Operation Manhattan

Operation Manhattan
	Part of Vietnam War
	; The 1st Infantry Division jungle clearing team moves into the woods to destroy a Viet Cong bunker complex northwest of Saigon.
Date	23 April - 7 June 1967
Location	Ho Bo Woods/Bến Củi, South Vietnam
Result	U.S. operational success
Belligerents
United States ; South Vietnam	Viet Cong
Commanders and leaders
	MGen John C. F. Tillson
Units involved
4th Infantry Division 3rd Brigade; 25th Infantry Division 1st Brigade; 2nd Brigade;	;
Casualties and losses
	US body count: 74 killed; 99 estimated killed; 19 captured; 3 defected; 201 individual and 18 crew-served weapons recovered

Operation Manhattan was an operation conducted by the 1st and 2nd Brigades, 25th Infantry Division and the 3rd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division in the Ho Bo Woods/Bến Củi area, lasting from 23 April to 7 June 1967.^: 146

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