Battery A, 1st Light Antiaircraft Missile Battalion armed with MIM-23 Hawk surface-to-air missiles, in the mountainous Hi Vn Pass sector north of Da Nang, reported about 01:40 coming under 82mm mortar fire. Shortly after 01:00 on the 6th, PAVN gunners opened up on the hamlet with intermittent mortar rounds and small-arms fire. Another PAVN soldier, who infiltrated from North Vietnam after receiving a year's training as a radioman in Hanoi, was thrust into one of the attacking battalions south of Da Nang so hastily that he never learned the name of his unit let alone those of his officers. Da Nang air base in the mid- to late-60s was the busiest (and possibly the largest) airport in the world. The communications bunker bore the brunt of the attack where the sappers destroyed both the bunker and the equipment inside and put the division tactical net off the air until 04:00. The Marines lost one helicopter and sustained damage to 29 others. Shortly after 18:00, an air observer reported seeing 25-30 enemy troops in trenchlines, bunkers and fighting holes. The PAVN/VC attacked a Marine bunker and ran through the Communications Support Company area throwing grenades and Satchel charges in the living quarters. Air Vietnam also used the facility from 1951 to 1975 for civilian domestic and international flights within Southeast Asia. in foreground gives perspective. from Vice: That day, Mr. Trump hosted a ceremony to honor law enforcement officials who had provided security for the inauguration. At least some members of his group also reportedly provided security for Richard Spencer's often violent campus appearances. This would be followed by a rocket barrage and an assault by the main force units on Allied military units and installations. In this fighting, which had lasted about three hours, the South Vietnamese defenders sustained casualties of three dead, seven wounded, and two damaged armored vehicles. For the most part, the PAVN/VC limited their attacks on the Marines to mortar bombardments and harassing small arms fire. At 19:20, in the same general area, still another Stingray patrol, Sailfish, radioed that about 200 PAVN/VC troops, some carrying 40mm rocket launchers, passed its positions. With the PAVN too close to call in artillery or fixed-wing air, the Marines radioed for reinforcements. Approximately 16 rounds impacted in the Marine Aircraft Group 16 sector and another four in the Army aviation company area. The VC continued to hold the hospital, however, and part of the engineer compound. A conglomeration of internal security forces threw back the VC force from the east that tried to use similar tactics to get inside the compound from that direction. At 09:15, a squad from Company G, 2/7 Marines providing road security for a Marine engineer mine-sweeping team on Route 1 just below the pass, encountered a small PAVN sapper detachment. At in Bn, the 51st Regiment reinforced by the ROKMC contained the attack. 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. Rocket attacks in 1972 Da Nang Vietnam a425couple Aug 29, 2017, 4:51:30 PM to Rocket attack 72 redhorse compound DaNang on: August 24, 2009, 08:06:45 pm Does anyone remember the date of. Captured 122mm Tripod Launcher. We don't know why, but we know they are!" 29/30 January 1968 Nearly 11 million liters of Agent Orange were handled on the base. III Marine Amphibious Force (III MAF) had its headquarters at Hill 327 west of the Air Base, while ARVN I Corps had its headquarters north of the Air Base. Remains of 45-1102; sandbag detail later. 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. The C-123's ability to land on short, unimproved fields proved invaluable and the four units served in Vietnam until the end of the war. Fifteen minutes later, the enemy gunners followed with another 29 rockets, mostly aimed at the southern end of the Air Base. During the next few days, Task Force Miracle conducted sweeps in its sector and encountered relatively little resistance . Another sapper squad, about the same size as the one that carried out the earlier attack, penetrated the 1st Marine Division Subsector Bravo combat operations center and communications facility on Hill 200, less than 1,000 meters from the main command post on Hill 327. This should include information pertaining to the rocket and mortar attacks at the Da Nang Air base from April 1967 to May 1968, to include any attacks occurring on or about July 14, 1967. South Vietnamese and Korean casualties probably equalled or slightly exceeded the U.S. losses. Still PAVN/VC gunners just before 01:00 launched 12 122mm rockets aimed at the Da Nang base and blew up two ammunition dumps, one for napalm and the other for flares. Today, several areas on the Da Nang Base including the loading, storage and mixing areas and Sen Lake to the north and the Pacer Ivy area at the south of the base have been confirmed to have . Headquarters Marines quickly manned their defenses and called in artillery illumination and a fire mission. According to U.S. advisors and to South Vietnamese sources, the fight for Hi An resulted in Allied casualties of 58 killed, 103 wounded in action, 21 missing in action and 14 weapons lost. Its two runways accommodated a take-off or landing every 60 seconds. [1]:1456, At 03:00 the PAVN/VC hit even closer to the Marine command nerve center at Da Nang. [1]:153, The attack on the western perimeter was probably the most serious thrust against Marine positions on the day and evening of 30 January. In fact, elements of both regiments had reached jump-off points just south of the Cau Do River. Built by the Colonial French government of Indochina in 1949, it became a training school for Vietnamese pilots. In the northern sector of Da Nang, PAVN/VC main force troops entered Nam O once again and killed the hamlet chief. 