Operation Wiping Litmus

Campaign: ChelteNam · Fri 10 Jan 2025

OPERATION RECORD // AFTER ACTION REPORT

Operation Summary

Patrol around the POW camp, then a second patrol in the swamp.

Medals

Air Medal
Reason: AWARDED Star to their Air Medal (AM) for co-ordinating and successfully prosecuting accurate attacks with TACAIR and personal aircraft weapons against multiple enemy concentrations in the defence of the POW Camp in the Bra region during Operation Wiping Litmus. (by Admin)
Mentioned in Despatches
Reason: POSTHUMOUSLY AWARDED Mention in Dispatches (MID) for taking effective control of the platoon on multiple occasions when senior leadership was incapacitated, maintaining clear direction and ensuring mission tempo was maintained during operations to secure and patrol the area around the Bra POW Camp as part of Operation Wiping Litmus. (by Admin)
Vietnam Service Medal
Vietnam Campaign Medal
National Defense Service Medal
Mentioned in Despatches
Reason: AWARDED Mention in Dispatches (MID) for successfully spotting and eliminating a Cheltenamese infiltrator who had penetrated the perimeter and was about to grenade the medical station during the defence of Point Ganges as part of swamp patrol activities in Operation Wiping Litmus. (by Admin)
Mentioned in Despatches
Reason: POSTHUMOUSLY AWARDED Mention in Dispatches (MID) for effectively co-ordinating several snap ambushes during jungle and swap movements around the POW camp in the Bra region as part of Operation Wiping Litmus. (by Admin)
Navy and Marine Corps Commendation
Reason: POSTHUMOUSLY AWARDED Star to their Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal with Combat V (NMCCM-V) for demonstrating calm bravery and skill at arms when he swept an enemy compound during a swamp patrol in Operation Wiping Litmus, neutralising a number of threats and allowing the fire team to sweep and clear the objective, then showcasing Marine marksmanship when stopping a charging Chelt Cong infiltrator from rushing an at-work medic with a single round during the post-combat phase. (by Admin)
Navy and Marine Corps Commendation
Reason: POSTHUMOUSLY AWARDED Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal with Combat V (NMCCM-V) for successfully breaking up multiple enemy mass charges and laying down effective smoke markers for airstrikes in close defence of the platoon in the swamps of the Bra during Operation Wiping Litmus. (by Admin)
Vietnam Service Medal
Vietnam Campaign Medal
National Defense Service Medal
Mentioned in Despatches
Reason: AWARDED Mention in Dispatches (MID) for actions during swamp warfare as part of Operation Wiping Litmus. Acting as the ground liaison to the (A)FAC, provided screening cover to protect the unit's flanks from close assault and allowing the unit to overrun the objective without being pinned. (by Admin)

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