Operation+Prairie+IV+(April+20-May+17,+1967)

Operation Prairie IV was a USMC military operation beginning on April 20, 1967 and ending on May 17, 1967. The primary objective was searching for and destroying Viet Cong forces in Leatherneck Square, a 9- by 6-mile area of land that saw some of the heaviest fighting of the Vietnam War.

Operation Prairie IV was a victory for the Marines.

=Sources=

Tucker, Spencer C. "Prairie II-IV, Operations." The Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War. Second Edition. Volume II. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO, LLC, 2011. Print.

Telfer, Rogers, and Fleming. "Operation Prairie IV begins." U.S. MARINES IN VIETNAM: Fighting The North Vietnamese 1967. Washington, D.C.: Headquarters of the Marine Corps, 1984. Web. 9 Dec 2011. .