Objective: To eliminate the threat to the junction of the Bo Dieu and Cua Viet Rivers

Description: This battle was to set up Phase III of the General Offensive/General Uprising which is also refered to as Tet II or Mini Tet. On 30 April a U.S. Navy utility boat was ambushed by the 320th PAVN Division. This boat was at a vital link for the Marine forces because supplies were transported from the junction of the Bo Dieu and Cua Viet rivers to the Marine outposts. The Battalion Landing Team 2/4 was sent to fight the PAVN near the waterway. This group of Marines was reinforced by the B Company, 1st Battalion, 3d Marines and the Navy River Assault Group. The U.S. was heavily outnumbered and had to fall back to defensive positions, but the enemy attack had been stopped. The PAVNs reinforcements were turned back by the 3d Battalion, 21st Infantry. By the time the 1st Battalion, 3d Marine Regiment joined the battle, the PAVN had fled. The U.S. succeeded in thwarting the Communists attempt to form a corodor to attack into South Vietnam. The General Offensive/General Uprising had been forestalled.

Vietnam Center & Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive