On February 22nd, 1967 paratroopers of the 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry, 173rd Airborne Brigade, parachuted into a wide clearing in the jungle of War Zone C as part of Operation Junction City. Their mission was to form a blocking force near the crossroad hamlet of Katum, South Vietrnam.
The 780 man airborne task force was delivered in two sorties of 13 C-130s from Ben Hoa Airbase.
Operation Junction City succeeded in driving major enemy forces from War Zone C across the border into Cambodia.
The operation was terminated on May the 14th 1967 |
