MR CARBIN, SR Mar 196 CHIEF AGR BEUU~CH MR JOHNSON, W MOT 186 CHIEF ENGR MR DUKE, D H MOT 194 CHIEF PUB ADHIN !vIR. URQJHART, R HOT 196 CHIEF LOO BRANCH MR EUBANKS, F MOT 232 CHIEF PUB SAFETY MR BARNETr, F MOT 278 CHIEF PUB HEALTH MR. VAUPEL, G HOT 166 CHIEF REFUGEE DIV MR MCLENDON, L Mar 196 SEN MUNICIPAL ADV MR 'lENRY, HT MOT 234 YOUTH AFFAffiS MR. CALBOVl, R 110T 196 • ETHNIC MINORITY AFFAIRS r-ffi RO:·;AN, A Har 196

PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS DIVISION C C t'I'j CHIEF MR KRAMER, WJ Mar 186 t'I'j (j r- I~ CHIEU HOI DIVISION >rFJ I>rFJ rFJ..... ,~ ....."""l CHIEF Jl.1AJ BECKER, RD MOT 186 6/69 ....."""l t'I'j t'I'j c C DENTAL SECTION

FORCE DENTAL OFF CAPT DARNALL, W L JR 340 5/69 ADHIN ASST LT GROCE,W E 340 4/69 ADMIN CHIEF DT-1 FOSTER., DL 340 1/69 • ENGINEER SECTION

FORe E ENGR OFF COL BLAND, K R 215 6/69 ASST FORCE ENGR OFF LTCOL VISAGE, BF 315 9/69

INFORMATION SECTION

FORCE ISO COL MORIARTY, PM DUG 280.5 8/69 ASST ISO LTCOL RIDDERHOF, DM DNG 280.5 10/69 RAn IO/TV OFF lSTLT SHELTON, JM 286 4/69 PHOTO OFF lSTLT GEORGE, RJ 286 8/69

OPERATIONS!ESCORT UNIT

OPNS OFF HAJ MARTm, JA 286 10/69 ESCORT OFF lSTLT DEATON, 1'1 D 286 8/69 ESCORT OFF lS'rLT CAi'{NON, CE 286 6/69 ESCORT OFF lSTLT DURAN, RG 286 4/69 • PRESS CENTER UNIT 0 t'I'j PRESS CENTER MANG lSTLT 0 GUNKEL, A N 286 4/69 t'I'j (j r- ARMY LNO lSTLT(USA) BARISIC, J L 286 8/69 (j > r- rFJ LEGAL SECTION > rFJ rFJ ..... rFJ """'l ...... FORCE LEGAL OFF COL SEABAUGH, P, W 417 8/69 """'l t'I'j ~ 0 ASST LEGAL OFF CAPT BEAUDRY, GW 317 12/68. II·0 NAVMA.R JUDACT RVN COL DEBARR, JR 417 6/69 LEGAL CHIEF MGYSGT COON, WD 317 5/69

MEDICAL SECTION

FORCE SURGEON CAPT STOVER, JH JR 216 6/69 ADMIN ASST CDR MC DUFFIE, W B 216 6/69 . • ADHm CHIEF HM-l KmCADE, WL 469 1/69

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MT' SECTION!

FORCE MT 0Ff-i MAJ EaGLE STON ,. J N 2.35 12/68 . ASST Mr OFF ClfO PAGE" RH 235 7/69 ADMIN CHIEF OOT HARRIB,,\ E. L 235" 5/69

ORDNANCE SECTION,

FORCE ORn OFF COL LEON,. J 208/308 9/69 ASST ORn OFF LTCOL ED\vARDS, TC 208/308 1l/68 AMMO OFF 18TLT mVHill, JW 208/308 8/69 • ADMIN CHIEF GYSGT PETTENGll,L, GR 208 6/69 OPS ANALYSIS SECTION'

OPNS ANALYSIS OFF LTCOL \mrrf~, TB JR 309 11/69 C ASST OPNS ANAL OFF }1AJ ROBERT SON, R S 309 6/69 C t'I'j ASST OPNS ANAL OFF HAJ 2/69 t'I'j (j RASAVAGE, JR 408 (j r- ASST OPNS ANAL OFF MAJ VOGT, R L 408 8/69 r- ASST OPNS ANAL OFF CAPT S\VIN,3URNE, HH JR 408 9/69 rFJ> rFJ> rFJ..... ADMTI'I CHIEF SSGT ONENS, DD 408 8/69 rFJ...... """'l ....."""'l t'I'j POSTAL SECTION Ii !i! !,i I ~ t'I'j c C POSTAL OFF CAPT GEORGE, MJ 407/321 7/69

PROTOCOL SECTION

PROTOCOL OFF MAJ GIBSON, R E 262 8/69 ASST PROTOCOL OFF 18TLT HIGHINS, WR 262 1/69 . • ADMIN CHIEF S:{[PPLEY, TG OOT 262 6/69

