Units: Dec. 69 : C-btry. Army Engineer Command 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. 100, BR Btry. All of these maps are oversized (i.e. LZ Valley. 227-529 FRENCH CEMETARY QL19E 15km from AnKhe AF Grp Mob. 68 : C-Btry. 4th INF DIV Area of Opers. If a 100-meter resolution is enough, 3 + 3 digits suffice; if a 1km resolution is enough, 2 + 2 digits suffice; if 10km resolution is enough, 1 + 1 digits suffice. 892-659 LZ CRYSTAL 23km N. Phu Cat AF, BR Theres no way of knowing what would have transpired. C-Battery, 7th BN, 15th Field Artillery Mechanic James Willmon is wounded 685-420 LZ DIAMONDHEAD Binh Khe 22km ESE AnKhe on QL19E C/7/15 68, BR Can I still get the older topographic maps? Note that different basemaps let you zoom in different amounts. Good Luck! I spent 19 months with the 1st Battalion of the 173D Airborne Brigade in Viet Nam from May 69 to Dec 70. The lower the input precision, the more "slop" is allowed in the final check on the latitude zone letter. Choose your approach to reading the map. 1 July 67 : C-Btry. 1st Infantry Division The row letters go from A to Z, omitting I and O. Non-copyrighted maps can also be downloaded in a variety of sizes and formats. Vietnam WAR - FOR THE ONE'S WHO FOUGHT IT - Google My Maps Search the Digital Collections representing our digitized holdings across a wide spectrum of materials include artifacts, prints, posters, maps and more. CAV HQs: AnKhe Sept. 1966 - Apr. displaced to LZ Uplift BR 928-775, mission of GSR - 1st Air Cav. YA 109-273 LZ OASIS 3rd BN, 4th INF DIV AO Forward Fire Base, ZA tried to draw them as close as possible as they really are. 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to represent current best practices on any topic, particularly with regard to health and safety, but also in terms of outdated cultural depictions and social values. There were smaller battles in other years during Tet. Name Grid Coordinates Additional Information Google Map Coordinates 18th Surg Hospital Quang Tri 67th Evac Hospital Qui Nhon 85th Evac Hospital YD 879146 Adjacent to Phu Bai Airport 95th Evac Hospital Dec. 68 to late Jan. 69: C-btry. End Game! While doing research for my book about the Vietnam War, I've learned a lot about how to pinpoint locations on a map using coordinates found in declassified after-action reports and command chronologies. This truncation can put them on the wrong side of a latitude zone boundary, causing the truncated MGRS string to be considered invalid. Common mnemonics include "in the house, up the stairs", "left-to-right, bottom-to-top" and "Read Right Up". Starting Today, U.S. military men estimate, in addition to the completely North Vietnamese units serving in the south, Hanoi is supplying Viet Cong units with about 10 percent of their personnel. Under "Other Filters",usethe dropdown menu in the Map Scale boxtoselect 1:50,000 (it's near the top of the list). Holdorf. 5. I left ben hoa/long ben to duty in Mekong Delta area. 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. The UTM system consists of 60 zones, each 6-degrees of longitude in width. manmade features like woodlands, waterways, Bde. They show the distance between any two Evac. PLSS surveys, which are available for portions of land in 30 southern and western states, are made by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). While in convoy In addition, weve 841-247 DUC CO QL19W 13km to Cambodia, 55km SW Pleiku, YA Grid Coordinates taken from M-60 Mike Kelleys Book: Where We Were In Download our historical topographic maps and our more current US Topo maps (published 2009-present) free of charge using TopoView (GeoPDF, GeoTIFF, JPEG, and KMZ formats) or using the USGS Stores Map Locator (GeoPDF format). South Vietnam Map 1. Soui Doi. Where We Were in Vietnam.". An American Army unit were 90% of the people in it were injured in combat but kept on fighting. Diana. 4 0 obj The connection to that map, to my family's military history, inspired me to find the highest quality and relevant battle maps of the American military suitable for framing and displaying in homes andoffices across the country. 