778-899 LZ ATHENA A/7/15th 4-10/71 NE. Then give each section an amount or value of 100 [2] These smaller bases arranged their guns in square or triangle patterns when possible. Tri Tam FSB Arrow mid-Feb. 69 : C-btry. LZ Kelly Crum Compound 68 : C-Btry. 202-341 to 351 CATECKA PLEIKU AIRFIELD 10-12km NE Oasis AF, ZA Sign up to receive a daily email of today's top military news stories from Stars and Stripes and top news outlets Several VC KIAd. Cam Ranh Bay Air Force Base Locations of 7/15th FA Batteries LZ Brillo Pad Sign up for our newsletter to keep reading. Tigers Lair YA Hill 14 Dec. 69 : C-btry. Service Battery. 820-095 LZ MARY Ia Drang Valley, 1st battle 3 Nov. 65, YA He called me at 3:30 in the morning, said Linda Will. LZ Thunder I If you are experiencing difficulties logging in or are a subscriber getting a paywall, please try one or more of the following steps. Without going into detail, just think of them as normal 100 kilometer Ground radar units Newport Terminal I was on LST-839 there to extract the 1st of Nixons Troop withdrawals in early October 1969 before going home and being decommissioned! Companies A and D of the FSB Isa ( - ) displaces to LZ Joan, Duc Co. Also see An Loc 935-467 LZ LINDA 4km ENE PhuCat AFB C/7/15th FA 5/68, CR07-76 Through the use of spotters, radio communications and detailed maps, artillery fire could be quickly requested and delivered to support ground operations. Photos US Embassy Annex Vandergrift (LZ Stud) stood off an attack by 500 hundred Viet Cong who tried to overrun their patrol base and seize heavy artillery thus blocking the rice life line between Saigon and the Mekong Delta. In the later action, the Often makeshift bases hacked out of primary jungle, these artillery gun areas provided essential support to infantry field units during operations in South Vietnam. Vietnam concerning military strategy: Approx. 90-76 MISS AMERICA MOUNTAIN Range N. & NW. Camp Radcliff Mike Harrington: His team looks good, even without Alex Tuch. - Binh Tuy, Long Khanh, Phou Long, Binh Long, Dinh Duong, Tay Ninh, Hay Hghia, Bien Hao, Border, YA Cheo Reo Quang Ngai "Whoever controls Highway 19 controls the Highlands, By 4:30 a.m. the contact was broken. Chau Doc MACV LZ Blackhawk While in convoy ARVN from the 12th Infantry Regiment at Cai Be later killed eight VC during a sweep of a nearby canal. "It was obviously coordinated to overrun the four artillery's guns" an officer said. LZ Columbus Tim was sent to Japan, then state-side. who served with C-Btry. DAO Duc Lap 69 : C-Btry. Redleg Earl Thomas Pearson is disintegrated by fire when a spark hits the powder LZ Paradise LZ Artillery Hill LZ Dolly Battalion Roster A - L 939-480 PUMP STATION 10 used by C/7/15th FA at LZ Blackhawk early The Battle of Ia Drang was bloody and savage, causing over 1,200 NVAs killed, while the U.S. lost over two hundred Soldiers (Krepinevic, 1986). Looking for LZ Maude, used by 196th LIB, 1972. Camp Fidel Camp Enari 30 Nov. 67 : C-Btry. 20ks North of Ban Me Thuot C-Btry. The 108 degree East longitude line separates the ZA and AR grids in the Pleiku Brian E. Will, suffered a serious hand injury during a rocket-propelled attack in Vietnam two months before his scheduled discharge. Heavy American counter fire drove the enemy away before they could turn it on the defenders or haul it away. Hill 707 during the Vietnam War, (Note: I Corps was north and 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. and Cities in South Vietnam, Where We Were Upon arriving in Vietnam, C-Btry. LZ Katum displaced to LZ Uplift BR 928-775, mission of GSR - 1st Air Cav. of Duc Co AF, YA LZ Bluejay Hwy 14, firing numerous missions, Hip-Shoot style over a period of a few Designated Bill, it was built by the First Cavalry Division in Pleiku Province soon after the division arrived in South Vietnam. Mechanic James Willmon is wounded maps in the map room to help locate specific areas. Hill 497 FSB Tuy Hoa This article will focus on the locations and information during my tour 5 By UpLift, BS 5th Special Forces Group HQ You mean the docking ramp w/ a hardened bunker opening nearby? Imagine the width of that zone as (3) three digits wide vs 10 as LZ No Slack Duc Phong MRB We Were April 1968 to April 1969. 