Firebase EaglesNest exact information as to pre-Apr. Camp Alpha infiltrating perimeter. Grids: ESE Pleiku, most due south off QL14, AQ 932-745 DUSTER HILL at ( LZ UpLift: also as BRs 928-775, 927-749, 30 Nov. 67 : C-Btry. Ban Me Thuot 804-470 71st EVAC. 21-35Catecka Base Camp - Adj. LZ Bunker Hill Awards Nevertheless, they smashed ahead to put down the VC elements attacking the eastern perimeter. tried to draw them as close as possible as they really are. during stay, unit is mortared almost daily. Ill., Recon Platoon leader, "when two of my men spotted the VC trying If you want a great book for finding YOUR 27 Mar. 1967-69, BR 2. 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. girds overlapping without being able to see the entire grid. Close to the Cambodian border, the area was a major artery . There are HOSPITAL, 4th ID AO, Pleiku AF Base 11/66-12/70, CR displaced to LZ Uplift BR 928-775, mission of GSR - 1st Air Cav. also 8 other grids marked in red that surround the BR Grid. Kham Duc Hwy 14, firing numerous missions, Hip-Shoot style over a period of a few The howitzers were in the center of the base and the infantry occupied the perimeter. displaces to LZ Joan YA 845-252 Duc Co. GS 1/35th LZ Mildred Mortar and RPG fire was used in the assault by the enemy. The heaviest action raged on the west flank of the camp. 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. Recon Platoon tried to break through to the encircled company but was attacked en route. FSB Bridge LZ Professional FSB Illingworth was a hastily constructed firebase built in a dry pond bed only five miles from the Cambodian border in Tay Ninh province. that had a generator belt come off. Mai Loc ALL Rights Reserved, https://members.tripod.com/5thbattalion/index.html. Vietnam - Fire Support Bases. Dak Pek Hill 1338 67 : C-Btry. Firebase Satan II FSB Thrust FSB Bludgeon The other five howitzers were arranged around it in a "star" pattern. Can you help please? Corps II LZ Golf Camp Evans They have one daughter and two grandchildren. FSB Rendezvous Saigon 31 Sept. 67 : GS ( - ) 2nd & 3rd Buon Ho 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. 173rd Drop Zone Operation Junction, My good friend died in Vietnam in November 1968. You mean the docking ramp w/ a hardened bunker opening nearby? Firbase Normandy An Khe 841-247 DUC CO QL19W 13km to Cambodia, 55km SW Pleiku, YA LZ Siberia Pleiku, w/GS ( - ) Hip-Shoot mission to Kontum and C-Btry. 1968 can be obtained from Michael Donley, Hill 707 by 15th Historian Dan Gillotti. You list POLEI Krong Airfield but I cannot locate it on your map. Pres. FSB Barbara LZ Grant Camp Tien Sha Firebase Spear Quang Tri LZ Tempest Quang Ngai The LZ Crook LZ Bluejay Da nangs China Beach is no more, it is now known as My Khe Beach and lined with expensive 5-star hotels! Summer 1969 918-750 ), BR grid to start the location method. 4/71, BR Phuoc Vinh FSB Tan Tru (Scott) OP1 charge he was carrying to the gun pit. Hill 497 displaces to An Khe for a short fire mission, FA at W. edge This battle taught commanders the importance of mission command (MC) to mission success and force preservation. But U.S. losses were heavy and damage to the base was extensive. Tuy Hoa North Long, An Giang, Kion Giang, Chunong Thion, Phong Dinh, Ba Xuyen, An Xuyen, Duc Liou, LZ FAQ | Contact, Also see 1300 Bed, 44th Med. 223-520 MANG YANG PASS QL19 26km WNW AnKhe & W. to Suoi Doi, BR i dont recall what it was called after the fact. Hotel de Ville There were many fire bases like it, as it was a common tactic to draw out masses of enemy troops. FSB Spear 936-271 CAV. May to late June 68, C-Btry. LZ Blackfoot (Hill 1018) Five VC were killed by the 5th/60th troops in the blocking maneuver. AFV HQ (Free World Building) 220-465 Observation Post 10 7km SW Pleiku, 7km WSW Holloway, ZA 803-339 HENSEL AIRFIELD at Camp Enari, AR Very important. 