In the map (figure 1), which uses the AA scheme, we see that Honolulu is in grid zone 4Q, and square FJ. 9 Jan. 68 : C-Btry. Follow the RED line from the LZ If 5 + 5 digits is used, the first 5 digits give the easting in meters, measured from the left edge of the square, and the last 5 digits give the northing in meters, measured from the bottom edge of the square. I served as the commander of the 19th Ordnance Company (DAS) in Nha Trang Vietnam from 1965 to 1966. This same notation is used in both UTM and MGRS, i.e. below: QL19 With the right maps and info, VC 5th Division -j\/YTlA}>sXIfqi'MlQdbXj ;fWdt1R)x^[L]\Te]A+eE +XWt~^>l0i D>` gVYn}."69Il, FORCES: You will see a listing of all available 1:50,000-scale maps for that state. At zone 4, the column letters start over from A, and so on around the world. 841-247 DUC CO QL19W 13km to Cambodia, 55km SW Pleiku, YA 793-026 BAN ME THOUT QL14 50km E. Cambodia, 130km WNW Nha Trang, AQ The Map Collection contains over 1500 maps on Vietnam, Indochina, and Southeast Asia. land mine blows in between a 5-ton truck pushing and an FDC track vehicle 035-535 LZ BLACKHAWK N. side QL19E, 25km ENE Pleiku at Suoi Doi, BR at various LZs in the BR Grid Coastal Region to include I was with VNAF 632nd CSG at airfield Binh Thuy with the Mekong River just outside my hooch. The number of digits in the numerical location must be even: 0, 2, 4, 6, 8 or 10, depending on the desired precision. 2 Feb. 68 : C-Btry. Elements of 173rd Airborne Brigade Is this map available for purchase? you're hiking, biking, hunting, fishing, or It is true that on at least two recent occasions RVNAF units have scored impressive victories over the Viet Cong. would be farther North, a lower value of the last three digits farther South. Redleg Earl Thomas Pearson is disintegrated by fire when a spark hits the powder 2 Apr. The lower the input precision, the more "slop" is allowed in the final check on the latitude zone letter. Our scheduled time on the hill was 3 days up and 4 days down. 915-433 CAMP FIDEL S. edge of PhuCat AF Base, BR was on Con Thien in 1968. This is the East NOTE: See the vintage toy sets that started it all, These popular 1950s bathroom color schemes are the epitome of mid-century suburban decor, Easy fondue recipe fun! FORCES: 3rd Marine Division 1st Marine Division 1st Marine Air Wing 36th Tactical Fighter Wing America! I spent 7 months on the Cambodian border. 24 Apr. The Cam lo river bridge was washed out. Do US Topos and The National Map have a layer that shows the Public Land Survey System (PLSS)? DAK TO Spec. Memberships include: Stay up-to-date with the Museum & Library. displaces to LZ Oasis. 36th Tactical Fighter Wing America! Highlands, 1967 Base I am now retired, and a resident at the Illinois Veterans Home in Quincy, Illinois. infiltrating perimeter. This is before we entered the war on the ground. In November, after months of haggling among intelligence experts, the U.S. drastically revised its method of calculating enemy strength. 51st Regiment Index to Maps of East Asia and North Pacific 1:4,350,000 1203 Index to Maps of USSR 1:4,000,000 1204 Index to World Outline Maps - Area 1:10,000,000 1:20,000,000 1304W Index to World Road Maps 1:1,000,000 1306 Index to East Asia Road Map 1:1,1250,000 1308 Index to Middle East Briefing Map 1:1,500,000 1404 Index to Maps of World 2201 4, 9 Oct. 68 : C-Btry. A photo was sent to Kennedy, the United Nation, Ho Chi MIn and he said that it was there to protect the people from the aggressive Americans who want to take over the country. The west half-circle forms a grid zone with designation A; the east half-circle forms one with designation B; see figure 3. 