Battle of Ong Thanh
1967 CE.
Shown on the map at 11.373°, 106.543°.
The Battle of Ong Thanh was fought at the stream of that name (Ông Thành) on the morning of 17 October 1967, in Chơn Thành District, at the time part of Bình Dương Province, South Vietnam, today in Bình Phước Province. During the first few months of 1967 the Viet Cong (VC) absorbed heavy losses as a result of large-scale search and destroy missions conducted by the United States Army. This prompted North Vietnamese leaders to review their war strategy in South Vietnam. In light of the setbacks which People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) and VC forces had experienced in early 1967, PAVN General Trần Văn Trà suggested PAVN and VC forces could still be victorious if they inflicted as many casualties as possible on U.S. military units, hoping that the Americans would conclude that the war was too costly and withdraw from Vietnam. Thus, towards mid-1967 the VC 7th and 9th Divisions returned to the battlefield with the objective of inflicting casualties on U.S. military formations in III Corps. On 12 June the U.S. 1st Infantry Division launched Operation Billings to destroy elements of the VC 9th Division, which had built up strength north of Phước Vĩnh Base Camp in War Zone D.
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