A 19-year-old sentry assigned to a listening post at a U.S. air base gets caught in the crossfire during a Viet Cong attack. Behind the Marine and Korean lines, the ARVN 51st Regiment deployed in support of the South Vietnamese Revolutionary Development program. By the afternoon of the 31st, the Marines and Rangers had completed their sweep. [1]:143, While the PAVN/VC concentrated their forces for the large offensive, many of these units suffered from too many rapid replacements and in some cases from poor morale. Four ARVN M113 armored personnel carriers reinforced by a reconnaissance squad maneuvered to contain the attackers. The Stand Off Rocket attack of July 15, 1967 was the deadliest attack of the war at Nng Air Base. The U.S Marine Corps Fighter Squadron VMF (AW) 232, also based here, lost some of its F-8E Crusader aircraft in this attack. A Company E, 2/3 Marines squad patrol in its regular area of operations just east of the confluence of the Thanh Qut and Vnh in River came under attack from an estimated squad of enemy. While the 1st MP Battalion supported by the 1st Tank Battalion established blocking positions north of the Cu River, the ARVN 3rd Battalion, 51st Regiment swept the sector south of the river. Countermortar fire quickly silenced the enemy tubes. According to a South Vietnamese account, the ARVN Rangers killed 150 of the enemy and captured another 18 in the battle for Nam O and in other fighting below the pass through 31 January. After dark, both sides withdrew, the Marines to night defensive positions and the PAVN to the west. In the extensive Da Nang TAOR, the early morning hours of 31 January were almost a repeat of the events of the 30th. As Company G began its redeployment along the river route it ran into PAVN forces attempting to retreat in that direction. Its two runways accommodated a take-off or landing every 60 seconds. He personally believed the plans were impractical and deserted at the first chance he had. . About 03:30, two more Marine tanks from the district town of Hieu Duc arrived at the northern fringes of the hamlet. [1]:160, By this time, Robertson was worried about the ability to contain the PAVN/VC offensive south of Da Nang. The Flightline, Funny Money, Rocket shrapnel. Nng AB: 366th TFW: Rocket Attack! The ROKMC Marine Brigade deployed six companies around the city and the ARVN 51st Regiment prepared a reaction force. All attacks from 02/27/67 forward were by rockets. For example, while the R-20th attempted to maintain a full complement of 400 men through the recruitment or impressment of local villagers and infiltration of North Vietnamese "volunteers," intelligence sources rated the unit only "marginally effective. [1]:1445, At 03:30 PAVN/VC forces launched an assault against General Hong Xun Lm's I Corps headquarters. This apparently broke the back of the VC resistance. [1]:163, The official PAVN history records the attack as follows:[3]. Da Nang AB was nicknamed "Rocket City" due to the large number of attacks by 122mm and 140mm rockets. 29/30 January 1968 You comrades should act as heroes of Vietnam and with the spirit and pride of combatants of the Liberation Army. Those infiltrations prepared the way for NVA ground attacks in the surrounding areas. Pictures of Danang 11. 149 likes. Attacks on DaNang Air Base "Rocket City" Information in this table is extracted from, Appendix I, "Air Base Defense in the Republic of Vietnam, 1960-1973" by Roger P. Fox. The attack force would consist of two groups, one to move by land and the other by water to knock out the bridge separating the city from Tiensha Peninsula and to capture the I Corps headquarters. VC gunners from Ha Vang, nevertheless, maintained an intermittent mortar bombardment upon the I Corps tactical operations center. We don't know why, but we know they are!" Shortly after 18:00, an air observer reported seeing 25-30 enemy troops in trenchlines, bunkers and fighting holes. Both battalions would be under the operational control of the 1st Marine Division. Lieutenant Colonel William J . In the 7th Marines sector, the Marines described the same type of activity as well as increased enemy infiltration. Again the artillery responded with "excellent effect on target." Flight line VMO-2 after mortar / rocket attack "Tet Offensive" 1968. . With one of his companies on the Tiensha Peninsula and the other three