Members of Company D, 2d Battalion, 28th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division, check out bodies of dead NVA following an ambush approximately 36 miles west of Lai Khe. 7 Dec 1969.
Cam Ranh was a major US military installation during the Vietnam War. In addition to its two 10,000' runways, it had an excellent deep-water port and, due to its relatively secure location, was the site of large munitions and POL (Petroleum/Oil/Lubricants) storage site. During 1978-79 the...
This artwork was done by a Vietnam Vet called jinks. jinks dedicated this pic to my unit on Memorial Day 2004. jinks was with C Company, 2 Bn, 34th Armor which supported the units of the 506th Inf. C/2/34 was part of Operation Apache Snow attached to the 3/5 Cav. jinks was a TC and was wounded...
The time was September 1965. U.S. Air Force and Navy planes had been bombing selected targets in North Vietnam for almost six months. Most of the worthwhile targets had been destroyed - except for two bridges, one of which spanned the Song Ma River at a place known to the Vietnamese as "The...
I know that the Aussie SAS saw action in Vietnam, does anyone know other other Aussie units were there?
There is talk in some military history circles that the British SAS also saw action.
The VC were less then enthusiastic about our incursion into the Duc Pho area, in fact they were downright hostile. Every village was fortified with bunkers, tunnels and spider holes, every CA was contested. Resupply ships were shot at, every extraction was hot and mortars fell like rain. Dawn...
1965 Viet Cong blow up U.S. barracks
Viet Cong guerrillas blow up the U.S. barracks at Qui Nhon, 75 miles east of Pleiku on the central coast, with a 100-pound explosive charge under the building. A total of 23 U.S. personnel were killed, as well as two Viet Cong. In response to the attack...
Hey Frisco, just a quick note I picked up.
Silent Patrol Calls In Gunships On VC Patrol
14 October 1967
DUC PHO, (101st ABN-IO) - The sun had set, shrouding the Song Ve Valley in darkness. A squad of paratroopers from the 101st Airborne Division crept across a rice paddy, hoping to...
In APR/MAY03 I returned to Vietnam for a 10 day visit. I went with my wife, Kath, and another couple, James and Sue. James is a Vietnam Vet who served with the 101st Airborne Division [1/327] from MAY67-NOV67, when he volunteered to be trained as a LRRP [Long Range Reconaissance Patrol]. After...
One Shot Charley
As April ‘67 gave way to May things began to change around Duc Pho. The first thing that went was the name, LZ Montezuma just didn’t sound right when the Army said it, so the place became LZ Bronco. The brigade CP arrived along with a mess tent, meaning we could have a hot...
April 16, 1967 Just a “little” firefight
When I first saw LZ Montezuma it was a simple triangular earthen fort built by the French/ARVN/Marines, maybe even the Japanese, with a primitive airstrip on the west and a 500 foot mountain sticking up out of the coastal plain like a wart on a...
Christmas Eve, 1967, I was one of the few sober people at Duc Pho, so I volunteered for the flareship. The flareship was an aircraft on standby loaded with the old Mark 24 aircraft flare, each one three feet long, 5 inches around and weighing 27 pounds. Normally the aircraft was never called...
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