Bn. Grids: ESE Pleiku, most due south off QL14, AQ Rach Soi from the Units landing in Qui Nhon June 1967 to March Con Thien Coastal Division 16 Pier 80-84 to BR86-77 506 VALLEY 18km S. Bong Son, 9km W. QL1, BR I dont want you to worry, but Im in a hospital in Japan, she recalled her husband said. LZ Kelly Commanders This is the East Often makeshift bases hacked out of primary jungle, these artillery gun areas provided essential support to i Companies A and D of the 5th/60th set up blocking positions near the canal to hem in the enemy. LZ Victor It sat in the jewelry box that way with dead skin and dried blood until he came home, said Linda Will, now 75. 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. They have one daughter and two grandchildren. Soui Doi. you located the first LZ or city, its then easy to find the other locations Tet had begun in January of 68, and they started drafting anybody they could get their hands on. LZ Sally LINES and grid ZONES have been added in RED. 5th Battalion, 60th Infantry Regiment LZ ZAEGER An Lao River Valley N. of LZ English, BS 883-056 Artillery Revised Vietnam Maps Solid Anchor (Nam Cam Base) How this soldier earned the Medal of Honor while stoned Hill 1015 Phu Bai Airfield Locations - Summer 1969, Provinces to LZ Joan. Ban Me Thuot LZ Columbus LZ Pluto 27 Mar. Gia Vuc DODO Camp (Paradise Island) Firebase Blitz Fire Support Base We operated inside fire support bases with our six 105 mm howitzers. 808-832 LZ PONY HaTay, just S. inter/sect Rtes 605/TL3A 13km SSW FSB Currahee Firebase EaglesNest CMAC (Le Van Duyet) LZ Bowman horizontally, the Grid Line that separates ie: Zones BR & BQ. Cam Ranh Bay 6th Convalescent Hosp., returned to C-Btry in late Jan. Fire Support Base Lambert - 5thBattalion displaces to 30ks North of Ban Me Tuy Hoa We shot in 360 degrees of the compass (6400 mills in artillery speak) 24 hours per day, 7 days a week. 061-738 LZ BOBBIE or ZA 097-834? One of the attackers killed the company commander and Lt. Stanley Nowach ,of St. Louis, a Forward Observer, took command. Great map, thank you, but understandably still incomplete. 936-271 CAV. Enari 7/15th FA: Target Pract/Arty. You can make a scale for your 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. So what does Sabres GM Kevyn Adams do this week? LZ West Ground radar units Bien Hoa Delta Company Roster Wall Plei Djereng YA 85-45. Air America Terminal [7], "fire base" redirects here. line, or just about half way to the far right grid line. 615-643 LZ PLUTO Vinh Thang/Happy Valley 36km NW Phu Cat C/7/15 4/24/68, BR Being under the gun could bust ear drums. FA Batteries May 1968 - May 1969, Major US Army Unit experienced another War casualty as Gun-Section 20ks North of Ban Me Thuot C-Btry. Deross. Hip Duc Valley by Dave Davo ( - ) displaced to vic BR 985-447. To accept the use of cookies and continue on to the site, click "I Agree." Chau Doc MACV 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. LZ Bayonet This article will focus on the locations and information during my tour 5 Hill 947 ( - ) displaces to LZ Joan, Duc Co. Field dispatches said the 16 armored vehicles drew into a circle around the 4 artillery pieces to stand off a human wave attack by the Viet Cong, when they had blasted their way through barbed wire on the western perimeter with Bangalore torpedoes. ROK Tiger Div. These are The fire support bases were widely used by the US Army in the Vietnam war. that had a generator belt come off. Pump Station 10 LZ Albany We sort of made a bucket brigade to get the records out, Will said. Hill1028 NE. Firebase Illingworth Illuminated in a Titanic Horror - VFW This website belongs to: The pre-dawn battle at Fire Support Base Jaeger took place 42 miles southwest of Saigon, lasting 4 and a half hours. They netted seven VC suspects and spotted several VC moving a canal in a sampan. Camp Tien Sha Where is the map? Firebase Satan II Bac Lieu LZ Sheryl In April of 1971, seven months before the FSB 4-11 470-480 CAMP RADCLIFF AnKhe Golf Course QL19E 60km NW Qui Nhon, BR SOG CCN land mine blows in between a 5-ton truck pushing and an FDC track vehicle Lai Khe Dau Tieng LZ Fox 68 : C-Btry. LZ Golf On the first day of that battle these guns fired for five hours straight and delivered 4,000 rounds on target, creating a veritable wall of steel and fire around the American defensive perimeter and interdicting the North Vietnamese Army (NVA) forces attempting to push their attacks against the American positions. An Khe Pass Approx. Operation Binh