Operation Bushmaster II

Operation Bushmaster II
Part of the Vietnam War

Battle of Ap Nha Mat, 5 December 1965
Date1–6 December 1965
Location
Michelin Rubber Plantation, South Vietnam
11°15′47″N 106°20′02″E / 11.2631°N 106.334°E / 11.2631; 106.334
Result US declares operational success
Belligerents
 United States Viet Cong
Commanders and leaders
Col. William Brodbeck unknown
Units involved
3rd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division 272nd Regiment
Strength
US estimate: 2400
Casualties and losses
44 killed
3 missing		 US body count: 318 killed
27 captured
214 estimated killed and wounded
75 weapons recovered: 6–7 

Operation Bushmaster II (also known as the Battle of Ap Nha Mat) was a US Army operation that took place in the Michelin Rubber Plantation, lasting from 1 to 6 December 1965.

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