45 USAF/USMC KIA, 10 aircraft destroyed , 41 aircraft damaged, and 13 barracks destroyed. Darkness prevented any accurate bomb assessment. Davis notified the division headquarters of his findings. *** The first time that rockets were used in RVN by the Viet Cong/North Vietnamese Army. 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. Cam Ranh Bay AB: US Army 6th Convalescent Hospital debris by Sapper Attack! According to Murray, "from then on until Tt was over, there were just constant attacks." 1969. DaNang Air Base was known as "rocket city" for the number of attacks that occurred there between 1965 and 1973. In the Da Nang Vital Area, the artillery regiment, the 11th Marine Regiment, continued to oversee the Northern Sector Defense Command and the 1st Tank Battalion, the Southern Sector Defense Command. [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. VC gunners from Ha Vang, nevertheless, maintained an intermittent mortar bombardment upon the I Corps tactical operations center. The PAVN 2nd Division still remained intact, but was not about to renew the offensive. [1]:153, The most serious ground attack against a Marine unit occurred in the western portion of the Da Nang TAOR just below the Ty Loan and Cu Rivers near the eastern bank of the Yn River. Lieutenant Colonel William J . According to Davis, a few hours later, Robertson called a division briefing for all battalion commanders. Milantoni. It was the worst attack on Danang since July 5,. 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 . A high number of casualties were Vietnamese civilians living in a village just east of DaNang Air Base. I called all the regiments and battalions and the same was happening to them. [1]:157, There were two serious incidents in the 7th Marines sector. Doc, as his friends called him, was one of 58,200 Americans that died during the Vietnam War. Two days later, Marine intelligence officers learned that the PAVN 21st Regiment was in the Go Noi area. Behind the Marine and Korean lines, the ARVN 51st Regiment deployed in support of the South Vietnamese Revolutionary Development program. To the south of the Air Base, other PAVN/VC main force units attacked the District Town of in Bn and the provincial capital of Qung Nam, Hi An, on Route 4. Narrative: Possibly the worst ground aviation accident of Vietnam War occurs on March 23 1967 at Da Nang Air Base, South Vietnam, when traffic controller clears US Marine Corps Grumman A-6A Intruder, BuNo 152608, of VMA(AW)-242, MAG-11, for takeoff, but also clears USAF Lockheed C-141A-LM Starlifter, 65-9407, of the 62nd Military Airlift Wing, McChord AFB, Washington, to cross runway. The area the rockets were fired from was called the "Rocket Belt". The remaining rocket attacks were ineffective. [1]:1612, In the ensuing battle of Lo Giang the Marine and Army forces successfully repulsed the PAVN 2nd Division attack. Two attached U .S. On 29 January, Marine intelligence officers received a reliable report that the PAVN 2nd Division also had established its command post in western G Ni. Again the crowd dispersed and this time did not recongregate. He seems to think there was only one rocket attack at Da Nang in 1972. The only Marine casualties were two men who failed to vacate their "hootches" in time. In both these sectors support troops doubled as infantry, manning fixed defensive positions and conducting patrols. 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. At first, the general and his steward confused the rockets with the traditional fireworks shot off in honor of Tt. [1]:154, The ROKMC sent three companies to close the southern link and then moved forward into the attack. After counting 500 men pass their position, Rummage called in the artillery. He later confided to Davis, "Bill, your phone call was right on the money! Local villagers told the Marines that at least one VC had been killed in the brief skirmish. Battery F, 2nd Battalion, 11th Marines alone shot off some 1,200 rounds. As the Marine platoon patrolled along the banks of the Yn, a heavy machine gun suddenly opened up. The U.S. major remonstrated that the site was relatively close to the compound, but Lm insisted that the air strikes be flown. The battle for Da Nang was largely over. Da Nang AB was nicknamed "Rocket City" due to the large number of attacks by 122mm and 140mm rockets. Mar 3, 2021. Results of a rocket attack on Da Nang air base: revetment area building A detachment of four LVTP-5s from the 3rd AmTrac Battalion quickly arrived, but the enemy had already departed. Linking up, under artillery and air cover, the two Marine companies continued their advance until forced to halt because of darkness and then took up night defensive positions. About 01:00, a Marine platoon from Company G, 2/7 Marines, positioned near the Nam Bridge on Highway 1 crossing the Cu River north of Da Nang, saw another two enemy on a raft with a wooden box. 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. As Company G began its redeployment along the river route it ran into PAVN forces attempting to retreat in that direction. PAVN/VC gunners, however, continued to be active and shot down a Marine CH-46 attempting to insert a reconnaissance team into a landing zone in the hill mass in the western sector of Da Nang below the Ty Loan River. 