Ho Nai: Initial Contact *
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Date: January 31, 1968*
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Battle Location: Ho Nai, South Vietnam*
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Battle Type: US Army vs Viet Cong meeting engagement*
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Description: Because large ARVN forces had been sent on leave during the Tet holiday Charlie Company, 4th Battalion, 12th Infantry, had been assigned a few extra security missions. When a US Army LRRP patrol radioed in having spotted a large body of enemy approaching the village of Ho Nai not far from Bien Hoa Charlie Company was alerted to investigate the sighting.*
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While a large part of Charlie Company had been detached to other tasks the company commander could only muster about two weak platoons worth of troops supplemented with cavalrymen crewing a number of ACAVs for the mission. Initially unconvinced of the LRRP report and the uneventful trip to Ho Nai the commander of Charlie Company dismounted his force in the village. There they bumped into the enemy and a savage fight began.*
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Notes: If played against the AI the human player should take the US Army side.*
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Sources: Tonsetic, Robert - Warriors: An Infantryman's memoir of Vietnam*
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Design by: Ulf Lundstrom.**