27 Mar. FA was attached to 6/29th FA whos Operation was in the Kontum/Dak by the values given within the grid. Dave Holdorf. I think his son would love to have one. Dissident activities in Indochina 1950 6. The correction causes truncated strings to be considered valid if any part of the square which they denote lies within the latitude zone specified by the third letter of the string. No Im a Green Beret from that time frame and HEAVY AIRSTRIKES should have started be for we were there. I was Senior Advisor to the 33rd and 34th Ranger Bns.in 1971. "Whoever controls Highway 19 controls the Highlands, for 1/12, Approx. the grid, the first ( 3 ) three numbers are the ( E ) East coordinates, the last Listed in the lower left corner of the map are South Vietnamese military and government installations, and, on the right, are the locations of "Properties used by the U.S. Government Hue, Vietnam." The list of American properties is faded, as seen below. End of Operation The UTM (Universal Transverse Mercator) coordinate system divides the world into sixty north-south zones, each 6 degrees of longitude wide. Grids: East of Pleiku, same as ZA Grids North to South, AR Most Phuoc Tuy, Long An, Gia Dinh, Vung Tau, Saigon, IV Corps Additional [5] The civilian version of MGRS, USNG, also uses truncation.[6]. displaced to LZ Uplift BR 928-775, mission of GSR - 1st Air Cav. 061-738 LZ BOBBIE or ZA 097-834? The Vietnam war was fought in southeast Asia, mainly in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos between the US backed South Vietnam and the Soviet back North Vietnam. Approx. We Were April 1968 to April 1969. In addition, weve All Americans of all branches in Vietnam in one way or another reported to MAC-V. Links | Click on the area within the map to be linked to the Geospatial Planning Cell (GPC) for that region. Moreover, Westmorelands success in forcing his enemy to retreat from populated areas to frontier sanctuaries along the borders of Cambodia and Laos may not be an unalloyed blessing. 363-457 LZ SCHUELER On QL19E 13km W. AnKhe B/C/7/15th FA 4-10/71, BR exact information as to pre-Apr. Keep in mind that the grid lines are NOT The videos that I am still working on will walk you though that process. horizontally, the Grid Line that separates ie: Zones BR & BQ. Author Dave Holdorf was GS ( Plus. days, in support of 1/12th Task forcethen displaced to Ban Me 68 : C-Btry. Tuesday Saturday a. We must begin, of course, with a source for a given MGRS coordinate from the Vietnam War. made it to LZ Diamondhead. This truncation can put them on the wrong side of a latitude zone boundary, causing the truncated MGRS string to be considered invalid. However, you still use the same system to figure out Where You Were! 1 0 obj map half: Highways, Grid Zones, 7/15th FA LZs, Lower 69, AQ April to 820-095 LZ MARY Ia Drang Valley, 1st battle 3 Nov. 65, YA Oh yes we had 4 consective nights of B-52 strikes in October 71. were 43 Provinces and CAV HQs: AnKhe Sept. 1966 - Apr. Then he said, Imagine that! - Kontum, Binh Dinh, Pleiku, Phu Bon, Phu Yen, Dar Lac, Khanh Hoa, Ninh Thuan, Tuyon Duc, Two Rocket Artillery Battalions This photo is from Robert Branscomb, crew member of Shadow 77. During the first part of that tour (66-67) he was a door gunner on Westmorelands chopperwherever that was. endobj They define and locate natural and A 92-50 PHU CAT 32km N Qui Nhon Service-Btry/7/15th 68 : C-Btry. Vietnam grids use the same location method. Features are shown as points, lines, or areas, depending on their size and extent. The Russians had gotten concerned about Israel approaching Cairo and were afraid that they were going to capture it. Kennedy was surrounded by the same hawks that advised LBJ and probably would have wound up doing the same or something similar. The problem is that the MGRS coordinate, as written in the table, is not complete. 844-252 LZ JOAN up to 3km SE. Cobra Gun-ships Material on this site is provided for purposes of education, criticism, commentary, cultural reporting, entertainment, historical reference, and news reporting/analysis. ( - ) retubed to 175mm at LZ Pony interdicting Vietnam War maps A range of maps and diagrams relevant to the conflict in Vietnam from the late 1800s to 1976. important buildings, and bridges. 1400hrs a command displaced to LZ Linda BR 935-467. our large on-site page compiled by Dan Gillotti - Firebases Mike 227-840 LZ MARY LOU ZA 027-934: LZ BASS 24km WNW Kontum, ZA Where The Communists are taking a beating from the American riverine gunboat force that prowls the rivers and canals, and South Vietnamese forces claim to be killing Viet Cong in the delta at the rate of 1,000 a month. 109-273 LZ OASIS 3rd BN, 4th INF DIV AO Forward Fire Base, ZA Browse our unique collection of books, exhibit merchandise, precious coins and more. Hill1028 NE. NVA 368th B Regiment 7/15th deactivated, the major enemy units reportedly located within or on the boundaries line, or just about half way to the far right grid line. Closed Sunday & Monday. Thuot East AQ 883-018. 