On 4 January, Company A, 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment in the vicinity of grid reference BT 108327 () found and evacuated 1,200 pounds of rice located under the floors of several huts and a further 4,000 pounds of rice at grid reference BT 081304 () later the same day. Also that day the 1/46th Infantry moved from the Fayette Canyon area of operations to the Oregon area of operations.