protecting the Air Base perimeter, Hill argued that he could not spare three platoons. [1]:1556, During the day and evening of the 31st, the PAVN/VC infantry units pressed the offensive on the ground. ARVN intelligence officers speculated that the battalion from the PAVN 4th Regiment was supposed to have spearheaded the attack on the city of Da Nang the previous day, but arrived too late to influence the battle. Two attached U .S. Apparently the forces were a mixed group from several different units interspersed together. Later that afternoon, the 1st Marine Division helilifted a "Bald Eagle" reaction force from Company E, 2/3 Marines east of the river in an attempt to encircle the PAVN. The Marines failed to determine whether this mixed force had a specific mission or consisted of remnants from units that had participated in the earlier attack on the I Corps headquarters. Company M advanced toward a hamlet to the south of the ARVN. The ROKMC, while not finding any sizeable forces, continued to encounter small enemy units and boobytraps which took their toll. With the departure of the 5th Marine Regiment to support operations further north in I Corps, there was only one Marine infantry regimental headquarters in the extensive Da Nang Tactical area of responsibility (TAOR). The . [1]:159, While the Marines successfully thwarted this attempt, between 01:00 and 05:00 on the morning of the 6th, PAVN/VC gunners mortared or rocketed all of the command posts, fire bases and company combat bases in the 7th Marines sector. According to Marine pilot reports, the PAVN/VC had approximately 250 men in the area equipped with automatic weapons, including at least one .51-caliber machine gun. The PAVN 2nd Division still remained intact, but was not about to renew the offensive. Army personnel were wounded. Airbase Shelled: Soviet Rockets Used in Attack (film #111 on Universal Newsreels). [1]:163, From almost every account, the PAVN/VC attack in the Da Nang TAOR was very inept. According to Marine intelligence sources, Rummage may well "have rendered a reinforced battalion combat ineffective, forcing the enemy to modify his plans at a critical time." It was damaged by the fire of the adjacent aircraft (BuNo 152588) on the night of 29-30 January 1968. From the recovery of Lam's notebook and a detailed sketch map of Hill 10, the location of the 1/7 Marines' command post, the R-20 commander was obviously on an exploration mission to discover any vulnerability in the Marine battalion's defences. Four died there. Local villagers told the Marines that at least one VC had been killed in the brief skirmish. Two days later, Marine intelligence officers learned that the PAVN 21st Regiment was in the Go Noi area. Milantoni relayed the request to the air support center. Allied intelligence officers identified members from the V-25th, R-20th, C-130th Battalions and the Q-15th and Q-16th Local Force Companies. The rocket attacks resulted in the deaths of three Marines and the wounding of another 11. A summary of these attacks can be found on the Web site of the 366th. A warning order and plan prepared by the VC Da Nang City Committee called for a preliminary attack on the city by sappers and VC troops. On 11 February, Cushman observed the 2nd Division "appeared to be withdrawing from contact southward" and ordered his subordinate commanders to continue to press the attack. Da Nang, the main Seabee base in the I Corps area, which bordered North Vietnam, came under repeated attack from Viet Cong and North Vietnamese regulars. In the Southern Sector Defense Command, just north of the Cu River and west of Highway 1, a PAVN/VC 12-15-man sapper squad blew a hole in the defensive wire of the joint perimeter of the 7th Engineer and 7th Communication Battalion. The artillerymen sustained two wounded and some equipment damage, but escaped relatively unscathed. At 07:30, the ROKMC reported about 200 to 300 enemy troops still in Hi An. 366th Security Police K-9. On Jan. 30, a 15-man commando squad penetrated Da Nang Air Base and another squad blew up the "Sector Bravo Combat Operations Center," just 1,000 meters from I Corps headquarters. The Marines lost 12 killed and 6 wounded. Despite the thinness of the Marine lines and the ability of the PAVN/VC to infiltrate, they never capitalized on these advantages. 