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Turning Point in War Cedar Falls Operation
In Vietnam Lt Gen Jonathan Seaman launched Operation Cedar Falls on Jan 8 with about 30 000 U S troops to destroy Viet Cong bases in the iron triangle near Saigon Twenty days later Maj Gen William De Puy said the operation broke the back of the Communist effort Aerial and artillery fire rained on the area while 516 prisoners surrendered or were captured over 1 000 air strikes produced 1 5 million pounds of explosives and the U S seized over 2 7 million documents the richest haul of Communist records ever taken in Vietnam
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George McArthur
Long Binh
South Vietnam
Jonathan Seaman
U.S
Wiliam West
Westmoreland
Seaman
Cedar Falls
Iron Triangle
Saigon
William de Puy
Guam
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