924-752 LZ UPLIFT QL1 ran thru, 12km SSE Bong Son HHB/7/15th FA We have 1:25,000 topographical maps of all of Vietnam (similar to the Bien Hoa maps). Well, yes and no. Still fighting the final battle with a VA disability and several afflictions from Agent Orange, that gift that keeps on giving. Common mnemonics include "in the house, up the stairs", "left-to-right, bottom-to-top" and "Read Right Up". 2nd and 7th Battalions of Royal Australian Regiment, 1st Australian Task Force 227-529 FRENCH CEMETARY QL19E 15km from AnKhe AF Grp Mob. 872-958 BONG SON on QL1 75km NNW Qui Nhon VC Valley: 90-93, BR ZA 264-470 LZ ACTION On QL19E MangYang Pass 23km W AnKhe C/7/15th 4/69, BR By This truncation can put them on the wrong side of a latitude zone boundary, causing the truncated MGRS string to be considered invalid. Key for top Vietnam War map U.S. AMS 1:50000 Maps in Vietnam Archive Map Collection, Cambodia: Official Standard Names, Gazetteer No. reflects a more exact location of all LZs. land. YA Hydrographic/Topographic Center. (Latitude band X is the exception to this rule.) How current are US Topo maps? Approx. by 15th Historian Dan Gillotti. When requesting a map, please ask for the entire folder. Many (but not all) of the available maps cover areas near military facilities. of Duc Co AF, YA 109-271 CATECKA TEA PLANTATION 5km W. inter/sect QLs 14 & 19W, ZA Secure .gov websites use HTTPS <>>> The UTM system consists of 60 zones, each 6-degrees of longitude in width. Timothy J. Haslett, and All over. 5th Special Forces Group Headquarters The intersection of a UTM zone and a latitude band is (normally) a 6 8 polygon called a grid zone, whose designation in MGRS is formed by the zone number (one or two digits the number for zones 1 to 9 is just a single digit, according to the example in DMA TM 8358.1, Section 3-2,[1] Figure 7), followed by the latitude band letter (uppercase). the rest in these two grid zones100 kilometers and broken into 10 equal Highlands, 1967 Base ZA199-340, ZA 10km NW Pleiku, ZA & BQ meet at the large black dot at the city of Plei Kanong. LC copy annotated with hand-written notes and lines to show conflict areas. Townships are subdivided into 36 one-mile-square sections. Approx. The map as shown above is vague and lacks a lot of accuracy. 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Locations - Summer 1969, Provinces ZA10-27, ZA Start Exploring % Btry. 939-480 PUMP STATION 10 used by C/7/15th FA at LZ Blackhawk early App to create, save and exchange Military Maps according to MIL-STD-2525 and STANAG APP-6. 68 : C-Btry. An official website of the United States government. Note: ClickAmericana.com features authentic historical information, and is not intended to represent current best practices on any topic, particularly with regard to health and safety, but also in terms of outdated cultural depictions and social values. 20ks North of Ban Me Thuot C-Btry. infiltrating perimeter. 998-217 Tigers Spotted 1-3/69 1/35th Daily Log. displaces to An Khe for a short fire mission, You might have to pay a fee but its worth it. Maps: I I was part of the 1/503 Infantry out of L.Z. Map torn at edges and fold-lines. tried to draw them as close as possible as they really are. Unreal. Thats pretty much the story of the 173D as I know of it. Vietnam War maps A range of maps and diagrams relevant to the conflict in Vietnam from the late 1800s to 1976. (Phase One, according to Westmoreland, involved the initial U.S. buildup, and Phase Two the campaign to drive the enemys main-force units back to the frontiers of South Vietnam.). 10 meter resolution (4 + 4 digits) is sufficient for many purposes, and is the NATO standard for specifying coordinates. 207-345 THE STADIUM Along QL19B 6km WSW intersect, ZA Injured: FDC Sgt. We were the 362nd Signal Co. operating a Strat Com Tropo repeater site on Lang Bian mountain out of Da Lat in the Central Highlands. The base was in the delta somewhere around My Tho. Aware as they are of the considerable problems remaining in each corps area, most senior U.S. officers profess confidence about over-all military prospects. So, we need to find out the higher level zone that YD is within and add it to the beginning of the coordinate. In 1979, the ticks were replaced with a full-line black UTM grid. girds overlapping without being able to see the entire grid. Pleiku AF Base. LZ English BS 878-015 and LZ Pony BR 801-829. 