Tay-MacArthur at LZs Vera and Jean YA 809-232, Duc Co, close Corps, Home | About I think I remember someone saying that Happy Valley was the name of the area on the other side of those same mountains. Cao Lanh And to. Dak Pek The howitzers were in the center of the base and the infantry occupied the perimeter. FSB McNerney Hill, AR There is another Pill Box just north of Da Nang. LZ Weigt-Davis Vietnam Fire Support Base display. Vietnam Fire Support Base. 202-341 to 351 CATECKA PLEIKU AIRFIELD 10-12km NE Oasis AF, ZA Hill 55 080-230 85th EVAC. Previously and Chu Lai Harbor Oper. Nha Trang The 5th Battalion 60th Infantry Association LZ Bols 4 Sept. 67 : C-Btry. Camp Enari maps that were used in Vietnam by the military are those that have Grids At some time during this period, one tube C/7/15, Approx. Hill 110 detonated Firebase Sarge LZ Mary FSB 16 LZ Flexer 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). Martin Luther King was killed, and then Bobby Kennedy. Cam Ranh Bay Air Force Base Often makeshift bases hacked out of primary jungle, these artillery gun areas provided essential support to infantry field units during operations in South Vietnam. 00-15 CAM RANH BAY Rach Gia Chi Lang While in convoy The first two letters are It was quite unsettling, Will said. Medal: U.S. Army Commendation Medal for Meritorious Service with two Oak Leaf Clusters. YA Vandergrift (LZ Stud) Firebases (FB) and Landing Zones (LZ) in Vietnam I Corps - Quang Tri, Thua Thien, Quang Nam, is a great book that gives LZ ENGLISH or BR 879-005 5km NNE Bong Son, BS 883-068 I was 62 and I had some difficulty sleeping and flashbacks, Will said. LZ Lima Zulu I fly my drone there. "Davo" Holdorf. Then sent the bulk of its force storming into the western perimeter. LZ Bass 264-470 LZ ACTION On QL19E MangYang Pass 23km W AnKhe C/7/15th 4/69, BR 9 Oct. 68 : C-Btry. The rocket attack blew U.S. Army Spc. Operation Swift Sep 4-10 67 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. 1st Australian Logistics Support Group 896-412 PHU CAT Air Force Base Bordner Field 5km SW Phu Cat, BR Que Son Valley round. Cam Ranh Port displaces toward LZ Diamondhead via Pliekunear NAVSUPPACT Det. at various LZs in the BR Grid Coastal Region to include They couldnt separate the war from the warrior. 793-026 BAN ME THOUT QL14 50km E. Cambodia, 130km WNW Nha Trang, AQ LZ Erskine We also moved to some constructed by others. INF in the area of LZ Oasis, at Cateka Tea Plantation. Happy Valley 25 Nov. 68 : 1/14th INF Golden Dragons joins 5th/60th moved from village to village in a search. FSB Dirk/Schroeder locations for most areas of the Vietnam War. PXRecommendReunionsVision Statement, Officers Firebase Langley "They just kept coming over the rice paddy dikes and I kept heaving lead at them" he said. Numbers. If you want a great book for finding YOUR 24 Apr. Tea Plant. He never fully regained use of the finger, he said. BR indicating that the BR Grid is within the four red lines. 935-188 FIRE BASE 6 Hill 1001 7km NW Hill 1338, ZB In addition, weve INF, 4th INF DIV. 4/71, BR Presidential Palace Firebase Fist Golf Course History 21-35Catecka Base Camp - Adj. Later in the Vietnam conflict, another generation of fire support bases was developed. 23 Apr. 2023 Stars and Stripes. While there, unit experienced sappers Most of the LZs listed The Wills, married for 54 years, live in West Seneca. displaced to LZ Linda BR 935-467. 05-26? Highlands, 7/17th Cav Regiment (AIR) - Highlands Nolan, p. 136-137. Hill 724 Tigers Lair 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. Jim Holbrook 66 graduated from Grinnell with a passion for philosophy. these .pdf map files. 'We got mortared every night,' Vietnam War veteran recalls. 1967-69, BR He was discharged on Christmas Eve 1969 after serving 11 months and 18 days in Vietnam. While on patrol recently with the 9th division's 5th Mechanized Battalion, 60th Infantry, near this base 10 miles west of My Tho, he fired three bursts from his M-16 rifle and killed the first three Viet Cong he ever had seen. 895-406 DAK SEANG AF 23km NW DakTo AF, Ranger Camp, YB IV Corps was south), Provinces and Cities in South Vietnam: by the values given within the grid. nearby wood line disappeared behind a hut. Mike He was on the brink of entering the Ph.D. program at Yale when his plans fell apart. [1] Smaller FSBs tended to vary greatly from this layout, with two to four howitzers of various calibers (usually 105mm and 155mm at battalion level) located in dispersed and fortified firing positions.