Army Reporter information
for 1 INF DIV
For date 680309
1 INF DIV was a US Army unit
Primary service involved, US Army
Bien Hoa Province, III Corps, South Vietnam
Location, Di An
Description: The following is an edited version from the weekly Vietnam Communique column in the 9 Mar 1968 issue.
D/1/18th Inf located a 12,900-pound enemy rice cache near Di An, about nine miles northeast of Saigon. The rice, which was stored in 100-pound bags, will be distributed to Vietnamese refugees. Officials stated that the rice was enough to feed a 500-man enemy battalion for about 17 days. Five miles north of Saigon B/1/28th Inf found the bodies of 11 VC soldiers who had been killed by artillery fire.
The source for this information was 6803AR.AVN supplied by Les Hines
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