This Viet Cong (VC) flag was captured by the 7th Field Artillery during Operation Abilene on April 11, 1966. It was found in a large tunnel in the VC controlled village of Xom Xa Nam, located approximately 25 miles northeast of Vung Tau.
Operation Abilene was a search and destroy mission through the southeastern Phuoc Tuy Province. The intended target was the VC 5th Division, however VC troops largely avoided battle with the sweeping U.S. units.
Features
Unit7th Field Artillery Regiment
Date1966
ConflictVietnam
NationalityVietnamese
RightsFirst Division Museum
Identifier1968.18.1
On-DisplayNo
Citation"Flag." First Division Museum. Accessed April 16, 2024, https://www.fdmuseum.org/collections/flag/.
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