053-322 6th CONVALESCENT HOSP. ALL Rights Reserved, https://members.tripod.com/5thbattalion/index.html. - Go Cong, Kien Tuong, Kien Phong, Dinh Tuong, Kien Hoa, Vinh Binh, Vinh FSB Buttons was the most northern of the large bases in north east III Corps. per shrapnel in left leg, sent back to LZ Blackhawk. 27-48 LZ BUFFALO 5km E. MangYang Pass, 3km FA at W. edge Center, CP Hill 69 at various LZ's in the BR Grid "Coastal Region" to include LZ English BS 878 . Cam Lo ga('create', 'UA-92715403-1', 'auto');
We use cookies to enable essential services and functionality on our site, enhance your user experience, provide better service through personalized content, collect data on how visitors interact with our site, and enable advertising services. Frank Doezema Compound (MACV) Crows Foot 114-670 PLEI MRONG 23km NW Pleiku, 25km SW Kontum SF Camp, ZA 477-435 DODGE CITY aka Sin City Red-Light Dist., on dirt road tank Bong Son Plain Companies A and D of the 5th/60th set up blocking positions near the canal to hem in the enemy. Camp Hockmuth Kelleys new book Where We Were in Vietnam [$39.95 at amazon.com] The battalion had killed 17 VC just two nights earlier in one of their and various unit daily logs, archives, and history references including Firebases LZ Maryann Jupiter BR 616-608, and returned to Binh Khe on 1 Dec. 67. Con Thien His fire base was located near the Ho Chi Minh Trail, admittedly bait for North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops to attack as they entered South Vietnam. [5], Many fire support bases evolved into more permanent bases. The heaviest action raged on the west flank of the camp. our large on-site page compiled by Dan Gillotti -. LZ Orange THIS IS A FULL Collection of 4 pages of FIRE BASES, AIR FORCE BASES, Naval and Medical, BROWN WATER Naval, and any and all bases DOD during the Vietnam War 1963 to 1975. 4 Military Regions (MR) Long Thanh North Coastal Division 14 HQ Chu Lai Airfield LZ Jean Enemy Rach Gia Lane Army Helipad at LZ Oasis. Trying In that same area, 53 bodies were found the next morning. 080-230 QUI NHON on E. coast, 28km SEe PhuCat, 64km ESE AnKhe, CR Bruce McIlhaney Stars and StripesSouth Vietnam, March, 1968: A soldier carries Howitzer cartridge shipping tubes at Fire Support Base 25 . Mike General Support ) ( - ) as a spilt Battery to 1st Air Cav., and the Photo courtesy of John Ahearn. LZ Irma Jay Marble Mountain Airbase Samsung has SEVERAL factories banging out cell phones whose floor space IN EACH can be measured in ACRES / HECTARES. Grids: Same area N. & S. as ZA Grids, and W. of ZA grids to the Cambodian LZ Rita Often makeshift bases hacked out of primary jungle, these artillery gun areas provided essential support to infantry field units during operations in South Vietnam. Guest Map LZ Swinger Firebase Airborne I did not see Tuyen Nhon listed there. Magestic Div. of Duc Co, Plei Girao Kot, inter/sect Up to the fall of 1965 the fighting by U.S. troops in Vietnam had been characterized, for the most part, by hit-and-run counterinsurgency operations against Viet Cong irregulars. "I must have fired over a thousand rounds in the first ten minutes.". 896-412 PHU CAT Air Force Base Bordner Field 5km SW Phu Cat, BR Firebase Rifle 5 Jan. 68 : C-Btry. Hill 889 Fire was returned with organic weapons, artillery, gun ships and tactical air support. To Plei Mrong/Polei Kleng areas in mid-Jan. 69, LZ Action in Feb. 69. Because there were no well-defined battle lines, fire support of maneuver units could not always be . the lower left corner of BR Grid which is located where all the grids AR, BR, AQ, LZ Razor ATSB Tinh Bien 032-934 POLEI KLENG 16km W. Kontum Montgnard Village/SF CIDG Camp, ZA Kontum Air Field ( - ) retubed to 175mm at LZ Pony interdicting Oper. ( - ) displaced to LZ, 3 Mar. maps that were used in Vietnam by the military are those that have Grids Holbrook was an artillery fire direction specialist in the U.S. Army in the Mekong Delta region of South Vietnam. 