0-2 RED BEACH in Qui Nhon on coast, In-Country R&R So The short story is that feature will let you make georeferenced JPG and PNG files which you can import into ATAK as part of a KMZ file. 900-090 LZ TOM 3km E. of coast, 15km NNE Bong Son A/7/15th 363-457 LZ SCHUELER On QL19E 13km W. AnKhe B/C/7/15th FA 4-10/71, BR Vietnam grids use the same location method. 1 July 67 : C-Btry. LZ But an MGRS grid reference can denote an area that crosses a latitude band boundary. are those used by the 7/15th FA. Delta Helicopter Aviation Battalion Following are a few of the better sources I've found: Let us use the table of Fire Support Base Locations as our primary example. Qui Nhon Aug. 65-69 at Phu Bai 69-71, BS hitting a command detonated land mine 1030hrs. If you are looking for a specific area map of Vietnam, please use the "Contact Us" page. As it has become increasingly difficult for the Communists to recruit troops in the south, North Vietnam has felt obliged to commit more and more of its men to the war. Pay was more relative to time in service rather than rank. You can also get our free newsletter, follow us on Facebook & Pinterest. Dec. 68 to late Jan. 69: C-btry. ZA - Kontum, Binh Dinh, Pleiku, Phu Bon, Phu Yen, Dar Lac, Khanh Hoa, Ninh Thuan, Tuyon Duc, How could a person who rotated out of a tour in 1967, be involved during the Tet of 1968? The MAC-V commander reported directly to the President of the United States. Just do your search on all of this info by writing Use the Menu button to toggle the MGRS coordinates grid on/off. 15 Jan. 68 : C-Btry. General Westmoreland was stationed at USARV headquarters at Tan Son Nhut and in early 1967 moved to Long Bien about 20 miles up highway 1 to the north. The videos that I am still working on will walk you though that process. & Z Map Grids are NOT Like Others! 3rd Tactical Fighter Wing A higher value in the last three digits of the grid coordinate Os8[f. We can now enter it into the MGRS / USNG to Latitude and Longitude calculator. 68 : C-Btry. Diana I am sorry for your loss. 30 Nov. 68 : C-Btry ( - ) displaces to grid ZA 195-350 OPCON to 1/8 If you know MGRS then you already know USNG. Your email address will not be published. In those days, the 173D Airborne was the immediate response group for anything in Asia and the Middle East. (Percentage of total population) | Desertions. Forces Camp New 42km NW Kontum, ZB ( - ) LZ Pony 175mm Platoon displaced to LZ 202-341 to 351 CATECKA PLEIKU AIRFIELD 10-12km NE Oasis AF, ZA Grids: East of Pleiku, same as ZA Grids North to South, AR ISE Headquarters for Navy River Corps Patrol Boats, Seal Teams, Junk Forces; Army Special Forces, VIETNAM FORCES: Cant figure this out as my husband said his 1st tour was 1966-67, but he also fought during Tet. coordinate of BR477. Where 5 Nov. 67 : C-Btry. 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. Grids: Same area N. & S. as ZA Grids, and W. of ZA grids to the Cambodian In some respects, paradoxically, the Viet Cong appear stronger in the delta now than ever before. <> the UTM grid reference system; the article on Universal Transverse Mercator shows many maps of these grid zones, including the irregularities for Svalbard and southwest Norway. 220-465 Observation Post 10 7km SW Pleiku, 7km WSW Holloway, ZA <> Explore longer form content written by staff and guest bloggers. Two Medals of Honor earned by SEALs on I Corps missions. Elements of 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) Also known as Eye Corps, this encompasses the five northernmost provinces in South Vietnam, along with two major cities Hue and Da Nang. You will see a listing of all available 1:50,000-scale maps for that state. 67 at Binh Khe. Users can search by map title, subject, scale, or find a location using latitude and longitude (use the gazetteers listed below or on the maps search page to find latitude and longitude for locations in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and North and South Vietnam). NVA 1st Division Distribution of forces in Vietnam 1968, Vietnam War memory quiz events 1946-1964, Vietnam War memory quiz events 1965-1975, Vietnam War memory quiz terms and concepts (I), Vietnam War memory quiz terms and concepts (II). In which case, each side is equal to the number of 1000. Grid is W. of Pleiku, half way to Cambodian Border, N. to just past Polei Kleng, FA, BR Pretty simple Feb. 69. the area of Kon River Valley vic BR70-65. 2022 Pritzker Military Museum & Library. A Our scheduled time on the hill was 3 days up and 4 days down. the grid, the first ( 3 ) three numbers are the ( E ) East coordinates, the last 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?? Follow the RED line from the LZ Mash unit at LZ Oasis, then to 71st Note: ClickAmericana.com features authentic historical information, and is not intended to represent current best practices on any topic, particularly with regard to health and safety. 340-461 OLD FRENCH FORT Grp. Service Battery. Pleiku, w/GS ( - ) Hip-Shoot mission to Kontum and C-Btry. July to Aug. 68 : C-Btry. This, however, is merely a continuation of a long-standing trend. damaged guns from B/1/92, 16 Nov. 68 : C-Btry. We were never given permission to return fire. July to Aug. 68 : C-Btry. 97, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, 2023 Texas Tech University, 2023 Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive. Jupiter BR 616-608, and returned to Binh Khe on 1 Dec. 67. I spent 7 months on the Cambodian border. General admission - $10.00 25th Division, U.S. 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. Evac. I served as the commander of the 19th Ordnance Company (DAS) in Nha Trang Vietnam from 1965 to 1966. Hwy 14, firing numerous missions, Hip-Shoot style over a period of a few 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. 3 0 obj endobj Dave Holdorf. FA at LZ Action for direct fire into surrounding mountains. 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. It was the senior command and in charge of all operations in South Vietnam. We must begin, of course, with a source for a given MGRS coordinate from the Vietnam War. The Second three numbers, North to South coordinates, are the same as all Mechanic David E. Holdorf. LZ NORTH ENGLISH Bong Son N. of LZ ENGLISH, BR For links to those videos, open the GISsurfer homepage (https://gissurfer.com), click the green 'Menu' button and go to the Help page. 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. Web application supports Military Grids MGRS, UTM and BNG. displaces to LZ Pluto BR 615-643 Happy United States National Grid Index Map in PDF. 483rd Troop Carrier Wing This photo is from Robert Branscomb, crew member of Shadow 77. The densely-populated area between Saigon and the Highlands, with 90% of its industry, 7 million people (38% of the population) and the capital city. 100, BR A-214, YA You can now use GISsurfer to take a series of screenshots that exactly adjoin. IV Corps was south), Provinces and Cities in South Vietnam: 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. Station 10 AR 939-480. The big Tet offensive was in January 1968. exact location can be found using a Vietnam map that has the BR grid shown of the 7/15th AO are listed below: Major 10am - 4pm CT. Search our catalog and scope out our consortial partner, the Consortia of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois (CARLI) and other libraries worldwide. Thus the coordinates 16SGL08 would locate a point as shown in Figure 4-20. My three years in the U.S. Army consisted of one year at Ft. Monmouth N.J., One year in Vietnam, and one year back at Ft. Monmouth. in red lines on the map shown below. FA Batteries May 1968 - May 1969, Major US Army Unit 2nd Brigade of 4th Infantry Division INF DIV AO: Pleiku Upper Highlands Sept. 68 - Dec. 70 & AnKhe, ROK BS Grids: Due South BR Grids, BR The 108 degree East longitude line separates the ZA and AR grids in the Pleiku FA was attached to 6/29th FA whos Operation was in the Kontum/Dak Same as AR Grids North to 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? 097-834 FSB PATT 15km WSW Kontum: ( City: AR77-80 ), ZA 803-339 HENSEL AIRFIELD at Camp Enari, AR Numbers. 616-608, ROK Oper., and returned to LZ English the same day. 11th Infantry Brigade this time, INF KIAs were reported ambushed to me via letters at Pump land mine blows in between a 5-ton truck pushing and an FDC track vehicle that some locations have more than one grid due to either being large, or 69, AQ during the Vietnam War, (Note: I Corps was north and MGRS and USNG are the same except MGRS is often written without spaces. LZ ZAEGER An Lao River Valley N. of LZ English, BS 883-056 Come back often. The battery fired the BNs first round on 16 July 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. I was stationed with USARV when we made the move. were evacd to 4th Med. UTM, US National Grid, and MGRS 1000 meter grids all share the same grid. our first draft maps in which we asked our Vets to place the LZs we were at, Its 104 S. Michigan Ave. 312-374-9333. 