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Operation Kole Kole

Operation Kole Kole
Part of Vietnam War

Radio operator takes a break during the operation
Date14 May – 7 December 1967
Location
Result US operational success
Belligerents
 United States Viet Cong
Units involved
2nd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division
Casualties and losses
158 killed US body count: 797 killed
159 captured
34 defected
279 individual and 5 crew-served weapons recovered

Operation Kole Kole was a search and destroy operation during the Vietnam War conducted by the 2nd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division that took place in Hậu Nghĩa and Tây Ninh Provinces, lasting from 14 May to 7 December 1967.