PROVOST MARSllAL SECTION

FORCE PMO MAJ HILOIilE, DE 3DHPBN 1/69 ASST PMO 13TLT LEE, L 3DHPBH 8/69

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:TCC SECTtrON

nlliECTOR LTCOL GOULD, JF JR 439/458 DNG 2005 12/68 DEP DIRECTOR l-iAJ 'K1NG,HL P 439/458 DNG 2005 11/68 "SURFACE TRANS OFF MAJ GIBSON., CW 458/439 3/69 HIGHWAY TRANS OFF 'LTCOL(USA) lMARKS" 0 F 245/225 3/69 . ASST HIGHWAY TRANS OFF ~1AJ(USA) 'KIDD" RL 245/225 12/68 I TALO 1[' COL(AF) STANLEY, RE 439/458 DNG 2005 12/68 TAL0 MA.J(AF) STANLEY, RR 439/458 DNG 2005 4/69 TAL0 LTCOL DAltSON, CF 441/464 .10/69 TALO MA:J(AF) HEIFNER, CT 314 D~G 2005 7/69 • HEADQUARTERS COMl'iANDANT SECTION HQ COMMANDANT COL WHITE, WK 234 10/69 c COMPANY HEADQUARTERS C t'I'j t'I'j (j (j r- COMPANY COMMANDER COL WHITE, WK 234 10/69 r- > MAJ W rFJ EXECUTIVE OFF PETERKA, B 247 8/69 rFJ> rFJ..... rFJ...... """'l PERSONNEL/ADMIN SECTION ....."""'l t'I'j I t'I'j C ADMIN OFF 1STLT BRANSON, S K 234/334 7/69 c PERS OFF lSTLT HOLT, W A 234/334 8/69 OPERATIONS/LOG SECTION • OPNS/LOG/EMBARK OFF lSTLT THm·1As, C vi 463 3/69

UNCLASSIHfD CLUBS OFFICER MAJ BARNES, R J 459 12/68

2D COMBINED ACTION GROUP

COMMANDING OFF LTCOL JONES, RD CAG SCOL CO 8/69 EXECUT IVE OFF MAJ BARCLAY, WP CAG SCOL EXECO 12/68 s-4 OFF 2DLT BURTON, RL CAG SCOL s-4 4/69 ADMIN OFF CWO-2 BORGENS, RD CAG SCOL ADMIN 0 2/69 CO CACO CAPl' CHRISTIE, R F 1/69 CO CACO CAPT MITCHELL, P 5/69 CO CACO 1STLT MURCH INSON, JP 3/69 CO CACO lSTLT MATHEWS, 0 S :?/ 69 CO CACO lSTLT HARE,RC 1/69 CO CACO 1STLT CRONIN, RA 4/69 CO CACO 1STLT CRANSTON, KR 11/68 • CO CACO lSTLT MANOLA, PJ 10/68 CO GACO 1STLT PECK, JE 1/69 S-3 OFF MAJ DUBE, MJ CAG SCOL S-3 5/69 C C t'I'j t'I'j 1ST SGT GYSGT JONES, AB CAG SCOL 1ST SGT 2/69 (j (j r- r- 3D COMBINED ACTION GROUP rFJ> rFJ> rFJ rFJ ...... COMr1ANDING OFF LTCOL WHITSELL, RD PHD BAI 2488 9/69 ....."""'l ....."""'l EXECUTIVE OFF MAJ BAXTER, J F JR PHU BAI ~488 2/69 t'I'j t'I'j 11/68· C C S-3 OFF CAPT LIPE, PR PHU BAI 2327 CO CACO CAP!' RHODES, JF 2/69 CO CACO 1STLT TITUS, R R 9/69 CO CACO CAPT HITCHENS, AW 10/69 CO CACO 1STLT DRAKE, FL 6/69 1ST SGT 1ST SGT WILSON, LW PHU BAI 2488 5/69 4TH COMBINED ACTION GROUP • COWLANDING OFF LTCOL GREENWOOD, JE QUANG TRI 3/69 EXECUT IVE OFF MAJ DICKEY, DR QUANG TRI 2/69 MAJ COOPER, RM QUANG TRI 9/69 20 UNctA'SS~FitO

4TH CAG (CaNT ID)

SUPPLY OFF CWO-2 GREER, RA QUANG TRI 7/69 ADMIN OFF lSTLT HJLLMAN, JE QUANG TRI 3/69 CO CACO CAPT MATTHEWS, J L 11/68 CO CACO lSTLT WENTWORTH, WM 12/68 S-3 OFF 1STLT ROSSI, F J QUANG TRI 1/69 lST SGT lST SGT MORLET, S QUANG TRI 7/69

WOUND DATA AND MUNIT IONS EFFECTIVENESS TEAM (1tID:HET)

LTCOL RAINBOLT, R E 1ST HaSP co • MAJ MERRILL, WA CAPT ROUNDTREE, L CAPT WJLLIS, D LT (USN) LYDEN, J P

HOSPITAL SHIP HELGOLAND 345

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