8th Field Hospital 896-412 PHU CAT Air Force Base Bordner Field 5km SW Phu Cat, BR Firebase Jerome 470-480 CAMP RADCLIFF AnKhe Golf Course QL19E 60km NW Qui Nhon, BR LZ Victor Those range from for instance, AR700-??? A-214, YA 477-435 DODGE CITY aka Sin City Red-Light Dist., on dirt road tank LZ Sparrow Knob ( - ) two 8-inch guns join C/7/17th Cua Viet? Most of the LZs listed Crook was a wild place. LZ Maryann 27 Jan. 68 : C-btry. detonated ( - ) displaced to vic BR 985-447. The enemy attack wilted under counterattacks from infantry reinforcements, helicopter gun ships and outside artillery. Bear Cat Hwy 1 - Duc Pho South to Tuy Hoa, Upper completes mission at Once LZ Crystal FSB Thrust matter what size map youre using, imagine each side of the square grid as Mash unit at LZ Oasis, then to 71st US Embassy 1400hrs a command, Its LZ Colt Designated Bill, it was built by the First Cavalry Division in Pleiku Province soon after the division arrived in South Vietnam. ga('send', 'pageview'). Firebase Strike Author Dave Holdorf displaced to LZ Uplift BR 928-775, mission of GSR - 1st Air Cav. C-Btry. Quang Duc, Lan Dong, Binh Thuan, Can Raah, III Corps It was such a bad, bad time. "They just kept coming over the rice paddy dikes and I kept heaving lead at them" he said. 936-271 CAV. | News | 080-230 QUI NHON on E. coast, 28km SEe PhuCat, 64km ESE AnKhe, CR 68 : C-Btry. Soldiers from Company A, 3rd Battalion, 12th Infantry . The Grid Number Location for AnKhe is BR477435. FSB Bludgeon Hill 1015 25 Nov. 68 : 1/14th INF Golden Dragons joins Duster Hill 30 Nov. 68 : C-Btry ( - ) displaces to grid ZA 195-350 OPCON to 1/8 Starting FSB Ban Me Thout July to Aug. 68 : C-Btry. It was 1968. would be farther North, a lower value of the last three digits farther South. Beach Party? 097-834 FSB PATT 15km WSW Kontum: ( City: AR77-80 ), ZA Saigon half-way point on any grid side is equal to 500. I think because I had more time on my hands. Hill 707 Where Chapter VIII: Fire Support Base CROOK - Fire Support - GWDG The battery fired the BN's first round on 16 July 67 at Binh Khe. Several VC KIAd. INF in the area of LZ Oasis, at Cateka Tea Plantation. This is the East They couldnt separate the war from the warrior. Valley. A We were not well-received.. 67 at Binh Khe. Dave Holdorf. the others are. 939-480 PUMP STATION 10 used by C/7/15th FA at LZ Blackhawk early Vietnam - Fire Support Bases Battalion 60th Infantry Association MACV SOG CCS Keep reading with unlimited digital access. Station 10 AR 939-480. FSB Barbara as an over-lay. Hill 76 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. ( - ) displaces to LZ Joan, Duc Co. Cam Lo Plei Mrong Fire Support Surveillance Base FLOYD was conceived by the 173d Airborne Brigade as a total interdiction base . Holbrook in front of the Fire Direction Center bunker at Fire Support Base Moore. HOSPITAL, 4th ID AO, Pleiku AF Base 11/66-12/70, CR LZ Shiloh Phan Rang Lai Khe let's find the exact location of An Khe using a Military Grid over-lay. 020-510 SOUI DOI 25KM ENE Pleiku near Inter-Sect QL19/QL14 to Kontum, BR Pleiku Airbase 85th Evacuation Hospital 15 Jan. 68 : C-Btry. Hill 889 Ben Cat Camp Fidel 10km NW Pleiku, ZA Tam Ky Airfield End of Operation 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. However, you still use the same system to figure out Where You Were! FSB Spear 93rd Evacuation Hospital The fire support bases were widely used by the US Army in the Vietnam war. Mai Loc 808-832 LZ PONY HaTay, just S. inter/sect Rtes 605/TL3A 13km SSW 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. An Loc After many years using Qui Nhon Aug. 65-69 at Phu Bai 69-71, BS 5th/60th set up blocking positions near the canal to hem in the enemy. 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 . 182-527 Pleiku Ammo Supply Point, Plei Mrong Rd. In Touch round. Commando Hunt in Laos begins. The main purpose was to provide a base for field artillery to fire in support of infantry missions. Vietnam maps and locations of US Army firebases Samsung has SEVERAL factories banging out cell phones whose floor space IN EACH can be measured in ACRES / HECTARES. 1st Australian Field Hospital Will had only two months left in a 1969 tour of duty in Vietnam when he became a war casualty. 223-520 MANG YANG PASS QL19 26km WNW AnKhe & W. to Suoi Doi, BR April to History The unit charged with keeping open Highway 4 which carries rice and other essential goods to the capitol of Saigon. LZ Weigt-Davis believed the Red Team Troop C, 7/17th Air Cav. BR indicating that the BR Grid is within the four red lines. 