Manhattan

Written January 2014

Operation

Dates:

23 Apr 1967 - 12 May 1967

Area of Operation:

Boi Loi Woods, Bình Dương Province, III Corps

Allied Units:

US Army 3d Brigade 1st Infantry Division, 3d Brigade 4th Infantry Division, 1st and 2d Brigades 25th Infantry Division, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment; ARVN 5th Division, 34th Ranger Battalion

Allied Casualties:

15 KIA, 133 WIA

Enemy Units:

Viet Cong

Enemy Casualties:

123 KIA, 7 POW

Objective(s):

Search and destroy

Significance/Notes:

Over 90,000 lbs of rice cached by the Viet Cong was seized and redistributed to Vietnamese civilians. 128 weapons and approximately 55,000 rounds of ammunition were also seized.

Sources:

Vietnam War Almanac by James H. Willbanks

The Vietnam Center And Archive (at Texas Tech University)

Photo Gallery

Dau Tieng, Vietnam. Operation Manhattan. 1/4 Cav vehicles just inside the road tree line. The 11th ACR was to our immediate right as you looked out toward the road.

Source: VAS048242, Philip Varsel Collection, The Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Dau Tieng, Vietnam. Operation Manhattan. SP5 Varsel changing an M113 APC transmission.

Source: VAS048243, Philip Varsel Collection, The Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

CH-47 helicopter. Operation Manhattan - aerial delivery transporting rice. Cu Chi, Vietnam.

Source: VA058620, U.S. Army Aviation Museum Volunteer Archivists Collection, The Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University