No rockets fell on the main airbase but Marble Mountain sustained some damage. Open to all Vietnam Veterans that served at DA NANG Air Base of ROCKET CITY from 1971-1972. In Da Nang City itself, about 10:50 in the morning, approximately 500 people gathered at a Buddhist pagoda and attempted to hold a march. [1]:1445, At 03:30 PAVN/VC forces launched an assault against General Hong Xun Lm's I Corps headquarters. [1]:153, The Marines now counterattacked supported by artillery and Marine gunships and fixed-wing air. 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. Simultaneously, the division ordered the helilift of a company from the 3/5 Marines to reinforce the ARVN and the CAP Marines. Given also the enemy rocket threat, he still needed to maintain extensive patrols in the so-called Rocket Belt. [1]:158, During the day of 1 February, the number of incidents between allied and PAVN/VC forces fell from those of the two previous days. 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 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. However, because we did not have a firm grasp on the situation, our preparations had been cursory, the movement of our forces forward to seize attack positions had not been well organized and because enemy forces were too numerous and responded fiercely when we attacked, the forces that attacked the city on the night of 29-30 January were unable to seize their assigned objectives. The only Marine casualties were two men who failed to vacate their "hootches" in time. 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. On 27 January, COMUSMACV General William Westmoreland announced a ceasefire to be observed by Allied forces for 36 hours beginning at 18:00 on 29 January in honor of the Tt holidays. The Da Nang airbase was a major Ranch Hand facility during the American War in Vietnam. English: A damaged U.S. Marine Corps Grumman A-6A Intruderof Marine All-Weather Attack Squadron 242 (VMA(AW)-242) "Bats" at Da Nang Air Base, Vietnam, 30 January 1968. The Front announced that the 1968 Tt greeting of "Chairman Ho [Chi Minh] is actually a combat order for our entire Army and population. Missiles launched from nearby mountains have caused eight deaths, many injuries and. Bldg. Only the 7th Marines to the west experienced an increase in incidents as PAVN/VC troops moved through the western TAOR to return to their mountain strongholds in Base Area 114 and through Charlie Ridge into Happy Valley. Full Citation: Photograph 127-N-A190364; Rocket Attack on the Da Nang Air Base; 1/30/1968; General Photograph File of the U.S. Marine Corps, 1927 - 1981; Records of the U.S. Marine Corps, Record Group 127; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. Moreover, once the PAVN units arrived south of Da Nang they "made no further attempts at maneuver even while being hunted by Marine and Army units, and when engaged, seldom maneuvered, except to withdraw." He personally believed the plans were impractical and deserted at the first chance he had. 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. Among the casualties were two Marines killed, including Lieutenant Manning and six wounded from the 1st MP Battalion. 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. "[1]:163 The National Police arrested 25 of the crowd and quickly dispersed the would-be demonstrators. 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. The mortar attacks resulted in only five wounded and none killed among the Marine defenders. PAVN/VC fired rockets at both the Da Nang Air Base and Marble Mountain Air Facility. At the same time, the 1st Division had sent out several reconnaissance elements. According to a VC after-action report early in the offensive, the writer complained that the "commander did not know [the) situation accurately and that orders were not strictly obeyed ." Both battalions would be under the operational control of the 1st Marine Division. The Allies claimed 343 PAVN/VC killed and 195 prisoners. 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. 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 Stand Off Rocket attack of July 15, 1967 was the deadliest attack of the war at Nng Air Base. # Not in AF records, submitted by members, # Not in AF records, submitted by members, Air Base Defense in the Republic of Vietnam, 1960-1973. 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. Again the artillery responded with "excellent effect on target." Other units included the 402nd Sapper Battalion, the VC V-25th Battalion and other VC local forces. Military Photo: Rocket Attack On The Eve Of The Tet Offensive. 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. 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. A second platoon from Company G arrived at the site and attempted to maneuver to the PAVN flank. 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. From May 1968 to July 1970, the Army sergeant came of age in the U.S. Army mortuary at Tan Son Nhut Air Base in Saigon. The Northern Sector Defense Command rapidly assembled its reaction company and deployed one platoon to the division command post. 