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The Rung Sat Special Zone

SEALs, ambushes, and the waterlogged killing ground south of Saigon

SEAL Team OneRiver Patrol Force (TF-116)9th Infantry Division

The Rung Sat — Vietnamese for 'Forest of Assassins' — was a 400 square mile tidal swamp strangling the shipping lanes into Saigon. VC units used it as a sanctuary and staging area for attacks on vessels moving through the Long Tao River. The Navy SEALs became the primary American force tasked with clearing it.

Full article coming soon. The scaffold above maps the operational area and the books that cover it.

READ NEXT — BOOKS ON THIS OPERATION

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Rogue Warrior

Rogue Warrior

Richard Marcinko

Marcinko ran direct action platoons in the Rung Sat — this is the inside account.

Point Man

Point Man

James Watson

Watson's SEAL platoon operated extensively in the Rung Sat zone.

Death in the Jungle

Death in the Jungle

Gary R. Smith & Alan Maki

Delta/Rung Sat SEAL operations — the most tactically detailed account of this AO.