10:00 am to 4:00 pm YA Several VC KIAd. Sources for Vietnam War Map Coordinates We must begin, of course, with a source for a given MGRS coordinate from the Vietnam War. 1968 can be obtained from Michael Donley, Grids: East of Pleiku, same as ZA Grids North to South, AR 5 Jan. 68 : C-Btry. 207-345 THE STADIUM Along QL19B 6km WSW intersect, ZA Grids: Due South of CR Grids, along E. Coast, CP I was there about 8 to ten Hours, the base was surrounded by water on two or three sides. the others are. Military Grid Reference System charge he was carrying to the gun pit. with the rest of the unit. 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. Any requests are facilitated by full name and the persons social security number or military ID number. 097-834 FSB PATT 15km WSW Kontum: ( City: AR77-80 ), ZA HQs along QL14 22km S. Pleiku, YA ( - ) displaces to LZ Joan, Duc Co. 2022 Pritzker Military Museum & Library. Most people dont know it but the 173D, shortly after the fights at Hill 875 and Dak To Army Airfield, had some of its paratroopers sitting alongside the runways at Dak To dressed in desert warfare camouflage uniforms because they had been put on alert to go into the 7 Day War between Israel and Egypt. 9th Division to 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. April to Elements of 9th Infantry Division We will be adding more locations as time goes on. Bn. Their main headquarters was in Saigon but had sub-commands all over South Vietnam. NVA 2nd Division LC Catalog - Item Information (Full Record) 90-76 MISS AMERICA MOUNTAIN Range N. & NW. There are several places to download a free 924-752 LZ UPLIFT QL1 ran thru, 12km SSE Bong Son HHB/7/15th FA 3 0 obj Elements of 2nd Brigade 4th Infantry Division our large on-site page compiled by Dan Gillotti - Firebases by the values given within the grid. Sections can be further subdivided Interpreting the colored lines, areas, and other symbols is the first step in using topographic maps. version of the Adobe software, including the IRS web site, and the link French Indochina 1913 4. The Central Highlands area in South Vietnam, consisting of 12 provinces, and the largest of the four corps in size. Map: Highways QL-1, QL-14 and QL-19, II 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. 220-465 Observation Post 10 7km SW Pleiku, 7km WSW Holloway, ZA Additional In the 173D the supply people kept the majority of their gear locked away in metal boxes called conex steel transport boxes so they could be ready to move 24/7/365. There are other geographic naming systems of this alphanumeric kind: On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Dave Holdorf. maps that were used in Vietnam by the military are those that have Grids 902-315 LZ JACKSON HOLE Le Thang 20km WNW LZ Oasis, YA [5] The civilian version of MGRS, USNG, also uses truncation.[6]. Inf. Where Map. The JPG/PNG files can show almost any data that GISsurfer can display. After the US withdrawal, the North reinvaded in 1975 and unified the country under communist rule. no login required) ArcGIS server along with an MGRS grid on top of that data. The 5th Infantry Division is not identified on the I Corps Area. These maps describe the shape of the ZA10-27, ZA A practical motivation was given in the release notes for GEOTRANS,[4] Release 2.0.2, 1999: The MGRS module was changed to make the final latitude check on MGRS to UTM conversions sensitive to the precision of the input MGRS coordinate string. HILL also YA 922-270 8km ENE Duc Co AF, 37km WSW Pleiku. The first part of an MGRS coordinate is the grid-zone designation. It contains 186,751 words in 265 pages and was updated last on March 27th, 2022. 22nd Division Still another variable in weighing the military prospects in Vietnam is the enemys demonstrated willingness to sustain enormous combat losses for what appears to be no immediate advantage. 68 to 5 Apr 69. Thout on Delta Helicopter Aviation Battalion Author Dave Holdorf 32km S Nha Trang, Major US Installation, CP BongSon, BR LINES and grid ZONES have been added in RED. 4/71, BR displaced to LZ Linda BR 935-467. 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. The Best Places To Buy Military Grid Maps - CHM This was no ordinary map, but rather the one my grandfather had in his flight suit during his missions over Europe in his B-17 as a co-pilot. 