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. Material and equipment losses, however, were much more extensive. During the Cuban missile crisis, the U.S. Marine Corps deployed a Hawk air defense missile battery from the 3d Light Antiaircraft Missile (LAAM) Battalion to Guantnamo Bay, Cuba, to protect the U.S. naval base from a surprise low-level air attack by Soviet and Cuban aircraft. 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. "[1]:1578, The greatest danger to the TAOR at this juncture, however, was from the south in that area defended by the ROKMC and the ARVN 51st Regiment. Darkness prevented Sailfish from observing the number of casualties that the artillery and air inflicted upon the enemy. The company arrived at its dispositions at 01:00 the following morning . 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. Instead of calling artillery fire immediately, the reconnaissance Marines arranged with Battery K, 4/11 Marines and a detachment of the 3rd 155mm Gun Battery at An Ha for an "artillery ambush." 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. mms, from May of 69 to May of 70. [1]:147, After a lull of about an hour to an hour and a half, the enemy gunners renewed their assault on the Air Base and Marble Mountain Air Facility. Because of an air observer on station, the Marine gunners checked their fire. The remaining rocket attacks were ineffective. "[1]:159, The heaviest action occurred in the 3/5 Marines and 4th Battalion, 51st ARVN sectors along Highway 1. Apparently the forces were a mixed group from several different units interspersed together. Employing small arms fire, satchel charges, Rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs) and Bangalore torpedoes, the sappers thrust through blown gaps in the Marine wire. After the fixed-wing aircraft and evacuation helicopter cleared the area, the 11th Marines saturated the area with artillery fire. Entering the town from the southwest, the VC fired about 70 RPGs at the local forces, but never penetrated the defender's perimeter. 1969. The aircraft may have been one of those used by Air America. The VC continued to hold the hospital, however, and part of the engineer compound. Da Nang air base attacked in Vietnam by 40mm rockets 7 miles away, 47 killed many from local village (partial newsreel) Addeddate 2005-04-08 19:44:43 Color b&w Identifier 1967-03-03_Airbase_Shelled . CriticalPast is your source for imagery of worldwide events, people, and B-roll spanning the 20th century. The Marine company called in mortar and artillery fire. 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. The RF/PF suffered 1 PF killed and 10 wounded. The artillery fired another salvo, which caused a large secondary explosion. 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. In Jun-Jul 1970 gave the base to the RVN and went back to DaNang. Army forces in the Da Nang area including the troops from Task Force Miracle suffered 18 dead and 59 wounded. Two attached U .S. According to intelligence reports, on 15 January, Group 44, the forward headquarters of the PAVN/VC Military Region 5, moved from the hills in western Qung Nam Province, to an advance position on G Ni Island. After dark, both sides withdrew, the Marines to night defensive positions and the PAVN to the west. We had played cards the night before and he was so happy he had survived his year in . Obtenez des photos d'actualit haute rsolution de qualit sur Getty Images At about 03:00 two PAVN battalions struck the ARVN compound on Route 1 above the Thanh Quit River. ** The first two attacks on DaNang were by mortars. "[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. About 03:30, perhaps to divert Marine attention from the ground assault on I Corps headquarters and the city of Da Nang, enemy mortars opened up on Marble Mountain. soldier and wounding two. [1]:1489, In the Da Nang area of operations, outside of attacks by fire on the Marine base and outlying positions and the two ground assaults on Marine command and communications positions, the PAVN/VC infantry units largely concentrated on the South Vietnamese units. Located between the Cu and Thanh Qut Rivers and on either side of Highway 1, the two battalions provided the last line of defense before the so-called "Vital Area." Captured 122mm Tripod Launcher. Of the prisoners, the South Vietnamese identified six as military, 109 as workers, and the remaining 80 as VC cadre. Newsreel reporting on a rocket attack on the Da Nang military base being used for US Marine Corps operations. Robertson shared these concerns with General Robert E. Cushman Jr., the III MAF commander. Although the Koreans and the ARVN surrounded most of the city, the VC still were able to keep their southern flank open. 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. One battalion was to deploy immediately, with the other to deploy the next day. While successfully beating back the PAVN attack, the CAP leader called for help. Heavy explosions and fires on the base. The Communists carried out 26 rocket attacks on the Da Nang air base during 1972. Went to Danang to help EOD with the munitions storage facility mishap just outside Danang Air Base. 