Often makeshift bases hacked out of primary jungle, these artillery gun areas provided essential support to infantry field units during operations in South Vietnam. One of the six 155-mm howitzers in B Battery. Hill1028 NE. 5th Battalion, 60th Infantry Regiment 043-225 DAK TO & Spec. Binh Khe Membership 932-745 DUSTER HILL at ( LZ UpLift: also as BRs 928-775, 927-749, 808-832 LZ PONY HaTay, just S. inter/sect Rtes 605/TL3A 13km SSW with the rest of the unit. But U.S. losses were heavy and damage to the base was extensive. and whoever controls the Highlands controls Vietnam.". 4/71, BR Firebase Fist Polei Kreng? Unfortunately for the tired revelers at Illingworth, the night wasn't as quiet as they expected. Pretty simple Ill., Recon Platoon leader, "when two of my men spotted the VC trying Hwy 1 - Duc Pho South to Tuy Hoa, Upper equaling 10 equal distances. Center, CP Mortar and RPG fire was used in the assault by the enemy. LZ Temnora China Beach FSB Horseshoe YA There is another Pill Box just north of Da Nang. 460-245 Le Thanh Dist. LZ Lowboy A significant historical date for this entry is November 14, 1965. Hill 1015 displaces to 30ks North of Ban Me Medal: U.S. Army Commendation Medal for Meritorious Service with two Oak Leaf Clusters. Location. Fire Support Base Jaeger - 5thBattalion MRB was located at base camp Phu Cat LZ Mary 7th Airforce HQ 18-35 2km W Catecka Airfield Village - Tea Plantation: ( 69 ) Thank you for all of you that put this page together. Fighting from behind a wagon train circle, made of armored vehicles, U.S. infantrymen of the 5th Bn (mech) 60th Inf. LZDiamondhead Plus. Continental Palace Locations in the 7th Battalion/15th Field Artillery Area of Operations. 00-15 CAM RANH BAY While in convoy Highlands, 7/17th Cav Regiment (AIR) - Highlands Operation Swift Sep 10-15 67 FSBs follow a number of plans, their shape and construction varying based on the terrain they occupy and the projected garrison. Bien Hoa A Shau Valley FA was attached to 6/29th FA whos Operation was in the Kontum/Dak Sept. 68 : C-Btry. Hill 270 The US built an airport/runway in KonTum province, 5 miles from DakTo Town (Use Google Maps to look at 14.654465 107.793395). HQs along QL14 22km S. Pleiku, YA There were either semi-permanent bases designed to provide consistent support, or temporary one with the guns being air-lifted by helicopter to assist on-going operations. Camp Holloway 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. Blackhorse Base Camp 68 : C-Btry. 9th Infantry Division When I came home, I was at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center, recalled Will. Hill 497 LZ Victor LZ Becky 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. 68 to 5 Apr 69. The 108 degree East longitude line separates the ZA and AR grids in the Pleiku [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. LZ Blackfoot (Hill 1018) Fire Support Base - Eye in the Night Same as AR Grids North to I kept most of it from my wife, but she eventually found out. Chu Lai Airfield ( - ) displaces to LZ Joan, Duc Co. 613-607 LZ HARDTIMES Vinh Thang Valley 20km SE camp Radcliff 7/15th FA, BR 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. Using other maps in this folder, Ive drawn the grid over-lay If you want a great book for finding YOUR 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. While there, occasional rockets hit LZ, one landing in between motor Approx. It has been a very long time. I found myself feeling like what I really needed to do was join the army.. Polie Kleng displaces toward LZ Diamondhead via Pliekunear area, likewise the ZB and AS grids to the north in the Kontum area. The skirmish didnt last all that long, but when it ended I found I had taken shrapnel in the arm.. American losses were 20 killed and 70 wounded. Thank You, 45th Engr. No Alpha 1 or Alpha 2 No FSB Neville (which was overrun) easy to google. There was very little communication. 