![]() At 00:30 helicopter gunships from the 1st Cavalry Division received fire 25 miles (40 km) northeast of Tây Ninh and attacked the firing position, 15 PAVN/VC dead were seen in the area. On 5 December, in the early morning, an attack by fire hit Tây Ninh Combat Base, causing minimal damage. At 13:00 a unit of the 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, was air-assaulted into the location of an airstrike 16 miles (26 km) west of Tây Ninh where they found ten PAVN/VC dead and three SKS rifles and base camp with a 4-ton rice cache and seventy-three 60 mm mortar rounds. On 4 December in the early morning, there were attacks by fire on Tây Ninh Combat Base and Sông Bé Base Camp causing minimal damage, at Sông Bé helicopter gunships of the 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, attacked the firing positions causing two secondary explosions. An OH-6 Cayuse light observation helicopter was shot down 12 miles (19 km) northwest of Mộc Hóa District. At 18:25 a light observation helicopter from the 3rd Brigade, 9th Infantry Division, received fire 10 miles (16 km) east-southeast of Tân An, Brigade infantry moved to the area and killed five PAVN/VC in a brief skirmish. ![]() At 18:20 helicopter gunships from the 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment (1/9th Cavalry) attacked an enemy force 17 miles (27 km) northwest of Phước Bình, killing 22. At 14:45 a unit of the 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, engaged an enemy force 2 miles (3.2 km) southwest of Bù Đốp, killing five and capturing two AK-47s. On 3 December in the early morning there were attacks by fire on Dầu Tiếng Base Camp, Tây Ninh Combat Base and Quần Lợi Base Camp causing minimal damage. The enemy withdrew, leaving nine dead and six AK-47s. At 19:15 a unit of the 2nd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division patrolling 8 miles (13 km) northeast of Go Dau Ha engaged an enemy unit in a 25-minute firefight. losses were four killed, including Second Lieutenant Robert Ronald Leisy, who shielded a fellow soldier from the blast of a Rocket-propelled grenade (RPG), an action for which he was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. The enemy withdrew at 19:00, leaving 17 dead U.S. At 14:50 a unit of the 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division engaged an enemy force 10 miles (16 km) northwest of Phước Bình supported by artillery, helicopter gunships and AC-47 and AC-119 gunships. At 09:30 mechanized infantry of the 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, investigating an artillery strike 12 miles (19 km) east of Tây Ninh found 17 PAVN/VC dead. The enemy withdrew after five minutes, leaving seven dead U.S. On 2 December at 04:00, a unit of the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment (11th ACR) engaged an enemy force approaching its night defensive position 2 miles (3.2 km) southwest of Bù Đốp District. ![]() On 1 December at 18:50, Rangers from the 3rd Brigade, 9th Infantry Division, engaged 20 PAVN/VC 4 miles (6.4 km) south of Tân An, killing five and capturing one. On 29 November helicopters from the 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division and tactical airstrikes kill 69 PAVN/VC. On 21 November a unit of the 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) operating near Phước Bình District found a weapons cache containing 39 rifles and four machine guns. On 19 November a unit of the 3rd Brigade, 9th Infantry Division operating 21 km northwest of Tân An found a munitions cache containing 72 RPG-2 grenades, 106 hand grenades and 5,000 rounds of small arms ammunition. The operation was a continuation of Operation Toan Thang III in the same operational area and with largely the same forces. The operation was designed to keep pressure on Vietcong (VC) and People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) forces in III Corps. Army and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) operation conducted between 1 November 1969 and in the Vietnam War. Operation Toan Thang IV ("Complete Victory") was a U.S. ![]()
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