A majority of the maps in this collection come from the Army Map Service with the remainder from such public sources as National Geographic. Whether Westmoreland can, in fact, perform these military miracles on such a tidy timetable depends in large measure on the performance of the South Vietnamese armed forces (RVNAF). UTM, US National Grid, and MGRS 1000 meter grids all share the same grid. also 8 other grids marked in red that surround the BR Grid. Supplemental resources to use throughout your entire unit. But an MGRS grid reference can denote an area that crosses a latitude band boundary. In addition, weve Map: Highways QL-1, QL-14 and QL-19, II Others believe that strategists in Hanoi have made a conscious decision to accept vastly increased losses in order to raise the number of American casualties to a point where it may become politically indigestible in the U.S. Whatever the motivation, it seems clear that the recent outbreak of fierce battles on South Vietnams border represents an escalation of the war on the part of North Vietnam. Estimate direct distances on a map grid. For example, here's a map I created that features Leatherneck Square as described in this article: Cody Burleson's Vietnam War Locations Map, Checkout this community curated map on Google My Maps called Vietnam WAR - FOR THE ONES WHO FOUGHT IT. 20ks North of Ban Me Thuot C-Btry. LZ English BS 878-015 and LZ Pony BR 801-829. 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. For this approach, you can use a ruler, compass, RA protractor, or a sheet of paper to help you. Chicago, IL 60603 The US Topo production schedule follows the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Imagery Program (NAIP) collection schedule. and whoever controls the Highlands controls Vietnam.". at Artillery Hill AR797-348, In November, after months of haggling among intelligence experts, the U.S. drastically revised its method of calculating enemy strength. Locations of 7/15th FA Batteries 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. This article will focus on the locations and information during my tour 5 2-548s sent to LZ Vera YA834-178 to pull If Kennedy had not been assasinated many thousand of lives would have been saved. In the polar regions, there is only one version of the lettering scheme.[7]. Search the Digital Collections representing our digitized holdings across a wide spectrum of materials include artifacts, prints, posters, maps and more. 962-855 LZ BRILLO PAD 10km SW Polei Kleng, YB How are UTM coordinates measured on USGS topographic maps? 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. were installed previously. for 1/12, Approx. This, however, is merely a continuation of a long-standing trend. Many (but not all) of the available maps cover areas near military facilities. split the entire Nam map into two sections for better and larger viewing. Ground radar units Its not a crumbling army. 477-435 DODGE CITY aka Sin City Red-Light Dist., on dirt road tank For a short description of my other projects see the MappingSupport project page. These maps describe the shape of the I was part of the 1/503 Infantry out of L.Z. Still fighting the final battle with a VA disability and several afflictions from Agent Orange, that gift that keeps on giving. The USGS has alimitednumber of 1:50,000-scale maps available for the United States. Approx. Townships are subdivided into 36 one-mile-square sections. We pretty much all went over as privates, and left as Sp5s. Vietnam, that are ONLY 20 to 30 kilometers in width! In those days, the 173D Airborne was the immediate response group for anything in Asia and the Middle East. Keep in mind that the grid lines are NOT w/a number lower than 7. Royal Australian Air Force Squadron, U.S. Commando Hunt in Laos begins. Error in input. Choose your approach to reading the map. stayed at LZ Blackhawk. Our scheduled time on the hill was 3 days up and 4 days down. Though the war in Vietnam was fought throughout the country, a few locations are better understood through visual representation. In Phase Three, Westmoreland plans to destroy the Viet Congs infrastructure and turn over to a completely retrained South Vietnamese Army a major portion of the defense of the Demilitarized Zone and other areas. Timothy J. Haslett, and We can now enter it into the MGRS / USNG to Latitude and Longitude calculator. Division NVA 3rd Division As a result, meaningful comparisons with previous manpower estimates have now become all but impossible. Same as AR Grids North to and left in december 1968 to serve with australians up north for 30 days and left V.N. Corps, Home | About Your email address will not be published. Measure the distance between the places marked on the map. Maps: I at LZ Oasis. Most The Vietnam War, as seen on Newsweek covers (1964-1973), Ex-POW John McCain tells the story of his captivity in Vietnam (1973), Vietnam War in 1965: Bitter dilemmas and a new US strategy, US pulls out of Vietnam: Saigon government surrenders (1975). Tim was sent to Japan, then state-side. We have 1:25,000 topographical maps of all of Vietnam (similar to the Bien Hoa maps). are and how to get to them, whether Links | NVA 368th B Regiment 613-607 LZ HARDTIMES Vinh Thang Valley 20km SE camp Radcliff 7/15th FA, BR 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. How could a person who rotated out of a tour in 1967, be involved during the Tet of 1968? 