Operation Junction City

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Operation Junction City
Part of Vietnam Conflict
Image:CFJC.jpg Cedar Falls/Junction City area of operations
Date 22 February - 14 May 1967 Location War Zone C, Tay Ninh Province, Republic of Vietnam Result Viet Cong victory
Combatants
Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States Image:Flag of South Vietnam.svg Republic of Vietnam	Image:FNL Flag.svg NLF Image:Flag of North Vietnam.svg Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Casualties
Image:Flag of the United States.svg 282 killed 1023 wounded 48 tanks destroyed	Image:FNL Flag.svg 1,728 killed

Vietnam War

Ap Bac – Binh Gia –Pleiku – Song Be – Dong Xoai – Gang Toi – Ia Drang – Hastings – A Shau – Duc  Co –Long Tan – Attleboro – Cedar Falls – Tra Binh Dong – Junction City – Hill 881 – Ong Thanh – Dak To – 1st Tet – Khe Sanh – 1st Saigon – Hue – Lang Vei – Lima Site 85 – Kham Duc – Dewey Canyon  – 2nd Tet – Hamburger Hill – Binh Ba – Cambodia – Snuol – FSB Ripcord – Lam Son 719 – Ban Dong –FSB Mary Ann – Easter '72 – 1st Quang Tri –Loc Ninh – An Loc – Kontum – 2nd Quang Tri  –Phuoc Long – Ho Chi Minh – Buon Me Thuot – Xuan Loc – Truong Sa –2nd Saigon – Rolling Thunder – Barrell Roll – Pony Express – Steel Tiger – Tiger Hound – Tailwind – Commando Hunt – Linebacker I – Linebacker II – Chenla I – Chenla II – SS Mayagüez

Operation Junction City was a 72-day operation begun on 22 February 1967, and was conducted by US and South Vietnamese forces during the Vietnam Conflict. It was the largest US airborne operation since Operation Market Garden during the Second World War, and was one of the largest US operations of the Southeast Asian conflict.

Junction City was a prominent search and destroy operation, conducted in hopes of clearing People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) and National Liberation Front (NLF or Viet Cong) units from the area of War Zone C, northeast of the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon. Another goal of the operation was the possible capture or destruction of the PAVN/NLF Central Office for South Vietnam (COSVN). This headquarters controlled all enemy activities south of the triborder region of Laos, Cambodia, and South Vietnam. The operation was considered largely successful by the US, although PAVN/NLF units returned to the area once allied forces were withdrawn and although COSVN was not found.

References

• Summers, Harry G. Historical Atlas of the Vietnam War. New York: Houghton Mifflin Company.

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