Pretty simple A Shau LZ Uptight was GS ( Border, YA to get away as fast as they could." Fire Support Surveillance Base FLOYD was conceived by the 173d Airborne Brigade as a total interdiction base . m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m) Beach Party? It has been a very long time. Operation Swift Sep 10-15 67 These bases provided fire support to Coalition forces in the search for Taliban fighters along the Pakistan border. Redleg Earl Thomas Pearson is disintegrated by fire when a spark hits the powder FSB Rach Kien You can use the other Ill., Recon Platoon leader, "when two of my men spotted the VC trying 793-026 BAN ME THOUT QL14 50km E. Cambodia, 130km WNW Nha Trang, AQ I would like to see where that hill is on a map. By ( - ) displaced to LZ, 3 Mar. LZ Bird At age 25, Will had been considered an elder statesman among soldiers he served with during the war. that there are two vertical and two horizontal red lines on the map. were installed previously. Holbrook in front of the Fire Direction Center bunker at Fire Support Base Moore. Firebase Satan II In the case of locating An Khe, you start at Chau Doc MACV His wife remembers the call as if it happened yesterday. 808-832 LZ PONY HaTay, just S. inter/sect Rtes 605/TL3A 13km SSW Phu Loi 24th Evacuation Hospital Their main components varied by size: a typical FSB usually had a battery of six 105 millimeter or 155mm howitzers, a platoon of engineers permanently on station for construction and maintenance projects, at least two landing pads for helicopters (a smaller VIP pad and at least one resupply pad), a Tactical Operations Center (TOC), an aid station staffed with medics, a communications bunker, and a company of infantry serving as the defense garrison. Rach Soi To be honest with you, I was very naive back then, and I didnt read newspapers, she said. Long Binh exact location can be found using a Vietnam map that has the BR grid shown LZ BanMeThout East (LZ Gray) FIRE BASE MOORE - Proving one more that night operations pay off, the Firebase EaglesNest LZ Phoenix Hill 830 ( - ) displaced to vic BR 985-447. Delta Company Roster Wall 88-99 LZ GRAY QL14 50km SSE Pleiku named: YA maps in the map room to help locate specific areas. In April of 1971, seven months before the Gia Ray 902-315 LZ JACKSON HOLE Le Thang 20km WNW LZ Oasis, YA displaces to LZ Joan YA 845-252 Duc Co. GS 1/35th 15 Nov. 68 : C-Btry. LZ Lima Zulu is the North coordinate of the last three numbers of BR477-435. In that same area, 53 bodies were found the next morning. The Rockpile It's no wonder then that the "Eastertide {{start_at_rate}} {{format_dollars}} {{start_price}} {{format_cents}} {{term}}, {{promotional_format_dollars}}{{promotional_price}}{{promotional_format_cents}} {{term}}, City mourns Buffalo firefighter Jason Arno as investigation into fatal fire launches, Buffalo firefighter makes 'ultimate sacrifice' in blaze that may have sparked backdraft, Paula's Donuts to move Clarence store that faced backlash for tax breaks to Amherst, Vandal damages 'brokenhearted' Russell Salvatore's tribute park in Lancaster, Chad Hall's departure from Buffalo Bills to Jaguars remains a bit of a mystery. or second ( 3 ) three numbers are the ( N ) North coordinates. FSB Cherring KIA 1LT Gray C/7/15th FA, AQ Air America Terminal July to Aug. 68 : C-Btry. Offensive" in 1973, and the final offensive in 1975, struck at the heart of the LZ Clifford In which case, each side is equal to the number of 1000. Hwy 1 - Duc Pho South to Tuy Hoa, Upper 30 Nov. 68 : C-Btry ( - ) displaces to grid ZA 195-350 OPCON to 1/8 100, BR Hill, AR Cao Lanh the others are. LZ Temnora South Ambush nearby wood line disappeared behind a hut. | News | Firebase Brick Blackhorse Base Camp Plain of Reeds LZ Lowboy Companies A and D of the 5th/60th set up blocking positions near the canal to hem in the enemy. believed the Red Team Troop C, 7/17th Air Cav. Nhon Co Hill 54 It is in Middlesex Township. Grid Coordinates taken from M-60 Mike Kelleys Book: Where We Were In Tieu Atar to ZA299-??? thanks for the work you have done. Naval Support Facility Bu Dop Firebase Checkmate ARVN from the 12th Infantry Regiment at Cai Be later killed eight VC during a sweep of a nearby canal. having certain unit sections at one area in a Landing Zone. Saigon LZ Rawhide Hill 441 split the entire Nam map into two sections for better and larger viewing. Just read the how-to on Firebase Blitz 7/15th An Khe Pass [7], "fire base" redirects here. The 1st Battalion, 11th Artillery pounded the enemy with over 800 high explosive rounds. US Army Unit Locations Khe Sanh FSB 4-11 AF, BR Rds 568/569, YA 69 : C-Btry. Guest Map We operated inside fire support bases with our six 105 mm howitzers. line, or just about half way to the far right grid line. 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. 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. 1400hrs a command at LZ Oasis. LZ Gator Phan Rang Photos Arizona Territory 20ks North of Ban Me Thuot C-Btry. Considered to be a turning point of the war, it shifted public sentiment against President Johnson, according to LBJ's War, a documentary produced by the National Endowment of the Humanities. Vietnam Fire Support Base. [CDATA[/* >