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ATII-GCT j . SUBJECTi Operational Baport - Laaaeoa Uarnod, Headquarter«, HIT Corps, Parlod SBOlng 31 October 1969, RCS CSFOR-65 (R2) Aisistant Chief of Staff for Force Oerelopaeot OapartMBt of the Any Washington, Do Co 20310 lo Omtratinna» Sttnifleant ActiYitiea a. (Q) Comnand and Organicationo (1) (0) CoBnaaio U) On 1 August 1969, BQ UllUam £„ Shedd III «asuned the duties of the Chief of Staff, HIT Corps, EG Shedd foraerly «as the Assistant Di- vision Commander (Maneuver), Ist Cavalry Divlslo» (Airmobile)o (b) On 5 August 1969, COL Charles J. Bailey, Jr», DSMC, assumed duties as Qsputy Chief of Staff, HIT Corps la relief of COL Harry L. (Uveoa, USMC, who departed for interim assignmeBt mith HQ III HAF and subsequent ressslga- ment to HQ FHF Atlantic, Norfolk, Tirgiala» (c) On 29 August 19699 BG Allan Go Pixton returned from special leave to Hawaii and reassumed command of XXIV Corps Artillery0 (d) On 22 October 1969» BG Shedd departed for a special 30 day leave to the Fhillppinea and BG Pixton assumed duties as Acting Chief of Staff, HIV Corps0 (2) (U) Organlzatiooc (a) During the reporting period the 3d and 9th Bagt Landing Teams, 3d Marine Division departed XXIT Corps on the occaoion of their redeploy- nent from Bepubllc of Tlotnamo (b) On 10 October 1969 the 1st Bn, 39th Artillery was assigned to HQ, JL i? Corps and replaced the 2d Bn, 138th Artillery which departed Vietnam, (e) During this quarter the Ist 8" How» Battery, Fleet Marine Force, was reassigned out of XXIV Corps Area« FOR OT IT H U^U n.v "COfVflDE/ilTWL,- - j -. •^—f - i « I»—D OWHGRÄDID AT 3 YEAR IHTERVAIS, OEQASSIFIED AFTER 12 YEARS. DOD DiR 5200.10 ATII-GCT SUBJECT: mJ80k^HkilomTTU^oH - UMOM Uammip HMdquarUrat HI? Corp«» Parlod Kudla« 31 October 1%9, RCS CSR)R-45 (82) b. (c) atamnMt um fiflMUattoHUlUMi (1) (C) BMBJ Sltuttlom (a) Gtterml: During th« pttt qoarUr, Mjor «angr «It« la HIT C«rpc 10 g«Mrftlly aodMrorcd to arold declsiv« contact with illlad foreos, lo •noaj attack« of battalion or larger sit« vara iaitlatad, and oalj laolatad eonpaagr six« attacks occurred throughout the qaarter. Saeaj initiated ••- tivlty was characterised by light to noderate intenaitf attacks by rocket/ •ortar/BPG fire, mining of LOCa» Tery snail unit groimd attacks» end a low Iprel of propaganda, proselyting, temjrl«« mA other pollttoaliy relatai aetirlty» Eoeny actirity was largely designed to bolster the dlniaishlng «ffeetiTeness of the 7C Local Perce/TC Infrastmetare spparatue in the pop- «lated lowland arMS of the Corps, and to disoredit the GTR Aeeelsnted Pacification Campaigno Once the fall rice harreisi began, eneny units of Military Segion TRI-THIEN-HÜE (MBTTH) concentrated almost «xclusirely en attsnpts to securt ■ach nsedod rice. Continual Allied anbuahes in the low- lands and along the edge of the pledbont hare extracted a heavy tdll «f oasualties «song ric« collection parties» Most recent Nap ralllera and dccw«ats fTon MBTTH elements hare recounted serere food shortages and faar of participating in rice collection niseions due ta Allied anbuahes. la the B5 Front A0, the tAth Rocket Artillery Regt and the 31st Infantry Bagt ware the nost eonaisteatly aetire NVA combat units» These unite initiated selected attacks by rocket fire ewer a wide frost la the eestern and cen- tral QOANG TRI (P), with favorite targets being TAHDERGRIFT Combat Bass, OOIG HA Gonbat Beee, and the Alpha and Charlie Bases south of the eestern OMZ, The 31st Begt operated throughout th« quarter In a widely dlspereed A0, engaged prii*uily 4» propagsada/proselytiag in the CAM LO/CAM W Be- settleaant Area, «»-d eprredlc, harassing nortar/KPG fire and «lt»in/j of Allied LOC's, Other B« Frost eleaents soaduoted sporadic taetlcal ac- tivity, deploying m^ii *l»mnta from bases within ind north of the SHZ. (b) QfiiSQ TSt (r) 1 In Quang tsi (!% ««rly August narked the identification of 9th Regt/30Ath $n mzuim is conUet with 3rd Marine Begt elenente south of the centr.i 'mi, mr' Uae 49» Bn/QDANG BINH Provincial Unit (QßFB) in contact wiW. *l*wy%n ol XB% We, 5th lafaatiy Oiv IMedi} and the 3d Ha» rines- 3e«-*rei vx\n;> >,; «is« ^oatacte below the central DM2 during the first belf of August x«suited in o*er 190 eonfimed eneny KIA, The KIA were nhon) equailf llrid«<J between the 9th HTA Begt and the 49th Bo/QBPO. A short ii*«», h\x* ttV'wr Iptanee upsurge in attacks-by-fire occurred 12 August. «• p.>?-»r*! MAI- ! Urget« in the LEATHSBHECK SQUARE area of QÜAHG