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Operation Junction City
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| Operation Junction City | |||||||
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| Part of Vietnam Conflict | |||||||
 Cedar Falls/Junction City area of operations |
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| Combatants | |||||||
 United States Republic of Vietnam |
 NLF Democratic Republic of Vietnam |
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| Casualties | |||||||
| 282 killed 1023 wounded 48 tanks destroyed |
1,728 killed |
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| Vietnam War |
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| Ap Bac – Binh Gia –Pleiku – Song Be – Dong Xoai – Gang Toi – Ia Drang – Hastings – A Shau – Duc Co –Long Tan – Attleboro – Cedar Falls – Tra Binh Dong – Junction City – Hill 881 – Ong Thanh – Dak To – 1st Tet – Khe Sanh – 1st Saigon – Hue – Lang Vei – Lima Site 85 – Kham Duc – Dewey Canyon – 2nd Tet – Hamburger Hill – Binh Ba – Cambodia – Snuol – FSB Ripcord – Lam Son 719 – Ban Dong –FSB Mary Ann – Easter '72 – 1st Quang Tri –Loc Ninh – An Loc – Kontum – 2nd Quang Tri –Phuoc Long – Ho Chi Minh – Buon Me Thuot – Xuan Loc – Truong Sa –2nd Saigon – Rolling Thunder – Barrell Roll – Pony Express – Steel Tiger – Tiger Hound – Tailwind – Commando Hunt – Linebacker I – Linebacker II – Chenla I – Chenla II – SS Mayagüez |
Operation Junction City was a 72-day operation begun on 22 February 1967, and was conducted by US and South Vietnamese forces during the Vietnam Conflict. It was the largest US airborne operation since Operation Market Garden during the Second World War, and was one of the largest US operations of the Southeast Asian conflict.
Junction City was a prominent search and destroy operation, conducted in hopes of clearing People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) and National Liberation Front (NLF or Viet Cong) units from the area of War Zone C, northeast of the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon. Another goal of the operation was the possible capture or destruction of the PAVN/NLF Central Office for South Vietnam (COSVN). This headquarters controlled all enemy activities south of the triborder region of Laos, Cambodia, and South Vietnam. The operation was considered largely successful by the US, although PAVN/NLF units returned to the area once allied forces were withdrawn and although COSVN was not found.
- Summers, Harry G. Historical Atlas of the Vietnam War. New York: Houghton Mifflin Company.
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- VIETNAM STUDIES CEDAR FALLS- JUNCTION CITY: A TURNING POINT by Lieutenant General Bernard William Rogers
- After Action Report (Logistical)
- 1/4 Cavalvry After Action Report - JUNCTION CITY II - 26 Apr 67
1282 killed
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