1.
LS STREETS OF HOA XA VILLAGE (3 SHOTS)
0.10

2.
MS SENTRIES.
0.13

3.
MLS COL. CAO ARRIVES.
0.17

4.
CU SENTRY.
0.19

5.
CU COL. CAO.
0.22

6.
MS CAPTURED REBELS' ARMS.
0.24

7.
MS COL. CAO LOOKS AT CAPTURED ARMS.
0.29

8.
MLS CAPTURED PRISONERS.
0.33

9.
CU PAN PRISONERS.
0.40

10.
MLS COL. CAO AND TROOPS.
0.45

11.
MS COL. CAO PINS MEDALS TO SOLDIERS (2 SHOTS).
0.54

12.
MLS TROOPS AT "BATTLE GROUND".
1.01

13.
MLS GENERAL AND OTHERS.
1.03

14.
LS TROOP IN SWAMP (3 SHOTS).
1.14

15.
MS DEAD REBELS NEAR SWAMP.
1.16

16.
MCU HELMETS AND WEAPONS OF VIET CONG NEAR SWAMP (2 SHOTS).
1.22

17.
LS TROOPS NEAR SWAMP AND CROSSING BRIDGE (4 SHOTS).
1.43



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Background: IN HOA XA VILLAGE, KIEN PHONG PROVINCE, 150 MILES NORTH OF SAIGON, THE GOVERNMENT TROOPS SCORED A VICTORY AGAINST THE COMMUNIST VIET CONG ON NOVEMBER 27.

COL. VAN CAO, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE SEVENTH ZONE, MET THE TROOPS THE NEXT DAY TO CONGRATULATE THEM ON THEIR SUCCESS.

HE ALSO INSPECTED THE CAPTURED ARMS AND 15 PRISONERS. ARMS INCLUDED TWO AUTOMATIC RIFLES, TWENTY RIFLES AND MANY DOCUMENTS.

AFTER PINNING HONOUR MEDALS ON SOME SOLDIERS, THE COLONEL VISITED THE SCENE OF THE PREVIOUS DAY'S BATTLE. IT WAS AMONG TRACTLESS BUSHES AND SWAMPS.

FORTY NINE VIET CONGS WERE KILLED IN THE BATTLE.

ON THE GOVERNMENT SIDE EIGHT CIVIL DEFENCE MEN WERE KILLED, AND 4 WOUNDED. THE GOVERNMENT IS NOW CONDUCTING HOPPING UP OPERATIONS IN THE AREA.