Operation NEVADA EAGLE

 

17 May 1968 to 28 Feb 69 – the largest single campaign ever fought by the 101st Airborne Division. This operation was designed to clear and secure the lowlands of Thua Thien province in Northern I Corps and to deny all NVA and VC forces operating in the area the ability to capture the ripening rice crop growing in the rich coastal plain north and south of Hue.

VC/NVA KIA 3,299    US KIA 215

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