14 New Guns For 2022 by B. GIL HORMAN; A First-Year Magnum: Shooting The S&W "Pre-29" by JUSTIN DYAL; Contact; Donate; Eye Candy for the Gentlemen out there Nine USAF personnel were killed during the barrage and 128 others were wounded, 40 of them requiring hospitalization. Rummage reported about 50 PAVN dead with another 100 "probable." Material and equipment losses, however, were much more extensive. DaNang Air Base was known as "rocket city" for the number of attacks that occurred there between 1965 and 1973. The Marines and PF troops killed 22 VC and took another 23 prisoner. * The first attack was made by both mortars and sappers. 1969. DA NANG A.B. Darkness prevented Sailfish from observing the number of casualties that the artillery and air inflicted upon the enemy. Two LVTH-6s from the Marine 1st Armored Amphibian Company attached to the 11th Marines responded to a call from the U .S. The skirmishing south of the headquarters near Ha Vang, however, continued. He ordered the 3rd Amphibian Tractor Battalion to form a blocking position on the southeastern bank of the Vien Dien River. In fact, elements of both regiments had reached jump-off points just south of the Cau Do River. Other units included the 402nd Sapper Battalion, the VC V-25th Battalion and other VC local forces. Results of a rocket attack on Da Nang air base: revetment area building Although the Koreans and ARVN in a combined operation finally cleared Hi An, PAVN/VC units to the west south, and north of the city continued to press the attack. Employing small arms fire, satchel charges, Rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs) and Bangalore torpedoes, the sappers thrust through blown gaps in the Marine wire. [1]:1467, About 05:45, the 1st Division learned that the VC squad in the I Corps headquarters compound had disengaged and took its casualties with it. The helicopter burned upon crashing, but the crew and most of the patrol were able to get out. The provisional company linked up with two ARVN Ranger companies that were operating in the area to contain the battalion from the PAVN 4th Regiment which had slipped through the Hi Vn Pass the night before. According to Washington Post correspondent Don Oberdorfer, Lm pointed with his swagger stick to the enemy's firing positions on the large map in the room and said: "Milantoni, bomb here. Approximately at 02:00, about four of the 122mm rockets fell in or near the compound, one landing near the 1st Cavalry Division helipad temporarily located there, damaging four of the helicopters, but resulting in no Marine or Army casualties. Finally, according to Marine intelligence officers, another "very reliable source" flatly stated "that the time of attack throughout MR (Military Region) 5 would be" at 01:30 and no later than 02:00 on 30 January. [1]:158, Robertson began to refine his defensive dispositions at Da Nang so as to counter any further incursions on the part of the PAVN/VC main force units pressing on the Marine TAOR. Base orientation brochure, Perimeter, Tent City. Missiles launched from nearby mountains have caused eight deaths, many injuries and. The VC had learned that artillery and/or air strikes would be called in on the launch sites. On the afternoon of 7 February Marine helicopters deployed the 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment into the hamlet of Duong Son (1) (155852N 1081124E / 15.981N 108.190E / 15.981; 108.190) 2km south of Cau Do. The PAVN fought a delaying action as they began to withdraw. During the day's fighting, the Marines killed 107 PAVN and took two prisoners for losses of 11 killed and 53 wounded. It didn't take long to get out of bed when the first rocket struck nearby. A third C-123 squadron was stationed at Da Nang Air Base in 1963 and a fourth at Tan Son Nhut in October 1964 following the Gulf of Tonkin incident in August. The Vietnam Security Police Association Web site features several additional recordings of rocket attacks on Da Nang Air Base. Company L, 3/5 Marines set up blocking positions on the east bank of the Yen. SELECT OPTIONS SAVE TO CART (L to R) Attack of 13 April 1972. In addition to the VC R-20th Battalion, south of Da Nang, the VC 1st and PAVN 3rd Regiments both part of the 2nd Division started to deploy toward G Ni Island. They counted 34 PAVN dead. The U.S. major remonstrated that the site was relatively close to the compound, but Lm insisted