Operation Junction City

From Joel D. Meyerson, Images of a Lengthy War. Washington DC: US Army Center of Military History, 1986.

UH-1D helicopter prepares to land as members of Company "B", 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry, 196th Light Infantry Brigade stand by to be airlifted into an area suspected of being occupied by the Viet Cong during Operation Junction City, Phase II, approximately 40 km north of Tay Ninh City in War Zone "C".

OPERATION "JUNCTION CITY" Artillery ammunition and C-rations are dropped by parachutes from a C-130 aircraft to the 82nd Arty, 196th Light Inf Bde which is providing fire support in War Zone "C", 70 miles northeast of Saigon. NARA 111-CCV-527-CC38750

OPERATION JUNCTION CITY Artillery ammunition and C-rations, dropped by parachutes to the 82nd Artillery, 196th Light Inf Bde, fall to the ground in War Zone "C", 70 miles nort east of Saigon. NARA 111-CCV-527-CC38758

AVLB (armored vehicle-launched bridge) from the 1st Engineer Battalion during Operation Junction City

SGT David M. Flinchum (Carthage, NC [North Carolina]) of B Company, 2/22 Mechanized Infantry, reads while waiting for his unit to move out during Operation Junction City, 30 km north of Tay Ninh NARA 111-CCV-365-CC40152

Members of Battery, C, 2nd Battalion, 32nd Artillery, prepare to fire a 175mm gun at Vietcong positions during Operation Junction City NARA 111-CCV-365-CC40148

SSG Harry F Mitchell, (Austin, Texas), Plt Sgt, C Troop, 1st Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, looks at a booby-trapped 155mm artillery round found during a sweep and destroy mission on Operation Junction City. NARA 111-CCV-593-CC41684

Troops of C Troop, 1st Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment leave their M113 Armored Personnel Carriers to recon the area where fifteen Viet Cong were spotted by scouts. The Viet Cong were moving towards the squadrons position during Operation Junction City. NARA 111-CCV-593-CC41688

Troops of C Troop, 1st Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, kneel down on a trail while the point man checks out possible VC bunkers during Operation Junction City. NARA 111-CCV-593-CC41686

A CH-47 helicopter takes off on a resupply mission in support of ground elements as members of Company B, 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry, 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait to be airlifted into position during Operation Junction City, Phase II, approximately 40 km north of Tay Ninh City in War Zone "C". NARA 111-CCV-601-CC39212

OPERATION "JUNCTION CITY"[.] SP4 Clarence L. Jones (Oakland, Calif [California]), squad leader, Company A, 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry, 2nd Bde, 25th Inf Div, fires a 12 gauge pump action shotgun during a reconnaissance patrol during the company sweep in War Zone "C". NARA 111-CCV-365-CC38705

OPERATION "JUNCTION CITY". Chaplain (MAJ) Conrad Walker, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry, 173rd Anb Bde (Sept), conducts morning services for members of Company B in War Zone "C". NARA 111-CCV-452-CC38748

A ¼ ton jeep of Troop "F", 17th Cavalry Regiment, mounting a M-60 machine gun, secures the landing zone for a wave of UH-1D helicopters carrying members of Company "B", 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry, 196th Light Infantry Brigade, during Operation Junction City, Phase II, approximately 40 km north of Tay Ninh City in War Zone "C".

OPERATION JUNCTION CITY SP4 Russell Roever (New York City, New York), Hq and Hq Co, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry, 173rd Abn Bde (Sept), disconnects the parachute from a crate of 105mm howitzer ammunition in War Zone "C". NARA 111-CCV-527-CC38749

Air Drop Of Supplies In Operation Junction City

An M577 command track of C Troop, 1st Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, with the command post tent set up, is used for field HQs for Operation Junction City. NARA 111-CCV-593-CC41691

Operation Junction City Phase I

OPERATION JUNCTION CITY" Members of Battery C, 3rd Battalion, 82nd Artillery, 199th Light Inf Bde check damaged cargo which lost its parachute in flight in War Zone "C", 70 miles northeast of Saigon. NARA 111-CCV-527-CC38759

OPERATION JUNCTION CITY Members of Battery C, 3rd Battalion, 82nd Artillery, 196th Light Inf Bde push a cargo pack over on the correct side to unload it properly in War Zone "C", 70 miles northeast of Saigon. NARA 111-CCV-527-CC38754

Men of Battery C, 2nd Battalion, 32nd Artillery, load a round into a 175mm howitzer during Operation Junction City NARA 111-CCV-365-CC40149

SSG Harry F. Mitchell (Austin, TX), a platoon sergeant with C Troop, 1st Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment (ACR), returns fire with a 50 caliber machine gun mounted on a M113 Armored Personnel Carrier. The 11th ACR was conducting a search and destroy mission in the “Iron Triangle” as a part of Operation “Junction City”. The Iron Triangle was also known as War Zone” D “and is approximately 20 miles northwest of Saigon, Republic of Vietnam.

Soldier from Troop "C", 3rd Squadron, 5th Cavalry, 9th Infantry Division, rests on the back of an M-113 Armored Personnel Carrier as he cleans his M-16 rifle during Operation Junction City

A UH-1D helicopter prepares to land as members of Company "B", 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry, 196th Light Infantry Brigade stand by to be airlifted into an area suspected of being occupied by the Viet Cong during Operation Junction City, Phase II

Prek Klok located northeast of Tay Ninh. The runway is C-130 capable, is covered with M8A1 aluminum matting, and was constructed during Operation Junction City by the 588th Engineer Battalion.

M8Al runway at Prek Klok which was built by the 168th Engineer Battalion during Operation Junction City