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. This demonstration may have been planned to coincide with an attack on the city which never developed. With the departure of the 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines in mid-January for Phu Bai Combat Base, the 3/7 Marines extended its area of operations to include An Hoa Combat Base to the south. [1]:153, South of the Hi Vn Pass, in the northern portion of the Da Nang TAOR, in the 2/7 Marines sector, the PAVN were able to close Highway 1 temporarily, but failed to penetrate Allied defenses. Again, the Marines killed the VC and once more foiled an apparent enemy demolition effort. 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. 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. Shortly after 01:00 on the 6th, PAVN gunners opened up on the hamlet with intermittent mortar rounds and small-arms fire. Since you were there, Colonel, you can verify that there were no fewer than 26 rocket attacks on the Da Nang. In the morning, the Marines discovered blood trails and three PAVN bodies in the vicinity of the explosions. They also mortared and rocketed MAG-13 at Chu Lai on 31 January 1968. Later intelligence and interrogation reports of prisoners of war would indicate that the unit that Rummage had intercepted was probably a battalion of the PAVN 2nd Division. Milantoni. Large numbers of flares shot high into the air and burst into . Caught east of the Cm L Bridge and Highway 1, on a small island formed by the convergence of the Cu , a small tributary of the river and the Vien Dien River, the VC turned to fight. [1]:154, The ROKMC sent three companies to close the southern link and then moved forward into the attack. By 11:00, Marine helicopters evacuated the most seriously wounded and brought in the rest of Company G into blocking positions on the western bank of the Yn. Scheduled to last eight weeks, Rolling Thunder will instead go on for three years. Posted: 02/01/2018. Apparently the division was slow in moving into the Da Nang area and was not in position to support the local forces in the earlier phase of the offensive . About 20 minutes later the missile battery sighted enemy rocket firing sites and two minutes later radioed that 12 rockets of undetermined size landed in and around its area. 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 lead column consisted of about 100 to 150 men, followed by the main body. At 17:00 on 29 January, Westmoreland cancelled the truce in the entire I Corps sector. The two PAVN prisoners identified themselves as members of the H-2 Engineering Company, part of the 2nd Sapper Battalion. In the engagement, the Marines lost 5 killed and 12 wounded. 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. [ Bob Kaatman photo ] One of the first caches of bombs to explode. "We carried bullet clips in our pockets, but no weapons, because the rifle boxes were nailed shut in their shipping crates. Da Nang AB was nicknamed "Rocket City" due to the large number of attacks by 122mm and 140mm rockets. The following day, the same sources indicated that both the VC 1st and the PAVN 3rd Regiments had also withdrawn to the Go Noi. DaNang Air Base was known as "rocket city" for the number of attacks that occurred there between 1965 and 1973. The attack started at 12:25 AM and an estimated 50 rounds of 122mm rockets were fired at the installation. During the day, the division had positioned 11 reconnaissance Stingray patrols along likely enemy avenues of approach. West runway cratered, east runway open. Base orientation brochure, Perimeter, Tent City. Galand Kramer at the Danang Officers Open Mess, the DOOM Club, so appropriately named for those of us flying into the teeth of North Vietnams AAA, missile and MiG air defenses. Survived many Rocket Attacks. According to Marine intelligence reports, on 9 February, the 2nd Division moved its headquarters back to the Go Noi from its more forward positions. According to Davis, a few hours later, Robertson called a division briefing for all battalion commanders. Lm arrived at the headquarters compound shortly after dawn. Cam Ranh Bay AB: US Army 6th Convalescent Hospital debris by Sapper Attack! "[1]:1545, By this time, the Tet Offensive was in full bloom, not only at Da Nang, but throughout South Vietnam. 07-18 488 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Muskogee, Location: Da Nang Vietnam. Considering the amount of ordnance that the enemy expended, casualties were relatively small. The NVA launched hundreds of rocket attacks on DaNang Airbase trying to hit the bomb dump. Even at Marble Mountain the damage was relatively contained. Guards beat off the . [1]:143, PAVN/VC forces throughout South Vietnam were about to strike. The PAVN/VC attacked a Marine bunker and ran through the Communications Support Company area throwing grenades and Satchel charges in the living quarters. 