![]() Alpha Company, sent to rescue Company B was ambushed. Tri-directional ambushes had virtually decimated company B. Enemy fire intensified as efforts were made by the 3rd Platoon to suppress it. As they went further north between Gia Binh and An Kha, near a place called "The Market Place" ( 16★5′37″N 107☀0′00″E / 16.927°N 107.00☎ / 16.927 107.00), they made contact with the elements of the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) 90th Regiment when sniper fire began to break out. On the morning of 2 July, Alpha and Bravo Companies, 1st Battalion, 9th Marines made their way up north on Highway 561 and secured a crossroad as their first objective. Operation Buffalo (2–14 July 1967) was an operation of the Vietnam War that took place in the southern half of the Demilitarized Zone, around Con Thien.
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