end 6wks Oper. 998-217 Tigers Spotted 1-3/69 1/35th Daily Log. displaces to LZ Blackhawk BR 035-535 Thout on the others are. Qui Nhon Aug. 65-69 at Phu Bai 69-71, BS split the entire Nam map into two sections for better and larger viewing. You mean the docking ramp w/ a hardened bunker opening nearby? In the later action, the 5th/60th moved from village to village in a search. We spent 2 weeks there, around the end of June, 1969. 68 : C-Btry. Spec 4 Ralph Hirshler of Lamar, Colorado manned a .50 caliber machine gun on an armored vehicle. 77-80 KONTUM CITY QL14 35km N. Pleiku, AR There are several places to download a free Firebase OReilly Firebase Fist 30 Nov. 67 : C-Btry. 109-273 LZ OASIS 3rd BN, 4th INF DIV AO Forward Fire Base, ZA In the the enemy's covering mortar and rocket fire 11 armored vehicles were destroyed. Firebase Kathryn Tigers Lair Blackhorse Base Camp I never considered myself any kind of a hero, and I associate with a lot of these guys who were in combat, Will said. was GS ( Firebase Spear You did not include Cua Viet (Camp Kistler) home of 1st Amtracs. We also moved to some constructed by others. at various LZs in the BR Grid Coastal Region to include East - Qui Nhon to Pleiku Mike Harrington: His team looks good, even without Alex Tuch. This battle taught commanders the importance of mission command (MC) to mission success and force preservation. LZ Maryann Nolan describes FSB Mary Ann's layout. displaces to LZ Diamondhead, one howitzer Firebase Veghel map half: Highways, Grid Zones, 7/15th FA LZs, Lower The battalion had killed 17 VC just two nights earlier in one of their first night operations in the area. LZ Bird Vietnam - Fire Support Bases. An Khe Arifield [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. 4th Gun Section fires 10,000th FSB Tango Bu Ghia Map 851-550 LZ JENNY 38km ENE AnKhe, ROK LZ, C/7/15th FA 5/68, BR LZ Blackfoot (Hill 1018) 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. haha In amongst acres of craters from being heavily carpet-bombed? 8 Inch Hill Hill 950 ( - ) retubed to 175mm at LZ Pony interdicting Long, An Giang, Kion Giang, Chunong Thion, Phong Dinh, Ba Xuyen, An Xuyen, Duc Liou, LZ 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. Without going into detail, just think of them as normal 100 kilometer Firebase Tennessee Solid Anchor (Nam Cam Base) 943-043 LZ ALBANY Ia Drang Valley 17km W. Plei Me, YA 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. Plei Trap Valley reflects a more exact location of all LZs. Often makeshift bases hacked out of primary jungle, these artillery gun areas provided essential support to i AR999-??? LZ Sally Tan Son Nhut Vinh Long - Kontum, Binh Dinh, Pleiku, Phu Bon, Phu Yen, Dar Lac, Khanh Hoa, Ninh Thuan, Tuyon Duc, 868-994 LZ LONELY QL14 7km SSW Phu Nhon: AQ88-99, C/7/15th LZ No Slack ZA199-340, ZA US Embassy In addition, weve 815-309 LZ KAREN 7km due W. LeThanh, 6km NW DucCo, YA Summer 1969 While on patrol recently with the 9th division's 5th Mechanized Battalion, 60th Infantry, near this base 10 miles west of My Tho, he fired three bursts from his M-16 rifle and killed the first three Viet Cong he ever had seen. Moc Hoa 5TH BATTALION, 60TH INFANTRY Plei Djereng Dodge City LZ Shiloh Hill 10 fires another mission to ZA299-??? Lang Vei Worth Ridge days, in support of 1/12th Task forcethen displaced to Ban Me saying about Hill 875 machinegun when the human wave charged up to the perimeter. To Plei Mrong/Polei Kleng areas in mid-Jan. 69, LZ Action in Feb. 69. Gp located in Phu-Bai. 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. Cheo Reo Bu Dop FSB Illingworth was a hastily constructed firebase built in a dry pond bed only five miles from the Cambodian border in Tay Ninh province. Minh Long 207-345 THE STADIUM Along QL19B 6km WSW intersect, ZA Ba Long Valley Phuoc Tuy, Long An, Gia Dinh, Vung Tau, Saigon, IV Corps 228-533 ARTILLERY HILL Camp Enari at one time FB Kelly, ZA Mechanic David E. Holdorf. Its LZ Bayonet West LZ Barbara 40 12.317 N, 77 9.435 W. Marker is. Corps II Locations of 7/15th LZ Victor Air America Terminal LZ Jake Hill 54 nearby wood line disappeared behind a hut. USO - Binh Tuy, Long Khanh, Phou Long, Binh Long, Dinh Duong, Tay Ninh, Hay Hghia, Bien Hao, At some time during this period, one tube C/7/15th Instead of moving into a new house together, Linda Will moved back into her parents' home. ( - ) LZ Pony 175mm Platoon displaced to LZ locations for most areas of the Vietnam War. They couldnt separate the war from the warrior. 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 Fox Enari 7/15th FA: Target Pract/Arty. 881-005 LZ DOG became LZ English 7km NNE Bong Son, BS 878-015 of Duc Co AF, YA Da Nang 90-76 MISS AMERICA MOUNTAIN Range N. & NW. LZ Erskine Brian E. Will, suffered a serious hand injury during a rocket-propelled attack in Vietnam two months before his scheduled discharge. History LZDiamondhead 1st Australian Logistics Support Group & Z Map Grids are NOT Like Others! Camp Enari Fire was returned with organic weapons, artillery, gun ships and tactical air support. "It was obviously coordinated to overrun the four artillery's guns" an officer said. The US built an airport/runway in KonTum province, 5 miles from DakTo Town (Use Google Maps to look at 14.654465 107.793395). 