163-049 PLEI ME 44 km SSW Pleiku W. off QL14, ZA 053-322 6th CONVALESCENT HOSP. Records and Photos are archived at the National Archives and Records Adminstration (NARA) in Washington, DC and its major records library in a nearby Maryland suburb. 1969, 4th the rest in these two grid zones100 kilometers and broken into 10 equal NVA 3rd Division All over. Bde. Do all USGS 7.5 minute topographic maps show the UTM grid? 943-043 LZ ALBANY Ia Drang Valley 17km W. Plei Me, YA Holdorf. 1st Field Force Headquarters 196th and 198th Light Infantry Brigades An official website of the United States government. to be LZ Diamondhead. The Coffelt Database of Vietnam casualties, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, documents from the 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines, MGRS / USNG to Latitude and Longitude calculator, Powered by Rock Mountain (my own home-grown thing) version. The Public Land Survey System (PLSS) is a way of subdividing and describing land in the United States. The proportion chosen for a particular map is its scale. Corps: Roads, Grid Zones, Airfields, and Directory, (Also see: List of Firebases, LZ's and Base Camps), There was a Vietnamese Dissident activities in Indochina 1950 6. in red lines on the map shown below. 918-750 ), BR Kennedy was killed because he was going to with draw the troops out and let the people fight their own battle against the Communist. Btry. 3rd Brigade of 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) also attached, SOUTH VIETNAM FORCES: The Vietnam war was fought in southeast Asia, mainly in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos between the US backed South Vietnam and the Soviet back North Vietnam. infiltrating perimeter. 230-354 Camp St. Barbara 3km E. Catecka AF, if 230-534: QL14 S. Pleiku, ZA Uplift. the area of Kon River Valley vic BR70-65. casualties in two days of fighting. If we enter it as-is and then press Calc, we get the following error: parsemgrs():'YD113703' : Missing Zone Number. 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment During General Support ) ( - ) as a spilt Battery to 1st Air Cav., and the 204-214 LZ OUTRIDER also ZA 200-170 26km SSW Pleiku, ZA Forces Camp Old, ZB While there, occasional rockets hit LZ, one landing in between motor 30 Nov. 67 : C-Btry. VC 5th Division East - Qui Nhon to Pleiku Learn how your comment data is processed. There are nearly 200,000 South Vietnamese regulars, militia and irregulars operating in the delta, along with 9,000 U.S. troops, and they have inflicted serious wounds on the enemy. 22km SW Kontum, ZA Diana I am sorry for your loss. 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. 1 July 67 : C-Btry. 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To see which maps are available for sale(or free digital download), go to the onlineUSGS Store: The USGS doesnot have a complete set of NGA 1:50,000 maps for the United States. The Grid Number Location for AnKhe is BR477435. Mechanic David E. Holdorf. 900-090 LZ TOM 3km E. of coast, 15km NNE Bong Son A/7/15th Grid 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. This supposedly was the reason for the U.S. entering the war. that there are two vertical and two horizontal red lines on the map. 68 : C-Btry. Military Map Reading version of the Adobe software, including the IRS web site, and the link 1st Marine Division Listed in the lower left corner of the map are South Vietnamese military and government installations, and, on the right, are the locations of "Properties used by the U.S. Government Hue, Vietnam." The list of American properties is faded, as seen below. Operation Binh Tay-MacArthur at LZs Vera and Jean YA 809-232, Duc Co, close Oh yes we had 4 consective nights of B-52 strikes in October 71. 9th Division that some locations have more than one grid due to either being large, or displaces to LZ Diamondhead, one howitzer Name to the RED DOT, thats the exact location as per grid numbers. 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?? But what goes around, comes around and Castro got to Kennedy through Lee Harvey Oswald, then through the Mafia, took out Oswald. Plei Djereng YA 85-45. The Chief of Staff of the Army, Herold K Johnson, visited our unit and I briefed him on our operations. Os8[f. Timothy J. Haslett, and Near the equator, the columns of UTM zone 1 have the letters AH, the columns of UTM zone 2 have the letters JR (omitting O), and the columns of UTM zone 3 have the letters SZ. 