Battle Of Ap My An Essay

The Battle of Ap My An
SFC Santiago
Strength Maintenance Training Center
Class 16-001
SFC Rowton
26 OCT 2013

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On the afternoon of the 17th of February 1967 on the southern coastline of the Socialist Republic of South Vietnam’s province of Phuoc Tuy 40 kilometers from Saigon on a landing zone sandwiched between The Light Green and the Long Green, the Battle of Ap My An, also known as Operation Bribie, was fought between the 6th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment (6 RAR) an element of the First Australian Task Force (1 ATF) and two companies of Viet Cong from the D445 Battalion alleged to have been reinforced by North Vietnamese regulars. The Australian’s deployed as a Task Force because the leadership in the

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The First was A CO 6 RAR making immediate contact upon arrival at the unsecured LZ. The other being B Co 6 RAR quick reaction force engaging the Viet Cong at close range in heavy volumes of fire followed by intense fighting that lasted five hours. Finally, C CO RAR arrived allowing them address their casualties and break contact. Immediately following the withdraw, an air strike decimated the enemy positons but not before the Australian forces lost eight man and suffered another 27 wounded. Estimates range from 50-70 Viet Cong Deaths as a result of the