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R 311340Z MAR 68
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TO TF ONE ONE SEVEN
INFO CO SECOND BDE NINTH INF DIV

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DAILY INTERNAL INFO SUMMARY
A QUIET DAY WAS REPORTED SUNDAY BY MRF ELEMENTS COMPLETING
A TWO-DAY OPERATION EAST OF CAI BE.
THE ONLY INCIDENT IN THE AO OCCURRED AT 1150 WHEN ASSAULT
CRAFT OF RIVER DIVISION 92 RECEIVED HEAVY SMALL ARMS FIRE FROM
BOTH BANKS OF THE NAM THON RIVER. THE BOATS, WHICH WERE
WITHDRAWING FROM THE BEACH AFTER BACKLOADING 3/60 INFANTRY,
QUICKLY SUPPRESSED THE FIRE WITH UNKNOWN RESULTS. THERE WERE NO
FRIENDLY CASUALTIES.
ALL MRF ELEMENTS CLOSED THE MRB BY 1715.
IN ANOTHER INCIDENT INVOLVING TF 117 UNITS, A GROUP OF
BOATS MOVNG DOWN THE KINH XANG NORTH OF THE LONG BINH BRIDGE
RECEIVED TWO NEAR MISSES FROM ROCKETS AT 1100. THE TWO ROUNDS


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PASSED BETWEEN AN ATC AND MONITOR AND EXPLODED ON THE OPPOSITE
BANK. THE BOATS RETURNED FIRE WITH ALL WEAPONS, INCLUDING THE
NEWLY INSTALLED FLAMETROWER ON MONITOR 92-2.
THE UNITS WERE MOVING SOUTH ON THE CANAL AFTER HAVING
PICKED UP A LARGE ENEMY WEAPONS CACHE CAPTURED SATURDAY BY ARVN
FORCES.
COMMODORE SALZER AND LCDR SCOTT MC CAULEY, THE FLOTILLA ASST
OPS/PLANS OFFICER, WERE SCHEDULED TO DEPART SAIGON SUNDAY FOR
A CONFERENCE AT THE AMPHIBIOUS BASE IN CORONADO.
THE FOUR-DAY MEETING HAS BEEN ARRANGED TO DISCUSS
ARRANGEMENTS BEING MADE TO DOUBLE THE SIZE OF THE MRF WITHIN
THE NEXT SIX MONTHS

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