924-752 LZ UPLIFT QL1 ran thru, 12km SSE Bong Son HHB/7/15th FA IV Corps was south), Provinces and Cities in South Vietnam: 902-315 LZ JACKSON HOLE Le Thang 20km WNW LZ Oasis, YA displaces to 30ks North of Ban Me let's find the exact location of An Khe using a Military Grid over-lay. Dont kid yourself, said one general. Thus the coordinates 16SGL08 would locate a point as shown in Figure 4-20. Kennedy was surrounded by the same hawks that advised LBJ and probably would have wound up doing the same or something similar. Elements of 9th Infantry Division Now that you know, have fun looking around! NVA 1st Division An example of an MGRS coordinate, or grid reference, would be 4QFJ12345678, which consists of three parts: An MGRS grid reference is a point reference system. Copy and paste the Google Map Coordinates into the location bar on Google Maps. & Z Map Grids are NOT Like Others! 363-457 LZ SCHUELER On QL19E 13km W. AnKhe B/C/7/15th FA 4-10/71, BR At least, this is possible if the precision of the grid reference is enough to place the denoted area completely inside either 1P or 1Q. DONNA DAVIS-PRUSIK JUST MAYBE YOUR HUSBAND SPENT MORE THAN ONE TOUR OVER THERE? areas/digits. A higher value in the last three digits of the grid coordinate Explore longer form content written by staff and guest bloggers. July/Aug. The MAC-V commander actually reported directly too and received his orders from the President of the U.S. MACV or MAC-V stands for Military Assistance Command Vietnam. INF, 4th INF DIV. How current are US Topo maps? 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. While the map is open you can now display data from *any* public-facing (i.e. Those range from for instance, AR700-??? It was the senior command and in charge of all operations in South Vietnam. (In some cases, squares adjacent to a Grid Zone Junction (GZJ) are clipped, so polygon is a better descriptor of these areas.) Commando Hunt in Laos begins. to ZA299-??? land mine blows in between a 5-ton truck pushing and an FDC track vehicle Quang Duc, Lan Dong, Binh Thuan, Can Raah, III Corps you located the first LZ or city, its then easy to find the other locations Hwy 1 - Duc Pho South to Tuy Hoa, Upper While there, unit experienced sappers US Topo maps are updated on a three-year production cycle (maps covering one third of the country are updated each year). 3 0 obj I was there in 1966. Without going into detail, just think of them as normal 100 kilometer 68 : C-Btry. Same as AR Grids North to begin with a number larger than 2! 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. Material on this site is provided for purposes of education, criticism, commentary, cultural reporting, entertainment, historical reference, and news reporting/analysis. I respect you for your service. Did married couples really sleep in separate beds back in the 50s? . NVA 5th Division 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. YA So Bn. Uplift. 895-406 DAK SEANG AF 23km NW DakTo AF, Ranger Camp, YB Originator: Publication Place: Washington DC, USA Publisher: Defense Mapping Agency. Posted on Jun 12, 2021 (last modified Aug 22, 2021). 15 Jan. 68 : C-Btry. Ive 3rd Brigade of 4th Infantry Division or second ( 3 ) three numbers are the ( N ) North coordinates. 264-470 LZ ACTION On QL19E MangYang Pass 23km W AnKhe C/7/15th 4/69, BR 25th Infantry Division, SOUTH VIETNAM FORCES: is a great book that gives 312-374-9333 If the grid zone or 100,000-meter square are clear from context, they can be dropped, and only the numerical location is specified. So, an MGRS grid reference for a position in BT should begin with 1PBT in the south part of BT, and with 1QBT in the north part of BT. in red lines on the map shown below. For example, at the boundary between grid zones 1P and 1Q, we find a 100,000-meter square BT, of which about two thirds is south of latitude 16 and therefore in grid zone 1P, while one third is north of 16 and therefore in 1Q. North Vietnam Map. The USGS is printing maps with the new USNG grid. w/a number lower than 7. weve re-drawn the original using grid coordinates. 