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)
Further Reading:
Operation Manhattan - Tropic Lightening News, Vol 2 No 18, 8MAY1967