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). (AP) AP According to the prisoner accounts, they were from the PAVN 3rd Battalion, 31st Regiment and confirmed that "Da Nang itself was the ultimate objective. The Marine companies then pulled back and called in artillery and air. All clips are licensed royalty-free, worldwide, in perpetuity. A total of 49 mortar and rocket rounds were counted landing on the airfield during this attack. Of the 13-man Recon team, codename Dublin City, one was dead, nine were injured and three escaped unscathed. Manning defensive positions, the Marine communicators and engineers repelled the attacking force, killing four VC. 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. From their night positions, Company G observers saw large numbers of PAVN approaching them from the north. Rocket attack on the Da Nang Air Base that took place, Da Nang, Vietnam, January 30, 1968. Supported by U .S . Finally the PAVN broke contact at 20:00 and disappeared. [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. The battle for Da Nang was largely over. [1]:154, Throughout the Da Nang TAOR, the intensity of activity increased during the night. Da Nang Vietnam January 30, 1968 - Rocket attack on the Da Nang Air Base. At 16:00, one of the Stingray units, using the codename Saddle Bag, situated in the mountains just south of a bend in the Thu Bn River below An Ha Combat Base, about 20 miles (32km) southwest of the Da Nang, reported observing about 75 enemy soldiers wearing helmets and some carrying mortars. Mortars and recoilless rifle rounds continued to land inside the headquarters compound from enemy firing positions in Ha Vang. 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. According to Marine sources, the heavy action on this small island resulted in 102 VC killed, 88 prisoners of war, 13 VC suspects and 70 laborers. The air base at Da Nang was, therefore, a particularly enticing target. After their breaching of the outer defenses, the VC squad fired B-40 rockets at the headquarters building, but then fought a delaying action, waiting for reinforcements which never came. The VC had learned that artillery and/or air strikes would be called in on the launch sites. The Snack Bar was halfway between the barracks and Base Comm. Use big bombs." Reinforced by the remainder of Company L and two platoons from Company M together with two tanks and an LVTP-5, the Marines engaged the PAVN. It was the worst attack on Danang since July 5,. 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. 1970, 1st Marines, AFVN, Armed Forces Vietnam Network, Assassination . 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. 366th AMS, Rocket attack BX, Gunfighter Pilots. Two LVTH-6s from the Marine 1st Armored Amphibian Company attached to the 11th Marines responded to a call from the U .S. All attacks from 02/27/67 forward were by rockets. Company L, 3/5 Marines set up blocking positions on the east bank of the Yen. On the ground a patrol from Company A, 1/7 Marines, operating below the battalion's command post on Hill 10, saw about 10 PAVN soldiers just south of the Ty Loan River preparing positions. 1969. In one operation near Dien Ban, the ARVN 51st Regiment sustained losses of 40 men killed, six missing, and 140 wounded while accounting for about 80 enemy dead and 13 prisoners. At least some members of his group also reportedly provided security for Richard Spencer's often violent campus appearances. I was in Danang less than a month when the Vietcong used rockets to attack the Danang Air Base for the first time in the war, on the morning of February 27. 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. 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]. In the 7th Marines sector, the Marines described the same type of activity as well as increased enemy infiltration. At in Bn, the 51st Regiment reinforced by the ROKMC contained the attack. * The first attack was made by both mortars and sappers. Air Vietnam also used the facility from 1951 to 1975 for civilian domestic and international flights within Southeast Asia. About an hour later, PAVN troops who had infiltrated Duong Lam rushed the CAP compound. The 6252nd Tactical Fighter Wing was activated at Da Nang on 18 July, 1965, and was responsible as the host unit for operational squadrons assigned to Da Nang, including the 8th and 13th Bombardment Squadrons. *** The first time that rockets were used in the Republic of Vietnam by the Viet Cong/North Vietnamese Army. In the 3/7 Marines area of operations, about 2,000 meters west of Hill 55 on the other side of a bend in the Yen River, a squad from Company L at 11:45 ran into what eventually turned out to be a fairly large-sized PAVN unit. "[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]:147, Major General Raymond Murray, the III MAF deputy commander, remembered that he heard a "hell of a lot of racket" and "woke up [to] the airfield at Da Nang being rocketed." Marine counter-rocket fire from the 11th Marines and 1st Tank Battalion resulted in five secondary explosions. 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. With covering fire provided by 81mm and 82mm mortars, about a reinforced company reached the I Corps headquarters compound actually located within the city of Da Nang just outside the northern perimeter of the Air Base. 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