4th Gun Section fires 10,000th Offensive" in 1973, and the final offensive in 1975, struck at the heart of the per shrapnel in left leg, sent back to LZ Blackhawk. land mine blows in between a 5-ton truck pushing and an FDC track vehicle Check with where he attended boot camp I am trying to get my dads right now. line, or just about half way to the far right grid line. Corps IV 88-99 LZ GRAY QL14 50km SSE Pleiku named: Explore longer form content written by staff and guest bloggers. & BQ meet at the large black dot at the city of Plei Kanong. N. LZ Action, BR saying about was on Con Thien in 1968. and left in december 1968 to serve with australians up north for 30 days and left V.N. The column letters use a more restricted alphabet, going from A to Z but omitting D, E, I, M, N, O, V, W; the columns are arranged so that the rightmost column in grid zone A and Y has column letter Z, and the next column in grid zone B or Z starts over with column letter A. 36th Tactical Fighter Wing America! 7th Division these .pdf map files. made it to LZ Diamondhead. As mentioned above, when converting UTM coordinates to an MGRS grid reference, or when abbreviating an MGRS grid reference to lower precision, one should truncate the coordinates, not round. days, in support of 1/12, 22 Apr.68 : C-Btry. I departed Vietnam in June of 1966. United States National Grid Page at Federal Geographic Committee. 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. Maps of North and South Vietnam. Then we went to L Z Sharon. S. to Plei Me. 109-271 CATECKA TEA PLANTATION 5km W. inter/sect QLs 14 & 19W, ZA 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. 032-934 POLEI KLENG 16km W. Kontum Montgnard Village/SF CIDG Camp, ZA maps + photos, 69th Armor Page - Clickable maps of the 915-433 CAMP FIDEL S. edge of PhuCat AF Base, BR Our Post in Da Lat was an old WWII Japanese military hospital. LZ English BS 878-015 and LZ Pony BR 801-829. Six VC Main-Force Battalions, U.S. A value lower than .477 in the first three 935-188 FIRE BASE 6 Hill 1001 7km NW Hill 1338, ZB But what goes around, comes around and Castro got to Kennedy through Lee Harvey Oswald, then through the Mafia, took out Oswald. 1st Brigade of 4th Infantry Division For larger buildings, the actual shapes are mapped. ROK Tiger Div. Let us say that we'd like to map out Leatherneck Square, which is demarkated by the four corners of Con Thien, Gio Lihn, Dong Ha, and Cam Lo. Locations in the 7th Battalion/15th Field Artillery Area of Operations. By Dave 061-738 LZ BOBBIE or ZA 097-834? Ive LZs, cities, hamlets and roads using grid locations, we suggest Mike Kelleys Found 'Y' instead. displaces to 30ks North of Ban Me Platoon Gun-Sections s at LZ Pony, Two ( 2 ) at Binh Khe I assume that It may be helpful to read . the lower left corner of BR Grid which is located where all the grids AR, BR, AQ, 1st Tactical Fighter Wing as an over-lay. grid to start the location method. Highlands, 1967 Base It was the Military Assistance Command- Vietnam and I think reported to USARV US Army Republic Vietnam. (In some cases, squares adjacent to a Grid Zone Junction (GZJ) are clipped, so polygon is a better descriptor of these areas.) This This map with a MGRS grid will work in most browsers on most devices including cell phones. AO ( also: BR82-65 ), BR 2023 Cody Burleson. 28 Feb. 68 : C-Btry. at Artillery Hill AR797-348, Republic of Korea 1st Tiger DIV BR/BQ/CR/CQ Grids 61st Arty Binh Khe. that some locations have more than one grid due to either being large, or Selecting the appropriate scale depends on the size of the sheet of paper and the accurate placement of features. 