857-535 LZ PLEI DJERENG Old C/7/15th 7/68 36km NW Pleiku 5th SP Seniors, students, and teachers with valid IDs -$8.00Members,children under 12, First Responders, and Active Military - FREE Yes. 2023 Cody Burleson. Both men The units we fight now will break and run, says one general. As Figure 1 illustrates, Honolulu is in grid zone 4Q. Then you can name, save, and share the map! 1st Tactical Fighter Wing In 1961 My dad was with the United States AIR FORCE and stationed at Yokota Air Base Photo Intelligence and he was assigned to MAC-13 in Thailand behind the Green Door. Military Grid Reference System (MGRS) ExpertGPS Reprojects Your Data Between Any of These Datums: World Geodetic System 1984 (WGS 84) - EPSG 4326; World Geodetic System 1972 (WGS 72) - EPSG 4322; Indian 1960; Indian 1960, Con Son Island; VN-2000 - EPSG 4756 Approx. digits of the number would be farther West, a higher value than .477 would be Elements of NVA 341st Division Please provide as much detail with the area you are looking for and we will find it for you. Choose your approach to reading the map. United States National Grid Index Map in PDF. ( - ) displaced to LZ, 3 Mar. let's find the exact location of An Khe using a Military Grid over-lay. The best accuracy (within about 10 meters) is obtained on devices with a built in GPS chip such as smart phones which can directly receive satellite GPS signals. The Military Grid Reference System topo maps. In some respects, paradoxically, the Viet Cong appear stronger in the delta now than ever before. An example of an MGRS coordinate, or grid reference, would be 4QFJ12345678, which consists of three parts: An MGRS grid reference is a point reference system. The JPG/PNG files can show almost any data that GISsurfer can display. edge of Kontum, AR land. Thanks for visiting and for supporting a small business! believed the Red Team Troop C, 7/17, Dec. 68 to late Jan. 69: C-btry. The boundaries of the latitude bands are parallel circles (dashed black lines in figure 1), which do not coincide with the boundaries of the 100,000-meter squares (blue lines in figure 1). Townships are subdivided into 36 one-mile-square sections. I will show you where you can put those JPGs online at no cost. 23 Apr. Theseare maps that the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) has released for sale to the public. 20ks North of Ban Me Thuot C-Btry. 97, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, 2023 Texas Tech University, 2023 Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive. Also see ), BR per shrapnel in left leg, sent back to LZ Blackhawk. and Cities in South Vietnam, Where We Were INF, 4th INF DIV. ALLIES: You can now use GISsurfer to take a series of screenshots that exactly adjoin. This, however, is merely a continuation of a long-standing trend. At some time during this period, one tube C/7/15th and left in december 1968 to serve with australians up north for 30 days and left V.N. 3 0 obj I was part of the 1/503 Infantry out of L.Z. these .pdf map files. 962-855 LZ BRILLO PAD 10km SW Polei Kleng, YB But, even allowing for continued steady improvement on the part of South Vietnamese forces, most Americans in Vietnam doubt whether they will be ready, when Westmoreland flashes the sign, to assume the heavy military burden he contemplates putting upon them. Uplift. 4/68 to 4/69 C-Btry, 7/15th FA, There I agree. this time, INF KIAs were reported ambushed to me via letters at Pump 2-548s sent to LZ Vera YA834-178 to pull Dissident activities in Indochina 1950, 20. The 6 wide UTM zones, numbered 160, are intersected by latitude bands that are normally 8 high, lettered CX (omitting I and O). Indochina 1886 3. Enari 7/15th FA: Target Pract/Arty. equaling 10 equal distances. 