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A fact from New Year's Day battle of 1968 appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 5 March 2010 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Oliver Stone (pictured) based the final combat scene in his 1986 movie Platoon on a real battle that he survived when he was an American soldier in Vietnam?

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On 13 October 2022, it was proposed that this article be moved to Battle of Suoi Cut. The result of the discussion was no consensus.

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Shouldn't this be New Year's Day Battle of 1968 - it is after all New Year's Day... – ukexpat (talk) 03:28, 5 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'm going to boldly move this in a couple of hours unless anyone objects... – ukexpat (talk) 14:53, 5 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This Battle is called, "The Battle of Fire Base Burt" or the "Battle of Soui Cut" Vietvet222 (talk) 16:13, 1 August 2016 (UTC) vietvet222[reply]

It's possible that there an accepted proper name for this, but New Year's Day Battle of 1968 is clearly not it ("New Year's Day Battle" appears in only one book that I can find, very recent, and not in the cited sources as far as I can find), so I'm downcasing "battle". Dicklyon (talk) 18:02, 6 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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There is a quote in the Background section that has open quotation marks but no close quotation marks ("two-company perimeter...") I don't have full access to the article it is sourced to, so I can't determine where the close quotation marks should be placed. Can someone help, please? Cheers. — AustralianRupert (talk) 06:00, 5 March 2010 (UTC) Done[reply]

January 1, 2020 - The New Year's Day Battle of 1968 was actually, "The Battle of Fire Support Base Burt"; aka "Battle of Soui Cut." It was two (2) infantry Battalions providing support for a Mobile Fire Support Base that was up near the Cambodian Border. The two (2) battalions are 2ndBn (Mech) 22nd Inf Regiment 25th Inf Division and 3rdBn 22nd Inf Regiment 25th Inf Division. The 2/77th Artillery 25th Inf Division was there.

Here is a link for the Vietnam Triple Deuce (VN222) website Battle of Fire Support base Burt Here is a link for the 2ndBN -77th Field Artillery Regiment [1]

"On the night of January 1 - 2, 1968, the 2ndBn (Mech)22nd Infantry (Mechanized), 3rdBn 22nd Infantry, and the 2ndBN -77th Field Artillery Regiment were involved in a massive human wave attack by four battalions of NVA and VC at a place called Fire Support Base Burt in Vietnam. Throughout the night, the 22nd Infantrymen, supported by their artillery brothers and helicopter crewman from the 187th and 188th Assault Helicopter Companies fought back against the determined enemy assault. When the firing stopped between 0530 and 0600 the next morning, The Americans were victorious in repulsing the attack. Over 401 NVA and VC were killed with American losses at 23 killed and 153 wounded."

Vietvet222 (talk) 02:52, 2 January 2020 (UTC)John Eberwine vietvet222@gmail.com 2nd Platoon, C Co, 2ndBn (Mech) 22nd Infantry Regiment / 3rd Brigade / 25th Inf Division submitted January 1, 2020[reply]

U.S. casualties as a "claim"; inadequate lead tag[edit]

Presumably this would be many times easier to verify than U.S. claims of enemy casualties. Does it really need the disclaimer that it is merely a "claim?" Also, what about the lead is insufficient to summarize the engagement? I realize it's short, but the article is quite short too—and, probably, the most notable things about the battle are the future artists who fought in it and that the VC had broken a truce by starting it. 108.34.148.110 (talk) 12:32, 25 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 13 October 2022[edit]

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: no consensus. No prejudice against speedy renomination if a more thorough rationale is provided. (closed by non-admin page mover) Extraordinary Writ (talk) 06:09, 6 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

New Year's Day battle of 1968 → Battle of Suoi Cut – Actual name used most commonly in sources. 5.173.41.12 (talk) 22:18, 13 October 2022 (UTC) — Relisting. Jack Frost (talk) 05:01, 22 October 2022 (UTC) — Relisting. — Ceso femmuin mbolgaig mbung, mellohi! (投稿) 05:52, 30 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Relisting comment: RM discussion was placed at top of page and could have been missed; relisting to allow further discussion. Jack Frost (talk) 05:01, 22 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose not least since the obscure village in Tây Ninh province is probably called Suối Cắt. In ictu oculi (talk) 07:55, 24 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Infobox needs an expansion on leaders and strenghts[edit]

That's it. 5.173.41.12 (talk) 22:20, 13 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]