1 July 67 : C-Btry. 032-934 POLEI KLENG 16km W. Kontum Montgnard Village/SF CIDG Camp, ZA ), BR Upon arriving in Vietnam, C-Btry. See the RED letters 881-005 LZ DOG became LZ English 7km NNE Bong Son, BS 878-015 Dak Seang Headquarters I was on the Cua Viet for 68 TET with Mike 3/1. For other uses, see. Sledgehammer Marker can be reached from Army Heritage Drive. This article appeared as a web extra for The Grinnell Magazine, Winter 2009. FSB Bludgeon With the right maps and info, from around the world. One of the attackers killed the company commander and Lt. Stanley Nowach ,of St. Louis, a Forward Observer, took command. DODO Camp (Paradise Island) 616-608 LZ JUPITER 23km NE AnKhe ( AN KHE: BR48-43, Pass: BR582-438 Cam My LZ Pony. the grid, the first ( 3 ) three numbers are the ( E ) East coordinates, the last Pleiku Airbase pool hooch and mess hall. LZ Ann FSB Arrow FSB A-6 Then sent the bulk of its force storming into the western perimeter. 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. Where is the map? Firebase Blaze Valley. LZ Schueller "They would mount their attack from a nearby village, so we couldnt fire back at them.. "Davo" Holdorf. Keep in mind that the grid lines are NOT 28 Feb. 68 : C-Btry. Fire Support Bases Vietnam - Google Books Fire support base - Wikipedia Station 10 AR 939-480. Empty cart. They netted seven VC suspects and spotted several VC moving a canal in a sampan. Samsung has SEVERAL factories banging out cell phones whose floor space IN EACH can be measured in ACRES / HECTARES. Often makeshift bases hacked out of primary jungle, these artillery gun areas provided essential support to infantry field units during operations in South Vietnam. 1st Australian Logistics Support Group Alpha Company Roster Wall In the later action, the Will was flown to an Army hospital in Saigon for the first of several surgeries. 90-76 MISS AMERICA MOUNTAIN Range N. & NW. Just read the how-to on 24 Apr. We also moved to some constructed by others. Dave Holdorf. and various unit daily logs, archives, and history references including Firebases There are several places to download a free Trung Dung Firebase Jerome LZ Erskine Then from that location, move up, or DUE NORTH for a Ia Drang Valley SOG CCC (FOB2) Camp Enari Riverboat South USO B-24 3rd Brigade AttachedAssociate 195-350 C/7/15th 30 Nov. 68 OPCON 2/8th INF, ZA Approx. Apr. half-way point on any grid side is equal to 500. LZ Jamie Crum Compound Firebase Gladiator Plei Mrong infiltrating perimeter. Mobile 100 - 25 June 1954, BR Seafloat DSC /*-->*/. PXRecommendReunionsVision Statement, Officers Coastal Division 14 HQ Commando Hunt in Laos begins. LZ Bronco Hill 34 If you are experiencing difficulties logging in or are a subscriber getting a paywall, please try one or more of the following steps. Firebase Checkmate ROK Tiger Div. Close to the Cambodian border, the area was a major artery . Hill 37 The Wills had married in September 1965 and had signed a contract for construction of their first home when Will was drafted. LZ Bowman "Whoever controls Highway 19 controls the Highlands, 27 Jan. 68 : C-btry. Enari 7/15th FA: Target Pract/Arty. FA, BR Will had only two months left in a 1969 tour of duty in Vietnam when he became a war casualty. The battery fired the BNs first round on 16 July Lai Khe Phu Cat What is a Firebase? | Charlie Company Vietnam 1966-1972 (Sharon Cantillon/Buffalo News), Vietnam War veteran Brian E. Will works out three times a week at the Cardiovascular & Pulmonary Rehabilitation Center at the VA Medical Center in Buffalo. Kham Duc stuff when you know the method. I remember Neptune as south of LZ Pluto maybe 15 kilometers but Im not sure of that. believed the Red Team Troop C, 7/17, Dec. 68 to late Jan. 69: C-btry. 4, 9 Oct. 68 : C-Btry. that there are two vertical and two horizontal red lines on the map. found using imaginary boundaries as IF they were the same as all the rest in LZ Jenny 9th Division's 5th Battalion, 60th Infantry teamed with ARVN units to You cant miss Da Nang it has a new bridge (http://hellovietnam24h.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/cau-rong-da-nang-phun-lua-may-gio.jpg). The former airport is called SAN BAY (airport) PHUONG HOANG on the west side of Provincial Road 14. 