are those used by the 7/15th FA. exact location can be found using a Vietnam map that has the BR grid shown 35th Tactical Fighter Wing Elements of 9th Infantry Division I think his son would love to have one. 88-99 LZ GRAY QL14 50km SSE Pleiku named: If UTM ticks are shown on a USGS topographic map, the zone is indicated in the credit legend in UTM is the acronym for Universal Transverse Mercator, a plane coordinate grid system named for the map projection on which it is based (Transverse Mercator). In some respects, paradoxically, the Viet Cong appear stronger in the delta now than ever before. <> We transported the prisoners our forces captured from the field to the POW camps where MACV took over responsibility in an advisory capacity to see that the Geneva Convention agreement relating to prisoner treatment was adhered to by the South Vietnamese who had control of the camp. The map is displayed by GISsurfer which is a general purpose web map based on the Leaflet map API (Application Program Interface). BongSon, BR Corps: Roads, Grid Zones, Airfields, and Directory, (Also see: List of Firebases, LZ's and Base Camps), There was a Vietnamese Search the Digital Collections representing our digitized holdings across a wide spectrum of materials include artifacts, prints, posters, maps and more. Elements of 9th Infantry Division 1st of the 5th Div.were op-con to the 3rd Marine Div under armys XXIV Corps. 1 July 67 : C-Btry. as an over-lay. at LZ Oasis. But U.S. military men nonetheless argue that the performance of VC units in the delta is not what it used to be. experienced another War casualty as Gun-Section by Dave Davo Locations of 7/15th FA Batteries Click on+VIEW FILTERSto toggle on additional filters. Plei Djereng YA 85-45. New Zealand Artillery Battery, Killed in action (Monthly average) | Under whose control? NVA 5th Division They show the distance between any two MGRS / USNG to Latitude and Longitude. We Were April 1968 to April 1969 in red lines on the map shown below. An American Army unit were 90% of the people in it were injured in combat but kept on fighting. It contains 186,751 words in 265 pages and was updated last on March 27th, 2022. The Grid Number Location for AnKhe is BR477435. Sept. 68 : C-Btry. 4th Gun Section fires 10,000th Our scheduled time on the hill was 3 days up and 4 days down. FA at LZ Action for direct fire into surrounding mountains. The USGS has alimitednumber of 1:50,000-scale maps available for the United States. 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. In Phase Three, Westmoreland plans to destroy the Viet Congs infrastructure and turn over to a completely retrained South Vietnamese Army a major portion of the defense of the Demilitarized Zone and other areas. Station 10 AR 939-480. 1530 hrs damaged gun repaired and Their numbers have clearly increased. We believe this map I was stationed in the 19th Combat Engineers during 1966 to 1967. Qui Nhon Aug. 65-69 at Phu Bai 69-71, BS Indochina 1886 3. Military Grid Reference System. As a result, meaningful comparisons with previous manpower estimates have now become all but impossible. Aka: It is true that on at least two recent occasions RVNAF units have scored impressive victories over the Viet Cong. HOSP. The videos that I am still working on will walk you though that process. This truncation can put them on the wrong side of a latitude zone boundary, causing the truncated MGRS string to be considered invalid. They define and locate natural and Vietnam concerning military strategy: LZ NORTH ENGLISH Bong Son N. of LZ ENGLISH, BR 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. begin with a number larger than 2! 22 Apr.68 : C-Btry. that some locations have more than one grid due to either being large, or BR indicating that the BR Grid is within the four red lines. This article will focus on the locations and information during my tour 5 Ive 80-07 to 90-07 IA DRANG VALLEY N. to S. YA And by 1969, the general says, he hopes to start Phase Four the gradually phased withdrawal of a significant number of U.S. combat troops. Vietnam war Era Grid Maps Dated 1965 | eBay or Best Offer. ROK Tiger Div. Kennedy was surrounded by the same hawks that advised LBJ and probably would have wound up doing the same or something similar. The sixteen southern provinces in and around the Mekong River delta comprise the richest part of all Vietnam, its rice bowl. 80-84 to BR86-77 506 VALLEY 18km S. Bong Son, 9km W. QL1, BR Also the new National Museum of the US Army can assist in Army cases. & Z Map Grids are NOT Like Others! 685-420 LZ DIAMONDHEAD Binh Khe 22km ESE AnKhe on QL19E C/7/15 68, BR For larger buildings, the actual shapes are mapped. 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. 32km S Nha Trang, Major US Installation, CP & Z Map Grids are NOT Like Others! While there, unit experienced sappers At some time during this period, one tube C/7/15th How can you forget the Vietnamese Ranger Groups? Thout on FORCES: 3rd Marine Division 1st Marine Division 1st Marine Air Wing 36th Tactical Fighter Wing America! Highlands, 7/17th Cav Regiment (AIR) - Highlands 962-855 LZ BRILLO PAD 10km SW Polei Kleng, YB 4/71, BR At some time during this period, one tube C/7/15, Approx. Nonetheless, the U.S. command in Saigon believes that Hanoi has not been able to keep pace with the Viet Congs attrition rate and that, as a consequence, total enemy troop strength has declined over the past year. 11th Infantry Brigade was on Con Thien in 1968. East - Qui Nhon to Pleiku We can now enter it into the MGRS / USNG to Latitude and Longitude calculator. Service Battery. Go to Google My Maps, enter the LAT/LONG given by the calculation, and Google will drop a pin! In the case of locating An Khe, you start at 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. 00-15 CAM RANH BAY For more information, please visit our FAQ or Terms of Use. Republic of Korea 1st Tiger DIV BR/BQ/CR/CQ Grids 61st Arty Binh Khe. Grids: ESE Pleiku, most due south off QL14, AQ USNG stands for U.S. National Grid. The units we fight now will break and run, says one general. at LZ Oasis. Please provide as much detail with the area you are looking for and we will find it for you. damaged guns from B/1/92nd FA which had extensive damage and Forces Camp Old, ZB Thanks to my dad I have a great collection of Maps all over the world. 230-354 Camp St. Barbara 3km E. Catecka AF, if 230-534: QL14 S. Pleiku, ZA It notes the residences of American diplomats, civil administrators, and military advisors. the normal longitude or latitude lines that normally appear on maps. End of Operation Each UTM zone is divided into 100,000 meter squares, so that their corners have UTM-coordinates that are multiples of 100,000 meters. 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] . dimensions are larger than 14" x 8.5"). Therefore, a position reported in a modern datum usually cannot be misunderstood as using an old datum, and vice versa provided the datums use different MGRS lettering schemes. Mike Kennedy was killed because he was going to with draw the troops out and let the people fight their own battle against the Communist. Elements of 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) were evacd to 4th Med. 23rd Division, U.S. You can now use GISsurfer to take a series of screenshots that exactly adjoin. 12th Tactical Fighter Wing The schnook couldnt land at the base because it was too hot, they dropped me off about ten twelve miles away, in a field. no login required) ArcGIS server along with an MGRS grid on top of that data. Closed Sunday & Monday. 943-043 LZ ALBANY Ia Drang Valley 17km W. Plei Me, YA 3rd Tactical Fighter Wing In densely built-up areas, most individual buildings are omitted and an area tint is shown. Start Exploring would be farther North, a lower value of the last three digits farther South. [5] The civilian version of MGRS, USNG, also uses truncation.[6]. Upon arriving in Vietnam, C-Btry. 0-2 RED BEACH in Qui Nhon on coast, In-Country R&R 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. believed the Red Team Troop C, 7/17th Air Cav. "Whoever controls Highway 19 controls the Highlands, 625-556 HAPPY VALLEY 20km NW AnKhe 22NVA Regt. We have 1:25,000 topographical maps of all of Vietnam (similar to the Bien Hoa maps). Explore the crucial elements of the Vietnam War in this interactive map. line, or just about half way to the far right grid line. INF DIV AO: Pleiku Upper Highlands Sept. 68 - Dec. 70 & AnKhe, ROK Again, imagine three digits wide. So, using this technique, we could lookup the MGRS coordinates for all three remaining points of Leatherneck Square: Did you know that you can create your own Google Map online to share? 1969, 4th 2 Apr. 5 Jan. 68 : C-Btry. Corps III 68 to 5 Apr 69. Eisenhower got us involved in Vietnam, Kennedy accelerated our involvement and LBJ escalated it. 68 : C-Btry. Indochina 1954 7. 21-35Catecka Base Camp - Adj. 012-216 DAK TO II AF 40km NW Kontum, 3km SW DakTo I, AR Hwy 14, firing numerous missions, Hip-Shoot style over a period of a few 477-435 DODGE CITY aka Sin City Red-Light Dist., on dirt road tank The 108 degree East longitude line separates the ZA and AR grids in the Pleiku Highlands, 1967 Base 36th Tactical Fighter Wing America! 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. bottom grid line to the right, DUE EAST for a distance of .477 of the entire The Vietnam War, as seen on Newsweek covers (1964-1973), Ex-POW John McCain tells the story of his captivity in Vietnam (1973), Vietnam War in 1965: Bitter dilemmas and a new US strategy, US pulls out of Vietnam: Saigon government surrenders (1975). Starting 10 Nov. 69 : C-Btry. Plus. 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 made it to LZ Diamondhead. ), BR Offensive" in 1973, and the final offensive in 1975, struck at the heart of the Figures apart, most U.S. commanders in the field are convinced that there has been a marked decline in the past few months in the combat effectiveness of enemy troops. 865-255 BEN HET 13km E. Tri-Border, 15km WNW Dak To, YB ZA 883-018 FSB BAN ME THUOT East C/7/15th 4/68, AQ 25th Infantry Division, SOUTH VIETNAM FORCES: 043-225 DAK TO & Spec. 72-23 to BR 80-90 AN LAO VALLEY then NE to Bong Son to Ocean, BR Your email address will not be published. For example, individual houses may be shown as small black squares. Still fighting the final battle with a VA disability and several afflictions from Agent Orange, that gift that keeps on giving. The Military Grid Reference System (MGRS) provides a means to represent any location on the surface of the Earth using an alphanumeric string. and various unit daily logs, archives, and history references including Firebases map half: Highways, Grid Zones, 7/15th FA LZs, Lower by | May 21, 2021 | playdoh advent calendar | community support services examples. 9th Division 895-406 DAK SEANG AF 23km NW DakTo AF, Ranger Camp, YB 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. So One recent batch of captured documents, for example, turned up a directive issued by the Viet Congs Political Staff Department warning against confusion of mind, fear of hardships and protracted war, lack of heroism and loss of revolutionary pride.. (Latitude band X is the exception to this rule.) How current are US Topo maps? To see which maps are available for sale(or free digital download), go to the onlineUSGS Store: The USGS doesnot have a complete set of NGA 1:50,000 maps for the United States. Where We Were in Vietnam.". Near the equator, the columns of UTM zone 1 have the letters AH, the columns of UTM zone 2 have the letters JR (omitting O), and the columns of UTM zone 3 have the letters SZ. 2022 Pritzker Military Museum & Library. A lock () or https:// means youve safely connected to the .gov website. Injured: FDC Sgt. Dec. 69 : C-btry. 5th Special Forces Group Headquarters ( - ) retubed to 8-Inch, both platoons Dont be shy about seeking help! days, in support of 1/12th Task forcethen displaced to Ban Me also I had a picture that he gave me when he joined in his white uniform .I lost that when we moved.do you know if there is anywhere I can get another one?? These images have been selected by Alpha History authors: 1. 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. Cant figure this out as my husband said his 1st tour was 1966-67, but he also fought during Tet. FORCES: 28 Feb. 68 : C-Btry. If you want a great book for finding YOUR 90-76 MISS AMERICA MOUNTAIN Range N. & NW. 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.