Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army Regulars swept down Highway One, blew a hole in the Tan Son Nhut fence and swarmed toward Bunker O51. The main thrust of the attack had begun at the western perimeter, with 600 enemy dedicated to the defeat and overrunning of Bunker O51.

Nov 27, 2013 · The Viet Cong bunkers were so efficient that the CIA estimated that for every 100 bombs dropped on the Ho Chi Minh Trail, just one North Vietnamese soldier died. On the day he was rescued, Jerry weighed 95 pounds at the most.

When a second Viet Cong bunker was discovered, he ran through a hail of enemy fire to deliver deadly fire into the bunker, killing one enemy soldier. He also captured 1 Viet Cong who later provided valuable information on enemy activity in the Loc Ninh area.

In taking on the Free World forces, the VC/NVA faced tremendous firepower delivered by artillery, mortars, direct-fire weapons, fighter-bombers, strategic bombers, and helicopter gunships. The weight of ordnance dumped on the elusive fighters met and often superseded that delivered in World War II on major population centers and Pacific islands.

From January 7 to 13, U.S. and Australian army forces mount a large search-and-destroy operation known as CRIMP. The operation is directed against a Viet Cong base area north of Saigon, adjacent to the region known as the Iron Triangle.

The Battle of Gang Toi (8 November 1965) was fought during the Vietnam War between Australian troops and the Viet Cong.The battle was one of the first engagements between the two forces during the war and occurred when A Company, 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (1 RAR) struck a Viet Cong bunker system defended by Company 238 in the Gang Toi Hills, in northern Biên Hòa Province.

Mar 2, 2024 · A military Vietnam bunker is an underground shelter or defensive fortification used by the North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong during the Vietnam War to protect against enemy attacks and provide safe housing for troops.

The Battle of Ong Thanh began when two companies of the 2nd Battalion of the U. S. Army are tasked with destroying a discovered Viet Cong bunker in the Binh Duong Province, Vietnam. While on their way to the bunker, the battalions were …

Operation Crimp (8–14 January 1966), also known as the Battle of the Ho Bo Woods, was a joint US-Australian military operation during the Vietnam War, which took place 20 kilometres (12 mi) north of Cu Chi in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam.The operation targeted a key Viet Cong headquarters that was believed to be concealed underground, and involved two brigades under the command of the ...

During the Vietnam War, the Viet Cong (VC) main forces and North Vietnamese Army (NVA) were forced to hide weapons and supplies underground and to dig protective shelters to counter massive US firepower.