As part of Operation WASHINGTON GREEN, the 3d Battalion ...

VNAF -22d ARVN Division (40th and 41st ARVN regiments); NVA/VC-3d NV A Division (2d, 18th and 22d NV A regiments). Events: 2 May 1969- Enemy forces shoot down a recon chopper of C-7/17th Cavalry, 12 miles north of Bong Son. An aero-rifle platoon (Blue Team) is inserted to retrieve . the dead and comes under heavy fire. ................
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