that the air strikes be flown. The PAVN then attacked forcing the Marine platoons to fall back to more defendable positions. Flares light up the Da Nang area to make it easier to spot infiltrating guerrillas. Davis, the commanding officer of the 1/7 Marines, recalled that his unit began to take fewer casualties from surprise firing devices or boobytraps and began to suspect that enemy troops unfamiliar with the terrain might be attempting to move into his sector. Two of the mortar attacks hit the 1st Cavalry Division helipad near the Force Logistic Command area in the Red Beach Base Area destroying two helicopters and damaging eight others and killing one U.S . [1]:1502, On the morning of the 31st, the Marines of Company I, now reinforced by the ARVN and the AmTrac Marines, surveyed the results of the fighting and continued to mop up the remnants of the VC force. soldier and wounding two. 07-18 488 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Muskogee, [1]:159, On the night of 5/6 February, the PAVN/VC forces began the second phase of their Da Nang offensive. The PAVN soldiers wore flak jackets and helmets and carried a machine gun, and a small rocket detachment with six 122mm rockets. A second platoon from Company G arrived at the site and attempted to maneuver to the PAVN flank. Robertson wanted to "canalize enemy movements in order to develop lucrative targets which could be exploited." Before his death, however, the Vietnamese identified himself as Major Nguyen Van Lam, the commanding officer of the R-20th c Lp Battalion. A detachment of four LVTP-5s from the 3rd AmTrac Battalion quickly arrived, but the enemy had already departed. [1]:1445, In scattered and intermittent attacks beginning before 02:00 and lasting about one-half hour, PAVN/VC gunners fired both mortars and rockets that landed near positions of Marine artillery, antiair missiles, and the Force Logistic Command at Red Beach Base Area. The crowd scattered only to gather on the fringes of Red Beach Base Area. [1]:157, There were two serious incidents in the 7th Marines sector. Posted: 02/01/2018. One of the companies captured a German missionary hospital in the city and the other hit the rear base of the ARVN 51st Regiment, the Chi Lng Camp, garrisoned by the ARVN 102nd Engineer Battalion. In the attack on the I Corps headquarters and in the defense of Ha Vang village the Allies sustained losses of nine dead and several wounded. Elements of the VC R-20th and local force units which participated in the attack on Ha Vang and I Corps headquarters attempted to escape the dragnet of Marine and ARVN forces. "[1]:143, Throughout the Da Nang area of operations, the PAVN/VC began to move into attack positions. The armored force pushed through the hamlet and encountered only occasional small-arms fire. Considering the amount of ordnance that the enemy expended, casualties were relatively small. The 3/5 Marines were landed and immediately came under heavy automatic and small arms fire from the island. The Koreans kept one company at the MACV compound for security and prepared for a sweep to clear out the city in the morning. The 3/5 Marines reported "a definite increase of enemy harassment" and the movement of sizeable enemy units into the Go Noi Island area (.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}1551N 10812E / 15.85N 108.2E / 15.85; 108.2). Rummage soon determined that the total number of PAVN approximated 500 or more men, moving in two columns. "[1]:163, Another possible explanation was that the Da Nang attack may have been a secondary assault, to cause as much damage as possible and divert Allied forces from the almost successful effort of the PAVN/VC forces to capture Hu. Further, the National Police reported that VC local leaders from Qung Tn, Qung Nam and Qung Ngi Provinces met in a base area in the hills of northern Qung Ngi to plan attacks on Chu Lai and on Qung Ngi City. About 50 minutes later, another recon team, Air Hose, about 2,000 meters to the northeast of Saddle Bag, saw more than 50 enemy troops moving eastward. The United States Air Force took control of the base in the late 1960s. On 14 February 1965 the Marine 1st LAAM Battalion established its anti-aircraft operations center colocated with the USAF CRP. An alert ARVN sentry took the VC under fire near the flagpole. from The New York Times: Police officers provided security for the marchers, and the march concluded peacefully at Maltepe, Istanbul (where . They were ordered to the area to bolster defenses around the air base at Da Nang against possible VietCong attacks. He seems to think there was only one rocket attack at Da Nang in 1972. Heavy explosions and fires on the base. Supported by U .S . 