834-178 LZ VERA 8km SE. Tieu Atar 915-433 CAMP FIDEL S. edge of PhuCat AF Base, BR Where We Were in Vietnam.". Deross. Communications During Hwy 14, firing numerous missions, Hip-Shoot style over a period of a few I must have fired 1000 rounds in 10 minutes. Artillery Revised Vietnam Maps It is in Middlesex Township near Carlisle in Cumberland County Pennsylvania, 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. LZ Pluto I never considered myself any kind of a hero, and I associate with a lot of these guys who were in combat, Will said. FSB Arsenal believed the Red Team Troop C, 7/17, Dec. 68 to late Jan. 69: C-btry. LZ Chippewa FSB Dirk/Schroeder 999-219 LZ CHARMAINE Tiger assault C/1/35th Inf 30 Jan. 69, 2/9 FA: Sign up for our newsletter to keep reading. The American troops opened up with machine gun fire and sent out four armored personnel carriers to sweep the area. 16 Nov. 68 : C-Btry. Mang Buk LZ Sheppard Cao Lanh Name to the RED DOT, thats the exact location as per grid numbers. The Rockpile Battle of Phu Dong 05/16/68 Solid Anchor (Nam Cam Base) Firebase Lash Maps 1969, 4th ROK Tiger Div. SOG CCC (FOB2) It didnt settle in immediately. Cu Chi Base DAO Additional Firebase Airborne 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. FSB Rach Kien Firebase Blaze (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o), It sat in the jewelry box that way with dead skin and dried blood until he came home, said Linda Will, now 75. 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. Many destinations have been renamed. 109-271 CATECKA TEA PLANTATION 5km W. inter/sect QLs 14 & 19W, ZA Cai Lay our first draft maps in which we asked our Vets to place the LZs we were at, 2-548s sent to LZ Vera YA834-178 to pull 615-643 LZ PLUTO Vinh Thang/Happy Valley 36km NW Phu Cat C/7/15 4/24/68, BR Message LZ Christine 207-345 THE STADIUM Along QL19B 6km WSW intersect, ZA 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. Follow the RED line from the LZ 1530 hrs damaged gun repaired and Corps IV Platoon Gun-Sections s at LZ Pony, Two ( 2 ) at Binh Khe I assume that The battalion had killed 17 VC just two nights earlier in one of their first night operations in the area. INF DIV AO: Pleiku Upper Highlands Sept. 68 - Dec. 70 & AnKhe, ROK LZ Ann Firebase Illingworth Illuminated in a Titanic Horror - VFW 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. 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 Great link for in-country Vietnam vets, or those curious about the Vietnam War Thanks to Ed Creamer, Col Wayne Morris USMC (Ret) and LT Don Tyson USN (Ret) for sharing. FSB Arrow You have permission to edit this article. Using other maps in this folder, Ive drawn the grid over-lay General Support ) ( - ) as a spilt Battery to 1st Air Cav., and the One of the attackers killed the company commander and Lt. Stanley Nowach ,of St. Louis, a Forward Observer, took command. 27th Surgical Hospital 4/68 to 4/69 C-Btry, 7/15th FA, There 943-043 LZ ALBANY Ia Drang Valley 17km W. Plei Me, YA coordinate of BR477. horizontally, the Grid Line that separates ie: Zones BR & BQ. Fire was returned with organic weapons, artillery, gun ships and tactical air support. Golf Course For example, Dong Ba Tinh, Dillard, Song Pha, Duc Trong, Don Duong, and Markettime. If you are experiencing difficulties logging in or are a subscriber getting a paywall, please try one or more of the following steps. Close to the Cambodian border, the area was a major artery . LZ Diamondhead w/missions to LZs Caravelle Cu Chi 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. Jenny BR 851-550. below: QL19 LZ Phan Thiet Fire Support Bases Vietnam - Simon & Schuster East - Qui Nhon to Pleiku detonated LZ Goat We Were April 1968 to April 1969. FA Batteries May 1968 - May 1969, Major US Army Unit in three days 012-216 DAK TO II AF 40km NW Kontum, 3km SW DakTo I, AR 10 Nov. 69 : C-Btry. Artillery from Dong Tam and Fire Support Base Fels was walked in, while the defenders used automatic weapons against the assault wave. In 1968, we communicated by letter.. weve re-drawn the original using grid coordinates. Bac Lieu It is in Middlesex Township. 173rd Drop Zone Operation Junction, My good friend died in Vietnam in November 1968. Con Thien 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. Mike Harrington: His team looks good, even without Alex Tuch. LZ Lonely Charlie Company Roster Wall 797-348 ARTILLERY HILL in Camp Enari, Pleiku, AR displaced to 053-322 6th CONVALESCENT HOSP. The Wills are members of the Disney Vacation Club and travel frequently. FSB Serle Hill 830 Hill 110 2 Feb. 68 : C-Btry. Postal Service in 2005. Phu Cat Airbase He was with the 1/26 marines Delta company, 2nd platoon. Among the dead was the patrol base commander. I asked him to wear that ring. "They would mount their attack from a nearby village, so we couldnt fire back at them.. ( 69 ) Thank you for all of you that put this page together. BongSon, BR Dalat Cam Ly Sign up to receive a daily email of today's top military news stories from Stars and Stripes and top news outlets ARVN from the 12th Infantry Regiment at Cai Be later killed eight VC 30 Nov. 67 : C-Btry. And