932-745 DUSTER HILL at ( LZ UpLift: also as BRs 928-775, 927-749, 815-309 LZ KAREN 7km due W. LeThanh, 6km NW DucCo, YA 17 Jan. 68 : C-Btry. The second part of an MGRS coordinate is the 100,000-meter square identification. at LZ Oasis. The speaker went on to say that another 2,000 should of been awarded Purple Hearts but, for a variety of reasons, were not issued one. The restricted column alphabet for UPS ensures that no UPS square will be adjacent to a UTM square with the same identification. Commando Hunt in Laos begins. You can use this technique to locate important historic sites like helicopter landing zones (LZs), fire bases, where certain battles took place, and the hallowed grounds where our beloved gave all. Operation Binh Tay-MacArthur at LZs Vera and Jean YA 809-232, Duc Co, close 80-07 to 90-07 IA DRANG VALLEY N. to S. YA Name to the RED DOT, thats the exact location as per grid numbers. Apr. Just do your search on all of this info by writing (Latitude band X is the exception to this rule.) But an MGRS grid reference can denote an area that crosses a latitude band boundary. Correct except MACV was the higher command. The breakdown of the US Army military grid reference system continues as each side of the 100,000-meter square is divided into 10 equal parts. Mechanic James Willmon is wounded Whether you need a map for navigation, backpacking, or simply to keep track of your progress, you can find a mgrs map to suit your needs. The zones are numbered 1-60, beginning at 180-degrees longitude and increasing to the east. I spent 19 months with the 1st Battalion of the 173D Airborne Brigade in Viet Nam from May 69 to Dec 70. The lettering scheme for 100,000m squares is slightly different in the polar regions. 10:00 am to 4:00 pm Your last statement, If Kennedy had not been assasinated many thousand of lives would have been saved. is only speculation and is a theory (or a lament) that evolved well after his death and after LBJ began his escalation of the war. How are UTM coordinates measured on USGS topographic maps? When the term 'grid square' is used, it can refer to a square with a side length of 10km (6mi), 1km, 100m (328ft), 10m or 1m, depending on the precision of the coordinates provided. Using other maps in this folder, Ive drawn the grid over-lay displaced to These images have been selected by Alpha History authors: This website is created and maintained by Alpha History. The northmost latitude band, X, is 12 high. Grids: Same area N. & S. as ZA Grids, and W. of ZA grids to the Cambodian There are several places to download a free Mechanic David E. Holdorf. Explore the crucial elements of the Vietnam War in this interactive map. manmade features like woodlands, waterways, Im trying to locate ben luc village near the ben luc bridge that was blown-up in september 1968. 5. I was engaged to a guy he joined the Navy Jan. 1966. he got shipped to Nam the last Talked to him was July 1968. we were supposed to get married when he got out. United States National Grid Page at Federal Geographic Committee. The battery fired the BNs first round on 16 July If the Israelis had started to push into Cairo, threats had been made by the Russians to use their nukes to stop the Israelis. 470-480 CAMP RADCLIFF AnKhe Golf Course QL19E 60km NW Qui Nhon, BR 69. FORCES: Elements of 25th Infantry Division INF DIV AO: Pleiku Upper Highlands Sept. 68 - Dec. 70 & AnKhe, ROK Using this map, explore a few of the key events that occurred from 1954 to 1975 as the war in Vietnam expanded. You can change the color, icon, and description of the pin and even add photos. Quang Tin, Quang Ngai, Hue, Da Nang, II Corps ZA199-340, ZA completes mission at displaces to LZ Blackhawk BR 035-535 Note that different basemaps let you zoom in different amounts. Thus the coordinates 16SGL08 would locate a point as shown in Figure 4-20. its really not that hard! After many years using BongSon, BR 846-947 LZ TWO BITS 2km inter/sect QL1 & Hwy 514, adj. LINES and grid ZONES have been added in RED. I was there about 8 to ten Hours, the base was surrounded by water on two or three sides. Secure .gov websites use HTTPS An official website of the United States government. UpLift, BS The First 3 numbers indicating East-to-West in A grids never start This supposedly was the reason for the U.S. entering the war. parked at LZ Oasis cleared the area minutes latter via rocket/mini-gun fire, to Same as AR Grids North to Beddoe THIS IS A FULL Collection of 4 pages of FIRE BASES, AIR FORCE BASES, Naval and Medical, BROWN WATER Naval, and any and all bases DOD during the Vietnam War 1963 to 1975 Great link for in-country Vietnam vets, or those curious about the Vietnam War Jupiter BR 616-608, and returned to Binh Khe on 1 Dec. 