← Previous Item

A Very Long Night

Next Item →

http://wargame-scenarios.com/images/LNLLOF09.jpg
http://wargame-scenarios.com/images/LNLBoHLogo.jpg

Title
A Very Long Night
Description
After clearing the ridge from an ambush, Bravo and 2nd Platoon from Charlie Company joined the Battalion HQ perimeter at An Bang. As dusk settled, the Marines settled in for much needed rest. However, the distant sound of mortars being …
Publisher
Date
1969-06-09
Scenario#
LOF13
Scenario Description
After clearing the ridge from an ambush, Bravo and 2nd Platoon from Charlie Company joined the Battalion HQ perimeter at An Bang. As dusk settled, the Marines settled in for much needed rest. However, the distant sound of mortars being set up told the Marines that the 90th NVA Regiment was not done for the day.
Location
An Bang, South Vietnam
Battle Name
Battle Narrative
Operation Macon was a US Marine Corps search and destroy operation in western Quảng Nam Province, lasting from 4 July to 28 October 1966. Following the conclusion of Operation Georgia on 10 May, the 3rd Battalion, 9th Marines remained at An Hoa Combat Base to provide security for the An Hoa Industrial Complex. On 1 July a squad leader from the Viet Cong (VC) 1st Company, R-20 Doc Lap Battalion, surrendered to Marine forces and revealed that his unit was located south of the Thu Bồn River and east of An Hoa Base where they were preparing defenses to engage any Marine forces that might enter the area. Further intelligence indicated that the VC were armed with heavy weapons including 5 12.7mm machine guns, 3 81mm mortars and 57mm recoilless rifles. Aerial reconnaissance by VMO-2 confirmed that the VC were entrenched south of the Thu Bồn.
Narrative Source
Wikipedia: Operation Macon
Combatants
American
North Vietnamese

Geolocation