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Ambush at XT 686576

出版	HQ PACAF, Directorate, Tactical Evaluation, CHECO Division, 1967
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=CoZgGwAACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋On 17 October 1967, two companies of the 2d Battalion, 28th Infantry, were searching an area in the vicinity of the Long Nguyen Secret Base Area, a heavily jungled sector southeast of the Michelin Rubber Plantation in Binh Duong Province. The 1st Infantry had very reliable information that the 271st Main Force Regiment, 9th VC Division, was in the area. The 271st had been engaged by American forces in Operations EL PASO, ATTLEBORO, and JUNCTION CITY, It had a reputation for being especially adept at conducting double play ambushes, against an exposed force and against the reaction force sent out to assist. At 1015 hours on the morning of the 17th, the 271st, from preplanned and exceptionally well camouflaged jungle positions, savagely attacked searching columns of A and D Companies, 2d Battalion/28th at coordinates XT 686576. The attack, which lasted about two hours, resulted in 57 Americans killed, 63 wounded, and two missing. This classical enemy ambush emphasized one of the most difficult problems facing the U.S. in its war against the Viet Cong, How do you bring superior firepower to support friendlies in jungle areas which are suddenly hit from enemy positions only a few meters away?