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Operation Napoleon/Saline

Operation Napoleon/Saline
Part of Vietnam War

Marines return from patrol during Operation Napoleon/Saline
DateNovember 1967 - 9 December 1968
Location
Result Allied victory
Belligerents
 United States
 South Vietnam
Vietnam North Vietnam
Commanders and leaders
MG Rathvon M. Tompkins
MG Raymond G. Davis
Col. Milton A. Hull
Lt. Col. William Weise
Col. Ross T. Dwyer

Units involved
United States 1st Amphibian Tractor Battalion
2nd Battalion, 1st Marines
3rd Battalion, 1st Marines
1st Battalion, 3rd Marines
2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines
3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines
1st Battalion, 4th Marines
2nd Battalion, 4th Marines
3rd Battalion, 4th Marines
1st Battalion, 9th Marines
2nd Battalion, 9th Marines
2nd Battalion, 26th Marines
2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division
3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment
1st Brigade, 5th Infantry Division (Mechanized)
South Vietnam 2nd Regiment
K400 Main Force Battalion
48th Regiment
52nd Regiment
138th Regiment
270th Regiment
803rd Regiment
Casualties and losses
395 killed US body count: 3,500+ killed

Operation Napoleon/Saline was a multi-Battalion operation conducted by the United States Marine Corps and the United States Army along the Cửa Việt River south of the DMZ in Quảng Trị Province. The operation ran from 20 January to 9 December 1968.