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1. True or False, large
numbers of Viet Cong troops
would be killed or captured,
however they were quickly
replaced. Although enemy
forces were pushed out of
certain territories, as soon
as the American forces left
the areas, the North
Vietnamese returned with more
reinforcements.

2. The missions created
millions of refugees who lost
their homes. This hurt the
economic system, the political
and social system in South
Vietnam. What food production
areas were often destroyed?


3. In one of the first Search
and Destroy missions northwest
of Dau Tieng, named Operation
Attleboro, the North
Vietnamese lost 1,106
soldiers. How many U.S.
soldiers were killed?

4. The A Shau Special Forces
Camp was located in the A Shau
Valley, about 30 miles
southwest of this South
Vietnam cityHue in Thua Thien
Province. What was the city?


5. True or False, it was
strategically important for
the North Vietnamese Army as a
major infiltration route
because it was adjacent to the
Ho Chi Minh Trail. Defending
the camp were 10 Green Berets
and 210 South Vietnamese
Civilian Irregular Defense
Group, supported by Air
Commando units equipped with
vintage A-1 Skyraiders and
AC-47 Spooky gunships.

6. The camp was routinely
harassed by small Viet Cong
formations leading up to the
battle. Throughout February
and March, troops from the
camp were often sent out to
conduct reconnaissance patrol
and were prepared to destroy
any suspected enemy position
in the surrounding area. What
was the normal size of the
troops on recon?

7. On March 5, two defectors
from the North Vietnamese Army
turned up at the camp. Under
interrogation, they indicated
that units from the North
Vietnamese 325th Division were
planning to attack the camp.
How many battalions were to
attack the camp?

8. When was the A Shau camp
reinforced with seven U.S.
special forces personnel, nine
interpreters and a MIKE Force
Company in anticipation of the
North Vietnamese attack?

9. On March 8, the camp was
placed on general alert and
the camp's defenders had taken
up their positions. During the
night an enemy assault was
thrown back. When was the camp
placed on general alert?

10. True or False, the attack
on the Special Forces Camp
began during the early hours
of March 9 with mortar
bombardment, damaging the
communication line and
reducing defensive positions
to rubble. Upon the request of
the detachment commander, at
13:00 an AC-47D "Spooky 70"
from the 4th Air Commando
Squadron, circling the camp,
managed to attack North
Vietnamese formations but was
shot down and crashed about
five kilometers north of the
camp. All six crewman died in
the crash.

11. On the morning of March
10, the North Vietnamese Army
launched another attack with
mortar and recoilless rifle
fire. An assault team
penetrated the east wall of
the camp, where hand-to-hand
combat took place for three
hours. What time was the east
wall penetrated?

12. At 17:00 all communication
equipment was destroyed. The
survivors carried out their
evacuation orders and
destroyed all their weapons
and withdrew further to the
north wall of the camp.
Leading the evacuation effort
were fifteen H-34 helicopters
from HMM-163 supported by four
UH-1B gunships. Panic-stricken
Vietnamese mobbed the
evacuation helicopters and
overwhelmed U.S. Special
Forces troops as they
abandoned the camp. The
evacuation of the camp was
complicated by heavy enemy
anti-aircraft fire. How many
H-34 helicopters were lost?


13. The camp was officially
closed and finally overrun by
enemy troops. In the aftermath
of the battle the United
States suffered heavy
casualties on the ground: 5
killed and 12 wounded. More
losses were suffered during
the evacuation efforts. What
time was the camp officially
closed?

14. The Battle of Hamburger
Hill was a battle of the
Vietnam War which was fought
between the United States and
South Vietnam and North
Vietnamese forces from May 10
to 20, 1969. Although the
heavily fortified Hill 937 was
of little strategic value,
U.S. command ordered its
capture by direct assault.
1. The battle took place on
Dong Ap Bia (Ap Bia Mountain)
in the rugged, jungle-shrouded
mountains of South Vietnam,
1.2 miles from what
country's border?

15. True or False, the battle
on Hamburger Hill occurred in
May 1969, during Operation
Apache Snow, the second part
of a three-phased campaign
intended to destroy People's
Army of Vietnam (PAVN) Base
Areas in the remote A
Shau Valley.

16. Lt. Col. Weldon Honeycutt
commanded 3rd Battalion/187th
Infantry. Moving out of the
helicopter landing zone (LZ)
on the north ridge, which
company made heavy contact
with the North Vietnamese
within a kilometer of the
summit late in the day?

17. True or False, honeycutt
quickly directed Cobra
helicopter gunships to
support a hasty assault. In
the heavy jungle, the Cobras
mistook the 3/187th battalion
command post on the LZ for a
PAVN unit and attacked,
killing two and wounding
thirty-five, including
Honeycutt. This friendly fire
incident disrupted battalion
command and control and forced
3/187th to withdraw into night
defensive positions.

18. One 3/187th unit descended
into a steep muddy ravine on
May 12 in a flanking maneuver,
suffered numerous losses, and
was unable to extricate its
casualties for two days. The
company eventually returned to
the battalion LZ on May 15
without participating in the
assault. What was the company?


19. The 1/506th had made no
significant contacts in its
area of operations, and at
midday on May 13, the brigade
commander, Colonel Conmy,
decided it would move to cut
off North Vietnamese
reinforcement from Laos and
to assist Honeycutt by
attacking Hill 937 from the
south. Its Bravo company was
heli-lifted to Hill 916, but
the remainder of the battalion
made the movement on foot,
from an area 2.5 miles from
Hill 937, and both Conmy and
Honeycutt expected the 1/506th
to be ready to provide support
no later than the morning of
May 15. When was the 1/506th
ready to go into action?

20. True or False, the
effectiveness of U.S.
maneuvers forces was limited
by narrow trails that funneled
attacking companies into squad
or platoon points of attack,
where they encountered PAVN
platoons and companies with
prepared fields of fire. With
most small arms engagements
conducted at close range, U.S.
fire support was also severely
restricted. Units frequently
pulled back and called in
artillery fire, close air
support, and ARA, but the
North Vietnamese bunkers were
well-sited and constructed
with overhead cover to
withstand bombardment.