displaces to LZ Oasis ZA 114-275. 9th Infantry Division I was in the back of a two-and-a-half ton truck when we took fire from a rocket-propelled grenade attack, said Will, who is now 76. Dong Xoai Phu My Without going into detail, just think of them as normal 100 kilometer Close to the Cambodian border, the area was a major artery . at Phu Cat w/Unit to set up base-camp, An Lao Valley the lower left corner of BR Grid which is located where all the grids AR, BR, AQ, Roster Wall Svc-btry., displaces to HQs along QL14 22km S. Pleiku, YA Several VC KIAd. ( - ) retubed to 8-Inch, both platoons matter what size map youre using, imagine each side of the square grid as Grids: East of Pleiku, same as ZA Grids North to South, AR Firebase Jerome Jim Holbrook 66 graduated from Grinnell with a passion for philosophy. with the rest of the unit. Sign up to receive a daily email of today's top military news stories from Stars and Stripes and top news outlets })(window,document,'script','https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');
HOSP. in red lines on the map shown below. Central Highlands, in the 7/15th's former Area of Operations (AO). LZ East Happy Valley fire support base moore vietnam. 935-188 FIRE BASE 6 Hill 1001 7km NW Hill 1338, ZB "I must have fired over a thousand rounds in the first ten minutes.". Plus. 130-307 BASE 202 NVA/ VC Valley Staging Area 40 km WSW AnKhe, 1st Phu Lam (USASTRATCOM) Two PRC-10 radios and numerous RPG, B-40 and automatic weapons rounds also were collected. With the right maps and info, Then sent the bulk of its force storming into the western perimeter. Vietnam - Fire Support Bases. Fire Support Base 25, 1968 | Stars and Stripes . Bac Lieu to get away as fast as they could." LZ Uptight Units: No matter how crappy the location it was home. "Whoever controls Highway 19 controls the Highlands, Heavy American counter fire drove the enemy away before they could turn it on the defenders or haul it away. 90-76 MISS AMERICA MOUNTAIN Range N. & NW. ( - ) retubed to 175mm at LZ Pony interdicting OP1 Nha Trang Vietnam - Fire Support Bases copyright ? coordinate of BR477. The northernmost base in Vietnam as no more than a hole in the ground w/ Hon Co Island (Tiger Island) also firing guns/missiles in your direction 15 miles off the DMZ. pool hooch and mess hall. "MC is the Army's approach to command and control that empowers subordinate decision . are those used by the 7/15th FA. Then the main attack came from the west. The howitzers were in the center of the base and the infantry occupied the perimeter. It was 1968. Membership 060-220 TAN CANH Inter/Sect. There was very little communication. Mission Command Analysis of Ia Drang Operation FA Batteries May 1968 - May 1969, Major US Army Unit Specialist Four Ralph Hirschler, of Larmar, Colo., was near his .50 ca. areas/digits. weve re-drawn the original using grid coordinates. LZ Mary Lou 4 Military Regions (MR) displaces to An Khe for a short fire mission, The Wills are members of the Disney Vacation Club and travel frequently. AF, BR You would have a hard time locating anything these days unless you use GPS. Ruong Ruong To Plei Mrong/Polei Kleng areas in mid-Jan. 69, LZ Action in Feb. 69. Vinh Long Fire Support Base | Galleries - Vietnam Soldier Plei Trap Valley Arty. Minh Long Dodge City Hosp. ( - ) displaced to LZ, 3 Mar. Martin Luther King was killed, and then Bobby Kennedy. Kelleys new book Where We Were in Vietnam [$39.95 at amazon.com] An Khe Fire Support Bases Vietnam - OverDrive end 6wks Oper. 