Operation Hong Kil Dong
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 |
This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (September 2010) |
| Operation Hong Kil Dong | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of Vietnam War | |||||||
|
|||||||
| Belligerents | |||||||
 Vietnam People's Army Vietcong |
 Republic of Korea Army |
||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Lt. Gen.Chae Myung Shin | |||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
| VPA 5th Division VPA 95th Regiment VC 85th Regiment |
Tiger Division 9th Infantry Division |
||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 638 dead 88 captured |
26 dead 63 wounded |
||||||
Operation Hong Kil Dong was the largest South Korean operation of the Vietnam War. The 48-day-long operation was a major success as South Korean forces thwarted Communist infiltration into friendly areas.[1] The results of the operation were a kill ratio of 24:1 in the Koreans' favor: 638 Vietnamese to 26 South Koreans. 98 crew-served and 359 individual weapons were captured in the aftermath.
[edit] References
 |
This article about the Vietnam War is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
