NIGHT OF MAY 9-10, 1968
At 5:15 AM, the battalion field CP took two M79 rounds.  According to one
after-action report, C/3-39th (opcon to the 4-39th), "conducted ambushes on
the main waterways leading into Saigon.  At [12:40 AM], just outside the
village of Xom Co Dien [almost eleven kilometers south of the Y-Bridge, and
four kilometers northeast of Can Giuoc], one of the ambushes allowed three
sampans to come into their kill zone before engaging them with M-79 rounds
and M-16 fire.  Two of the sampans were destroyed and the other damaged.
Additionally, 3 VC KIA was accounted for."
    Another report  describes the same night with different times and
statistics:  "During the night (0040H, 0225H, and 0245H), Co C/3-39 Inf . . .
engaged a total of 7 sampans heading north toward Saigon.  The area of ambush
was swept at first light and 8 VC bodies were found along with enough canned
goods and rice to feed 100 men approximately two days."
    The brigade log indicates that C/3-39th sank two sampans at 2:25 AM, and
three more at 2:54 AM.  All the sampans were moving north, and a body count
was reported of 8 VC.  The ambushes also reported seeing fire coming from
village toward VC outpost.  The company's "tiger scout states that there was
enough food stuffs [in one of the sampans] to feed 1 company of VC for 2
days," notes the brigade log.  "4-39 request some divers to check out the
other sampans[;] they feel there might be more supplies at the bottom of the
river."
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