Deadly battle at Ong Thanh, Vietnam War

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Battle of Ong Thanh, South Vietnam, Oct 17th 1967.

Battle reports were declassified in 1991, a ferocious fight that shocked the U.S citizen 16 years after the end of Vietnam war. On Oct. 17th, 1967, Alpha and Delta companies of the 2-28-1 Inf. Division engaged in one of the Vietnam War´s most ferocious fights. Claiming 64 Americans lives lost, the battle report was not declassified until 1991.

footage on this incident :
[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plKRJXh0JuE"]YouTube - Battle of Ong Thanh - Vietnam War[/nomedia]

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Purpose of this thread: it´s about what kind of Vietcong tactic ? It was a battle that took place in front of the U.S. combat troops against "unseen and invisible enemy"

According to one of U.S account by freelance reporter Susane Keating ,
http://www.ftsillocsphotoproject.com/OCS-O...h/ong-thanh.pdf

Captain Jim Geogre , Alpha company : "We did not see or hear the enemy, but they were all around us".