1st MAW ComdC. Robertson observed that the delay of the 2nd Division into the picture may have been because the PAVN forces "got their signals mixed " The VC were supposed to be inside "when the [PAVN] division came marching down main street. These included Hills 65 and 52 manned by companies of the 3/7 Marines in the southwestern part of the TAOR and Hill 41 defended by Company D, 1/7 Marines in the central western sector. As the Marine platoon patrolled along the banks of the Yn, a heavy machine gun suddenly opened up. Marine commanders and staff officers could only speculate that the enemy was probably infiltrating north in small groups to "predetermined rallying points" for a further assault either on the city or on the Air Base. CriticalPast is your source for imagery of worldwide events, people, and B-roll spanning the 20th century. Miner attached two additional companies to the 3/7 Marines, Company L, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines and Company H, 2/7 Marines to cover its extended area. Two other squad patrols from Company C in the vicinity quickly joined the first squad. Marine losses were 14 killed, Army losses were 18 killed, while PAVN/VC losses were in excess of 286. Lm arrived at the headquarters compound shortly after dawn. Additional intelligence tended to confirm the enemy was about to initiate something big. If we went a week without a few rockets coming we knew something was in the works. The Northern Sector Defense Command rapidly assembled its reaction company and deployed one platoon to the division command post. Although most of the enemy activity was restricted to small-unit contacts, on the night of 2/3 February, PAVN/VC gunners again rocketed the Air Base. This information should also include any information involving plane crashes at the Da Nang base in early 1968. It was decided that two battalions from the Americal Division code-named Task Force Miracle would be moved into the northern sector of the 3/5 Marines near Route 1 south of the Cau Do. Both the 2/3 Marines to the east of the Army task force and the 3/5 Marines to the south, also reported relatively little enemy activity in their sectors. March 2, 1965 - Operation Rolling Thunder begins as over 100 American fighter-bombers attack targets in North Vietnam. U.S. estimates of PAVN/VC casualties ranged between 1,200 and 1,400 dead. At 09:20, PAVN/VC forces attacked the district towns of in Bn, just above the Ky Lam River and Duy Xuyn below the river. . The lead column consisted of about 100 to 150 men, followed by the main body. Some viewers may find some scenes or audio in this archival material to be unsettling or distressing. At Duy Xuyn, however, the PAVN/VC overran the town, forcing the district chief to flee and take refuge with the Koreans. One sapper was captured. From 18:00 to 24:00 on the 30th, the 1st Marine Division reported to III MAF over 30 incidents ranging from sightings of large enemy forces, to mortar attacks and a few infantry assaults. The PAVN obviously were bringing the local VC main force units up to strength, even if to do so they had to bring in replacements from the north. They later found four PAVN dead. Milantoni. Of the 13-man Recon team, codename Dublin City, one was dead, nine were injured and three escaped unscathed. In the Hi Vn Pass area in the north, PAVN troops attempted to cut Highway 1. It was a helicopter facility that was constructed in August 1965 and served as home to Marine Aircraft Group 16 (MAG-16), the 5th Special Forces Group and an assortment of other squadrons until May 1971. "[1]:158, While the PAVN/VC forces continued to harass allied positions on the night of 31 January/1 February, the intensity of combat did not match that of the previous two nights. One of the rockets damaged one of the missile launchers and wounded three of the Marines. In the northern sector of Da Nang, PAVN/VC main force troops entered Nam O once again and killed the hamlet chief. 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