Lessons Learned, Headquarters, 23d Infantry Division (Americal)
Abstract
The 23d Infantry Division continued to conduct combat operations with 3 brigades deployed throughout the Division Tactical Area of Interest. Contact ranged from light to moderate in the 196th Infantry Brigade area and was light throughout the remainder of the 23d Infantry Division AO. Operations CAROLINE HILL (196th Infantry Brigade), Middlesex PEAK (198th Infantry Brigade) and FINNEY HILL (11th Infantry Brigade) terminated effective 011200H July 1971, which concluded all named operations for the Division. The Brigades operated in areas approximating the three provinces with 11th Infantry Brigade in Quang Ngai (P), 198th Infantry Brigade in Quang Tin (P) and 196th Infantry Brigade in Quang Nam (P). Brigades continued to operate in these areas until selected units commenced standdown on 4 October 1971. In Quang Ngai (P) the 11th Infantry Brigade conducted combined operations with the 4th and 6th Regiments of the 2d ARVN Division. Using two to four infantry battalions the 11th Brigade initiated combat operations to locate and destroy the VC Quang Ngai Provincial Headquarters and the 21st NVA Regiment. The 11th Brigade also assisted the pacification program by conducting combined operations with the 4th ARVN Regiment and RF/PF forces to destroy VC/NVA forces and to assist in rice denial.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 01, 1971
- Accession Number
- AD0520351
Entities
Organizations
- Adjutant General's Corps