104 S. Michigan Ave. displaces to LZ Blackhawk BR 035-535 The problem is not with the map but rather because the war in Viet Nam required the units to always be mobile. Hill, AR New for 2023: There are now some tutorial videos to help you learn about GISsurfer. Corps: Roads, Grid Zones, Airfields, and Directory, (Also see: List of Firebases, LZ's and Base Camps), There was a Vietnamese 3rd Marine Division CAV HQs: AnKhe Sept. 1966 - Apr. QL 14 & Rte 512 to Ben Het, ZB MY Unit and I FOUGHT SEARCH AND DESTROY MISSIONS IN CENTAL VIETNAM S MOUNTAINOUS AND JUNGLE AREAS (1968 & 1969 while in the 4TH INFANTRY. For larger buildings, the actual shapes are mapped. If the Israelis had started to push into Cairo, threats had been made by the Russians to use their nukes to stop the Israelis. It contains 186,751 words in 265 pages and was updated last on March 27th, 2022. BS Grids: Due South BR Grids, BR I left ben hoa/long ben to duty in Mekong Delta area. Unreal. Thats pretty much the story of the 173D as I know of it. 778-899 LZ ATHENA A/7/15th 4-10/71 NE. 24 Apr. 228-533 ARTILLERY HILL Camp Enari at one time FB Kelly, ZA General Support ) ( - ) as a spilt Battery to 1st Air Cav., and the ROK Capital Division Note that different basemaps let you zoom in different amounts. at LZ Oasis. However, even if every position being located is within a small area, but the area overlaps multiple 100,000-meter squares or grid zones, the entire grid reference is required. that had a generator belt come off. Vietnam 1:50,000 Interactive Map Tables linking to sheets Contact Information Map Library Main Library Building Michigan State University 366 W. Circle Drive, Room E240 East Lansing, MI 48824 Phone: (517) 884-6467 Title: Vietnam. 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. Links | Thout on 69 : C-Btry. Result: American Tactical Victory Vietnam Ports and Naval Facilities From $65 Da Nang 1:12,500 Topographical Map From $75 Khe Sanh 1968 Battle Map From $79 My three years in the U.S. Army consisted of one year at Ft. Monmouth N.J., One year in Vietnam, and one year back at Ft. Monmouth. The west half-circle forms a grid zone with designation A; the east half-circle forms one with designation B; see figure 3. Some small patrols accidentaly slipped into Cambodia to clear the border area of commies and 30 miles inland. 7/15th 777-368 DRAGON MTN. Our scheduled time on the hill was 3 days up and 4 days down. I spent 7 months on the Cambodian border. 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. I am now retired, and a resident at the Illinois Veterans Home in Quincy, Illinois. This division produces lines that are 10,000 meters apart. I was sent on a mission to deliver ammo, food, and med supplies to a base that was under attack. end 6wks Oper. How could a person who rotated out of a tour in 1967, be involved during the Tet of 1968? 340-461 OLD FRENCH FORT Grp. There were smaller battles in other years during Tet. Six VC Main-Force Battalions, U.S. coordinate of BR477. At zone 4, the column letters start over from A, and so on around the world. At some time during this period, one tube C/7/15th 27 Mar. 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. MGRS / USNG to Latitude and Longitude. 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). I was part of the 1/503 Infantry out of L.Z. Holdorf. Long, An Giang, Kion Giang, Chunong Thion, Phong Dinh, Ba Xuyen, An Xuyen, Duc Liou, LZ The table of Fire Support Base Loactions lists Con Thien at the following loaction using the MGRS: YD 113703. During the first part of that tour (66-67) he was a door gunner on Westmorelands chopperwherever that was. Ground area, rivers, lakes, roads, distances between features, and so on must be shown proportionately smaller than they really are. 616-608 LZ JUPITER 23km NE AnKhe ( AN KHE: BR48-43, Pass: BR582-438 at various LZs in the BR Grid Coastal Region to include Elements of 25th Infantry Division Grid is W. of Pleiku, half way to Cambodian Border, N. to just past Polei Kleng, We use the highest quality paper and printing methods to produce these brilliant visual connections to America's past and the veterans who fought in those wars.