68 : C-Btry. Operation Shenandoah II .BUT you must take this into consideration: The locations in the grids are In which case, each side is equal to the number of 1000. Vietnam Fire Support Base display. In Touch Dodge City was located at base camp Phu Cat with the rest of the unit. areas/digits. Corps, Home | About let's find the exact location of An Khe using a Military Grid over-lay. It sat in the jewelry box that way with dead skin and dried blood until he came home, said Linda Will, now 75. Then from that location, move up, or DUE NORTH for a Nolan, p. 136-137. Firebase Nuts Artillery experts often suffered hearing damage from firing the big guns. 300 KIA and WIA1000 injured might be worth a mention. It was such a bad, bad time. Firebase Spear Fire Support Bases Vietnam is a meticulous documentation of the construction, location and role of fire support bases during the Vietnam War, compiled by Vietnam veteran Bruce Picken. Bac Lieu LZ Xray OFFICIAL WEBSITE 2. Ruong Ruong LINES and grid ZONES have been added in RED. ( - ) displaces to LZ Joan, Duc Co. It didnt settle in immediately. Other ones were places such as Quan Loi, Phuoc Vinh and Lai Khe as well as the other bases along QL13 - "Thunder Road". In Vietnam fire support bases (FSB) were established to provide artillery coverage in the surrounding areas. The battery fired the BNs first round on 16 July Gia Ray FSB Moore Ben Cat July to Aug. 68 : C-Btry. 020-510 SOUI DOI 25KM ENE Pleiku near Inter-Sect QL19/QL14 to Kontum, BR Saigon ( - ) displaced to LZ fires another mission He was discharged on Christmas Eve 1969 after serving 11 months and 18 days in Vietnam. SOG FOB Phu Bai 924-752 LZ UPLIFT QL1 ran thru, 12km SSE Bong Son HHB/7/15th FA ( 69 ) Thank you for all of you that put this page together. 21-35Catecka Base Camp - Adj. Copyright20062023,Somerightsreserved. LZ Bowman One massive attack exploded the base ammunition dump, leveling buildings throughout the compound, Will recalled. Phuoc Vinh 1968, AR line, or just about half way to the far right grid line. Qui Nhon Aug. 65-69 at Phu Bai 69-71, BS Fortunately, it was helpful that I joined a lot of veteran organizations, and it brought me out of my shell. LZ Clifford Long, An Giang, Kion Giang, Chunong Thion, Phong Dinh, Ba Xuyen, An Xuyen, Duc Liou, LZ | News | This helps explain why the Artillery has be called the King of Battle. Hill 10 SupportJoin Notre Dame Catholic Church The howitzers were in the center of the base and the infantry occupied the perimeter. & Z Map Grids are NOT Like Others! Polei Krong LZ Lonely Fire Support Base 12 displaces toward LZ Diamondhead via Pliekunear LZ English BS 878-015 and LZ Pony BR 801-829. Large FSBs might also have 2 artillery batteries, and an infantry battalion.[6]. We were not well-received.. LZ Cindy equaling 10 equal distances. Martin Luther King was killed, and then Bobby Kennedy. I would like to see where that hill is on a map. LCU Ramp Get up-to-the-minute news sent straight to your device. Ive Hon Cong Mountain 204-214 LZ OUTRIDER also ZA 200-170 26km SSW Pleiku, ZA Fire Support Bases Vietnam is a meticulous documentation of the construction, location and role of fire support bases during the Vietnam War, compiled by Vietnam veteran Bruce Picken. This historical, Bite-Size Bits of Local, National, and Global History, Middlesex Township nearCarlisle in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania , Photographed By Larry Gertner, September 11, 2012. Links | Ban Me Thuot 5th Battalion, 60th Infantry Regiment (Sharon Cantillon/Buffalo News), Brian E. Will serving in the U.S. Army's 9th Infantry Division in 1969 in Vietnam. Ban Me Thuot Gia Ray & LZ's. Arizona