Pleiku

In the battle, the 320th deployed at least four battalions of its 9th and 48th regiments. The enemy force was also reinforced with the 26th separated regiment of the B3 front and later received in addition to the battlefield the 64th regiment to crush 410 men of the 82nd battalion and the reinforcements for the be-seized camp. Fires supports for the 320th had at least two 130mm field artillery guns, three 120mm guns and a number of 82mm mortars, 75mm recoilless guns. The AAA battalion had twelve 12.7mm guns positioned around the area of Plei Me. They chased the RVN air planes away and fired directly into the camp. Under enemy artillery bombardments and direct fires from 75mm recoilless guns, all the bunkers inside camp Plei Me collapsed, but the rangers still hang on to fight from the trenches. On the barbwires, the NVA dead corpses scattered everywhere in the battlefield, after many waves of attacks. The RVN artillery fired from FSB 711 supporting the defenders effectively. Also artillery from Phu Nhon fired on the south and eastern flanks of camp Plei Me. After six days and nights of intense fighting, the out post Chu Ho fell into communist hand. It was the 10th of August, five days later the out post on hill 509 also lost communication with the headquarters of the battalion. Some survivors from those two out posts said that they had to flee into the forest because running out of ammunitions and they did not have foods and water for days of fighting. After taken the two out posts Chu Ho and hill 509, the NVA concentrated their fires power on the main sector of camp Plei Me. Even the rangers had been isolated for almost a month and did not receive any logistic supplies, some wounded rangers died because without evacuation. The rangers of the 82nd fought valiantly until the 2nd of September, when the RVN reinforcement combined units of Infantry, Rangers and Cavalry reached camp Plei Me. The NVA 320th division began to pull out of the battlefield after 20 times unsuccessful attacks and spent more than ten thousands of artillery shells on the camp. After receiving new logistic supplies, the 82nd regrouped and moved out of the camp to retaliate on the retreating NVA units. The battle of Plei Me was considered ended when the rangers regained the control of the two out posts Chu Ho and 509. Before the 82nd ranger battalion was sent to Duc My (Rangers training center) for refreshment and refitting, retraining. The battalion was greeted and decorated in the city of Pleiku.