Americal Daily News Sheets information
for 23 INF DIV
F/8 CAV
For date 681225
23 INF DIV was a US Army unit
F/8 CAV was a US Army unit
Primary service involved, US Army
Quang Tin Province, I Corps, South Vietnam
Location, Chu Lai
Description: The following is an edited version from the Americal Daily News Sheets Vol. 2 No. 250 Thursday December 26.
CHU LAI (AMERICAL IO) - Americal Division forces reported killing one NVA and seven VC, discovering one NVA body, detaining four VC suspects in very light and scattered action on Christmas Day in southern I Corps.
In the 11th Inf. Bde. area, six VC were killed and four VC suspects detained while two engineer companies reported three unusual incidents tied to the Christmas standdown.
Near a beach 11 miles southweast of Duc Pho, Co,. B, 4-3 Inf., led by CPT Jack Pryor (Fresno, CA) received heavy automatic weapons fire and killed five VC. After the "Old Guard" called in air strikes, another VC was found dead.
Three VC suspects were detained with altered ID cards on Highway 1 about six miles southeast of Duc Pho. Another was detained when he presented a VC wreath and distributed propaganda leaflets at the gate of LZ Liz five miles northwest of Duc Pho.
The engineers' unusual day began north of Duc Pho on Highway 1 where a minesweep team of Co. A, 19th Engr. Bn. discovered two Christmas trees bearing VC propaganda and a 20-foot high arch built across the road with flowers, pompoms, a white flag, and a dove of peace attached.
Further north, 15 miles from Duc Pho, a minesweep team of Co. C, 39th Engr. Bn. encountered one NVA with an AK-47 rifle and two armed VC watching the sweep. Neither side fired.
Shortly afterwards at the same site, the engineers were approached by 30 armed VC with AK-47 rifles, M-79 grenade launchers, and carbines. The VC asked to meet with U.S. representatives at the site at a designated hour in the afternoon. American troops remained at the proposed site almost two hours beyond the designated hour, but no VC appeared.
Units operating in the 196th Inf. Bde. area reported killing one NVA and finding one VC body in three incidents near Que Son.
Co. D, 4-31 Inf. located the body of one NVA soldier killed Tuesday afternoon nine miles west of Que Son.
Further to the southwest, F Trp., 8th Cav., OPCON to the 4-3 Inf., discovered one VC body which had been dead four to five days.
To the north of the Que Son, a recon element of the 2-1 Inf. engaged seven VC shortly after the Christmas standdown ended at 1800 hours. One VC was killed by artillery fire in the action that followed.
No serious incidents were reported in the 198th Inf. Bde. area of operations.
One Americal Division soldier was killed and one wounded and evacuated for medical treatment, according to an initial report.
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