Vietnam War/Sanctuary Counteroffensive Campaign (1970)/Operation Binh Tay I (Tame the West)
From Month/Year
May / 1970
To Month/Year
May / 1970
Description Phase I of the Cambodian Incursion, BINH TAY I (Tame the West) carried the 4th Inf Division, reinforced with the 3/506th Inf Bn, ARVN 40th Regiment, 22nd Division, 2nd Ranger Group, 23rd Div and 2nd Armored Brigade search and destroy operation against the NVA B-3 Front into Cambodian. After six B-52 runs, several infantry units met fierce receptions on their initial LZs. The 3/8th Inf Bn ran into trouble after it had only 60 on the ground. One helicopter was shot down and two more damaged before the landing could be completed. In the face of more hot LZs, the 4th either landed at alternative sites or postponed insertions. Once on the ground there was only one significant firefight and the soldiers searched out numerous caches. After ten days the Americans left the Vietnamese to continue the operation on their own.