In the summer of 1970, the 3rd Battalion, 1st Infantry with personnel from the National Police Field Force (NPFF) and two companies from the 30th Regional Force (RF) Group launched a two-day search and pacification operation in the Son Tinh district of the 11th Infantry Brigade. It was called the Country fair. The location of the “fair” was just to the south of nui tron village and north of the Song Tra Khuc River. Here are the pictures that Dr. Kenyon Kugler took during that event.
Troops waiting for a helicopter to take them from FSB Hill 4-11 to the site of the Country Fair. (August 1970)
The site for the Country Fair as seen from a helicopter. (August 1970)
The initial gathering area at the Country Fair. (August 1970)
A communications point setup next to a tombstone in a graveyard. (August 1970)
Concertina wire around the perimeter where the U.S. forces camped at the Country Fair. (August 1970)
A scout dog team from the 59th Infantry Platoon Scout Dogs at the Country Fair. (August 1970)
The local Vietnamese being questioned by the Popular Forces. (August 1970)
One of the tents used to house or provide medical treatment for the locals. (August 1970)
The local population waiting for medical treatment under a tent. (August 1970)
A Vietnamese man cleaning rice outside of a tent. (August 1970)
One of the tents that housed the local population during the Country Fair. (August 1970)
A tent area equipped to provide medical treatment to the local Vietnamese. (August 1970)
A woman receiving medical treatment for her leg. (August 1970)
A med-evac chopper picking up the more severely sick people and taking them to the rear medical areas for further treatment. (August 1970)
One of the soldiers from the South Vietnamese Forces used a loudspeaker to talk with the local population. (August 1970)
The main gathering area used to communicate with the local population with loudspeakers. (August 1970)
Villages like this were searched during the Country Fair. (August 1970)
Two kids near a tombstone just outside the Country Fair’s perimeter. (August 1970)
Two more kids at a tombstone. (August 1970)
A kid carrying water from the Song Tra Khuc River. (August 1970)
A small boy near a “prayer stand.” (August 1970)
A Chinook bringing in supplies to the Country Fair. LT Randall is on the right foreground. (August 1970)
The Country Fair from the air showing people gathering around the tents. (August 1970)
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