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. displaces to LZ Joan YA 845-252 Duc Co. GS 1/35, 15 Nov. 68 : C-Btry. who served with C-Btry. Sources for Vietnam War Map Coordinates We must begin, of course, with a source for a given MGRS coordinate from the Vietnam War. - Kontum, Binh Dinh, Pleiku, Phu Bon, Phu Yen, Dar Lac, Khanh Hoa, Ninh Thuan, Tuyon Duc, 2nd Division, ENEMY FORCES: Grid is W. of Pleiku, half way to Cambodian Border, N. to just past Polei Kleng, In the map (figure 1), which uses the AA scheme, we see that Honolulu is in grid zone 4Q, and square FJ. x[moFa?JMs_zhH]z802m %MRB";3;;/OO_y%o/^/.B$5)7NR'%[wvTS^?={7yG7bFMhVy=EO>~;GD&|*|,Q+(k]*=dF]Dg%rS U>T\@~%HE/hqKZzZ>cILAK5/>B3)^r2%%CuKSqXi*InBVm$S%,imn4%-`aL!ob{e{b4I}EtZYr$x_Fgo,} ( - ) displaces to LZ Joan, Duc Co. One ( 1 ) platoon displaced to LZ Jenny BR 182-527 Pleiku Ammo Supply Point, Plei Mrong Rd. The MAC-V commander reported directly to the President of the United States. 1968 when he was transferred to the C/5/22nd FA. Military Grid Reference System. 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). Most of the LZs listed weve re-drawn the original using grid coordinates. 00-15 CAM RANH BAY HAWKS NEST 2km W. of coast, 28km SE Bong Son near LZ UpLift, CR you're hiking, biking, hunting, fishing, or There are Good Luck! However, truncation is used in GEOTRANS since version 3.0, and in NGA Military Map Reading 201[3] (page 5) and in the US Army Field Manual 3-25.26. BongSon, BR QL 14 & Rte 512 to Ben Het, ZB 5 Nov. 67 : C-Btry. Delta Helicopter Aviation Battalion The Military Grid Reference System ( MGRS) [1] is the geocoordinate standard used by NATO militaries for locating points on Earth. Thout on (Last years official figure was 280,000.). 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land. 29 Apr. This same notation is used in both UTM and MGRS, i.e. 15 Nov. 68 : C-Btry. Theseare maps that the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) has released for sale to the public. fires another mission S. to Plei Me. Beginning in the mid-1950s, the grid was indicated by blue ticks around the map at 1,000-meter spacing. 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. Dont kid yourself, said one general. to find that LZ or exact location you were in? New for 2023: There are now some tutorial videos to help you learn about GISsurfer. IV Corps was south), Provinces and Cities in South Vietnam: 16 Nov. 68 : C-Btry. ( - ) displaced to LZ Note 2-548s sent to LZ Vera YA834-178 to pull The units we fight now will break and run, says one general. The primary method for finding and accessing maps in the Map Collection is through the Maps Database Search Page. If every position being located is within the same grid zone and 100,000-meter square, only the numerical location is specified. 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. Dec. 68 to late Jan. 69: C-btry. FORCES: 36th Tactical Fighter Wing America! Any requests are facilitated by full name and the persons social security number or military ID number. Dissident activities in Indochina 1950, 20. our first draft maps in which we asked our Vets to place the LZs we were at, Click on+VIEW FILTERSto toggle on additional filters. ( - ) displaces to LZ Joan, Duc Co. Does anyone know the name of the base? to LZ Joan. The 108 degree East longitude line separates the ZA and AR grids in the Pleiku 226-535 HQ 42nd ARVN jus S. of Pleiku/Nansteph AF, ZA 22 Apr.68 : C-Btry. his name R.J. Goupil. 11th Infantry Brigade He was interested in why we were having outstanding success compared to other support units in Vietnam. Related to this is the primacy of the southwest corner of the polygon being the labeling point for an entire polygon. 1967-69, BR 834-178 LZ VERA 8km SE. Here, we have links to maps, and all sorts of other useful data! Well, yes and no. 51st Regiment of Duc Co AF, YA grid to start the location method. with the rest of the unit. In April of 1971, seven months before the For links to those videos, open the GISsurfer homepage (https://gissurfer.com), click the green 'Menu' button and go to the Help page. 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. 846-947 LZ TWO BITS 2km inter/sect QL1 & Hwy 514, adj. At zone 4, the column letters start over from A, and so on around the world. This has been controversial in the past, since the oldest specification, TM8358.1,[1] used rounding, as did GEOTRANS[4] before version 3.0. <>
Tickets available upon arrival. We were there in 1968. 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. We staid until the river went down. 100, BR We must begin, of course, with a source for a given MGRS coordinate from the Vietnam War. Maps are also available for searching through the Virtual Vietnam Archive. Then he said, Imagine that! I have always wondered about him.I just found out 3 yrs ago that he got shot in Nam.I was hoping to find someone that might of known him.he has since past away. All Americans of all branches in Vietnam in one way or another reported to MAC-V. Then we went to L Z Sharon. 25th Infantry Division, SOUTH VIETNAM FORCES: NOTE: Thout on ], U.S. Shows locations of military camps: I Corps, II Corps, III Corps, IV Corps, and the Vietnam Demilitarized Zone during the Vietnam War; also shows outline maps of Laos, Cambodia, and part of Thailand. 4&wK
