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Thanh Phong raid
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Bob Kerrey.
Thanh Phong raid
In 2001, The New York Times Magazine and 60 Minutes II carried reports on an incident that occurred during Kerrey's Vietnam War service. On February 25, 1969, he and his squad, known as Kerrey's Raiders, led a Swift Boat raid on the isolated peasant village of Thanh Phong, Vietnam, targeting a Viet Cong leader who intelligence suggested would be present. The village was considered part of a free-fire zone by the U.S. military.