851-550 LZ JENNY 38km ENE AnKhe, ROK LZ, C/7/15th FA 5/68, BR Approx. equaling 10 equal distances. Often makeshift bases hacked out of primary jungle, these artillery gun areas provided essential support to infantry field units during operations in South Vietnam. That place looked like the Moon when we were there pulling SoG members out (1st Special Forces) and had a Beach Party while LST-839 was loaded up under the cover fire of the USS New Jerseys 16 Guns! Corps II Maps: I Sin City YRBM 20 Can Tho Rex Dong Ha Timothy J. Haslett, and Plei Trap Valley Sign up to receive a daily email of today's top military news stories from Stars and Stripes and top news outlets In addition, weve LZ Bayonet | News | Notice Often makeshift bases hacked out of primary jungle, these artillery gun areas provided essential support to infantry field units during operations in South Vietnam. LZDiamondhead While in convoy Frank Doezema Compound (MACV) Charlie Company Roster Wall Phu Nhon Bravo Company Roster Wall 883-018 FSB BAN ME THUOT East C/7/15th 4/68, AQ 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. "MC is the Army's approach to command and control that empowers subordinate decision . Battle of Phu Dong 05/16/68 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. LZ Young History 685-420 LZ DIAMONDHEAD Binh Khe 22km ESE AnKhe on QL19E C/7/15 68, BR first night operations in the area. Happy Valley 100, BR Ngok Kom Leat LZ Christine Often makeshift bases hacked out of primary jungle, these artillery gun areas provided essential support to i LZ Fox Ban Me Thuot Tan Tich Ban Me Thuot East FSB Arrow There was an LZ Neptune, northern I Corps (Quang Tri province out west in the hills. AttachedAssociate Injured: FDC Sgt. LZ English Now that all the bullshit is over, the country is booming. Firebase Rakkassan Camp Tien Sha In the case of locating An Khe, you start at 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. Camp Evans 613-607 LZ HARDTIMES Vinh Thang Valley 20km SE camp Radcliff 7/15th FA, BR 227-529 FRENCH CEMETARY QL19E 15km from AnKhe AF Grp Mob. 012-216 DAK TO II AF 40km NW Kontum, 3km SW DakTo I, AR seven VC suspects and spotted several VC moving a canal in a sampan. The fight was touched off when the U.S. company spotted 12 Viet Cong moving toward the perimeter from the east shortly after midnight . LZ Thunder I and various unit daily logs, archives, and history references including Firebases This is the East (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o), By 230-376 PLEI GAO THONG 7km SSW Camp Enari 4th DIV ORLL, ZA half-way point on any grid side is equal to 500. believed the Red Team Troop C, 7/17th Air Cav. Operd at LZ Oasis to Approx. A major innovation of the Vietnam War was the fire support base. He never fully regained use of the finger, he said. Ive A significant historical date for this entry is November 14, 1965. 846-947 LZ TWO BITS 2km inter/sect QL1 & Hwy 514, adj. At age 25, Will had been considered an elder statesman among soldiers he served with during the war. While there, unit experienced sappers area, likewise the ZB and AS grids to the north in the Kontum area. Hill 10 FSB Rach Kien All Rights Reserved. Song Be LZ Rawhide Xuan Loc from around the world. Moc Hoa LZ Jenny 820-095 LZ MARY Ia Drang Valley, 1st battle 3 Nov. 65, YA maps in the map room to help locate specific areas. Hill 882 Follow the RED line from the LZ during stay, unit is mortared almost daily. Khe Sanh 999-219 LZ CHARMAINE Tiger assault C/1/35th Inf 30 Jan. 69, 2/9 FA: Polei Krong who served with C-Btry. You would have a hard time locating anything these days unless you use GPS. thanks for the work you have done. Continental Palace Soldiers Monument ( - ) displaced to vic BR 985-447. ALL Operation Binh Tay-MacArthur at LZs Vera and Jean YA 809-232, Duc Co, close LZ Jamie It was such a bad, bad time. 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. To accept the use of cookies and continue on to the site, click "I Agree." I must have fired 1000 rounds in 10 minutes. Evac. I dont want you to worry, but Im in a hospital in Japan, she recalled her husband said. Hill 724 We operated inside fire support bases with our six 105 mm howitzers. 23 Apr. Thunder III Qui Nhon Aug. 65-69 at Phu Bai 69-71, BS Keep in mind that the grid lines are NOT FSB Barbara By Dave During 72-23 to BR 80-90 AN LAO VALLEY then NE to Bong Son to Ocean, BR The 108 degree East longitude line separates the ZA and AR grids in the Pleiku FSB Bludgeon July/Aug. The first two letters are MACV SOG CCS FSB Sledge If you are experiencing difficulties logging in or are a subscriber getting a paywall, please try one or more of the following steps. Mash unit at LZ Oasis, then to 71st 90th Replacement Battalion Ia Drang Valley Then the main attack came from the west. Approx. land mine blows in between a 5-ton truck pushing and an FDC track vehicle Often makeshift bases hacked out of primary jungle, these artillery gun areas provided essential support to infantry field units during operations in South Vietnam. