the district, that it will require repeated efforts by the 101st to dislodge these communist guerillaguerillaseration van buren becomes operation harrison. february becomes march, and daily the screaming eagles patrol the jungles and foothills surrounding the rice fields. enemy force headquarters are located and hit by the u.s. air force by b-52 bombing raids. the men of the brigade go in to check the results. daily they go out and daily they return. in 90 days the men of the brigade gain control of the region. now operating in small units, they kill 516 hard corps vietcong troops between february and april. the rice crops are saved. once early in march the men of the brigade receive a surprise visit from one of hollywood's movie heroes, robert mitchum. during this enjoyable interlude there's talk of the glamorous girls of the film world. . in mid-april 1966 the second battalion of the 327th is left to guard the rice harvest and the rest of the brigade moves out on operation austin. two weeks in the area and then near the cambodian border. here with the ho chi minh trail enters south vietnam,