found: Work cat.: Glass, D. Lions of Medina, c2007:jacket (the men who fought on Operation Medina) p. 123-124 (the Marine objective on Operation Medina was to locate and annihilate any enemy forces found in the Hai Lang Forest Reserve) p. 125 (Operation Medina began on October 10, 1967)
found: Medal of Honor, WWW site, May 10, 2007:Home/Vietnam War (O-P)/Perkins, William Thomas, Jr. (During Operation Medina, a major reconnaissance in force southwest of Quang Tri, Company C made heavy combat contact with a numerically superior North Vietnamese Army force estimated at from 2 to 3 companies; focal point of the intense fighting was a helicopter landing zone which was also serving as the Command Post of Company C)
found: US Marines in Vietnam: 1968, the defining year. Online book on EHistory, WWW site, May 10, 2007:p. 73 (The 1st Marines had moved north from Da Nang in early Oct. 1967 to reinforce the 3d Marine Division and conduct Operation Medina; a multi-battalion operation designed to clear the Hai Lang National Forest, located south and west of Quang Tri City and containing the enemy Base Area 101; Marines ended Operation Medina on 20 Oct.)
notfound: Summers, H. Vietnam War Alamanc, 1985;Dictionary of the Vietnam War, 1988;Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War, 1996;Vietnam War, an almanac, 1985
