 The ARVN operation soon settled down to become a search and destroy mission , with South Vietnamese troops <unk> the countryside in small patrols looking for PAVN supply <unk> . Phase II of the operation began with the arrival of elements of the 9th Infantry Division . Four tank @-@ infantry task forces attacked into the Parrot 's Beak from the south . After three days of operations , ARVN claimed 1 @,@ 010 PAVN troops had been killed and 204 prisoners taken for the loss of 66 ARVN dead and 330 wounded . 
