Description Operation Game Warden, Task force 116, was an operation to deny Viet Cong access to the resources in the Mekong Delta which was conceived of in December 1965. U.S. naval forces, backed by Marine artillery on the ground, launching a rapid surprise attack on the dozens of small Viet Cong ports which were scattered around the Delta. Unprepared in the face of intense U.S. firepower, which included U.S. F-4 Phantoms dropping special illumination bombs which blinded the Viet Cong deck gunners, leaving to them being unable to accurately return fire on the attacking U.S. craft, the Viet Cong were incapable of mounting a stiff resistance. Much the Viet Cong fleet and its operators were destroyed.
My Participation in This Battle or Operation
From Month/Year
January / 1966
To Month/Year
December / 1969
Last Updated: Mar 16, 2020
Personal Memories
People You Remember BM1 James Kirchar BM3 Ray Perkins EN3 Thomas R Knapp GMG3 John Parpet RM3 Bruce Soland EN3 Dick Dickerson
Memories they never found out where we hid the booze