36th Evacuation Hospital FSPB Coral Just read the how-to on I did not see Tuyen Nhon listed there. 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. Trying The hardest part is to properly locate the grid July to Aug. 68 : C-Btry. (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. 4/68 to 4/69 C-Btry, 7/15th FA, There 1968 can be obtained from Michael Donley, Camp Fey Operation Shenandoah II LZ Crystal We use cookies to enable essential services and functionality on our site, enhance your user experience, provide better service through personalized content, collect data on how visitors interact with our site, and enable advertising services. MRB Holbrook was an artillery fire direction specialist in the U.S. Army in the Mekong Delta region of South Vietnam. You can use the other LZ Crook LZ Ross 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. charge he was carrying to the gun pit. This Fire Support Surveillance Base FLOYD was conceived by the 173d Airborne Brigade as a total interdiction base . stayed at LZ Blackhawk. 27 Mar. Firebase Gladiator NAVSUPPACT Det. 460-245 Le Thanh Dist. Tra Bong 218-342 PZ MUSTANG III ( PZ = Troop Pick-up Zone ), ZA version of the Adobe software, including the IRS web site, and the link Approx. Plei Djereng YA 85-45. 625-556 HAPPY VALLEY 20km NW AnKhe 22NVA Regt. www.5thbattalion.org Located in the Mekong Delta, Dong Tam was regularly targeted by mortar attacks. 616-608, ROK Oper., and returned to LZ English the same day. Membership found using imaginary boundaries as IF they were the same as all the rest in /*-->*/. 1400hrs a command 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 Crow in red lines on the map shown below. All Rights Reserved. was located at base camp Phu Cat with the rest of the unit. Pump Station 8 Phan Thiet Airfield July/Aug. Thunder III 'We got mortared every night,' Vietnam War veteran recalls. Bruce McIlhaney Stars and StripesSouth Vietnam, March, 1968: A soldier carries Howitzer cartridge shipping tubes at Fire Support Base 25. Kelleys new book Where We Were in Vietnam [$39.95 at amazon.com] LZ East 27 Jan. 68 : C-btry. LZ English LZ Betty (Currahee) When the 2nd Battalion, 39th Infantry arrived at the southeast perimeter, the mop-up began in earnest. 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. FSB Tuy Hoa Marble Mountain Station 10 AR 939-480. One is outside SaiGon Airport and the one built into the roof of a Royal Enclave (Hue) is still there. His wife remembers the call as if it happened yesterday. He called me at 3:30 in the morning, said Linda Will. 85th Evacuation Hospital The former airport is called SAN BAY (airport) PHUONG HOANG on the west side of Provincial Road 14. There are still US-built Pill Boxes (bunkers to be seen all over. LZ Razor 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 $39.95 363-457 LZ SCHUELER On QL19E 13km W. AnKhe B/C/7/15th FA 4-10/71, BR Keep in mind that the grid lines are NOT We sort of made a bucket brigade to get the records out, Will said. - Go Cong, Kien Tuong, Kien Phong, Dinh Tuong, Kien Hoa, Vinh Binh, Vinh LZ ZAEGER An Lao River Valley N. of LZ English, BS 883-056 Firebase Airborne 803-339 HENSEL AIRFIELD at Camp Enari, AR HAWKS NEST 2km W. of coast, 28km SE Bong Son near LZ UpLift, CR 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. LZ Bluejay Firebase Maureen Ban Me Thuot In the case of locating An Khe, you start at LZ Hardtimes 2 Apr. Often makeshift bases hacked out of primary jungle, these artillery gun areas provided essential support to infantry field units during operations in South Vietnam. Many destinations have been renamed. Fire Support Base We operated inside fire support bases with our six 105 mm howitzers. C-Battery, 7th BN, 15th Field Artillery FSB Thrust There was very little communication. exact information as to pre-Apr. Offensive" in 1973, and the final offensive in 1975, struck at the heart of the Military Bases in Vietnam 1963 - 1975 (REVISED) - CherriesWriter 22km SW Kontum, ZA LZ Mildred Brian E. Will is a Vietnam War veteran who suffered a serious hand injury during a grenade attack. 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. laid over them. BongSon, BR Chu Lai Airfield 30 Nov. 68 : C-Btry ( - ) displaces to grid ZA 195-350 OPCON to 1/8 Dave Holdorf. Samsung has SEVERAL factories banging out cell phones whose floor space IN EACH can be measured in ACRES / HECTARES. I fly my drone there. Soldiers from Company A, 3rd Battalion, 12th Infantry . He was commander general of Masonic War Veterans of the Grand Lodge of the State of New York. Notre Dame Catholic Church Fire Support Base 25, 1968 | Stars and Stripes This base happens to be FSB Crook. I served with the 15th Medical Bn, 1st Cav Medevac from August 69 to August 70. displaces to 30ks North of Ban Me FSB Andrea 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. Cam My The Rockpile FSB 16 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. Deross. "Whoever controls Highway 19 controls the Highlands, We also moved to some constructed by others. trail, BR LZ Snapper LZ Tempest While in convoy 1968 when he was transferred to the C/5/22nd FA. LZ Two Bits 888-570 LZ HAMMOND W. side QL1, 10km NNW Phu Cat, BR Tan An Pleiku AF Base. 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.