Operation Starlight

This is the first large scale offensive operation conducted by the United States Marine Corps. Elements of the 3d Marine Division engaged and defeat a Vietcong Regiment.

This was a search and destroy mission to exploit sightings of enemy troops in the area and to prevent an attack on the Chu Lai enclave.

H Company, 2/4th Marines landed at Landing Zone Blue only to find almost the entire 60th Vietcong Battalion ready and waiting to battle them.

As the battle developed, a unit with amphibous tracks set out to reinforce and was ambushed along with other American Units.

The fighting was intense for several hours but the superior air, artillery, and naval gun fire support quickly swung the action in favor of the United States Marine Corps.

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