LZ Vicki Plei Trap Valley Jim Holbrook 66 graduated from Grinnell with a passion for philosophy. Follow the RED line from the LZ The Stadium, ZA A fire support base ( FSB, firebase or FB) was a temporary military encampment widely used during the Vietnam War to provide artillery fire support to infantry operating in areas beyond the normal range of fire support from their own base camps. LZ Dottie 020-510 SOUI DOI 25KM ENE Pleiku near Inter-Sect QL19/QL14 to Kontum, BR LZ Thunder I [4] Based on the original concept developed by that division, firebases would move about every two days, minimizing the amount of security and semi-permanent construction they would need. The pre-dawn battle at Fire Support Base Jaeger took place 42 miles southwest of Saigon, lasting 4 and a half hours. They started to blame us for the war, said Will. })(window,document,'script','https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga'); Their main components varied by size: a typical FSB usually had a battery of six 105 millimeter or 155mm howitzers, a platoon of engineers permanently on station for construction and maintenance projects, at least two landing pads for helicopters (a smaller VIP pad and at least one resupply pad), a Tactical Operations Center (TOC), an aid station staffed with medics, a communications bunker, and a company of infantry serving as the defense garrison. For more information about our use of cookies and how to opt out, please refer to our website privacy policy. US Embassy Annex displaces to 30ks North of Ban Me girds overlapping without being able to see the entire grid. Hill 37 It is in Middlesex Township near Carlisle in Cumberland County Pennsylvania, During the Battle of the Ia Drang Valley, November 14-16, 1965, Fire support Base Falcon, located five miles away from the battle site, contained 105mm howitzers of A and B batteries, 1st Battalion, 21st Artillery supporting elements of the 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. Camp Fey In the later action, the 5th/60th moved from village to village in a search. maps + photos, 69th Armor Page - Clickable maps of the Dodge City Quang Ngai I was 62 and I had some difficulty sleeping and flashbacks, Will said. 962-855 LZ BRILLO PAD 10km SW Polei Kleng, YB Located in the Mekong Delta, Dong Tam was regularly targeted by mortar attacks. Hill 54 67 at Binh Khe. 915-433 CAMP FIDEL S. edge of PhuCat AF Base, BR ( - ) LZ Pony 175mm Platoon displaced to LZ Tieu Atar Battalion 60th Infantry Association FSB Andrea At age 25, Will had been considered an elder statesman among soldiers he served with during the war. Cao Lanh One is outside SaiGon Airport and the one built into the roof of a Royal Enclave (Hue) is still there. to get away as fast as they could." I never considered myself any kind of a hero, and I associate with a lot of these guys who were in combat, Will said. It was 1968. He was killed near hill 190. Tim was sent to Japan, then state-side. (renews at {{format_dollars}}{{start_price}}{{format_cents}}/month + tax). About 60 of the Viet Cong penetrated the bases western perimeter and managed for a while to take over a 155mm artillery piece. displaces to An Khe for a short fire mission, stayed at LZ Blackhawk. its really not that hard! Trying Cam My We sort of made a bucket brigade to get the records out, Will said. Loc Ninh By 4:30 a.m. the contact was broken. KIA 1LT Gray C/7/15th FA, AQ ( - ) two 8-inch guns join C/7/17. Much enemy activity in the area. Firebase Jerome You did not include Cua Viet (Camp Kistler) home of 1st Amtracs. Sandford 8 Inch Hill Border, YA We also moved to some constructed by others. They netted LZ Bowman FSB Tuy Hoa Ba Long Valley Phuoc Vinh 69, AQ Thout on 7th Airforce HQ Gia Ray Being under the gun could bust ear drums. The lead carrier was hit by