Operation Game Warden

Operation Game Warden
	; USS Harnett County (AGP-821) part of Task Force 116
Date	December 18, 1965 – March 1973
Location	Mekong Delta, South Vietnam
Result	American/South Vietnamese operational success South Vietnam's extensive inland waterways secured; Viet Cong redirected their watercraft to smaller rivers and canals;
Belligerents
United States; South Vietnam	Viet Cong
Commanders and leaders
William Westmoreland; David L. McDonald	;
Casualties and losses
100 to 200 killed	U.S claimed:; 1,400+ killed, wounded or captured; 2,000 watercraft destroyed, damaged or captured

Operation Game Warden was a joint operation conducted by the United States Navy and South Vietnamese Navy in order to deny Viet Cong access to resources in the Mekong River Delta. Game Warden and its counterpart Operation Market Time are considered to be two of the most successful U.S. Naval actions during the Vietnam War.

^ Kutler, Stanley I. (1996). Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. p. 352. ISBN 0-13-276932-8. OCLC 32970270.