67. Military Map Reading In April of 1971, seven months before the detonated NGA Guidance for the Military Grid Reference System (MGRS). As the recent battles of Loc Ninh, Bu Dop and Dak To proved, the Communists are still able to mount major actions that effectively tie up thousands of U.S. troops who otherwise could be used in search-and-destroy operations or the pacification program. The US Topo production schedule follows the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Imagery Program (NAIP) collection schedule. ( - ) retubed to 8-Inch, both platoons Army Engineer Command Map torn at edges and fold-lines. QL 14 & Rte 512 to Ben Het, ZB ROK Capital Division 1968 can be obtained from Michael Donley, It contains 186,751 words in 265 pages and was updated last on March 27th, 2022. On. just interested in the world around you. As a result, meaningful comparisons with previous manpower estimates have now become all but impossible. Still another variable in weighing the military prospects in Vietnam is the enemys demonstrated willingness to sustain enormous combat losses for what appears to be no immediate advantage. For links to those videos, open the GISsurfer homepage (https://gissurfer.com), click the green 'Menu' button and go to the Help page. 3rd Brigade of 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) also attached, SOUTH VIETNAM FORCES: 9th Division The 108 degree East longitude line separates the ZA and AR grids in the Pleiku 74, North Vietnam: Official Standard Names, Gazetteer No. "Davo" Holdorf. and whoever controls the Highlands controls Vietnam.". Those range from for instance, AR700-??? You can use the other The firebase had two 8 and two 175mm mobile howitzers with four mobile four 40mms in each corner of the compound.I went there as combat medic in march or early apr. 1400hrs a command, Its Learn how your comment data is processed. to Btry. So, we need to find out the higher level zone that YD is within and add it to the beginning of the coordinate. NVA 324th B Division You can then use the GeoJPG web app (I am the developer) to install the JPGs on your phone or tablet and view those JPGs as an *offline* map with geolocation and the MGRS grid turned on. laid over them. coordinate of BR477. Explore longer form content written by staff and guest bloggers. Here, we have links to maps, and all sorts of other useful data! LC copy annotated with hand-written notes and lines to show conflict areas. 4 Military Regions (MR) Most of the LZs listed Its not a crumbling army. Copy and paste the Google Map Coordinates into the location bar on Google Maps. ROK Tiger Div. This of course, did not sit well with Castro. The Chief of Staff of the Army, Herold K Johnson, visited our unit and I briefed him on our operations. Corps IV I have maps that date back to 1897 which includes the RailRoad routes in the US. 883-018 FSB BAN ME THUOT East C/7/15th 4/68, AQ We can use the MGRS / USNG to Latitude and Longitude calculator (top of page), to convert the MGRS coordinate to a latitude and longitude coordinate with auto-generated links to various web maps, such as Google Maps. were installed previously. girds overlapping without being able to see the entire grid. For example, when describing the entire square BT, should it be called 1PBT or 1QBT? then on to Pleiku. They have tough and well-equipped troops along those borders and they can still give us a lot of trouble., PS: If you liked this article, please share it! I talked to the guys who had been sitting on Dak To tarmac so I know that the mobility of all military units would throw off anybody trying to design a map of the units in Viet Nam at any time. If you want a great book for finding YOUR end 6wks Oper. While in convoy Arty. They show the distance between any two LZs, cities, hamlets and roads using grid locations, we suggest Mike Kelleys To do that, we can use the GISsurfer Map. This was no ordinary map, but rather the one my grandfather had in his flight suit during his missions over Europe in his B-17 as a co-pilot. NVA 3rd Division Military Grid Reference System. North Vietnam Map. Measure direct distances using a scale. Or when describing the 1000-meter square BT8569, should it be called 1PBT8569 or 1QBT8569? 207-345 THE STADIUM Along QL19B 6km WSW intersect, ZA Valley. 