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Operation Junction City, 1967

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Topical headingOperation Junction City, 1967
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Variant(s)Junction City, Operation, 1967
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Found inWork cat.: Operation Junction City, Tay Ninh, Vietnam, Feb. 21, 1967.
Virtual Vietnam Archive, Feb. 15, 2005 (Operation Junction City; carried out from February 21 through May 14, 1967; fought in War Zone C, Tay Ninh Province and bordering provinces, 70 miles north of Saigon by 1st, 4th, 9th and 25th Infantry Divisions USA; 3rd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division USA; 196th Infantry Brigade (Light, USA), 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment and other allied units; enemy units included the 9th VC Division, 272nd VC Regiment, 273rd VC Regiment, and the 101st PAVN Regiment; objective was to search out and destroy the VC and PAVN, destroy the Central Office for South Vietnam, and to establish a Special Forces CIDG camp and airfield at Prek Klok)
Dictionary of the Vietnam War, 1988 (Operation Junction City; codename for the 1967 combined United States Army-Army of the Republic of Vietnam search and destroy campaign in War Zone C of the Tay Ninh Province; largest military operation of the war to date)