OPERATION SAM HOUSTON Part 1

1st Battalion 22nd Infantry

OPERATION SAM HOUSTON

Part One

From February 1, 1967 through April 5, 1967 the 1st Battalion took part in

Operation Sam Houston.

Regulars from Company A hauling equipment during Operation Sam Houston

Photo by Stars & Stripes, from Dick Heheman by way of Bob Harik

Harold Penxa, who was involved in the battles during Operation Sam Houston wrote:

"......after the Mar 14th firefight. Chinooks carried out the wounded late evening.
Our dead, their equipment and captured equipment were carried out by the survivors. We carried out Terhune on such a pole."

The following are excerpts from the original Operational Report filed on May 3, 1967.

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The above Operational Report was submitted through the co-operation of Lou Talley and George Heidt.

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