Daily Staff Journal  30-Jul-66

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1st Brigade S-1	Casualty Reports, Officer Transfers
1st Brigade S2-S3	Daily Action reported to Brigade HQ
2/14 Bn S-3	Unit Action reported to 2/14 Battalion HQ

  

2/14th,  S-3
Location:  Cu Chi, Vietnam
0001-2400  30-Jul-66
 

ITEM`	TIME	INCIDENTS, MESSAGES, ORDERS, ETC.
1	0015	B Co patrol #1 in position
7	0505	Patrol #1 leaving position
8	0545	Patrol #1 at A/M notified Bde
10	0620	Patrol #2 leaving position
11	0700	Patrol #2 at A/M
12	1100	Laterite pit reported that civilians in fatigues were at the laterite pit, to pick up bulldozer.  Engineers were called and said no takes the dozer.  Officer and interpreter were sent to laterite pit to interrogate.  Neg results.
13	1430	Fr G-2 to Bde: 7 ARVN reported to 5 ARVN reported 1000 VC location XT 735103 and 1 VC Bn located XT 730160.  Aerial observation, negative contact.  ARVN Evaluation F-6
16	1930	Bunker line C Co given permission to zero starlight
19	2203	Patrol #2 departed base camp
22	2320	Sent msg to HHC, A,B,C Co's that stand to at 0730, chow at 0800

 

1st Brigade,  S2-S3
Location:  Cu Chi, Vietnam
0001-2400  30-Jul-66
 

ITEM`	TIME	INCIDENTS, MESSAGES, ORDERS, ETC.
3	0015	2/14 Patrol in posn
18	0545	2/14 patrol #1 at Ann Margaret
24	0709	2/14 patrol #2 in B/C
31	1055	2/14 at laterite pit rpt (2) civilians were trying to pickup a track or bulldozer, called Engr they said Neg.  Officer fr 2/14 going to laterite pit to investigate, notified 2/14 not to let civilians pick up equip.
49	1950	Report from SF camp at Go Dau Ha: recd rpts fr 3 sources that an unidentified VC regiment was loc in area bounded by coord XT3042, XT3242, XT3240, and XT3040.  G2 eval F/3, aerial obs was sent out - Neg results
65	2210	2/14 Ptl #2 dptd B/C

  

1st Brigade,  S-1
Location:  Cu Chi, Vietnam
0001-2400  30-Jul-66
  

ITEM`	TIME	INCIDENTS, MESSAGES, ORDERS, ETC.
2	0005	Rec Cas Rept Non Battle.  C 2/14 Boddie, Arthur  SGT E5 292130 Jul 66.  Bridge at Ann-Margaret.  FW left leg.  Bunker guard, dropped hand grenade in water from bridge.

  

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