This operation was a radical departure from the normal US divisional efforts in RVN in that the total energy and resources of a division were devoted to assisting in the pacification and development of a province. The 101st ABN DIV (AM), in coordination withe the 1st INF DIV (ARVN), was committed to provide a protective shield and security on the periphery of the populated low lands of Thua Thien Province. Its second task was to support, to the maximum extent possible, the accomplishment of the goals of the province pacification and development plan. The operation was rated a success. A lesson relearned by the division was the importance of farm-to-market roads to an agrarian economy. No other civic action project or activity captured the imagination and interest of the people and the local administrators as did a roadbuilding or upgrading project. The most consistent and urgent requests for civic action assistance were for road construction. The interest extended from the individual villager, who often turned out voluntarily to assist the US and Vietnamese engineers, to the province chief. The 101st rated the construction of those vital links between the government and the people as important to the accomplishment of their broader mission. Operation Randolph Glen commenced on 07 December 1969 and terminated on 31 March 1970. The curmulative results of engagements during the operation were:
(HQ, USMACV; Command History 1970, Volume III; 19 April 1970)
Unit(s) tasked organized or under brigade control: 1-501 IN BN; 2-501 IN BN; 1-502 IN BN; 2-502 IN BN and 2d Brigade, 101st ABN DIV
Operation Randolph Glen commenced on 07 December 1969 and terminated on 31 March 1970 with the following results:
Friendly: 120 KIA; 560 WIA
Enemy: 670 KIA; 246 PW; 315 IW; 34 CSW
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