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). 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). Missiles launched from nearby mountains have caused eight deaths, many injuries and. Fires started from secondary blasts by bombs and fuel. In the northeast, near the Force Logistic Command sector, villagers from Nam (160654N 1080744E / 16.115N 108.129E / 16.115; 108.129) just south of the strategic Nam Bridge, told PF troops, members of the CAP Q-4 platoon, that the VC planned to attack the CAP compound. They later found three enemy bodies at the site wearing black pajamas under their green utilities. 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines was in the north, 1st Battalion, 7th Marines was in the center and 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines was in the south. During one attack I was writing a letter home and thought my guys were injured because of the rocket attack and I remember the no smoking sigh flapping in the wind because of the scrapnel. Guards beat off the . The 3/5 Marines were landed and immediately came under heavy automatic and small arms fire from the island. The nickname for DaNang was "Rocket City" garnering that appellation from the frequent attacks on it by means of the "Katyusha" which is the name given the Soviet BM-21 122mm artillery rocket. By the afternoon of the 31st, the Marines and Rangers had completed their sweep. West runway cratered, east runway open. The Da Nang airbase was a major Ranch Hand facility during the American War in Vietnam. He personally believed the plans were impractical and deserted at the first chance he had. The USAF 620th Tactical Control Squadron established a control and reporting post (CRP) code-named Panama on the mountain in 1964 to support operations from Danang Air Base. Total Marine casualties of this incident on the 30th were 10 Marines killed and 15 wounded, most from the platoon of Company G that was initially ambushed. [1]:154, Throughout the Da Nang TAOR, the intensity of activity increased during the night. At Duy Xuyn, however, the PAVN/VC overran the town, forcing the district chief to flee and take refuge with the Koreans. Below the Marine battalions, the ROKMC 2nd Marine Brigade secured the Hi An sector and the southeastern approaches above the Ky Lam River to Da Nang Air Base. More like this Camp Friendship Korat Cat Air Force Special Operations Vietnam War Photos May Bay North Vietnam Air Force Bases Vietnam Veterans Reinforced by another squad, the Company G Marines killed three and captured two. [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. Airbase Shelled: Soviet Rockets Used in Attack (film #111 on Universal Newsreels). Soon reports came in that the base was under attack and a Marine helicopter flew the general from his quarters to III MAF headquarters. CriticalPast offers immediate downloads of full-resolution HD and SD masters and full-resolution time-coded screeners, 24 hours a day, to serve the needs of broadcast news, TV, film, and publishing professionals worldwide. Finally there were rumors that the other two regiments of the 2nd Division, the VC 1st and the PAVN 3rd, had infiltrated even further north. 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. Although the Koreans and the ARVN surrounded most of the city, the VC still were able to keep their southern flank open. 149 likes. During the night, VC resistance dwindled to sniper fire on the ROKMC positions. [ Bob Kaatman photo ] A contingent of South Vietnamese Nng mercenaries from the Special Forces Thng c Camp took over the defense of Hill 52 from Company M.[1]:158, Still the Marine command believed the new positions of Company M not only covered the approaches to i Lc, but provided the division with another reserve force. The Communists carried out 26 rocket attacks on the Da Nang air base during 1972. "[1]:143, Throughout the Da Nang area of operations, the PAVN/VC began to move into attack positions. a-~_ -~ ijsafss 0 w 86 i jun !17 history of 6994th security squadron 366th AMS, Rocket attack BX, Gunfighter Pilots. The III MAF Command Center later that evening radioed MACV in Saigon: "Although the enemy has suffered heavy losses within his local and main force VC units during the past two days, he still possesses a formidable threat utilizing [PAVN] troops poised on the periphery of the Da Nang TAOR. Photographer: Unknown Nng Air Base, AKA: Rocket City, often had more than six Silk-Moons of false dawn orbiting the base. About 07:45 approximately two companies or a reinforced company from the PAVN 31st Regiment ambushed a Marine platoon from Company G, 2/3 Marines. In one contact about 16:45, Company M, 3/5 Marines met a force of 100 PAVN/VC troops. Other disturbing intelligence tended to confirm this analysis. He moved Company M, 3/7 Marines from its fairly remote position on Hill 52 in the far western reaches of the Vu Gia River Valley above the An Hoa Basin to the more centrally located Hill 65. In the Da Nang sector, during the early morning hours of 30 January, PAVN/VC gunners took under mortar and rocket fire 15 different Allied units and installations. In the ensuing firefight fought at a range as close as five meters from one another with the Marines achieving the upper hand. SELECT OPTIONS SAVE TO CART There were still ominous signs and actions that the enemy push on Da Nang was not over. 