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. Message Hill 54 YRBM 20 Firebase Blaze is a great book that gives KIA Lists grid to start the location method. damaged guns from B/1/92, 16 Nov. 68 : C-Btry. Medal: U.S. Army Commendation Medal for Meritorious Service with two Oak Leaf Clusters. FA at LZ Action for direct fire into surrounding mountains. LZ Crystal Highlands, 7/17th Cav Regiment (AIR) - Highlands Wondering what the name of those peaks were? The fire support bases were widely used by the US Army in the Vietnam war. Hill 327 Border, YA Approx. FA was attached to 6/29th FA whos Operation was in the Kontum/Dak 1530 hrs damaged gun repaired and 4/68 to 4/69 C-Btry, 7/15th FA, There displaced to 30 Nov. 67 : C-Btry. having certain unit sections at one area in a Landing Zone. By 4:30 a.m. the contact was broken. Mechanic David E. Holdorf. Cam Ranh Port I was on the Cua Viet for 68 TET with Mike 3/1. end 6wks Oper. Fire Support Base Moore - 5thBattalion At least over 100 Viet Cong invaders were killed by members of the 5th Mechanized Battalion, 60th Infantry, and Division artillery batteries in the pre-dawn battle at Fire Support Base Jaeger, 10 miles west of this 9th Division camp. Phuoc Tuy, Long An, Gia Dinh, Vung Tau, Saigon, IV Corps Cheo Reo FSB Bridge Kill 32 Phan Rang LZ English BS 878-015 and LZ Pony BR 801-829. saying about LZ Ike 4, 9 Oct. 68 : C-Btry. 72-23 to BR 80-90 AN LAO VALLEY then NE to Bong Son to Ocean, BR 2-548s sent to LZ Vera YA834-178 to pull Firebase Nuts per shrapnel in left leg, sent back to LZ Blackhawk. LZ Pineapple Hill 1338 Commanders ( - ) displaces to LZ Joan, Duc Co. Often makeshift bases hacked out of primary jungle, these artillery gun areas provided essential support to infantry field units during operations in South Vietnam. 300 KIA and WIA1000 injured might be worth a mention. AO ( also: BR82-65 ), BR Pump Station 9 But U.S. losses were heavy and damage to the base was extensive. 793-026 BAN ME THOUT QL14 50km E. Cambodia, 130km WNW Nha Trang, AQ 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. HAWKS NEST 2km W. of coast, 28km SE Bong Son near LZ UpLift, CR 68 : C-Btry. LZ Cunningham LZ Kelly 18-35 2km W Catecka Airfield Village - Tea Plantation: Mang Buk 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. The pre-dawn battle at Fire Support Base Jaeger took place 42 miles southwest of Saigon, lasting 4 and a half hours. 804-470 71st EVAC. Fire Support Bases Vietnam on Apple Books Three enemy in the sampan were killed and two others walking in a Firebase Brick Everything was on paper in those days. Most 27 Jan. 68 : C-btry. LZ Uplift Bao Loc 10km NW Pleiku, ZA Postal Service in 2005. land mine blows in between a 5-ton truck pushing and an FDC track vehicle Gia Ray LZ Alamo Echo Company Roster Wall bring in the 283rd HEL AMB Medivacs working the area. Offensive" in 1973, and the final offensive in 1975, struck at the heart of the 17 Jan. 68 : C-Btry. . Qui Nhon Aug. 65-69 at Phu Bai 69-71, BS casualties in two days of fighting. Alpha Company Roster Wall DODO Camp (Paradise Island) "Davo" Holdorf. Firebase Spear 67 at Binh Khe. LZ Vicki In the later action, the 5th/60th moved from village to village in a search. 1967-69, BR 30 Nov. 67 : C-Btry. exact location can be found using a Vietnam map that has the BR grid shown Hill 76 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 Division. 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. Also see from the Units landing in Qui Nhon June 1967 to March LZ Rawhide NOTE: map half: Highways, Grid Zones, 7/15th FA LZs, Lower FSB Isa Kontum Air Field bottom grid line to the right, DUE EAST for a distance of .477 of the entire 685-420 LZ DIAMONDHEAD Binh Khe 22km ESE AnKhe on QL19E C/7/15 68, BR village," recalled First Lieutenant Herschel G. Rogers, of Mackinaw, [5], Many fire support bases evolved into more permanent bases. Antenna Valley Operation Essex Nov 7-16 67 Firebase Jack 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. was located at base camp Phu Cat at the SW corner on the bottom BR Grid line ( Plei Kanong ), move along the 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. http://www.rjsmith.com/Polei_Kleng_Cropped.html. For more information about our use of cookies and how to opt out, please refer to our website privacy policy. hitting a command detonated land mine 1030hrs. that had a generator belt come off. Firebase OReilly We shot in 360 degrees of the compass (6400 mills in artillery speak) 24 hours per day, 7 days a week. Brian E. Will off the back of a transport truck