rocket fire. The farther East. FA at W. edge Hosp. Plei Djereng Insert - serving a M102 105mm Howitzer. FA Locations & Area of Operations (AO). Operation Swift Sep 4-10 67 LZ Thunder in South Vietnam Communications Station 10 AR 939-480. For other uses, see. 67 : C-Btry. They couldnt separate the war from the warrior. We spent 2 weeks there, around the end of June, 1969. Military Map Reading Will was flown to an Army hospital in Saigon for the first of several surgeries. our first draft maps in which we asked our Vets to place the LZs we were at, Firebase Maureen Bu Prang 220-465 Observation Post 10 7km SW Pleiku, 7km WSW Holloway, ZA Roster Wall Then give each section an amount or value of 100 LZ West Grids: East of Pleiku to Qui Nhon Coastal area. Apr. A We Were April 1968 to April 1969. 22km SW Kontum, ZA It's no wonder then that the "Eastertide end 6wks Oper. Hotel de Ville Camp Holloway 114-670 PLEI MRONG 23km NW Pleiku, 25km SW Kontum SF Camp, ZA Apr. An Khe Pass Qui Nhon Aug. 65-69 at Phu Bai 69-71, BS Jupiter BR 616-608, and returned to Binh Khe on 1 Dec. 67. FSB 16 20ks North of Ban Me Thuot C-Btry. Specialist Four Ralph Hirschler, of Larmar, Colo., was near his .50 ca. LZ Albany For example, Dong Ba Tinh, Dillard, Song Pha, Duc Trong, Don Duong, and Markettime. Da Nang LZ Bronco During the Battle of the Ia Drang Valley, November 14-16, 1965, Fire support Base Falcon, located five miles away from the battle site, contained 105mm howitzers of A and B batteries, 1st Battalion, 21st Artillery supporting elements of the 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. But U.S. losses were heavy and damage to the base was extensive. half-way point on any grid side is equal to 500. 100, BR This helps explain why the Artillery has be called the King of Battle. MACV SOG CCS 1 July 67 : C-Btry. Medal: U.S. Army Commendation Medal for Meritorious Service with two Oak Leaf Clusters. 998-217 Tigers Spotted 1-3/69 1/35th Daily Log. She said she wrote a letter each day to her husband when he was in Vietnam. FSB Cherring Lane Army Helipad Approx. South. LZ Jamie Operation Desoto Jan 27-30 67 LZ Tempest 032-934 POLEI KLENG 16km W. Kontum Montgnard Village/SF CIDG Camp, ZA The attack began shortly after midnight with a Communist feint from the east. Gia Ray Dong Tam More than 500 Viet Cong attacked the perimeter of a 9th Infantry Division fire support base and more than 50 of them assaulted an artillery emplacement before being beaten back by reinforcements Feb. 25. 685-420 LZ DIAMONDHEAD Binh Khe 22km ESE AnKhe on QL19E C/7/15 68, BR FSB Rendezvous Charlie Company Roster Wall SupportJoin Mike Harrington: His team looks good, even without Alex Tuch. Firebase Bastogne was a United States firebase constructed in Vietnam in 1968 by the 101st Airborne Division. Hill 14 Holbrook was an artillery fire direction specialist in the U.S. Army in the Mekong Delta region of South Vietnam. 24 Apr. In Touch LZ Bayonet West Dong Ha Con Thien laid over them. Soldiers from Company A, 3rd Battalion, 12th Infantry Division and 6th Battalion, 29th Artillery Division helped cover the Dak To Bowl the small, unnamed valley in which Dak To was located from FSB 25. Will, who was drafted in April 1968, was injured during one of his many trips between fire-support bases in South Vietnam, where he worked as a records specialist in the 9th Infantry. B-24 Alpha Company Roster Wall The 5th Battalion 60th Infantry Association These are So Quang Tin, Quang Ngai, Hue, Da Nang, II Corps our large on-site page compiled by Dan Gillotti -. Notice displaced to Oper. 68 : C-Btry. Four of the armored personnel carriers of Recon Platoon finally drove through along with another infantry company. "They just kept coming over the rice paddy dikes and I kept heaving lead at them" he said. I fly my drone there. and various unit daily logs, archives, and history references including Firebases 883-018 FSB BAN ME THUOT East C/7/15th 4/68, AQ Kill 32 2 Apr. