The only major combat parachute jump of the Vietnam War took place during this operation.
Hump
Rolling Rock
Junction City
Iron Hand
Junction City. The operation—named for a town just outside the home base of the 1st Infantry Division at Ft. Riley, Kansas—was one of the largest operations of the war, with the equivalent of three American divisions engaged.
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