MISSIONS (Sanitized)

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• Publication Date: February 1, 1965
• Content Type: REPORT

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PHOTOGRAPHIC
INTERPRETATION
REPORT
MISSION COVERAGE INDEX
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February 1965
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This document contains information affecting
the national defense of the United States,
within the meaning of Title 18, sections
793 and 794, of the U.S. Code, as amended.
Its transmission or revelation of its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorized person is
prohibited by law.
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THIS MISSION COVERAGE INDEX (MCI) LISTS THE
INTELLIGENCE TARGETS IMAGED ON THE PHOTOGRAPHY
SECTION I PROVIDES SHORT DESCRIPTIONS FOR
NEWLY IDENTIFIED TARGETS AND PREVIOUSLY
REPORTED TARGETS SHOWING CHANGE, AND ALSO
PROVIDES ORDER OF BATTLE INFORMATION.
SECTION II PROVIDES A LISTING OF THOSE TARGETS
WHICH REFLECT NO APPARENT CHANGE IN FACILITIES
FROM THE MOST ADEQUATE PREVIOUS DESCRIPTION.
THE MCI IN WHICH THIS DESCRIPTION APPEARS IS
DESIGNATED BY THE APPROPRIATE MISSION NUMBER,
PREFIXED BY THE LETTERS MAC AND APPEARING AS
THE LAST ENTRY ON THE PHOTO REFERENCE LINE.
MILITARY INSTALLATIONS WHERE THERE IS NO
SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN FACILITIES AND WHERE NO
ORDER OF BATTLE CAN BE DETERMINED ARE LISTED
UNDER THIS SECTION.
TARGETS IN EACH SECTION ARE ARRANGED 1) WITHIN
THE COUNTRY ACCORDING TO SUBJECT, 2) WITHIN
THE SUBJECT BY WAC AREA, AND 3).WITHIN THE
WAC AREA BY GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES IN
ASCENDING ORDER. AN EXPLANATION OF COLUMN
HEADINGS AND PHOTO REFERENCES USED IN
PRESENTING THE INFORMATION IS CONTAINED
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IN THE APPENDIX. THE MAP BASE
USED (WHEN AVAILABLE) FOR THE DERIVATION OF
COORDINATES IN THIS MCI IS THE LATEST EDITION
OF THE AMS SERIES L5091 SCALE 1/250,000,
L7012, 1/5,000, AND THE ATC SERIES 200,
SCALE 1/200,000
THE USER OF THIS MCI IS CAUTIONED THAT THE
SCAN OF PHOTOGRAPHY WAS ACCOMPLISHED IN A
RELATIVELY SHORT TIME AND OFTEN WITHOUT THE
AID OF PRECISE ANALYTICAL AND MENSURAL
TECHNIQUES COMMONLY EMPLOYED IN DETAILED
PHOTOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS. CONSEQUENTLY9 ALTHOUGH
THE INFORMATION PRESENTED HEREIN IS
ESSENTIALLY ACCURATE, ADDITIONAL, DETAILED
ANALYSIS MAY SOMEWHAT ALTER PORTIONS OF THE
INFORMATION.
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SECTION I
THIS SECTION PROVIDES SHORT DESCRIPTIONS FOR NEWLY IDENTIFIED TARGETS AND PREVI-
OUSLY REPORTED TARGETS SHOWING CHANGE, AND ALSO PROVIDES ORDER OF BATTLE INFORMATION.
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NOTE -- AAA DEFENSES ARE DIVIDED INTO THREE
BASIC CATEGORIES ?- LIGHT IZPU-2, ZPU?4,
37MM),. MEDIUM.(57MM, 85MM), AND HEAVY (100MM
AND LARGER). THE TERM HMGAA (HEAVY MACHINE
GUN ANTIAIRCRAFT) INDICATES A WEAPON SMALLER
THAN A ZPU?2. WHERE SUCH A CATEGORY CANNOT BE
DETERMINED, THE SITE WILL BE LISTED AS AN
AAA SITE AND THE NUMBER OF GUNS INDICATED
(EXAMPLE 6-GUN AAA SITE, OCCUPIED/
UNOCCUPIED).
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AIR INSTALLATIONS
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SAM NEUA AIRFIELD
2025N 10404E
061-6
136-A
2 NM EAST OF SAM NEUA.
3,600 X 100 FT E1W SOD RUNWAY, SERVICEABLE.
AIRCRAFT -- NONE OBSERVED.
COMOR TARGET NO
MILITARY-INSTALLATIONS
SAM NEUA, AAA SITE
2024N 10403E
0616
136-H
0.5 NM SE OF SAM NEUA ON ROUTE 6 AT UTM
VH016573.