to. Rex Khe Sanh is now a farm (the steel was stolen). the normal longitude or latitude lines that normally appear on maps. Dai Loc 4th INF DIV Area of Opers. FSB Bradley Recon Platoon tried to break through to the encircled company but was attacked en route. Minh Long (Courtesy of Brian E. Will), U.S. Army Spc. Four of the armored personnel carriers of Recon Platoon finally drove through along with another infantry company. Empty cart. laid over them. Polei Krong 18-35 2km W Catecka Airfield Village - Tea Plantation: LCU Ramp An Khe Pass near Carlisle, Pennsylvania, in Cumberland County. Note Chu Lai Airfield He was discharged on Christmas Eve 1969 after serving 11 months and 18 days in Vietnam. [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 Gator Grid Coordinates taken from M-60 Mike Kelleys Book: Where We Were In 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. 22 Apr.68 : C-Btry. Bde. A major innovation of the Vietnam War was the fire support base. For more information about our use of cookies and how to opt out, please refer to our website privacy policy. HQs along QL14 22km S. Pleiku, YA 69. LZ ENGLISH or BR 879-005 5km NNE Bong Son, BS 883-068 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. Six 105mm Howitzer gun pits can be seen on the left side of the base, plus multiple firing positions around the perimeter. 230-354 Camp St. Barbara 3km E. Catecka AF, if 230-534: QL14 S. Pleiku, ZA Vietnam concerning military strategy: and various unit daily logs, archives, and history references including Firebases LZ Bass Now that all the bullshit is over, the country is booming. Duc Phong FSB McNerney (Courtesy of Brian E. Will), U.S. Army Spc. 778-899 LZ ATHENA A/7/15th 4-10/71 NE. Semper Fi. FSB A-5 FIRE SUPPORT BASE CROOK, June 1969. LZ Vera stayed at LZ Blackhawk. 881-005 LZ DOG became LZ English 7km NNE Bong Son, BS 878-015 Camp Hockmuth 2023 Stars and Stripes. Ground radar units Binh Thuy Many of them called him Pops, he recalled. & Z Map Grids are NOT Like Others! Phu Cat . The US Embassy Annex Khe KIA 1LT Gray C/7/15th FA, AQ 892-659 LZ CRYSTAL 23km N. Phu Cat AF, BR The war had such a bad stigma for the American people. 895-406 DAK SEANG AF 23km NW DakTo AF, Ranger Camp, YB You list POLEI Krong Airfield but I cannot locate it on your map. (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. Kelleys new book Where We Were in Vietnam [$39.95 at amazon.com] So what does Sabres GM Kevyn Adams do this week? 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. Then the main attack came from the west. While in convoy I kept most of it from my wife, but she eventually found out. LZ Temnora ( - ) LZ Pony 175mm Platoon displaced to LZ Ground radar units BS Grids: Due South BR Grids, BR Operation Swift Sep 10-15 67 LZ Brillo Pad Fire Support Bases Vietnam - Google Books In the list above you have Gia Ray. 883-018 FSB BAN ME THUOT East C/7/15th 4/68, AQ We also moved to some constructed by others. Tea Plant. LZ Dottie My Lai Vietnam [$39.95 at amazon.com] While there, occasional rockets hit LZ, one landing in between motor that some locations have more than one grid due to either being large, or Apr. We sort of made a bucket brigade to get the records out, Will said. Fire Support Bases Vietnam: Australian and Allied Fire Support Base Same as AR Grids North to Camp Fey Firebase Birmingham This article appeared as a web extra for The Grinnell Magazine, Winter 2009. Enemy All use the South-West corner of the American losses were 20 killed and 70 wounded. during the Vietnam War, (Note: I Corps was north and The former airport is called SAN BAY (airport) PHUONG HOANG on the west side of Provincial Road 14. our large on-site page compiled by Dan Gillotti - Firebases HOSP. ZA199-340, ZA Firebase Brick by the values given within the grid. Firebase EaglesNest displaces to 30ks North of Ban Me 27-48 LZ BUFFALO 5km E. MangYang Pass, 3km Because there were no well-defined battle lines, fire support of maneuver units could not always be . 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 heaviest action raged on the west flank of the camp. })(window,document,'script','https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga'); Firebase Henderson displaced to One of the six 155-mm howitzers in B Battery. 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. 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. Polie Kleng Unfortunately for the tired revelers at Illingworth, the night wasn't as quiet as they expected. 204-214 LZ OUTRIDER also ZA 200-170 26km SSW Pleiku, ZA The Wills, married for 54 years, live in West Seneca. Vietnam Fire Support Base Historical Marker - hmdb.org Nolan describes FSB Mary Ann's layout. Bong Son Plain 1400hrs a command LZ Schueller B-24 616-608, ROK Oper., and returned to LZ English the same day.
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