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Operation Hood River | |||||||
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Part of Vietnam War | |||||||
Operations Hood River and Benton, August–September 1967 | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
United States South Korea South Vietnam | North Vietnam | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
MGen Richard T. Knowles BG Kim Yun-sang Gen Nguyễn Văn Toàn |
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Units involved | |||||||
2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment 196th Infantry Brigade 2nd Marine Brigade 2 Ranger Battalions Airborne Battalion |
1st Regiment 21st Regiment | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
21 killed | US body count: 166 killed |
Operation Hood River was a joint U.S., South Korean and South Vietnamese operation conducted in Quảng Ngãi Province, lasting from 2 to 13 August 1967.[1]: 246