The cache consisted of 17 AK-47 rifles, 44 AK-47 magazines, 69 RPG-2 rounds' 2000 rounds of AK-47 ammunition, and 300 pounds of TNT.

The infantrymen also destroyed 11 Chinese Communist grenade booby traps in the same area. Seventeen miles west of Saigon, Delta Co. 5th Bn. 12th Inf engaged and killed one Viet Cong and destroyed 11 bunkers and one booby trap.

Elements of Delta Co. 3rd Bn. 7th Inf destroyed four bunkers and one booby trap 6 miles west of Saigon.

Brigade elements destroyed 16 bunkers, 1 sampan, 6 Chicom grenades, 2 booby traps and a mine during reconnaissance-in-force operations southwest of Saigon.

Elsewhere troops from Bravo Co. 5th Bn. 12 Inf found small amounts of medical equipment, supplies, documents, and 10 pairs of VC black pajama uniforms 4 miles northwest of Ben Luc.

Infantrymen of the "Old Guard" battalion uncovered a munitions cache 12 miles southwest of Tan An today.

Elements of the 2nd Bn. 3rd Inf found the cache buried in two 55-gallon drums. The find included 47 parachute anti-tank grenades, one hundred eighteen 82mm mortar rounds, 108 charges, 87 primers, and 78 fuses. All of the ordnance was in good condition and has been in place approximately two weeks. Six enemy bunkers were also destroyed.

In other action, two bunkers and one sampan were destroyed by elements of 3rd Bn. 3rd Inf, miles west of Ben Luc.

Infantrymen from 2nd Bn. 3rd Inf, operating 7 miles southwest of Saigon, engaged a small Viet Cong force, resulting in one VC killed (BC)

Elements of 5th Bn. 12th Inf found a sampan containing six Chicom grenade booby traps, one grenade launcher with eight rounds, a bandoleer of small arms ammunition, and a small amount of personal gear, 11 miles southwest of Duc Hoa.

Also uncovered in the same area were 15 fish traps, 2 canteens, fishing poles and lines, shovels, hammers, a 2-pound block of C-4 explosive, and a land mine which was destroyed.

Brigade units continued reconnaissance-in-force operations west of Saigon, killing one Viet Cong (BC) and apprehending three detainees.

"Warriors" of Alpha Co. 5th Bn. 12th Inf engaged and killed a fleeing Viet Cong in the northern "pineapple" region 3 miles southwest of Duc Hoa. They recovered the enemy's AK-47 rifle, four loaded magazines and documents revealing him as an assistant platoon leader.

Elsewhere, elements of Alpha Co. 2nd Bn. 3rd Inf found and destroyed a booby trap. Three punji pits and detained three persons 10 miles southwest of Saigon.

Three Viet Cong were killed in scattered action today as Brigade elements continued sweeping the "pineapple" region west of Saigon.

Infantrymen of Delta Co. 5th Bn. 12th Inf killed two VC after spotting three enemy in a nipa-palm 4 miles south of Duc Hoa

Other battalion soldiers observed and engaged one VC 2-1/2 miles south of Duc Hoa. The enemy was killed and his AK-47 rifle was captured.

During reconnaissance-in-force operations2 miles south of Duc Hoa today, an element of 5th Bn. 12th Inf discovered two enemy bodies. The enemy had been killed in action yesterday.

Two AK-47 rifles, eight magazines and three grenades were also found near the bodies.

Elsewhere, infantrymen from Alpha Co. 3rd Bn. 7th Inf found one wounded Viet Cong soldier and his AK-47 rifle while sweeping an area of earlier contact 7 miles west of Ben Luc.

Helicopter gunship crews supporting elements or 3rd Bn. 7th Inf killed three VC (BC) and captured two AK-47 rifles in action 9 miles west of Duc Hoa.

In other action infantrymen from 5th Bn 12th Inf found and destroyed three Chicom booby traps during a sweep northwest of Duc Hoa.

Operating west of Saigon, elements of the 5th Bn. 12th Inf engaged and killed one Viet Cong (BC), recovered his AK-47 rifle, web gear, and some documents.

Seven bunkers, a sampan, and a booby trap were also destroyed in the area 3 miles south of Duc Hoa.

An element of Alpha Co. 4th Bn. 12th Inf engaged three Viet Cong 3 miles south of Duc Hoa resulting in three enemy killed (BC) and one AK-47 rifle, one B-40 rocket launcher and four B-40 rocket rounds captured.

In light action today Brigade elements destroyed 1 enemy hootch, 10 bunkers, 1 sampan, 2 punji pits.

Elements of 4th Bn. 12th Inf, during a cordon and search operation 10 miles southwest of Saigon, today found one complete 122mm rocket with four additional warheads and three fuses. The rocket was discovered in a cylindrical container buried 6 inches in a dike.

Also found and destroyed were 5 booby traps, 18 bunkers, and 19 "L"-shaped fighting positions.

In the northern "pineapple" region 3miles southeast of Duc Hoa, Bravo Co. 5th Bn. 12th Inf was credited with two VC killed when they discovered the bodies buried in VC ponchos.

Other battalion troops held one detainee 8 miles west of Saigon.

Elements of the 5th Bn. 12th Inf, operating 3 miles south of Duc Hoa, killed one VC (BC) and recovered one AK-47 rifle. They also destroyed one bunker, four booby traps and recovered small quantities of documents and medical supplies.