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Historic Operations – Vietnam: Operation Attleboro

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Historic Operations: Vietnam
Operation Attleboro, Fall, 1966

Operation Attleboro was a Vietnam War search and destroy operation initiated by the 196th Light Infantry Brigade with the objective to discover the location(s) of People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) and Viet Cong (VC) base areas and force them to fight. The operation was named after Attleboro, Massachusetts, where the brigade had been formed. Operation Attleboro grew to be the largest series of air mobile operations to that time, involving all or elements of the 196th Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, 1st Infantry Division and a brigade of the 4th Infantry Division, as well as numerous Army of the Republic of Vietnam and Regional Forces/Popular Forces and Nùngs. In the end, the operation became a Corps operation commanded by II Field Force, Vietnam.

Below are scans of articles regarding the action.  For more information on Operation Attleboro, see the Wikipedia page.

Also see our article on Charles Franklin Whitis, who was decorated with the Silver Start for his heroic actions during the operation.

Operation Attleboro 1
Operation Attleboro 2
Operation Attleboro 3

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