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       Armored Infantry Battalion, Task Force Shepherd's reserve. In direct support
       of these companies were the two batteries of artillery from the 5th Battalion,
       11th Marines. Observation Posts 5 and 6 were occupied by elements from the
       1st Reconnaissance Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel Myers had only Company C,
       1st Light Armored     Infantry            Battalion, positioned in tilat area, however.
       Companies A and B had originally been deployed behind OPs 5 and 6 but had
       been withdrawn in support of division ambiguity ~p~~~~~~~~~SS