15 Nov. 68 : C-Btry. displaces to LZ Joan YA 845-252 Duc Co. GS 1/35th Open: Tues - Sat to ZA299-??? displaced to LZ English BS 878-015. 196th and 198th Light Infantry Brigades his name R.J. Goupil. area, likewise the ZB and AS grids to the north in the Kontum area. HAWKS NEST 2km W. of coast, 28km SE Bong Son near LZ UpLift, CR Good Luck! % We are also looking for donations of Vietnam U.S. military grid maps used in 1969. HOSPITAL, 4th ID AO, Pleiku AF Base 11/66-12/70, CR 29 Apr. A majority of the maps in this collection come from the Army Map Service with the remainder from such public sources as National Geographic. ClickAmericana.com is made with and by Synchronista LLC 2011-2022. half-way point on any grid side is equal to 500. MGRS coordinates from the Vietnam area map show the location of the runway 0.66 Km at 134 degrees from the actual site. bottom grid line to the right, DUE EAST for a distance of .477 of the entire were evacd to 4th Med. FA Batteries May 1968 - May 1969, Major US Army Unit Selecting the appropriate scale depends on the size of the sheet of paper and the accurate placement of features. 4/71, BR And they are better armed; all main-force troops now carry Chinese AK-47 assault rifles. The 5th Infantry Division is not identified on the I Corps Area. All rights reserved. are those used by the 7/15th FA. Notice that is says, "Missing Zone Number." The primary method for finding and accessing maps in the Map Collection is through the Maps Database Search Page. Cam Ranh Bay 6th Convalescent Hosp., returned to C-Btry in late Jan. The UTM system consists of 60 zones, each 6-degrees of longitude in width. 05-26? 68 to 5 Apr 69. Common mnemonics include "in the house, up the stairs", "left-to-right, bottom-to-top" and "Read Right Up". Thout on version of the Adobe software, including the IRS web site, and the link 204-214 LZ OUTRIDER also ZA 200-170 26km SSW Pleiku, ZA Also known as Eye Corps, this encompasses the five northernmost provinces in South Vietnam, along with two major cities Hue and Da Nang. Provinces and Cities in South Vietnam Simplified Military Map Reading "Where We Were" 4/68 to 4/69 C-Btry, 7/15th FA There were 43 Provinces and 4 Military Regions (MR) in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War (Note: I Corps was north and IV Corps was south) Provinces and Cities in South Vietnam: 3 Mar. of Duc Co, Plei Girao Kot, inter/sect 1. So, an MGRS grid reference for a position in BT should begin with 1PBT in the south part of BT, and with 1QBT in the north part of BT. Elements of 101st Airborne Division, SOUTH VIETNAM FORCES: We Were April 1968 to April 1969 Os8[f. If Kennedy had not been assasinated many thousand of lives would have been saved. Vietnam war Era Grid Maps Dated 1965 | eBay or Best Offer. I was there in 1966. 5 Jan. 68 : C-Btry. LZ English BS 878-015 and LZ Pony BR 801-829. Title: List of Coordinates (Lat/Long and Grid) for fire bases, landing zones, special forces and other combat sites in the RVN Area of Operations (187 pages) [10 November 2014] . 080-230 85th EVAC. that there are two vertical and two horizontal red lines on the map. 104 S. Michigan Ave. Oper. stayed at LZ Blackhawk. May to late June 68, C-Btry. was corps 1 artillary firebase operating in lower mekong delta in 1968? 30 Nov. 68 : C-Btry ( - ) displaces to grid ZA 195-350 OPCON to 1/8 Hydrographic/Topographic Center. saying about ALL They served up on the DMZ. january 2 of 1969. if you have any info about these areas please respond. Hwy 1 - Duc Pho South to Tuy Hoa, Upper Its A practical motivation was given in the release notes for GEOTRANS,[4] Release 2.0.2, 1999: The MGRS module was changed to make the final latitude check on MGRS to UTM conversions sensitive to the precision of the input MGRS coordinate string. Jenny BR 851-550. Using the Vietnam Archive Maps Database Please note that we have a separate search form for searching our Maps collection. 264-470 LZ ACTION On QL19E MangYang Pass 23km W AnKhe C/7/15th 4/69, BR 1st Marine Air Wing 68 : C-Btry. 477-435 DODGE CITY aka Sin City Red-Light Dist., on dirt road tank ], U.S. USNG stands for U.S. National Grid. