Company C, 3rd Battalion, 47th Infantry Regiment remained at a pickup zone near the fire support base at Bến Lức as an airmobile reserve.
To intercept VC forces, the 334th Aviation Company's supporting gunships maintained surveillance of the areas forward of the infantry battalions.
[1]: 127 The Americans believed they had succeeded because of the surprise achieved by the ground troops in disembarking from the boats landing from the river, forcing the VC into open terrain where helicopters could attack them.
[1]: 127 For the remainder of August and the first week of September, the MRF operated in Cần Giuộc District, encountering minor communist resistance.
[1]: 127 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Army Center of Military History.