ARMY BARRACKS NW - AREA D CHAP LE, NORTH VIETNAM 1708N 10656E

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CSD/NPIC 156/65
11 APRIL 1965
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ARMY BARRACKS NW - AREA D
CHAP LE, NORTH VIETNAM
17o8N 10656E
1. COLLATERAL REPORTS THAT ON 8 FEBRUARY 1965, THE SOUTH VIETNAMESE
AIR FORCE, WITH U.S. AIR SUPPORT,. STRUCK CHAP LE ARMY RRACKS NW.
AIRCRAFT INCLUDED THE FOLLOWING:
26 A1H (STRIKE)
6 A1H (FLAK SUPPRESSION)
8 F100 (FLAK SUPPRESSION)
3 RF 101 (RECONNAISSANCE)
II. F100 (RECONNAISSANCE ESCORT)
1. F100 (RESCUE COMBAT AIR PATROL)
1. F100 (COMBAT AIR PATROL)
FLAK SUPPRESSION AIRCRAFT LACED THE AREA EFFECTIVELY WITH ROCKETS JUST
BEFORE THE AIRCRAFT MADE THEIR RUN. ONE A1H AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO TIIE
GULF OF TONKIN. A TOTAL OF 127,920 POUNDS OF ORDNANCE WAS EXPENDED,
2. EARLY- AND MID-STRIKE PHOTOGRAPHY OF
REVEAL A BARRACKS AREA 2.5 NM NORTHWEST OF
CHAP LE. THIS AREA CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING: FOUR BARRACKS BUILDINGS
(THREE ON FIRE AND ONE PARTIALLY DISMANTLED), ONE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING,
ONE MESSHALL, AND SEVERAL MISCELLANEOUS SHEDS AND HUTS, ONE OF WHICH IS
BURNING. ALSO OBSERVED ARE THIRTEEN VEHICLE REVETMENTS IN THE WESTERN
SECTION OF THE AREA, NUMEROUS PERSONNEL, AND ONE CAMOUFLAGED TRUCK.
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work.
Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid
only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue.
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NUMEROUS AW POSITIONS, SOME OF WHICH ARE OCCUPIED, AND TRENCHES ARE
VISIBLE THROUGHOUT THE AREA.
3. POST-STRIKE PHOTOGRAPHY OF
REVEALS THE FOLLOWING DAMAGE :
BUILDINGS
4+ BARRACKS 3 DESTROYED
1 ADMINISTRATION BUILDING
1 MESSHALL
13 VEHICLE REVETMENTS 9 DAMAGED
1 CAMOUFLAGED TRUCK 1 BURNING
MISCELLANEOUS SHEDS 1 DESTROYED
AND HUTS.
CSD/NPIC 156/65
11 APRIL 1965.
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1 PARTIALLY DISMANTLED
1 UNDAMAGED
1 UNDAMAGED
4 UNDAMAGED
NUMEROUS BOMB AND ROCKET CRATERS ARE OBSERVED IN THE AREA. PERSONNEL
4. AREA HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY COVERED BY NUMEROUS COLD TALE, LAZY
DAISY, LUCKY DRAGON, AND TROJAN HORSE MISSIONS.
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work.
Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid
only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue.
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