Ralph Orlando, from his personal diary: "two US advisors KIA, plenty of action. UTT ship shot down--Morgan and 3 KIA. Binh Gia was a big deal. Well over 100 ships. An elite ARVN Bn was lifted in the LZ and by 1/4/65 they were decimated with just traces of them left. This was also the first time there was evidence of Chinese and North Vietnamese fighting with the VC."
And in Ralph Orlando's log for 2/27/65: "A CA to Binh Gia with 125 ships."
That was the last entry in Ralph's log of any activity for the Binh Gia area. Charlie apparently owned it and there was even talk for years to come that US troops shared R & R at Vung Tau with Charlie!!
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