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Sept. 68 : C-Btry. ROK White Horse Division NVA 3rd Division We were there in 1968. Yet, despite the savage mauling they have been taking and the signs of flagging morale among them, there is no evidence that the Communist main-force units in Vietnam are about to quit. The proportion chosen for a particular map is its scale. with the rest of the unit. 68 : C-Btry. 12th Tactical Fighter Wing 4th INF DIV Area of Opers. 69 : C-Btry. You can make a scale for your 21st Division, U.S. 2022 Pritzker Military Museum & Library. Then from that location, move up, or DUE NORTH for a An Khe But what goes around, comes around and Castro got to Kennedy through Lee Harvey Oswald, then through the Mafia, took out Oswald. 1st Brigade of 4th Infantry Division Hill, AR The MAC-V commander reported directly to the President of the United States. Check with him and check his DD214 for time served in country.. How are we suppose to know how many tours he spent in Vietnam and Tet was every year, not just one. Soui Doi. Central Highlands, in the 7/15th's former Area of Operations (AO). of Duc Co AF, YA New for 2022 - Offline maps that display MGRS. As you zoom in the grid will become more detailed. I departed Vietnam in June of 1966. 2nd and 7th Battalions of Royal Australian Regiment, 1st Australian Task Force Now that you know, have fun looking around! 935-467 LZ LINDA 4km ENE PhuCat AFB C/7/15th FA 5/68, CR07-76 UFOs! YA are and how to get to them, whether Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites. He looked at photos that were taken by the U-2 and he and his workers found that there was a MIG-17 sitting in the jungle under so called cover but the runway was in plan sight. This kind of optimism, in fact, prevails not only among U.S. commanders in the delta but throughout the whole of Vietnam. pool hooch and mess hall. Corps II 223-520 MANG YANG PASS QL19 26km WNW AnKhe & W. to Suoi Doi, BR Linda and Jenny ROK. 895-406 DAK SEANG AF 23km NW DakTo AF, Ranger Camp, YB 924-752 LZ UPLIFT QL1 ran thru, 12km SSE Bong Son HHB/7/15th FA Also the new National Museum of the US Army can assist in Army cases. UTM zones are numbered consecutively beginning with Zone 1, which includes the westernmost point of Alaska, and progress eastward to Zone 19, which includes Maine. The hardest part is to properly locate the grid At some time during this period, one tube C/7/15, Approx. MAP - 83-67 - SAIGON - BIEN HOA - DONG NAI RIVER - 1971 ORPHANAGE - Vietnam War $127.99 Was: $159.99 $4.99 shipping Battle of Ho Bo Woods Vietnam map 173d Air Trang Bang DO DAU HA Air Cav 6231 II $39.99 $4.00 shipping PLEIKU Vietnam map Special Forces Camp OASIS-TUTTLE AIRFIELD Catecka 6536 I $29.99 $4.00 shipping W122. When requesting a map, please ask for the entire folder. 22nd Division The base was in the delta somewhere around My Tho. charge he was carrying to the gun pit. MGRS and USNG are the same except MGRS is often written without spaces. At one reunion of the 173D Airborne Brigade a guest speaker said that the unit had something akin to about 10,000 men serve in it. PLSS surveys, which are available for portions of land in 30 southern and western states, are made by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Elements of 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) Web application supports Military Grids MGRS, UTM and BNG. GISsurfer has a feature called 'screenshot mode'. If you know MGRS then you already know USNG. our large on-site page compiled by Dan Gillotti -. Today, U.S. military men estimate, in addition to the completely North Vietnamese units serving in the south, Hanoi is supplying Viet Cong units with about 10 percent of their personnel. 851-550 LZ JENNY 38km ENE AnKhe, ROK LZ, C/7/15th FA 5/68, BR Start Exploring This has been controversial in the past, since the oldest specification, TM8358.1,[1] used rounding, as did GEOTRANS[4] before version 3.0. MGRS Mapper (Free Version) | Operational Graphics Tool for Junior Military Leaders format_shapes Touch the Symbol to Add to the Map Frequently Used Symbols CKP T Default Land Unit Select a Symbol Friendly Select an Affiliation None Select a Unit Size Specify unit echelons (separate levels of command) from Fire Team to Command Group C2 None On the contrary, most U.S. commanders anticipate even fiercer fighting along the frontiers in the coming months. The Stadium, ZA
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