Operation Saratoga

Operation Saratoga
Part of Vietnam War
Date8 December 1967 – 11 March 1968
Location
Result US operational success
Belligerents
 United States Viet Cong
 North Vietnam
Commanders and leaders
Fillmore K. Mearns Unknown
Units involved
2nd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division Unknown
Casualties and losses
275 killed US body count: 2,043 killed
139 captured

Operation Saratoga was a search and destroy operation during the Vietnam War conducted by the 2nd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division that took place in northeastern Hậu Nghĩa, southern Tây Ninh and western Bình Dương Provinces, lasting from 8 December 1967 to 11 March 1968. During this period the Tet Offensive took place and US forces were used for the defense of Saigon.