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Batteries C and Y of the 12th Marines, Medical platoon, communications platoon, S-2 Section, vietnamese interpreter, Navy Gunfire spot team, Marine helicopter Squadron 163, Destroyer USS R.B. Anderson, 2216 Aviation unit , the local Popular Forces unit and co. A, 1st. Eng. Bn. @ 48 The weather was bad—low cloud cover and steady rain which prevented the assault from occurring on the 19th.—the battalion hunkered down over night waiting for the weather to clear — finally—at mid day on the 20th. The weather was still not ‘clear’ but it was better —very cloudy and overcast with a mist in the air. Operation Oregon finally got under way. @49 The Col had been ordered to leave two companies behind for
Base security and Regimental reserve. Battalion 1/4 (-) would be moving into an unfamiliar region known for being the base for several enemy battalions and a hot bed of hostility with less than a full strength Battalion—( another example of the ineptitude of the higher echelons over which we had no control ). The Col. had designated our LZ ’s for the Operation ( LZ Robin and LZ Eagle ) the ‘Street without Joy’ was in the middle of these landing zones! Because of the number of helicopters available—the choppers had to make multiple trips producing some anxious moments as the day wore on—once the VC knew where we were landing we knew they would try and take out the choppers—and they did! Once on the ground —the Col. and part of his staff moved with B Company followed by A Co. and the other half of the Col.’s reduced staff which began to secure the LZ’s . Col. Sullivan and his reduced staff moved South toward the location of the last reported sighting of the enemy unit reported to be a possible platoon sized PAVN ( Peoples Army of Viet Nam ) unit . A Co. and B Co. had landed on
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