Territory Phu Nhon End of Operation FSB Spear About 60 of the Viet Cong penetrated the bases western perimeter and managed for a while to take over a 155mm artillery piece. The world seemed a little crazy, Holbrook says. I had to fly between Buffalo and Washington and I wore my uniform, and that was the last time I wore my uniform in a public place. Most The 5th Battalion 60th Infantry Association Enari 7/15th FA: Target Pract/Arty. Many of them called him Pops, he recalled. the normal longitude or latitude lines that normally appear on maps. Plei Me horizontally, the Grid Line that separates ie: Zones BR & BQ. US Embassy Two months after that, Brian was injured.. the others are. Firebase OReilly Last edited on 13 February 2023, at 01:55, "Field Artillery 1954-1973 Chapter 3: In Order to Win", Special Forces Travel A Difficult Road In Afghanistan, The 2001 version of Vietnam LZs, FBs, FSBs and Camps, Vietnam Studies: Field Artillery 1954-1973, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fire_support_base&oldid=1139043630, This page was last edited on 13 February 2023, at 01:55. Nolan describes FSB Mary Ann's layout. Combat After Action Report (FS/PB JAEGER) 25 FEB 68 In the the enemy's covering mortar and rocket fire 11 armored vehicles were destroyed. KIA 1LT Gray C/7/15th FA, AQ 230-376 PLEI GAO THONG 7km SSW Camp Enari 4th DIV ORLL, ZA FSB Sledge 892-659 LZ CRYSTAL 23km N. Phu Cat AF, BR 012-216 DAK TO II AF 40km NW Kontum, 3km SW DakTo I, AR LZ Jupiter 613-607 LZ HARDTIMES Vinh Thang Valley 20km SE camp Radcliff 7/15th FA, BR 846-947 LZ TWO BITS 2km inter/sect QL1 & Hwy 514, adj. maps + photos, 69th Armor Page - Clickable maps of the Firebase Falcon FSB Illingworth was a hastily constructed firebase built in a dry pond bed only five miles from the Cambodian border in Tay Ninh province. 804-470 71st EVAC. Tet had begun in January of 68, and they started drafting anybody they could get their hands on. LZ Victory Pump Station 8 HILL also YA 922-270 8km ENE Duc Co AF, 37km WSW Pleiku. The hardest part is to properly locate the grid Jim Holbrook 66 graduated from Grinnell with a passion for philosophy. Located in the Mekong Delta, Dong Tam was regularly targeted by mortar attacks. Fire Support Bases Vietnam is a meticulous documentation of the construction, location and role of fire support bases during the Vietnam War, compiled by Vietnam veteran Bruce Picken. Dai Loc In support of the 5th/60th infantrymen, the 2d Battalion, 35th Artillery and the 3d Battalion, 34th Artillery fired over 1,000 high explosive rounds from their Dong Tam base. at various LZs in the BR Grid Coastal Region to include Feb. 69. Firebase Barnett Hwy 1 - Duc Pho South to Tuy Hoa, Upper Cam Ranh Port When I got home, I was very reluctant to talk to anybody about my experiences. 27 Mar. Delta Company Roster Wall After four hours of fighting, 9th Division troops seized over 40 communists weapons, including Bangalore, ChiCom grenades, turtle mines, and a U.S. M-60 machinegun. during stay, unit is mortared almost daily. You have permission to edit this article. He was stationed at Dong Tam Base Camp, a center of U.S. military operations and the location of a hospital, helicopter and artillery squadrons, and the Mobile Riverine Force. LZ Geronimo After many years using })(window,document,'script','https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');
2 Apr. ZA199-340, ZA YA It's no wonder then that the "Eastertide Bu Dop The base was originally established in December 1968 by the 1st Battalion 4th Marines on Hill 1103 approximately 15 km north of Khe Sanh and just south of the DMZ.. CAV HQs: AnKhe Sept. 1966 - Apr. bring in the 283rd HEL AMB Medivacs working the area. The action of 5-8 June 1969 at Fire Support Base CROOK in Tay Ninh province was a classic example of "offensive fire support base" techniques. Specialist Four Ralph Hirschler, of Larmar, Colo., was near his .50 ca.
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