▁Major ▁Ph an ▁Tr ong ▁Tr in h , ▁four ▁R anger ▁batt al ions ▁under ▁the ▁command ▁of ▁Major ▁Son ▁Th u ong ▁and ▁one ▁Air bor ne ▁batt alion ▁under ▁the ▁command ▁of ▁Captain ▁Ng ô ▁Qu ang ▁Tr ư <0xE1> <0xBB> <0x9F> ng . ▁ ▁Tro ops ▁were ▁fer ried ▁to ▁two ▁landing ▁zones ▁by ▁three ▁hel ic op ters ▁squad rons : ▁US MC ▁H MM - 3 6 4 ▁Squadron , ▁ 1 1 7 th ▁and ▁ 1 1 9 th ▁squad ron ▁of ▁US ▁Army ▁ 5 2 nd ▁A viation ▁Battalion . ▁The ▁V C ▁attacked ▁the ▁hel ic op ters ▁at ▁the ▁landing ▁zones ▁during ▁the ▁two ▁first ▁days , ▁and ▁then ▁van ished ▁into ▁the ▁mountains , ▁avoid ing ▁contacts ▁with ▁the ▁inv ading ▁troops . ▁Operation ▁ Đ <0xE1> <0xBB> <0x97> ▁X á ▁achieved ▁the ▁following ▁results : ▁a ▁communication ▁network ▁of ▁the ▁V C ▁command ▁composed ▁of ▁five ▁stations ▁was ▁destroyed , ▁one ▁of ▁which ▁was ▁used ▁to ▁communicate ▁with ▁North ▁Vietnam , ▁and ▁the ▁other ▁four ▁to ▁link ▁with ▁provincial ▁V C ▁units ; ▁the ▁V C ▁lost ▁ 6 2 ▁killed , ▁ 1 7 ▁captured , ▁two ▁ 0 . 5 1 ▁cal iber ▁machine ▁guns , ▁one ▁ 0 . 3 0 ▁cal iber ▁machine ▁gun , ▁ 6 9 ▁individual ▁weapons , ▁and ▁a ▁large ▁quantity ▁of ▁mines ▁and ▁gr en ades , ▁engineer ▁equipment , ▁explos ives , ▁medicine , ▁and ▁documents ; ▁in ▁addition