Operation Dragon Fire (Vietnam)

Operation Dragon Fire
Part of Vietnam War

VMO-6 UH-1E gunship and two HMM-263 UH-34Ds support 2nd Marine Brigade forces, 18 October 1967
Date5 September – 31 October 1967
Location
Result ROK claims operational success
Belligerents
 South Korea Viet Cong
Commanders and leaders
BG Kim Yun-sang
Units involved
2nd Marine Brigade 48th Battalion
Casualties and losses
46 killed ROK body count: 412 killed
59 weapons recovered[1]

Operation Dragon Fire was an operation conducted by the South Korean 2nd Marine Brigade on the Batangan Peninsula, Quảng Ngãi Province, lasting from 5 September to 31 October 1967.[2]: 282  The event and much of Korean Marines activities in the region was described as part of a wide-scale depopulation of the region.[1]: 43 

  1. ^ a b Kwon, Heonik (10 November 2006). After the Massacre: Commemoration and Consolation in Ha My and My Lai. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520939653.
  2. ^ MacGarrigle, George (1998). Combat Operations: Taking the Offensive, October 1966 to October 1967. United States Army Center of Military History. ISBN 9780160495403.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.