LZ Cunningham Name to the RED DOT, thats the exact location as per grid numbers. our first draft maps in which we asked our Vets to place the LZs we were at, Lai Khe Often makeshift bases hacked out of primary jungle, these artillery gun areas provided essential support to infantry field units during operations in South Vietnam. FSB 16 Duc Lap Linda and Jenny ROK. .BUT you must take this into consideration: The locations in the grids are LZ Kelly Five VC were killed by the 5th/60th troops in the blocking maneuver. 27 Mar. LZ Blackfoot (Hill 1018) })(window,document,'script','https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga'); Very important. Solid Anchor (Nam Cam Base) FA Batteries May 1968 - May 1969, Major US Army Unit Camp Tien Sha Firebase Checkmate weve re-drawn the original using grid coordinates. 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. Additional YA Republic of Korea 1st Tiger DIV BR/BQ/CR/CQ Grids 61st Arty Binh Khe. In the later action, the 5. The rocket attack blew U.S. Army Spc. Phu Nhon I remember Neptune as south of LZ Pluto maybe 15 kilometers but Im not sure of that. 220-465 Observation Post 10 7km SW Pleiku, 7km WSW Holloway, ZA Antenna Valley Operation Essex Nov 7-16 67 130-307 BASE 202 NVA/ VC Valley Staging Area 40 km WSW AnKhe, 1st LZ Tempest was GS ( 207-345 THE STADIUM Along QL19B 6km WSW intersect, ZA 9th Infantry Division copyright ? FSB Buttons was the most northern of the large bases in north east III Corps. 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. LZ Hammond LZ Victory [7], "fire base" redirects here. Hill1028 NE. FSB Illingworth was a hastily constructed firebase built in a dry pond bed only five miles from the Cambodian border in Tay Ninh province. Pleiku Airbase Firebase Ripcord "I must have fired over a thousand rounds in the first ten minutes.". Redleg Earl Thomas Pearson is disintegrated by fire when a spark hits the powder LZ Weigt-Davis LZs, cities, hamlets and roads using grid locations, we suggest Mike Kelleys Units: