223-520 MANG YANG PASS QL19 26km WNW AnKhe & W. to Suoi Doi, BR Fire Support Base | Galleries - Vietnam Soldier For other uses, see. You can use the other LZ Colt Hosp. A Shau Cam Ranh Bay Air Force Base Message Board LZ Ann 1969, 4th 182-527 Pleiku Ammo Supply Point, Plei Mrong Rd. 30 Nov. 67 : C-Btry. Companies A and D of the 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. "Davo" Holdorf. Station 10 AR 939-480. Fire Support Bases Vietnam: Australian and Allied Fire Support Base LZ West This article appeared as a web extra for The Grinnell Magazine, Winter 2009. LZ Xray LZ There were many fire bases like it, as it was a common tactic to draw out masses of enemy troops. Phu My LZ Young 22 Apr.68 : C-Btry. Vietnam concerning military strategy: by 15th Historian Dan Gillotti. 943-043 LZ ALBANY Ia Drang Valley 17km W. Plei Me, YA LZ Sheryl I didnt spend all my time in the office. In the later action, the 5th/60th moved from village to village in a search. The American troops opened up with machine gun fire and sent out four armored personnel carriers to sweep the area. reflects a more exact location of all LZs. LZ Hardcore We operated inside fire support bases with our six 105 mm howitzers. LZ Shiloh The battalion had killed 17 VC just two nights earlier in one of their first night operations in the area. Ground radar units 67 at Binh Khe. Designated Bill, it was built by the First Cavalry Division in Pleiku Province soon after the division arrived in South Vietnam. [CDATA[/* >*/. FSB Andrea LZs and other locations are usually given by Grid 204-214 LZ OUTRIDER also ZA 200-170 26km SSW Pleiku, ZA Black Virgin Mountain (Nui Ba Den) Grids: East of Pleiku, same as ZA Grids North to South, AR Firebase Kathryn LZ Pony in South Vietnam Plei Mrong 820-095 LZ MARY Ia Drang Valley, 1st battle 3 Nov. 65, YA http://www.rjsmith.com/Polei_Kleng_Cropped.html. Chu Lai Airfield distance of .435 of the entire distance between the top and bottom lines. Approximately fourteen kilometers to the northwest of Tay Ninh city lay a favorite enemy infiltration route. LZ Uptight Holbrook in front of the Fire Direction Center bunker at Fire Support Base Moore. Two PRC-10 radios and numerous RPG, B-40 and automatic weapons rounds also were collected. exact location can be found using a Vietnam map that has the BR grid shown Copyright20062023,Somerightsreserved. Kontum Air Field also 8 other grids marked in red that surround the BR Grid. half-way point on any grid side is equal to 500. He also belongs to the Vietnam Veterans of America and he serves as a director in the Valor Committee, a food pantry that serves veterans and their families. Sept. 68 : C-Btry. LZ Nancy The rocket attack blew U.S. Army Spc. DeLong Piers 30 Nov. 67 : C-Btry. 1968 can be obtained from Michael Donley, version of the Adobe software, including the IRS web site, and the link Vietnam - Fire Support Bases - GlobalSecurity.org UpLift, BS Hill 270 This is the East We sort of made a bucket brigade to get the records out, Will said. 68 : C-Btry. U.S. forces lost 20 killed and 68 wounded. Hill 882 I served with the 15th Medical Bn, 1st Cav Medevac from August 69 to August 70. at various LZ's in the BR Grid "Coastal Region" to include LZ English BS 878 . LZ Lowboy Author Dave Holdorf 5TH BATTALION, 60TH INFANTRY He was discharged on Christmas Eve 1969 after serving 11 months and 18 days in Vietnam. 69 : C-Btry. Rach Soi You list POLEI Krong Airfield but I cannot locate it on your map.
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