 When darkness fell, at least 139 VC soldiers lay dead on the field, while US losses amounted to 4 killed.When "Hurricane Forward" became operational at Camp Lê Văn Duyệt on the morning of 6 May, General Weyand turned his attention to the other major battle that was developing in the western suburbs, a clash between the Cuu Long II Regiment and the 30th Ranger Battalion just southeast of Tan Son Nhut AB.Weyand gave Hay control over the 3rd Squadron, 4th Cavalry (minus Troop C), from the 25th Infantry Division, with instructions that he use the tanks and armored personnel carriers to support the 30th Ranger Battalion as it tried to retake a pair of hamlets, Ap Binh Long () and Ap Hoa Thanh (), that the Cuu Long II Regiment had turned into makeshift fortresses.