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TET Offensive After Action Report by II Field Forces
Republic of South Vietnam
II Field
Forces

III Corps Tactical Zone, Republic of South Vietnam

Note: This is an excerpt regarding Cu Chi from the original document. The acronym's have been expanded to allow those not familiar with military terminology to better identify the units involved. Several links have also been used to further identify the type of units and weapons involved. To view the after action report in its entirety Click Here
 

Commanding General United States Military Assistance Command, Vietnam

q.     Cu Chi

Note: The enemy objective in the attack was to take and hold the city of Cu Chi.
0110 hours [1:10 AM], The 7th Liberation Front (LF) Battalion, reinforced, launched a ground and mortar attack on the town and subsector headquarters.  Viet Cong (VC), penetrated the Military Assistance Command Vietnam (MACV), compound and opened the jail.  About 50% of the compound was burned.  Local Regional Forces/Popular Forces (RF/PF) units, supported by ARVN and US artillery, defended.  
24th Infantry
Division
 

0320 hours [3:20 AM], The 25th Infantry Division base camp just to the north received a heavy attack by fire.  Ten rounds of 122mm rocket and two-hundred rounds of 82mm mortar fell, resulting in one killed in action (KIA), and twenty-eight wounded in action (WIA).

     The Viet Cong in Cu Chi began to break contact at 0500 hours [5:00 AM].  At 0530 hours [5:30 AM], D Company 3rd Battalion, 22nd Infantry, with one platoon of 4/23 Mechanized, was engaged by VC blocking forces while moving south out of the base camp to relieve the town.

0730 hours [7:30 AM], The 2nd Battalion, 49th ARVN Infantry, moving to the north toward Cu Chi engaged VC blocking forces. It was reinforced by the 3rd Battalion, 49th Infantry and 1/10 Cavalry.

     Both US and ARVN units reached the center of town by 1030 hours [10:30 AM].  The VC forces withdrew from the area at 1145 hours [11:45 AM], but contact continued by ARVN until 1830 hours [6:30 PM].  There were forty VC KIA in Cu Chi and twenty-five others outside, eleven of which were killed by artillery.  Heavy civil damage was done to the center of Cu Chi.

 
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