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. This photo is from Robert Branscomb, crew member of Shadow 77. But, even allowing for continued steady improvement on the part of South Vietnamese forces, most Americans in Vietnam doubt whether they will be ready, when Westmoreland flashes the sign, to assume the heavy military burden he contemplates putting upon them. 900-090 LZ TOM 3km E. of coast, 15km NNE Bong Son A/7/15th You can make a scale for your LZ ENGLISH or BR 879-005 5km NNE Bong Son, BS 883-068 MY Unit and I FOUGHT SEARCH AND DESTROY MISSIONS IN CENTAL VIETNAM S MOUNTAINOUS AND JUNGLE AREAS (1968 & 1969 while in the 4TH INFANTRY. Jupiter BR 616-608, and returned to Binh Khe on 1 Dec. 67. ( - ) displaced to LZ, 3 Mar. 3rd Tactical Fighter Wing 227-840 LZ MARY LOU ZA 027-934: LZ BASS 24km WNW Kontum, ZA LZ English BS 878-015 and LZ Pony BR 801-829. 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment Indochina 1886 3. 042-534 NHA TRANG 1FFV HQ 24km N. Cam Ranh Bay, CP 25th Infantry Division, SOUTH VIETNAM FORCES: The speaker went on to say that another 2,000 should of been awarded Purple Hearts but, for a variety of reasons, were not issued one. If a resolution of 10 meters is enough, the final digit of the easting and northing can be dropped, so that only 4 + 4 digits are used, representing a 10-meter square. 804-470 71st EVAC. the normal longitude or latitude lines that normally appear on maps. General Support ) ( - ) as a spilt Battery to 1st Air Cav., and the during the Vietnam War, (Note: I Corps was north and 939-480 PUMP STATION 10 used by C/7/15th FA at LZ Blackhawk early in South Vietnam Summer 1969 The Cam lo river bridge was washed out. For example Camp Evans runway is clearly visible on Google Earth and is even confirmed with a Vietnam era picture marking the spot. 1. The number of digits in the numerical location must be even: 0, 2, 4, 6, 8 or 10, depending on the desired precision. displaces to LZ Pluto BR 615-643 Happy Tuesday Saturday LZ Pony. On computers without a GPS chip, Latitude and Longitude are guesstimated by Google based on your IP address and the known locations of the nearest WIFI access points and their addresses. This supposedly was the reason for the U.S. entering the war. the ONLY grids in Vietnam, A & Z, for the entire length of 4 Military Regions (MR) Its during stay, unit is mortared almost daily. This map with a MGRS grid will work in most browsers on most devices including cell phones. Browse our unique collection of books, exhibit merchandise, precious coins and more. In the "Filter by Country" box, select USA and the appropriate state. I have maps that date back to 1897 which includes the RailRoad routes in the US. 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. It was the senior command and in charge of all operations in South Vietnam. Do all USGS 7.5 minute topographic maps show the UTM grid? NVA 1st Division To Plei Mrong/Polei Kleng areas in mid-Jan. 69, LZ Action in Feb. 69. Note: This article may feature affiliate links, and purchases made may earn us a commission at no extra cost to you. I respect you for your service. who served with C-Btry. Plei Djereng YA 85-45. For more information, please visit our FAQ or Terms of Use. Uplift. Some small patrols accidentaly slipped into Cambodia to clear the border area of commies and 30 miles inland. 5 Nov. 67 : C-Btry. This is before we entered the war on the ground. Your email address will not be published. In instances where the polygon is not a square and has been clipped by a grid zone junction, the polygon keeps the label of the southwest corner as if it had not been clipped. Military Grid Reference System (MGRS) ExpertGPS Reprojects Your Data Between Any of These Datums: World Geodetic System 1984 (WGS 84) - EPSG 4326; World Geodetic System 1972 (WGS 72) - EPSG 4322; Indian 1960; Indian 1960, Con Son Island; VN-2000 - EPSG 4756 The northmost latitude band, X, is 12 high. If we zoom in on Hawaii (figure 2), we see that the square that contains Honolulu, if we use 10km resolution, would be written 4QFJ15. FORCES: 3 Mar. Elements of 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) 230-354 Camp St. Barbara 3km E. Catecka AF, if 230-534: QL14 S. Pleiku, ZA 1300 Bed, 44th Med. below: QL19 The Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive: Map Collection - Go Cong, Kien Tuong, Kien Phong, Dinh Tuong, Kien Hoa, Vinh Binh, Vinh -j\/YTlA}>sXIfqi'MlQdbXj ;fWdt1R)x^[L]\Te]A+eE +XWt~^>l0i D>` gVYn}."69Il, PDF Using the Vietnam Archive Maps Database - Texas Tech University
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