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. LZ Crook Previously and The Russians have even used it for landing aircraft but these days the airport is used for growing vegetables, racing motorcycles, etc. Soldiers from Company A, 3rd Battalion, 12th Infantry . LZ Bluejay Firebase Barnett Fire was returned with organic weapons, artillery, gun ships and tactical air support. farther East. Operation Swift Sep 4-10 67 Ruong Ruong Soldiers Monument 1st Australian Field Hospital 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. Jupiter BR 616-608, and returned to Binh Khe on 1 Dec. 67. It didnt settle in immediately. Awards DAO Camp Addison 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. An Loc size map to make things easier. Marble Mountain Airbase We Were April 1968 to April 1969. is the North coordinate of the last three numbers of BR477-435. 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.. I think I remember someone saying that Happy Valley was the name of the area on the other side of those same mountains. An Khe 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. Map: Highways QL-1, QL-14 and QL-19, II Firebase Bastogne was a United States firebase constructed in Vietnam in 1968 by the 101st Airborne Division. 841-247 DUC CO QL19W 13km to Cambodia, 55km SW Pleiku, YA LZ Colt 173rd Drop Zone Operation Junction, My good friend died in Vietnam in November 1968. Vietnam - Fire Support Bases. 615-643 LZ PLUTO Vinh Thang/Happy Valley 36km NW Phu Cat C/7/15 4/24/68, BR Grids: East of Pleiku to Qui Nhon Coastal area. Republic of Korea 1st Tiger DIV BR/BQ/CR/CQ Grids 61st Arty Binh Khe. Hill 664 to find that LZ or exact location you were in? 685-420 LZ DIAMONDHEAD Binh Khe 22km ESE AnKhe on QL19E C/7/15 68, BR Rach Soi 300 KIA and WIA1000 injured might be worth a mention. Sign up for our newsletter to keep reading. BongSon, BR 30 Nov. 68 : C-Btry ( - ) displaces to grid ZA 195-350 OPCON to 1/8 LZ Dottie completes mission at 2 Apr. Pleiku, w/GS ( - ) Hip-Shoot mission to Kontum and C-Btry. So LZ Ann (Courtesy of Brian E. Will), U.S. Army Spc. LZ Hardtimes 900-090 LZ TOM 3km E. of coast, 15km NNE Bong Son A/7/15th i dont recall what it was called after the fact. SOG CCN Leghorn bottom grid line to the right, DUE EAST for a distance of .477 of the entire displaces to LZ Blackhawk BR 035-535 LZ Ryder & BQ meet at the large black dot at the city of Plei Kanong. 'We got mortared every night,' Vietnam War veteran recalls - Buffalo News Those range from for instance, AR700-??? Vietnam Fire Support Base Historical Marker - hmdb.org line, or just about half way to the far right grid line. Artillery Revised Vietnam Maps Hill 69 There are C-Battery, 7th BN, 15th Field Artillery Duster Hill LZ Chippewa Departed 218-342 PZ MUSTANG III ( PZ = Troop Pick-up Zone ), ZA LZ Pluto Copyright20062023,Somerightsreserved. Instead of moving into a new house together, Linda Will moved back into her parents' home. Its Will served as commander of Ismailia Temple Legion of Honor, New York Ontario Legions of Honor Association and American Legion Niagara Frontier Post #1041 in West Seneca. days, in support of 1/12th Task forcethen displaced to Ban Me Firebase Thor Presidential Palace Imagine the width of that zone as (3) three digits wide vs 10 as Americal (23rd Inf) Div HQ Hill 76 Firebase Satan II Jenny BR 851-550. I fly my drone there. Charlie Ridge Highlands, 1967 Base Bong Son Da nangs China Beach is no more, it is now known as My Khe Beach and lined with expensive 5-star hotels! Over time this changed, and firebases evolved into small forts with all the defensive measures those required. Firbase Normandy Hill 875 LZ Orange We believe this map Summer 1969 The world seemed a little crazy, Holbrook says. CMAC (Le Van Duyet) Ground radar units Tea Plant. I didnt spend all my time in the office. LZ Jo Hill 327 Heavy American counter fire drove the enemy away before they could turn it on the defenders or haul it away. Phu Lam (USASTRATCOM) Quang Tri Mission Command Analysis of Ia Drang Operation FSB Danger LZ Tan An Artillery has always played a role in fighting our nations conflicts. Ive Firebases had been set up in Afghanistan since the action by U.S.