brigadier general willard pearson takes over k3457nd of the screaming eagles on the 29th of january 1966 steps up the pressure on the vietcong. >> fire! >> across the broad reaches of the province, the vietcong are pursued. for the most part they evade capture and withdraw to disappear in hidden underground sanctuaries. in the wake of u.s. military operations, the enemy rice raids diminish but the vc themselves mangle with the local people and often are bypassed attacking our units from the rear at night. on 8 february the deputy commander of the u.s. military assistance command vietnam lieutenant general john heinke comes to personally evaluate the situation. what he sees convinces him that the enemy is well entrenched in the district, that it will require repeated efforts by the 101st to dislodge these communist guerillaguerillas. operation 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