[1]: 79 Operation Geronimo was planned to harass the battle-damaged People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) 18B Regiment before the start of the monsoon season.

The U.S. Battalions would initially be operating out of range of U.S. artillery support, but Pearson regarded this and the night deployment as acceptable risks given the expected weakened state of the PAVN.

The following morning they began their push to the east but only engaged scattered Viet Cong units.

An Army psychological warfare team persuaded 35 PAVN soldiers to surrender and the base camp was subsequently overrun.

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