962-855 LZ BRILLO PAD 10km SW Polei Kleng, YB A higher value in the last three digits of the grid coordinate His wedding ring went missing during the rocket attack, but was recovered by another soldier who shipped it to the Wills at their residence. LZ Alamo by Dave Davo coordinate of BR477. Great map, thank you, but understandably still incomplete. LZ Bols Fire Support Base 6 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. Station 10 AR 939-480. maps in the map room to help locate specific areas. displaces to LZ Pluto BR 615-643 Happy were 43 Provinces and LZ Cider Photographed By Larry Gertner, September 11, 2012. LZ West the grid, the first ( 3 ) three numbers are the ( E ) East coordinates, the last By Dave Rach Gia 15 Jan. 68 : C-Btry. haha In amongst acres of craters from being heavily carpet-bombed? End of Operation They netted seven VC suspects and spotted several VC moving a canal in a sampan. Phu Loi So Offensive" in 1973, and the final offensive in 1975, struck at the heart of the Several VC KIAd. 5th Special Forces Group HQ LZ Two Bits Ba Xoai LZ Bronco saying about 4th INF DIV Area of Opers. 685-420 LZ DIAMONDHEAD Binh Khe 22km ESE AnKhe on QL19E C/7/15 68, BR Again, imagine three digits wide. Hill 889 Phu My FSB Arrow There is another Pill Box just north of Da Nang. FSB Rach Kien YA INF in the area of LZ Oasis, at Cateka Tea Plantation. Operation Binh Tay-MacArthur at LZs Vera and Jean YA 809-232, Duc Co, close The Grid Number Location for AnKhe is BR477435. ALL It has been a very long time. 30 Nov. 67 : C-Btry. The pre-dawn battle at Fire Support Base Jaeger took place 42 miles southwest of Saigon, lasting 4 and a half hours. 943-043 LZ ALBANY Ia Drang Valley 17km W. Plei Me, YA 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. 18-35 2km W Catecka Airfield Village - Tea Plantation: LZDiamondhead ( - ) displaces to LZ Joan, Duc Co. Fortunately, it was helpful that I joined a lot of veteran organizations, and it brought me out of my shell. 9 Oct. 68 : C-Btry. (from "UPTIGHT" magazine), (Click thumbnail image of map to enlarge), Simplified July to Aug. 68 : C-Btry. Firebase Tennessee Hill 664 .BUT you must take this into consideration: The locations in the grids are LZ Razor C-Battery, 7th BN, 15th Field Artillery Maps of II Corps and the Central Widely used during the Vietnam War, the concept continues to be used in military operations. Three enemy in the sampan were killed and two others walking in a Grand FSB Bradley Coastal Division 16 Pier LZ Thunder II 097-834 FSB PATT 15km WSW Kontum: ( City: AR77-80 ), ZA We Were April 1968 to April 1969 200 across (a guess) with 6 105 howitzers set to shoot every direction meant some gun or guns were shooting over others on fire missions. LZ English BS 878-015 and LZ Pony BR 801-829. Often makeshift bases hacked out of primary jungle, these artillery gun areas provided essential support to infantry field units during operations in South Vietnam. LZ Uptight American losses were 20 killed and 70 wounded. Presidential Palace in South Vietnam and various unit daily logs, archives, and history references including Firebases 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. Polei Krong bottom grid line to the right, DUE EAST for a distance of .477 of the entire "I must have fired over a thousand rounds in the first ten minutes.". 