Operation Medina

DATE: 01/06/2023

TIME (GMT): 18:00

ERA: Vietnam

MAP(S): Cam Lao Nam

TYPE: COOP

GAME: Arma 3

EVENT: Official

AUTHOR(S): JaneSRBRUS

SLOTS: 71 / 86

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RATING: (35)

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The operation began with a helicopter assault by the 1st Battalion, 1st Marines and the 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines directly into the forest at Landing Zone Dove  and then a northeast sweep while the 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines acted as a blocking force. On the morning of 11 October Company C, 1/3 Marines was hit by PAVN mortar and small arms fire and then a ground assault, which was repulsed. On the afternoon of 12 October Company C, 1/1 Marines engaged PAVN soldiers in thick jungle, several Marines were wounded and so Company C fell back and formed a perimeter to allow medevac helicopters to evacuate the wounded. Shortly after the evacuation was completed Company C was attacked on two sides by an estimated three PAVN companies. Company D was sent to reinforce Company C and together they succeeded in driving off the attack. The following morning the Marines claimed 40 PAVN dead were found around the perimeter, Marines losses were eight dead and 39 wounded. CPL William T. Perkins Jr. would be posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during the battle. The Marines continued their sweep finding a number of recently evacuated PAVN camps, but the PAVN avoided any further engagements with the Marines. Further north, two Battalions of the ARVN Airborne Division mounted Operation Lam Son 138 and on the morning of 20 October they engaged the PAVN 416th Battalion, part of the 5th Regiment, and claimed killing 197 PAVN. Medina concluded on 20 October, the 1st Marines stayed in the area and began Operation Osceola with limited results