Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Operation Truong Cong Dinh, which occurred in March 1968, was an initiative of the United States and South Vietnamese military to sweep the area surrounding the Mekong Delta town of Mỹ Tho in the south of Vietnam to root out Viet Cong forces in the area, and to stop them from attacking traffic on the nearby Highway 4. The operation started on March 7, 1968, and lasted almost four weeks, involving the 1st and 2d brigades of the US 9th Infantry Division and the 7th Division of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam backed by South Vietnamese Regional Forces. Operations were supported by an American artillery battalion, which established a fire support base on the north bank of the Mỹ Tho River, and the Mobile Riverine Force which conducted a series of riverine and airmobile operations. The heaviest action occurred on the first two days; five US helicopters were shot down on the first day, and two artillery barges were sunk the day after."@en }
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- Operation_Truong_Cong_Dinh abstract "Operation Truong Cong Dinh, which occurred in March 1968, was an initiative of the United States and South Vietnamese military to sweep the area surrounding the Mekong Delta town of Mỹ Tho in the south of Vietnam to root out Viet Cong forces in the area, and to stop them from attacking traffic on the nearby Highway 4. The operation started on March 7, 1968, and lasted almost four weeks, involving the 1st and 2d brigades of the US 9th Infantry Division and the 7th Division of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam backed by South Vietnamese Regional Forces. Operations were supported by an American artillery battalion, which established a fire support base on the north bank of the Mỹ Tho River, and the Mobile Riverine Force which conducted a series of riverine and airmobile operations. The heaviest action occurred on the first two days; five US helicopters were shot down on the first day, and two artillery barges were sunk the day after.".
- Q7097661 abstract "Operation Truong Cong Dinh, which occurred in March 1968, was an initiative of the United States and South Vietnamese military to sweep the area surrounding the Mekong Delta town of Mỹ Tho in the south of Vietnam to root out Viet Cong forces in the area, and to stop them from attacking traffic on the nearby Highway 4. The operation started on March 7, 1968, and lasted almost four weeks, involving the 1st and 2d brigades of the US 9th Infantry Division and the 7th Division of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam backed by South Vietnamese Regional Forces. Operations were supported by an American artillery battalion, which established a fire support base on the north bank of the Mỹ Tho River, and the Mobile Riverine Force which conducted a series of riverine and airmobile operations. The heaviest action occurred on the first two days; five US helicopters were shot down on the first day, and two artillery barges were sunk the day after.".