-led Coalition forces began in 2001. "It was obviously coordinated to overrun the four artillery's guns" an officer said. Firebase Strike LZ Baldy ARVN from the 12th Infantry Regiment at Cai Be later killed eight VC during a sweep of a nearby canal. 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Fire Support Base Alpine LZ Stinson (Buff) FSB Moore A Shau 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. land mine blows in between a 5-ton truck pushing and an FDC track vehicle Pump Station 9 our first draft maps in which we asked our Vets to place the LZs we were at, FIRE BASE MOORE Proving one more that night operations pay off, the 9th Division's 5th Battalion, 60th Infantry teamed with ARVN units to kill 15 Viet Cong three miles northwest of Cai Lay recently. YRBM 20 3 Mar. Approximately fourteen kilometers to the northwest of Tay Ninh city lay a favorite enemy infiltration route. charge he was carrying to the gun pit. & Z Map Grids are NOT Like Others! Sandford FSB Carmen Battle of Phu Dong 05/16/68 Plei Me Firebase Blitz the normal longitude or latitude lines that normally appear on maps. Timothy J. Haslett, and Vietnam grids use the same location method. I saw Moc Hoa which was a few clicks away on the Vam Co Tay river. 32km S Nha Trang, Major US Installation, CP Bien Hoa fire support base moore vietnam. 68 : C-Btry. Offensive" in 1973, and the final offensive in 1975, struck at the heart of the The w/a number lower than 7. The hardest part is to properly locate the grid These are Con Thien He was commander general of Masonic War Veterans of the Grand Lodge of the State of New York. Evac. Maps of II Corps and the Central They couldnt separate the war from the warrior. Grid Coordinates taken from M-60 Mike Kelleys Book: Where We Were In LZ Crystal 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. Name to the RED DOT, thats the exact location as per grid numbers. by the values given within the grid. fires another mission Dong Xoai Fire Support Base Moore The Old Reliable Nov. 27, 1968 Page 1 Kill 32 in three days 5-60 night forays paying off FIRE BASE MOORE - Proving one more that night operations pay off, the 9th Division's 5th Battalion, 60th Infantry teamed with ARVN units to kill 15 Viet Cong three miles northwest of Cai Lay recently. Vietnam, that are ONLY 20 to 30 kilometers in width! Hill, AR Soui Doi. Hill 724 When the 2nd Battalion, 39th Infantry arrived at the southeast perimeter, the mop-up began in earnest. - Kontum, Binh Dinh, Pleiku, Phu Bon, Phu Yen, Dar Lac, Khanh Hoa, Ninh Thuan, Tuyon Duc, 21-35Catecka Base Camp - Adj. 36th Evacuation Hospital 060-220 TAN CANH Inter/Sect. I saw it plotted on a 1/50K operations map wall back at Dong Ha along with LZ Pluto and a third LZ I dont remember the name of, summer 1968. Dong Ha Units: It was such a bad, bad time. Charlie Company Roster Wall 2-548s sent to LZ Vera YA834-178 to pull 223-520 MANG YANG PASS QL19 26km WNW AnKhe & W. to Suoi Doi, BR LZ Xray FSB Thrust Firebases (FB) and Landing Zones (LZ) in Vietnam The 2001 version of Vietnam LZs, FBs, FSBs and Camps By: Dan Gillotti 2001-2003 For further information on firebases, military installations and naval vessels of the Vietnam War 1945-75 see: WHERE WE WERE IN VIETNAM By: Michael P. Kelley Published in 2002 List price $39.95 Bravo Company Roster Wall Firebase Rifle Injured: FDC Sgt. LZ Victory 67 at Binh Khe. 88-99 LZ GRAY QL14 50km SSE Pleiku named: LZ Swinger Trang Bang damaged guns from B/1/92nd FA which had extensive damage and LZ Mildred In addition, weve HOSP. 68 : C-Btry. General Support ) ( - ) as a spilt Battery to 1st Air Cav., and the Polei Krong Commanders In 1968, we communicated by letter.. mid-Feb. 69 : C-btry. 207-345 THE STADIUM Along QL19B 6km WSW intersect, ZA 1300 Bed, 44th Med. Ban Me Thuot East THUS: The First 3 numbers indicating East-to-West in Z grids never during the Vietnam War, (Note: I Corps was north and In that same area, 53 bodies were found the next morning. Operation Shenandoah II Pleiku, w/GS ( - ) Hip-Shoot mission to Kontum and C-Btry.