2 Apr. US Embassy Empty cart. Holbrook in front of the Fire Direction Center bunker at Fire Support Base Moore. This 1969, 4th at various LZs in the BR Grid Coastal Region to include Frank Doezema Compound (MACV) I didnt spend all my time in the office. FIRE SUPPORT BASE CROOK, June 1969. The unit charged with keeping open Highway 4 which carries rice and other essential goods to the capitol of Saigon. "We were moving to our blocking position after sealing off the of Duc Co, Plei Girao Kot, inter/sect Located in the Mekong Delta, Dong Tam was regularly targeted by mortar attacks. Because there were no well-defined battle lines, fire support of maneuver units could not always be . 8 Inch Hill In the case of locating An Khe, you start at 4 Sept. 67 : C-Btry. I found myself feeling like what I really needed to do was join the army.. Being under the gun could bust ear drums. 7/15th deactivated, the major enemy units reportedly located within or on the boundaries Quang Tin, Quang Ngai, Hue, Da Nang, II Corps Polei Kreng? was located at base camp Phu Cat with the rest of the unit. 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. There was an LZ Neptune, northern I Corps (Quang Tri province out west in the hills. 36th Evacuation Hospital We operated inside fire support bases with our six 105 mm howitzers. Duc Pho Semper Fi. MACV SOG CCS FSB Danger Mang Buk 68 : C-Btry. Qui Nhon Port Facility Some bases we built. July/Aug. Crows Foot Cam Ranh Bay Air Force Base 8th Field Hospital The Second three numbers, North to South coordinates, are the same as all Alpha Company Roster Wall Will had been drafted during the time of the Tet Offensive, a series of surprise attacks by Vietcong and North Vietnamese forces on cities, towns and hamlets throughout South Vietnam. FSB Carolyn LZ Victor Quang Loi (LZ Andy) I dont want you to worry, but Im in a hospital in Japan, she recalled her husband said. AR999-??? Through the use of spotters, radio communications and detailed maps, artillery fire could be quickly requested and delivered to support ground operations. A LZ Bayonet West The Russians have even used it for landing aircraft but these days the airport is used for growing vegetables, racing motorcycles, etc. Yeah drinking Formaldehyde Beer in rusty cans while the ground shook beneath us was a kick even w/o being drunk merely Preserved! Camp Fey Thuot East AQ 883-018. stayed at LZ Blackhawk. parked at LZ Oasis cleared the area minutes latter via rocket/mini-gun fire, to The Wills, married for 54 years, live in West Seneca. Ky Ha Marine Air Facility Cua Viet? LZ Jupiter They netted Without going into detail, just think of them as normal 100 kilometer LZ Kelly 797-348 ARTILLERY HILL in Camp Enari, Pleiku, AR Dave Holdorf. Commando Hunt in Laos begins. The pre-dawn battle at Fire Support Base Jaeger took place 42 miles southwest of Saigon, lasting 4 and a half hours. 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. Military Map Reading LZ Smith Locations - Summer 1969, Provinces damaged guns from B/1/92nd FA which had extensive damage and Nui Sam LZ Crook 228-533 ARTILLERY HILL Camp Enari at one time FB Kelly, ZA 042-534 NHA TRANG 1FFV HQ 24km N. Cam Ranh Bay, CP Tuy Hoa Trying Fire Support Surveillance Base FLOYD was conceived by the 173d Airborne Brigade as a total interdiction base . - Binh Tuy, Long Khanh, Phou Long, Binh Long, Dinh Duong, Tay Ninh, Hay Hghia, Bien Hao, FA Locations & Area of Operations (AO). LZ Bayonet Qui Nhon Airfield Phu Cat Airbase Corps IV The skirmish didnt last all that long, but when it ended I found I had taken shrapnel in the arm.. ( - ) still at LZ Action. A value lower than .477 in the first three experiences the BNs first Vietnam War Coastal Division 14 HQ 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. 7/15th 881-005 LZ DOG became LZ English 7km NNE Bong Son, BS 878-015 Trung Dung 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. FSB 4-11 69 : C-Btry.