 On the next day, Colonel Frank E. Blazey, commander of the 3rd Brigade, was ordered to deploy the 2/2nd Infantry and the 2/28th Infantry to the southern half of the area.In the early stages of "Shenandoah II", U.S. forces only made a few contacts with the VC.On 2 October, an ARVN unit operating east of Highway 13 near Chon Thanh made significant contact with a large VC formation and absorbed heavy casualties.