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6th AA Platoon - VC Attack Son Tra Refugee Hamlet 41-5 AA Platoon
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The 6th AA Platoon is in General Support of the Americal Division G-5. There has been no significant change in the civic action pacification program in the Chu Lai area. The 6th AA Platoon continues to provide support to all units conducting civic action programs as directed by the Americal Division G-5. VC activities in the area have been centered on the harassment of refugee hamlets, culminating in the destruction of Son Tra Refugee Hamlet on June 28. In this incident a VC sapper squad, 12 men, entered the Son Tra Hamlet destroying 571 houses and killing 79 civilians, RD, Armed Youth. The enemy gained entrance into the hamlet by cutting throught the security fence in front of an unmanned bunker. The 6th AA Platoon provided immediate assistance as directed by the americal Division G-5, with the delivery of clothes, food, blankets. Civic action operations in Son Tra were later turned over to 41-5 AA Platoon from Quang Ngai Province. The Public Health, Public Welfare, Public Education and Agricultural fields continue to make up the major portion of 6th AA Platoon's civic action program. Considerable progress has been made in all these fields.