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199TH LIGHT INFANTRY BRIGADE SUMMARIES


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AUGUST 12, 1970 NESPAPER (VOL. 2, NO. 16)

10 Jul 70

"Old Guard" elements of Charlie Co, 2nd Bn, 3rd Inf operating eight miles southeast of FSB Mace discovered a small cache and destroyed its contents.

11 Jul 70

Charlie Co, 3rd Bn, 7th Inf conducting a sweep of an area 21 miles north-northeast of Mace, discovered a bunker complex consisting of 40 bunkers with three feet of overhead cover. Found in the complex were cache consisting of 500 pounds of rock salt and 50 to 100 meters of poncho material.

12 Jul 70

Dragon 34 helicopter gunship, opconed the Brigade, sighted and engaged one enemy soldier, killing him in an action that took place 12 miles east of Mace.

Night defensive perimeter (NDP) used by Charlie Co, 3rd Bn, 7th Inf received small arms fire. Artillery from 2nd Bn, 40th Arty was called in support. Later that evening, enemy were sighted on the perimeter and were engaged. Enemy returned with RPG fire and US gunships flew in support with unknown enemy casualties.

13 Jul 70

Alpha Co, 2nd Bn, 3rd Inf engaged an unknown number of enemy, 11 miles east of Mace. One enemy was killed and a sweep of the area uncovered one AK-47, one Chicom grenade, four AK-47 magazines and one pistol.

"Cottonbalers" from Charlie Co, 3rd Bn, 7th Inf discovered and extracted 166 bags with American commercial packaging. The cache was discovered 18 miles north of Mace.

14 Jul 70

Elements of Delta Co, 2nd Bn, 3rd Inf engaged four enemy soldiers, killing two in action 11 miles east of Mace.

Charlie Co, 3rd Bn, 7th Inf on continued operations found an additional 61, fifty kilo bags of wheat flour and 200 more fifty kilo bags nearby, bringing the total to 14.25 tons.

In an area five clicks north of Charlie's find, "Old Guardsmen" of Bravo Co found a small cache and took charge of the contents.

15 Jul 70

Delta Co, 2nd Bn, 3rd Inf found two caches consisting of food items and other miscellaneous goods.

16 Jul 70

A patrol of Bravo Co, 3rd Bn, 7th Inf engaged four enemy soldiers with automatic weapons fire 23 miles northeast of Mace killing two and capturing one RPG launcher, one Chicom pistol and four rucksacks.

18 Jul 70

While on operations 38 miles northeast of Mace, elements of Delta Co, 3rd Bn, 7th Inf discovered and extracted a food cache consisting of 58 fifty kilo bags of wheat flour.

20 Jul 70

"Warriors" of 5th Bn, 12th Inf on operations 18 miles northwest of Mace found several hootches and a well on a heavily traveled trail.

21 Jul 70

Elements of M Co, 75th Rangers while moving down a trail 31 miles north of Mace heard small arms fire. Upon investigation, they discovered a tunnel complex and small base camp. Continuing to sweep the area, the unit made contact with an unknown sized enemy force, killing one.


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