Operation Junction City

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Operation Junction City
Part of Vietnam Conflict
Cedar Falls/Junction City area of operations
Date 22 February - 14 May 1967 Location War Xone C, Tay Ninh Province, Republic of Vietnam Result United States tactical victory
Combatants
United States Republic of Vietnam	NLF Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Casualties
282 killed 1,576 wounded	2,728 killed 34 captured

Operation Junction City was a 72-day operation begun on 22 February 1967, and was conducted by US and South Vietnamese forces during the Vietnam Conflict. It was the largest US airborne operation since Operation Market Garden during the Second World War, and was one of the largest US operations of the Southeast Asian conflict.

Junction City was a prominent search and destroy operation, conducted in hopes of clearing People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) and National Liberation Front (NLF or Viet Cong) units from the area of War Zone C, northeast of the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon. Another goal of the operation was the possible capture or destruction of the PAVN/NLF Central Office for South Vietnam (COSVN). This headquarters controlled all enemy activities south of the triborder region of Laos, Cambodia, and South Vietnam. The operation was considered largely successful by the US, although PAVN/NLF units returned to the area once allied forces were withdrawn and although COSVN was not found.

[edit] References

• Summers, Harry G. Historical Atlas of the Vietnam War. New York: Houghton Mifflin Company.

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