Battle of Chu Moor Mountain

1st Battalion 22nd Infantry

Battle of Chu Moor Mountain

April 22 - 30 1968

Map provided by Rainer Guensch, who served in D Co 1/22 Infantry 1968

During Operation Mac Arthur, for approximately nine days in late April of 1968,
the 1st Battalion 22nd Infantry fought a vicious battle with
elements of the North Vietnamese Army on and around Chu Moor mountain.
The combat was intense, with 1st Battalion attacking, the NVA counter-attacking,
and 1st Battalion attacking again. The NVA employed mortars, B-40 rockets, snipers,
and even flame throwers.
1st Battalion utilized artillery, airstrikes, B-52 strikes and helicopter gunships.
Elements of the 1/14 Infantry, the 1/12th Infantry and the 3/8 Infantry
joined the battle, when it became clear the enemy was in force and had decided to stay.
After nearly seven days of heavy fighting, the NVA finally withdrew,
leaving the mountain in US hands.

Chu Moor, as seen from FSB at Chu Ya Bruh.
In the center of the picture, a gunship rolls in to attack.

Photo by Roger Salber

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