neverbee
02-01-2011, 01:33 AM
Battle of Ong Thanh, South Vietnam, Oct 17th 1967.
Battle reports were declassified in 1991, a ferocious fight that shocked the U.S citizen 16 years after the end of Vietnam war.
On Oct. 17th, 1967, Alpha and Delta companies of the 2-28-1 Inf. Division engaged in one of the Vietnam War´s most ferocious fights. Claiming 64 Americans lives lost, the battle report was not declassified until 1991.
footage on this incident :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYhKbBrRHHo
preview
http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/811/ccccccd.jpg
Battle reports were declassified in 1991, a ferocious fight that shocked the U.S citizen 16 years after the end of Vietnam war.
On Oct. 17th, 1967, Alpha and Delta companies of the 2-28-1 Inf. Division engaged in one of the Vietnam War´s most ferocious fights. Claiming 64 Americans lives lost, the battle report was not declassified until 1991.
footage on this incident :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYhKbBrRHHo
preview
http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/811/ccccccd.jpg