Operation Hardihood

Operation Hardihood
	Part of Vietnam War
	; 5RAR soldiers guard Vietnamese civilians
Date	16 May – 8 June 1966
Location	Phước Tuy Province, South Vietnam
Result	Allied operational success
Belligerents
United States; Australia	Viet Cong
Commanders and leaders
BG Paul F. Smith	;
Units involved
503rd Infantry Regiment; 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment; 5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment	D445 Provincial Mobile Battalion
Casualties and losses
23 killed; 5 killed	US body count: 48 killed

Operation Hardihood was a security operation conducted from 16 May to 8 June 1966 during the Vietnam War by the U.S. 503rd Infantry Regiment, the 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR) and the 5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (5 RAR) in Phước Tuy Province, South Vietnam to secure the area around Nui Dat for the establishment of a base area for the 1st Australian Task Force (1 ATF).

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