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. Pictures of Danang 8. Marine losses were 14 killed, Army losses were 18 killed, while PAVN/VC losses were in excess of 286. U.S. estimates of PAVN/VC casualties ranged between 1,200 and 1,400 dead. The enemy had also planned to hit the main airfield at Da Nang. A second platoon from Company G arrived at the site and attempted to maneuver to the PAVN flank. Large numbers of flares shot high into the air and burst into . The Northern Sector Defense Command rapidly assembled its reaction company and deployed one platoon to the division command post. With both fixed-wing and helicopter gunships and more than 120 artillery pieces ranging from 4.2-inch mortars to 175mm guns, Robertson was confident that he could counter any threat that the enemy posed to Da Nang despite the thinness of his manned defenses. The aircraft may have been one of those used by Air America. At 07:30, the ROKMC reported about 200 to 300 enemy troops still in Hi An. at Bien Hoa Air Base, those in II Corps were consolidated at Tuy Hoa Air Base, and those in I Corps were consolidated at Da Nang Air Base [Carmichael 1972; Cecil 1986; Hull 2002; Young 2006]. "[1]:142, On the evening of 28 January, just west of Hiu c, a Marine squad from Company C, 1/7 Marines ambushed a three-man VC reconnaissance patrol. "[1]:163, During the Tet Offensive in Da Nang, both sides experienced heavy casualties. Open to all Vietnam Veterans that served at DA NANG Air Base of ROCKET CITY from 1971-1972. The U.S Marine Corps Fighter Squadron VMF (AW) 232, also based here, lost some of its F-8E Crusader aircraft in this attack. WASHINGTON The White House warned that the U.S. may consider a military response to the rocket attack that hit an air base in western Iraq where American and coalition troops are . PAVN/VC gunners then replied with a mortar barrage, which resulted in two Marine dead and two wounded. The Marines killed two and wounded the third. Mortar and rocket attacks followed by ground assaults were made all along the perimeter of the base. Once more the PAVN/VC failed to cut the main lines of communication into Da Nang. The ROKMC Marine Brigade deployed six companies around the city and the ARVN 51st Regiment prepared a reaction force. Rockey then ordered a platoon from his Company K to reinforce Company G. By the end of the day, the elements of the four Marine companies had established their night positions. You get your timing off and you've got problems. Noting the new web gear and weapons with the PAVN bodies left on the battlefield, Marine intelligence officers believed the PAVN unit to be from the 31st Regiment. Darkness prevented Sailfish from observing the number of casualties that the artillery and air inflicted upon the enemy. According to them their mission was to mine and interdict allied traffic in the Hi Vn Pass area. The bulk of the attack force remained in Ha Vang Village bogged down in a firefight with local Popular Force (PF) and Regional Force (RF) troops reinforced by a USMC Combined Action Platoon (CAP), E-3. One battalion was to deploy immediately, with the other to deploy the next day. From the details of the other recovered documents, the VC obviously were making an extensive reconnaissance of the Da Nang area giving descriptions of military structures, distances, weapons and other information that would be of value to an attacking force. Survived many Rocket Attacks. At 20:00 on the night of the 5th, a Marine platoon ambush from Company C, 1/7 Marines intercepted about 60 PAVN troops about 4,000 meters south of the Ty Loan River in the western sector of the area of operations moving northeast towards the river and the base with mortars and automatic weapons. 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. The 3/5 Marines together with Companies F and G, 2/3 Marines then began methodically to eliminate pockets of resistance in the general area. 07-18 488 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Muskogee, 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. 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. Newsreel story showing the aftermath of the shelling of an . by Edward H. Phillips 2/1/2017. On January 29, 1968, the night sky above the sprawling Bien Hoa Air Base, where I was on sentry patrol, appeared to be on fire. Army advisor attached to the ARVN unit. 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. * The first attack was made by both mortars and sappers. The armored force pushed through the hamlet and encountered only occasional small-arms fire. Both Marine companies encountered heavy small-arms fire and RPGs as they approached their objectives. CAP Q-4 there continued to hold out. I was assigned to the 1st Marine Division and sent to Marble Mountain Airfield to Join Marine Air Group 16 and VMO2. [1]:1556, During the day and evening of the 31st, the PAVN/VC infantry units pressed the offensive on the ground. Another platoon from the Marine company also reinforced the engaged troops about an hour later. Americal Division artillery operating in the Qu Sn sector took the PAVN/VC forces under fire, but did not shell Duy Xuyn town because of the civilian population there. Aircraft destroyed included F-4 Phantom II's \u0026 C-130's. During the day's fighting, the Marines killed 107 PAVN and took two prisoners for losses of 11 killed and 53 wounded. This apparently broke the back of the VC resistance. + Casualty figures reflect all casualties, i.e., USAF, other military and civilians. The Air Force watch officer on duty protested, "that's too close, you'll never get a clearance for it." 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