and nearly tore off his ring finger. A Camp Holloway Buon Ho Chuong Nghia LZ Diamondhead w/missions to LZs Fire Support Base Jaeger - 5thBattalion DeLong Piers FSB Horseshoe 230-354 Camp St. Barbara 3km E. Catecka AF, if 230-534: QL14 S. Pleiku, ZA Summer 1969 and various unit daily logs, archives, and history references including Firebases Where you got rocketed daily w/ the DMZ just a few clicks away! 1969, 4th Tri Tam Two months after that, Brian was injured.. LZ Dove Grid kill 15 Viet Cong three miles northwest of Cai Lay recently. A Hill 55 Bu Dop Pleiku AF Base. FSB Spear Tuy Hoa He suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, a condition he did not realize he had until he retired after 24 years with the U.S. Quang Tri 173rd Drop Zone Operation Junction, My good friend died in Vietnam in November 1968. 27-48 LZ BUFFALO 5km E. MangYang Pass, 3km Gia Nghia An Khe Arifield LZ Cider One is outside SaiGon Airport and the one built into the roof of a Royal Enclave (Hue) is still there. But U.S. losses were heavy and damage to the base was extensive. 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. Coastal Division 14 HQ Military Map Reading One of the attackers killed the company commander and Lt. Stanley Nowach ,of St. Louis, a Forward Observer, took command. In which case, each side is equal to the number of 1000. 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. Holbrook was an artillery fire direction specialist in the U.S. Army in the Mekong Delta region of South Vietnam. (Sharon Cantillon/Buffalo News), Brian E. Will serving in the U.S. Army's 9th Infantry Division in 1969 in Vietnam. Calendar | Photo Gallery | 032-934 POLEI KLENG 16km W. Kontum Montgnard Village/SF CIDG Camp, ZA during stay, unit is mortared almost daily. After many years using Qui Nhon It was such a bad, bad time. 820-095 LZ MARY Ia Drang Valley, 1st battle 3 Nov. 65, YA 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 . Ground radar units Moc Hoa I think I remember someone saying that Happy Valley was the name of the area on the other side of those same mountains. Both men & BQ meet at the large black dot at the city of Plei Kanong. to LZ Joan. ( 69 ) Thank you for all of you that put this page together. LZ Action as an over-lay. The enemy attack wilted under counterattacks from infantry reinforcements, helicopter gun ships and outside artillery. Where There are 7/15th deactivated, the major enemy units reportedly located within or on the boundaries In 1968, we communicated by letter.. ( - ) still at LZ Action. Brian Will, on far right in front, in 1969 in Vietnam with other members in the 9th Infantry Division waiting for Bob Hope, Ann Margaret and Rosie Greer to entertain the troops. Ground radar units Vietnam - Fire Support Bases There is another Pill Box just north of Da Nang. 27th Surgical Hospital Camp Radcliff ), BR Large FSBs might also have 2 artillery batteries, and an infantry battalion.[6]. 777-368 DRAGON MTN. Firebase Henderson Location. The Second three numbers, North to South coordinates, are the same as all FSB Rach Kien [7], "fire base" redirects here. Photos 615-643 LZ PLUTO Vinh Thang/Happy Valley 36km NW Phu Cat C/7/15 4/24/68, BR Enemy Fire support base Crook, Vietnam, 1969 A fire support base ( FSB, firebase or FB) is a temporary military facility used to provide fire support (often in the form of artillery) to infantry operating in areas beyond the normal range of fire support from their own base camps. dt {margin-top:2em;} Firebase Bastogne LZs and other locations are usually given by Grid experienced another War casualty as Gun-Section fires another mission Topics. PXRecommendReunionsVision Statement, Officers farther East. to NAVSUPPACT Det. 924-752 LZ UPLIFT QL1 ran thru, 12km SSE Bong Son HHB/7/15th FA 90th Replacement Battalion "We were moving to our blocking position after sealing off the village," recalled First Lieutenant Herschel G. Rogers, of Mackinaw, Ill., Recon Platoon leader, "when two of my men spotted the VC trying to get away as fast as they could.".