ONE 4-GUN LIGHT AAA SITE, OCCUPIED, AND 5
BUILDINGS ENCIRCLED BY.A TRENCH SYSTEM.
XIENG LOUANG AREA, MILITARY INSTALLATIONS
224N 10414E
0616
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THREE ASSOCIATED AREAS IN XIENG LOUANG.
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VICINITY.
AREA A (5 NM NE OF XIENG LOUANG AT UTM
VH195575) -- APPROXIMATELY 100 BARRACKS/
STORAGE-TYPE BUILDINGS, ONE 4-GUN AAA SITE
PROBABLY OCCUPIED AND WITH 4 SUPPORT
BUILDINGS, 1 PROBABLE 6-GUN HMGAA SITE
PROBABLY OCCUPIED, AND 5 TRUCKS. HEAVY TRACK
ACTIVITY OBSERVED.
AREAS B AND C ?? NOT COVERED.
SAM NEUA AREA, MILITARY AREAS
2025N 10403E
0616
136-C
TWO MILITARY AREAS IN SAM NEUA VICINITY
(REFERENCED FROM SAM NEUA).
AREA A (SOUTH EDGE AT UTM VHOI 571) --
PARTIALLY FENCED BARRACKS AREA WITH
APPROXIMATELY 10 BARRACKS, 1 LARGE
ADMINISTRATION, AND 15 SUPPORT BUILDINGS.
AREA B (APPROXIMATELY 2 NM EAST AND ADJACENT
TO AIRFIELD AT UTM VH 25577) -- UNSECURED
BARRACKS AREA CONTAINS 8 BARRACKS, 1
ADMINISTRATION, AND 5 SUPPORT BUILDINGS.
NUMEROUS SMALL STRONGPOINTS OBSERVED ON
RIDGES AROUND SAM NEUA.
COMOR TARGET NO
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MUONG LIET AREA, MILITARY CAMPS
2028' 10408E
0616
136?F
TWO MILITARY CAMPS IN MUONG LIES' VI INITY.
AREA A (0.5 NM EAST OF MUONG LIET ATUTM
VH121637) -- 2 SECURED AREAS CONTAIN 9
BARRACKS, I ADMINISTRATION, AND 8 SUPPORT
BUILDINGS. A 4-GUN HMGAA SITE, OCCUPIED, AND 1.
TRUCK OBSERVEDO
AREA 8 ?- NOT COVERED.
MUONG PHINE AREA, AAA SITES
1632N 10602E
0617
192-F
THREE SITES OBSERVED IN THE MUONG PHINE AREA
AT THE JUNCTION OF ROUTES 9 AND 23.
SITE A (UTM X0089277) " 4-GUN LIGHT AAA,
OCCUPIED.
SITE B (UTM XD 93278) 6-GUN HMGAA,
OCCUPIED.
SITE C (UTM X0095278) 4-GUN LIGHT AAA,
OCCUPIED.
BAN SENG PHAN, AAA SITES
1729N 10542E
0617
358-B
FOUR AAA SITES 0.4 NM NORTH OF BAN SEND PHAN.
AREA CONTAINS ONE ABANDONED 5-GUN LIGHT, TWO
4-GUN LIGHT UNOCCUPIED, AND ONE 6-GUN PROBABLE
LIGHT !'UNOCCUPIED. A TRENCH SYSTEM OBSERVED
IMMEDIATELY CIE OF.THE SITES ON EDGE OF FOREST.
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BASIC SERVICES
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TCHEPONE HIGHWAY BRIDGE OVER SE BANG HIENG
1641N 10613E
0617
124-H
1.4 NM NW OF TCHEPONE ON ROUTE 9 AT UTM
X033 1462.
TARGET WAS SUBJECT OF AIRSTRIKE ON 28 JAN 65.
PHOTOGRAPHIC COVERAGE AS FOLLOWS.
STRIKE ?? SMOKE OBSERVED RISING FROM BRIDGE
AREA.
POST-STRIKE _a THE EAST CENTER SPAN OF THE
4-SPAN BRIDGE IS COLLAPSED, WITH A BOMB
CRATER ADJACENT TO EACH END OF THE COLLAPSED
SPAN. TWO BOMB CRATERS OBSERVED ON EASTERN
APPROACH AND ANOTHER JUST SOUTH OF THE
EASTERNMOST PIER. A BOMB CRATER OBSERVED ON
THE PREVIOUSLY COLLAPSED EASTERNMOST SPAN.
THE BRIDGE IS NO LONGER SERVICEABLE, BUT THE
RIVER IS POSSIBLY FORDABLE WITHIN 0.5 NM ON
EITHER SIDE OF THE BRIDGE.
