search and destroy mission
- n an operation developed for United States troops in Vietnam; troops would move through a designated area destroying troops as they found them
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- Bridge to be named for Randolph native killed in Vietnam
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Forty-seven years ago, Randolph County native Garry Lee Burgess embarked on a search and destroy mission through the South Vietnamese jungle. During an enemy artillery, rocket, and mortar attack, Burgess was fatally wounded. He died ...
June 13, 2013 - The Charleston Gazette