Operation Gadsden (Gadsen), Trai Bee, Vietnam 28Jan-05Feb67 R3 of 3

Operation Gadsden (Gadsen), Trai Bee, Vietnam 28Jan-05Feb67 R3 of 3 Color Involved 3rd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division commanded by Col Marshall B. Garth, & 196th Light Inf. Brigade, Brigadier General Richard T. Knowles commanding. 30 km northwest of Tay Ninh, vicinity of Lo Go & Xom Gina on Cambodian border. 05Feb67 25th Infantry Div. troops searching captured Viet Cong hospital complex in heavy jungle, inspect captured material, set hut on fire. 12:21:15 03Feb67 APC thru jungle followed by troops, troops checking hideout, papers. 05Feb67 Load grain sacks onto APC & leave. Burning hut. 12:23:29 03Feb67 GI sketching or making notes in jungle of VC camp; others looking around. APC w/ sandbags & troops through swampy jungle. Officers & men talking in MCU. Leaving on patrol thru brush. 06Feb67 Smoking in jungle, on patrol. Wounded carried out on stretcher. 12:27:51 06Feb67 Heavy smoke; treating wounded. Black smoke rising over trees & F-4 making bomb run close by w/ more explosions & smoke. Men carrying out stretcher w/ body bag. Vietnam War; Fighting