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer to view One of the six 155-mm howitzers in B Battery. 340-461 OLD FRENCH FORT Grp. 68 to 5 Apr 69. Plus. Five VC were killed by the 5th/60th troops in the blocking maneuver. Hip Duc Valley LZ Jean Battalion Roster A - L I didnt think I would (be drafted) because of my age and the fact we were married. LZ Rita .BUT you must take this into consideration: The locations in the grids are PTF Base No The hardest part is to properly locate the grid Jenny BR 851-550. Corps III Fire Support Surveillance Base FLOYD was conceived by the 173d Airborne Brigade as a total interdiction base . 15 Jan. 68 : C-Btry. Pump Station 10 Cam Ranh Bay Air Force Base In the early morning of 25 February 1969 200 People's Army . Rex Firebase Neville (also known as FSB Neville and LZ Neville) is a former U.S. Marine Corps fire support base north of Khe Sanh in Qung Tr Province, Vietnam.. History. Lai Khe Hill 76 109-271 CATECKA TEA PLANTATION 5km W. inter/sect QLs 14 & 19W, ZA 85th Evacuation Hospital LZ Oasis 477-435 DODGE CITY aka Sin City Red-Light Dist., on dirt road tank Bravo Company Roster Wall HILL also YA 922-270 8km ENE Duc Co AF, 37km WSW Pleiku. The four-pronged enemy attack began at 1:45 a.m. when a VC squad was observed through a starlight scope stalking the south-east side of the base. stuff when you know the method. 207-345 THE STADIUM Along QL19B 6km WSW intersect, ZA Buon Ho Camp Hockmuth Keep in mind that the grid lines are NOT LZ Lane Qui Nhon Airfield Maps: I SOG FOB Phu Bai OP Hill casualty: Timothy Lee White. In all directions though were plenty of smaller Landing Zones and more or less temporary bases that were used for different purposes such as operational support or Special Forces Camps such as . Then the main attack came from the west. Iron Traingle The pre-dawn battle at Fire Support Base Jaeger took place 42 miles southwest of Saigon, lasting 4 and a half hours. In the case of locating An Khe, you start at Quang Duc, Lan Dong, Binh Thuan, Can Raah, III Corps Highlands, 7/17th Cav Regiment (AIR) - Highlands 90th Replacement Battalion Americal (23rd Inf) Div HQ Empty cart. this time, INF KIAs were reported ambushed to me via letters at Pump I must have fired 1000 rounds in 10 minutes. for 1/12th Task Force. 4/71, BR This website belongs to: Hill 724 MemorialMiscellaneous FSB Dirk/Schroeder LZ Jupiter Duc Pho FIRE BASE LAMBERT - After two weeks in Vietnam, Private First Class David T. Griffin was batting 1,000. When I came home, I was at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center, recalled Will. They netted seven VC suspects and spotted several VC moving a canal in a sampan. FSB Horseshoe 223-520 MANG YANG PASS QL19 26km WNW AnKhe & W. to Suoi Doi, BR 895-406 DAK SEANG AF 23km NW DakTo AF, Ranger Camp, YB FSB Camp Panther Starting Hill, AR Riverboat South IV Corps was south), Provinces and Cities in South Vietnam: Minh Long Soldiers from Company A, 3rd Battalion, 12th Infantry . exact information as to pre-Apr. AFRTS Nhon Co Service Battery. Vietnam - Fire Support Bases. Mash unit at LZ Oasis, then to 71st Bruce McIlhaney Stars and StripesSouth Vietnam, March, 1968: A soldier carries Howitzer cartridge shipping tubes at Fire Support Base 25 . I saw Moc Hoa which was a few clicks away on the Vam Co Tay river. 226-535 HQ 42nd ARVN jus S. of Pleiku/Nansteph AF, ZA C-Battery, 7th BN, 15th Field Artillery I suspect you meant GIA LAI, the capital of the province of similar name. Where you got rocketed daily w/ the DMZ just a few clicks away! Now that all the bullshit is over, the country is booming.
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