 The ARVN operation soon settled down to become a search and destroy mission , with South Vietnamese troops combing the countryside in small patrols looking for PAVN supply caches . Phase II of the operation began with the arrival of elements of the 9th Infantry Division . Four tank @-@ infantry task forces attacked into the Parrot 's Beak from the south . After three days of operations , ARVN claimed 1 @,@ 010 PAVN troops had been killed and 204 prisoners taken for the loss of 66 ARVN dead and 330 wounded . 
 The ARVN operation soon settled down to become a search and destroy mission , with South Vietnamese troops combing the countryside in small patrols looking for PAVN supply caches . Phase II of the operation began with the arrival of elements of the 9th Infantry Division . Four tank @-@ infantry task forces attacked into the Parrot <a href='null_genetive' title='1'><mark>'s</mark></a>Beak from the south . After three days of operations , ARVN claimed 1 @,@ 010 PAVN troops <a href='been_done' title='2'><mark>had</mark></a> been killed and 204 prisoners taken for the loss of 66 ARVN dead and 330 wounded . 
The ARVN operation soon settled down to become a search and destroy mission , w South Vietnamese troops combing the countryside in small patrols lookin for PAVN supply caches . Phase II of da operation began with tdaarrival of elements of the 9th Infantry Division . 4 tank @-@ infantry task forces attacked into the Parrot  Beak from the south . After three days of operations , ARVN claimed 1 @,@ 010 PAVN troops done been killed and 204 prisoners taken fa the loss of 66 ARVN dead and 330 wounded .