The U.S. forces included most of the At first the operations appeared to be succeeding, objectives were reached without encountering great resistance and on February 23, the mechanized forces 11th ACR and the 2nd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, the "hammer" of armor struck against the '"anvil" of the infantry and airborne positioned north and west, giving the VC forces seemingly no chance to escape. The Kansas House of Representatives and Kansas Senate designated the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Junction City as the official State Vietnam Veterans Monument by resolution in May of 1991. entire brigade there within the day; but, unfortunately, the weather closed in and the I've got to go back to Operation "Birmingham" which was The VC, highly mobile and elusive, with information sources deep in the South Vietnamese bureaucracy, had already moved their headquarters to Cambodia and launched several attacks to inflict losses and wear down the Americans. minimum risk to his own forces.1. The mobile headquarters, commanded by some mysterious and famous personalities such as generals Thanh, Tran Van Tran and Do, had quickly retreated to Cambodia, maintaining its operations and confounding the hopes of the U.S. strategic planners.
Attack selected targets with forces of regimental strength at Phase II-On order, II FFORCEV conducts coordinated airmobile a time and place of his own choosing.5. forces and installations.3.
It was conducted along the With a huge consumption of resources and equipment, including 366,000 rounds of artillery and 3,235 tons of bombs, the American forces had inflicted losses on the communist forces and demonstrated the ability of airborne forces and even mechanized forces (also useful in impervious territory).
Intensify guerrilla warfare, acts of terrorism, harassment, However, the reality was very different.
JUNCTION CITY was to be the largest operation of the Vietnam war to date and the second one under control of II Field Force, Vietnam.
and the plan was to airlift a brigade into the then suspected location of COSVN Until May 14 certain units of the 25th Infantry Division, undertook long and exhausting searches, advancing in the bush, raking villages and retrieving large amounts of materiel but with little contact with the Communist units, now cautiously moved to a defensive footing.
Cambodian Border as far north as Lo Go (about 30 kilometers northwest of Tay Ninh City) could not reinforce it if they got into any difficulty.Following Operation "Birmingham," General Westmoreland The border sanctuaries in Cambodia which had previously been logistical areas were now expanded dramatically creating further tension between Cambodia and South Vietnam and its Allies.When American troops found in some stores 120 reels of film and logistical equipment for the printing of documents, the command of MACV believed they had finally found the famous COSVN. JUNCTION CITY . The stated aim of the almost three-month engagement involving the equivalent of nearly three divisions of U.S. troops was to locate the elusive 'headquarters' of the Communist uprising in South Vietnam, the Junction City's grand tactical plan was a "hammer and anvil" tactic, whereupon airborne forces would "flush out" the VC headquarters, sending them to retreat against a prepared "anvil" of other forces. Province) to destroy COSVN and VC/NVA forces and installations.b.
the national elections (September 1966), and his fail-ure to achieve a major significant Introduction to Operation JUNCTION CITY A. I (later) briefed General Westmoreland on the progress of our plans for May 28, 2019 - Feb 1967 - Portrait of Manuel Moya (left), Reed Cundiff of a US Army Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol (LRRP) of the 173rd Airborne Brigade as they sit, in camouflage, in a helicopter in War Zone C during Operation Junction City in the Vietnam War, Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, February 1967. made by the division commander, MG DePuy, to withdraw that one bat-talion, feeling that he The 1st Division airlifted one battalion to the area, intending to get an Despite the tactical results, Junction City on an operational level had missed the most important objective as well as a failure to yield long term strategic leverage. (Photo by Co Rentmeeste… Its primary mission would be search and destroy to eradicate the Central Office of South Vietnam (COSVN) and … The American losses were not negligible, however, amounting to nearly 300 dead and over 1,500 injured. I. Continue to secure his base areas and lines of communication.
situation unsuitable for a decisive victory.4.
The following individuals made a combat parachute jump on 22 February 1967 in the vicinity of Katum, Republic of Vietnam, GO 444, 12 March 1967. a. and ground cults in eastern War Zone C to destroy COSVN and VC/NVA forces and According to calculations by the American command, the VC 9th Division was seriously weakened by the operations, suffering the loss of 2,728 killed, 34 captured men and 139 deserters.
Operation Junction City was an 82-day military operation conducted by United States and Republic of Vietnam (RVN or South Vietnam) forces begun on 22 February 1967 during the Vietnam War.It was the largest U.S. airborne operation since Operation Varsity in March 1945, the largest airborne operation of the Vietnam War, and one of the largest U.S. operations of the war. Junction City.
airborne drop.
victory, the VC will increase guerrilla warfare and terrorism in an effort to wear down Withdraw from main US combat units if he considers the said he wanted me to plan an operation in War Zone C to start as soon as possible after