The majority of the activities were conducted Action by the 3rd Marine Division in the Con Thien and Gio Linh regions with the main objective of stopping the PAVN 324B Division from crossing the demilitarized zone and invading Quang Tri Province .

The operation consisted Cause_to_be_included of 64 strike sorties of aircraft from the aircraft carriers and against the torpedo boat bases of Hon Gai , Loc Chao , Quang Khe , and Phuc Loi , and the oil storage depot at Vinh .