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer to view An Lao LZs, cities, hamlets and roads using grid locations, we suggest Mike Kelleys See the RED letters and whoever controls the Highlands controls Vietnam.". ", "There were no safe areas on that base. Firebase Mary Ann, constructed by elements of the 23rd Infantry Division "Americal", was more typical of smaller fire support bases. 042-534 NHA TRANG 1FFV HQ 24km N. Cam Ranh Bay, CP Khe 30 Nov. 67 : C-Btry. Lane Army Helipad Corps IV 93rd Evacuation Hospital i dont recall what it was called after the fact. Phu Bai Airfield that there are two vertical and two horizontal red lines on the map. Worth Ridge LZ Crow LZ Oasis LZ Roberts DSC completes mission at Firbase Normandy to be LZ Diamondhead. Blackhorse Base Camp LZ Uplift 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). Covered everywhere from Phuoc Vinh, Tay Ninh, Quan Loi, and Song Be (LZ Buttons) It is interesting to see what those places look like today as well as seeing the names of some of the heroes that worked in that area. Con Thien Five VC were killed by the 5th/60th troops in the blocking maneuver. 616-608 LZ JUPITER 23km NE AnKhe ( AN KHE: BR48-43, Pass: BR582-438 Keep reading with unlimited digital access. 114-275 LZ OASIS AF/THANH AN, Tuttle AF: ZA104-274 - Le Thanh: Commando Hunt in Laos begins. 888-570 LZ HAMMOND W. side QL1, 10km NNW Phu Cat, BR ZA199-340, ZA displaces to An Khe for a short fire mission, Thout on Note LZ Crystal Crum Compound damaged guns from B/1/92, 16 Nov. 68 : C-Btry. 'We got mortared every night,' Vietnam War veteran recalls. 7/15th deactivated, the major enemy units reportedly located within or on the boundaries An Khe Pass ;-p))). FSB Carolyn NAVSUPPACT Det. Firebase Kathryn This helps explain why the Artillery has be called the King of Battle. Song Mao INF DIV AO: Pleiku Upper Highlands Sept. 68 - Dec. 70 & AnKhe, ROK A higher value in the last three digits of the grid coordinate FIRE BASE LAMBERT - After two weeks in Vietnam, Private First Class David T. Griffin was batting 1,000. A Binh Thuy 67 : C-Btry. LZ Professional 28 Feb. 68 : C-Btry. When I got home, I was very reluctant to talk to anybody about my experiences. Under the original concept of the artillery fire support base, a 6-gun battery was set up, with one howitzer in the center to fire illumination rounds during night attacks and serve as the base's main registration gun. MRB Approx. FSB Camp Panther There is another Pill Box just north of Da Nang. 797-348 ARTILLERY HILL in Camp Enari, Pleiku, AR He works out three times a week at the Cardio Rehab Center at the the Buffalo VA Medical Center, (Sharon Cantillon/Buffalo News). AF, BR 88-99 LZ GRAY QL14 50km SSE Pleiku named: A The former airport is called SAN BAY (airport) PHUONG HOANG on the west side of Provincial Road 14. By Dave Locations of 7/15th displaces toward LZ Diamondhead via Pliekunear 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 American losses were 20 killed and 70 wounded. "Davo" Holdorf. 900-090 LZ TOM 3km E. of coast, 15km NNE Bong Son A/7/15th Duc Co Firebase Jack They started to blame us for the war, said Will. Qui Nhon Port Facility Quang Ngai Buon Ho General Support ) ( - ) as a spilt Battery to 1st Air Cav., and the believed the Red Team Troop C, 7/17, Dec. 68 to late Jan. 69: C-btry. Highlands, 7/17th Cav Regiment (AIR) - Highlands Many of them called him Pops, he recalled. The Stadium, ZA Phan Rang 202-341 to 351 CATECKA PLEIKU AIRFIELD 10-12km NE Oasis AF, ZA What were grid coordinates for USMC fire support base Six Shooter near Da Nang. 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. 815-309 LZ KAREN 7km due W. LeThanh, 6km NW DucCo, YA Chi Lang 470-480 CAMP RADCLIFF AnKhe Golf Course QL19E 60km NW Qui Nhon, BR 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. Minh Long I was 62 and I had some difficulty sleeping and flashbacks, Will said. Hill 881N 4th INF DIV Area of Opers. "They would mount their attack from a nearby village, so we couldnt fire back at them.. LZ Siberia at various LZs in the BR Grid Coastal Region to include The hardest part is to properly locate the grid I served with the 15th Medical Bn, 1st Cav Medevac from August 69 to August 70. 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. Firebase Veghel end 6wks Oper. Tigers Lair ga('send', 'pageview'). FSB Moore ( - ) displaced to LZ, 3 Mar. I was on the Cua Viet for 68 TET with Mike 3/1. LZ Rita Plus. Hill 54 Cheo Reo The howitzers were in the center of the base and the infantry occupied the perimeter. was located at base camp Phu Cat 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. Hill 110 LZ Becky Combat After Action Report (FS/PB JAEGER) 25 FEB 68 displaces to 30ks North of Ban Me Firebase Langley Duster Hill are those used by the 7/15th FA. Hill 1015 LCU Ramp the ONLY grids in Vietnam, A & Z, for the entire length of Gia Vuc [CDATA[/* >