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Operation Junction City
Operation Junction City, the largest US operation of the war, is launched.Four US divisions, as well as additional brigades, are involved in a massivesearch and destroy mission along the Cambodian Border. American troops overunmuch of the area before encountering signinficant resistance. There arethree major battles, each intiated by the Viet Cong: the first, at Ap BauBang; the second, at Fire Support Base Gold and the third at Ap Gu. In eachbattle, the Vietcong attack US forces and are repulsed, suffering very heavylosses. In all, the Viet Cong lose 2,728 troops in the battles, while theUS loses 282 troops. Nevertheless, the Viet Cong headquarters, one of thetargets of the operation, is not captured and, once the US troops withdraw,the area is reoccupied by the Communists.
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