The complex was three kilometers long and one-and-a-half wide. The buildings were bulging with arms and ammunition. In the first 24 hours of the search of the complex, Charlie Company captured four bunkers loaded with .51 caliber ammo, and one building full of weapons ranging from an old flintlock to shotguns and new SKS's, 15 .30 caliber anti-aircraft machineguns complete with wheeled carriages and extra barrels and six cases of .9 mm machineguns with drums and magazines.

Uncovered later were numerous 60 mm mortar tubes and 60 mm ammo, crated 120 mm mortars, repair kits for numerous types of weapons, two bunkers of 57 mm recoilless rifle rounds, 57 mm recoilless rifles complete with stands, two bunkers of explosives, det cord and shaped charges, and medical supplies. Many of the weapons were still packed in cosmoline--protective grease.

Also discovered in "The City" by Charlie Company's Skytroopers was what appeared to be an NVA R&R center, elaborately laid out and complete with a swimming pool.

Meanwhile, tankers from the 2nd Squadron, 47th Armor, opcon to the 1st Cav, interdicted Highway 7 in the southern portion of the Fishhook. Patrolling the area around their CP, the armored vehicles overran countless enemy bunkers that the troops methodically destroyed.

The Cav's other initial Cambodian assault, north of Phuoc Long and Binh Long Provinces, also had spectacular results.

Scout pilot Charles L. Frazier of Charlie Troop, 1st of the 9th, was on a routine recon 10 miles northeast of Bu Dop near the 2nd Brigade's FSB Myron.

"We saw a road running out of a small village. Following the road, which had been heavily used recently by trucks, we could see pallets stacked off the side of the road," Recalled Frazier.

"But the overhead jungle canopy was too thick to see very far inside. Next day two of the pallets we'd seen previously were gone and we found truck tracks leading to the spot. We followed them and saw three two-and-a-half ton trucks loaded with troops in complete NVA field uniforms. They heard us and tried to dismount the truck and hide. We engaged them and killed 23 of them and destroyed their trucks."

Learning of the discovery, Lieutenant Colonel Francis A. Ianni of the 2nd Bn, 12th Cav sent Delta Company to make a combat assault into the contact area. The Skytroopers landed 500 meters north of the site and moved south, spotting two individuals but losing their blood trails in the jungle. Two platoons began sweeping the area. Fifty meters across the road they made heavy contact with an estimated 40 to 60 enemy soldiers.

"We broke the ambush," said Lt. Col. Ianni, "by forming the company into an assault line that scattered the enemy." During the contact Blue Max Cobras blew one of the caches with rockets, revealing the cache sites.