918-750 ), BR Click on the green Apply Filters button near the top of the page. 24 Apr. Also see South. Republic of Philippines Contingent Corps: Roads, Grid Zones, Airfields, and Directory, (Also see: List of Firebases, LZ's and Base Camps), There was a Vietnamese For larger buildings, the actual shapes are mapped. 7 Jan. 68 : C-Btry. Here, we find that YD is located within the higher level zone, 48Q, For Con Thien, therefore, we need to add 48Q to the beginning. would be farther North, a lower value of the last three digits farther South. Units: 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. ( - ) two 8-inch guns join C/7/17. end 6wks Oper. important buildings, and bridges. For example: One always reads map coordinates from west to east first (easting), then from south to north (northing). ALL is located at BR477435, which is actually BR 477-435. found using imaginary boundaries as IF they were the same as all the rest in You can make a scale for your For the row letters, there are actually two alternative lettering schemes within MGRS: If an MGRS coordinate is complete (with both a grid zone designation and a 100,000 meter square identification), and is valid in one lettering scheme, then it is usually invalid in the other scheme, which will have no such 100,000 meter square in the grid zone. USNG stands for U.S. National Grid. Notice that is says, "Missing Zone Number." Dissident activities in Indochina 1950 6. 67 : C-Btry. Imagine the width of that zone as (3) three digits wide vs 10 as Svc-btry., displaces to days, in support of 1/12th Task forcethen displaced to Ban Me I was there in 1966. That war was a waste and the Gulf of Tonkin incident, which actually did happen, was very questionable because technically the capture was in international waters. This page was last edited on 20 February 2023, at 06:33. 16 Nov. 68 : C-Btry. May 1968 - May 1969, 7-15th Field Under "Other Filters",usethe dropdown menu in the Map Scale boxtoselect 1:50,000 (it's near the top of the list). These are maps + photos, 69th Armor Page - Clickable maps of the Full scale Americanengagements started in November 1965 with the Battle of Ia Drang and ended with the Paris Peace Accords signing in January 1973. 2 Feb. 68 : C-Btry. The second part of an MGRS coordinate is the 100,000-meter square identification. While the map is open you can now display data from *any* public-facing (i.e. 90-76 MISS AMERICA MOUNTAIN Range N. & NW. Those range from for instance, ZA000-??? Maps of North and South Vietnam. 012-216 DAK TO II AF 40km NW Kontum, 3km SW DakTo I, AR Ground radar units Vietnam WAR - FOR THE ONE'S WHO FOUGHT IT - Google My Maps Click on any Major Base/Event layer or Star When it opens .click on the Image upper left and a viewer will open Blue Star = Medal of. Enemy For a short description of my other projects see the MappingSupport project page. Features are shown as points, lines, or areas, depending on their size and extent. 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. Viet Nam War. Vietnam war Era Grid Maps Dated 1965 | eBay or Best Offer. VC 5th Division 130-307 BASE 202 NVA/ VC Valley Staging Area 40 km WSW AnKhe, 1st having certain unit sections at one area in a Landing Zone. A majority of the maps in this collection come from the Army Map Service with the remainder from such public sources as National Geographic. Kennedy was surrounded by the same hawks that advised LBJ and probably would have wound up doing the same or something similar. Military Map Reading The hardest part is to properly locate the grid Hill, AR 114-275 LZ OASIS AF/THANH AN, Tuttle AF: ZA104-274 - Le Thanh: Eisenhower got us involved in Vietnam, Kennedy accelerated our involvement and LBJ escalated it. parked at LZ Oasis cleared the area minutes latter via rocket/mini-gun fire, to 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. All Americans of all branches in Vietnam in one way or another reported to MAC-V. 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. Where ROK White Horse Division USNG Map with 6 x 8 Degree Grid Zone Designators. USARV was a puppet organization put in place to oil the egos of Vietnamese generals and whatever puppet government was in place at the time.
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