(SEE ATTACHMENT 1)
COMOR TARGET NO
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BAN SENG PHAN ROAD BRIDGE OVER NAM NGO
1729N 10542E
0617
358-C
IMMEDIATELY EAST OF BAN SENG PHAN ON ROUTE 23
AT UTM WE744332.
TARGET WAS SUBJECT OF AIRSTRIKE ON 31 JAN 65.
(PHASES 1, 2, AND 3 WERE FILMED AT
INTERVALS DURING THE STRIKE)
PHOTOGRAPHIC COVERAGE AS FOLLOWS.
PRE-STRIKE -- 11-SPAN, DECK-TYPE, LOG BRIDGE
APPROXIMATELY 240 X 10 FT.
STRIKE -- (PHASE 1) EVIDENCE OF 2 STRAFING
RUNS OBSERVED IN BRIDGE AREA. (PHASE 2) 2 BOMB
CRATERS OBSERVED AT SE END OF BRIDGE ALONG
RIVER BANK. PORTIONS OF BRIDGE RAILING
DAMAGED. (PHASE 3) 2 ADDITIONAL BOMB CRATERS
AT SW END OF BRIDGE ALONG RIVER BANK,
INCREASE IN DAMAGE TO BRIDGE RAILING.
POST-STRIKE -- BRIDGE SUSTAINED LIGHT
DAMAGE OVERALL AND IS PROBABLY SERVICEABLE
TO VEHICULAR TRAFFIC.
MISCELLANEOUS
ROUTE 6
SINGLE-LANE, NATURAL SURFACE, DRY-WEATHER
ROAD APPARENTLY IN GOOD CONDITION OBSERVED
FROM 20-28N 104-19E TO 20-17N 104-04E.
ALL BRIDGES APPEAR SERVICEABLE.
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ONE TRUCK OBSERVED TRAVELING WEST AT 20-26N
104-10E.
ROUTE 23
SINGLE-LANES NATURAL SURFACE, DRYWEATHER
ROAD IN GOOD CONDITION OBSERVED FROM 17-30N
105-43E TO 17-28N 105-42E. BRIDGE AT BAN
SENG PHAN (I7-29N 105-42E) IS PROBABLY
SERVICEABLE TO VEHICLES.
NO VEHICLES OBSERVED.
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SECTION II
THIS SECTION PROVIDES A LISTING OF THOSE TARGETS WHICH REFLECT NO AP-
PARENT CHANGE IN FACILITIES FROM THE MOST ADEQUATE PREVIOUS DESCRIPTION.
THE MCI IN WHICH THIS DESCRIPTION APPEARS IS DESIGNATED BY THE APPROPRIATE
MISSION NUMBER, PREFIXED BY THE LETTERS "NAC" AND APPEARING AS THE LAST
ENTRY ON THE PHOTO REFERENCE LINE. MILITARY INSTALLATIONS WHERE THERE IS
NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN FACILITIES AND WHERE NO ORDER OF BATTLE CAN BE
DETERMINED ARE LISTED UNDER THIS SECTION.
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COLUMN HEADINGS
City, Installation--This column contains the name of
the city or town nearest the installation, followed by the
name of the installation. If the name of the installation is
not known, it is titled according to its function. Where
appropriate, the city and installation names are followed by
a capsule description.
Coordinates--Coordinates are referenced to the SW
corner of the minute square. When the subject installation
covers a wide area, coordinates are given for the approxi-
mate center of the installation.
WAC--This column provides the World Aeronautical
Chart number for that area in which the subject installation
is situated.
Installation Numbers--This column is divided into two
subcolumns. The first subcolumn lists, when known, the
BE installation number assigned to the installation. The
second subcolumn lists the installation number assigned by
NPIC. Installation numbers, when used to reference an
item, should be prefixed by the appropriate WAC number,
since installation numbers are repeated from WAC to
WAC. For example, there is an NPIC target number
0499-15-A and an NPIC target number 0498-15-A. In each
instance, the NPIC installation number is 15-A, but the
installations appear on different WAC charts.
COMOR TARGET NUMBERS
Target numbers assigned by the Committee on Over-
head Reconnaissance (COMOR), when available, are listed
directly above the photo reference data.
The photo reference data indicates the frame(s) on
which the installation appears.
CONDITIONS AFFECTING PHOTOGRAPHY
Following the photo reference data, symbols indicate
conditions which affect the appearance of the installation
on the photography. The symbols are: C (clear); SC
(scattered clouds); HC (heavy clouds); SC-HC (scattered-
to-heavy clouds); H (haze); CS (cloud shadow); SD (semi-
darkness); 0 (obliquity); and PQ (poor image quality).
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