v@^E&70jb;]6RxX("ftVGv|9N> 202-341 to 351 CATECKA PLEIKU AIRFIELD 10-12km NE Oasis AF, ZA experiences the BNs first Vietnam War United States National Grid Index Map in PDF. 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. Our Post in Da Lat was an old WWII Japanese military hospital. <>
The Map Collection contains over 1500 maps on Vietnam, Indochina, and Southeast Asia. Title: List of Coordinates (Lat/Long and Grid) for fire bases, landing zones, special forces and other combat sites in the RVN Area of Operations (187 pages) [10 November 2014] . ROK Tiger Div. When requesting a map, please ask for the entire folder. 31 Sept. 67 : GS ( - ) 2nd & 3rd I was sent on a mission to deliver ammo, food, and med supplies to a base that was under attack. using Grid Line Coordinates, and go from there. 22nd Division displaces to LZ Joan YA 845-252 Duc Co. GS 1/35th Quang Tin, Quang Ngai, Hue, Da Nang, II Corps Linda and Jenny ROK. 109-271 CATECKA TEA PLANTATION 5km W. inter/sect QLs 14 & 19W, ZA This is to handle an issue raised by some F-16 pilots, who truncate MGRS strings that they receive from the Army. & Z Map Grids are NOT Like Others! Apr. 2 0 obj
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. displaced to LZ English BS 878-015. Explore longer form content written by staff and guest bloggers. Republic of Philippines Contingent General Support ) ( - ) as a spilt Battery to 1st Air Cav., and the The Central Highlands area in South Vietnam, consisting of 12 provinces, and the largest of the four corps in size. All use the South-West corner of the reflects a more exact location of all LZs. FA Locations & Area of Operations (AO). 30 Nov. 67 : C-Btry. important buildings, and bridges. ZA10-27, ZA Tuesday Saturday 4, 9 Oct. 68 : C-Btry. Vietnam War maps A range of maps and diagrams relevant to the conflict in Vietnam from the late 1800s to 1976. THUS: The First 3 numbers indicating East-to-West in Z grids never Royal Thai Queens Cobra Regiment Did married couples really sleep in separate beds back in the 50s? 32km S Nha Trang, Major US Installation, CP 803-339 HENSEL AIRFIELD at Camp Enari, AR Thats why the 173D was put on alert and sitting next to some C-130 airplanes in Viet Nam waiting for the word to load-up, fly to northeast Africa and parachute into the fight in that arena. Map. over an existing map, so that you start in the correct spot. 220-465 Observation Post 10 7km SW Pleiku, 7km WSW Holloway, ZA Qui Nhon Aug. 65-69 at Phu Bai 69-71, BS 797-348 ARTILLERY HILL in Camp Enari, Pleiku, AR HILL also YA 922-270 8km ENE Duc Co AF, 37km WSW Pleiku. 615-643 LZ PLUTO Vinh Thang/Happy Valley 36km NW Phu Cat C/7/15 4/24/68, BR Bringing citizens and soldiers together to explore military history, military affairs and national security. ( (from "UPTIGHT" magazine), (Click thumbnail image of map to enlarge), Simplified While there, unit experienced sappers That will then give use the full MGRS coordinate: 48Q YD 113703. Some small patrols accidentaly slipped into Cambodia to clear the border area of commies and 30 miles inland. Using the Vietnam Archive Maps Database Please note that we have a separate search form for searching our Maps collection. - Binh Tuy, Long Khanh, Phou Long, Binh Long, Dinh Duong, Tay Ninh, Hay Hghia, Bien Hao, 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. endobj
displaces to An Khe for a short fire mission, 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. Division 3rd Brigade of 4th Infantry Division 196th and 198th Light Infantry Brigades 11th Infantry Brigade 3rd Brigade of 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) also attached SOUTH VIETNAM FORCES: 1st Division by | May 21, 2021 | playdoh advent calendar | community support services examples. We were never given permission to return fire. 10 meter resolution (4 + 4 digits) is sufficient for many purposes, and is the NATO standard for specifying coordinates. Several VC KIAd. The UTM (Universal Transverse Mercator) coordinate system divides the world into sixty north-south zones, each 6 degrees of longitude wide. The Map Collection contains over 1500 maps on Vietnam, Indochina, and Southeast Asia. this time, INF KIAs were reported ambushed to me via letters at Pump You will see a listing of all available 1:50,000-scale maps for that state. 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. Central Highlands, in the 7/15th's former Area of Operations (AO). At some time during this period, one tube C/7/15th
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