-Mike, Arizona Territory, Vietnam Topographical Map, Ia Drang Valley, Vietnam Topographical Map, Hill 937, Vietnam Hamburger Hill Topographical Map, Dak To, Vietnam (Western Hills) Topographical Map, Hue City, Vietnam 1:25,000 Topographical Map. 72-23 to BR 80-90 AN LAO VALLEY then NE to Bong Son to Ocean, BR Aka: endobj An American Army unit were 90% of the people in it were injured in combat but kept on fighting. 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. On. equaling 10 equal distances. "Davo" Holdorf. Previously and 808-832 LZ PONY HaTay, just S. inter/sect Rtes 605/TL3A 13km SSW The units we fight now will break and run, says one general. For a refresher in the use of the Military Grid Reference System click here MGRS. This kind of optimism, in fact, prevails not only among U.S. commanders in the delta but throughout the whole of Vietnam. 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. FAQ | Contact, Also see [5] The civilian version of MGRS, USNG, also uses truncation.[6]. Supplemental resources to use throughout your entire unit. ROK Tiger Div. 5th Special Forces Group Headquarters I was Senior Advisor to the 33rd and 34th Ranger Bns.in 1971. Web application supports Military Grids MGRS, UTM and BNG. Five VC Main-Force Battalions Rds 568/569, YA were 43 Provinces and 114-275 LZ OASIS AF/THANH AN, Tuttle AF: ZA104-274 - Le Thanh: A displaced to 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. While MGRS is a framework for global data collection, management, visualization, and analysis - the major advantages of the MGRS are in data management and visualization, flexibility in establishing geographic location, and data representation. - Kontum, Binh Dinh, Pleiku, Phu Bon, Phu Yen, Dar Lac, Khanh Hoa, Ninh Thuan, Tuyon Duc, Elements of 2nd Brigade 4th Infantry Division 4th Gun Section fires 10,000th The Map Collection contains over 1500 maps on Vietnam, Indochina, and Southeast Asia. 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. Thanks for sharing this wonderful pictorial, and facts about Vietnam. Vietnam. The best accuracy (within about 10 meters) is obtained on devices with a built in GPS chip such as smart phones which can directly receive satellite GPS signals. 68 to 5 Apr 69. USARV was United States Army- Republic of Vietnam. LZs, cities, hamlets and roads using grid locations, we suggest Mike Kelleys An Hwy 14, firing numerous missions, Hip-Shoot style over a period of a few 202-341 to 351 CATECKA PLEIKU AIRFIELD 10-12km NE Oasis AF, ZA just interested in the world around you. endobj displaced to LZ Linda BR 935-467. -j\/YTlA}>sXIfqi'MlQdbXj ;fWdt1R)x^[L]\Te]A+eE +XWt~^>l0i D>` gVYn}."69Il, 5th Division Platoon Gun-Sections s at LZ Pony, Two ( 2 ) at Binh Khe I assume that No I have written up some history of my military service or can provide more information on our Vietnam mobilization and in country Vietnam operations if you are interested. displaces toward LZ Diamondhead via Pliekunear 613-607 LZ HARDTIMES Vinh Thang Valley 20km SE camp Radcliff 7/15th FA, BR General admission - $10.00 A lock () or https:// means youve safely connected to the .gov website. For example: One always reads map coordinates from west to east first (easting), then from south to north (northing). You can make a scale for your Operation Binh Tay-MacArthur at LZs Vera and Jean YA 809-232, Duc Co, close Redleg Earl Thomas Pearson is disintegrated by fire when a spark hits the powder Is this map available for purchase? 114-670 PLEI MRONG 23km NW Pleiku, 25km SW Kontum SF Camp, ZA Sections can be further subdivided Interpreting the colored lines, areas, and other symbols is the first step in using topographic maps. 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. Approx. Summer 1969 We pretty much all went over as privates, and left as Sp5s. were installed previously. infiltrating perimeter. displaced to Not listed is the 1st Signal Brigade which was in many VN locations during the duration. It's no wonder then that the "Eastertide 2 Feb. 68 : C-Btry. Corps III Btry. Grid Coordinates taken from M-60 Mike Kelleys Book: Where We Were In 20ks North of Ban Me Thuot C-Btry. Material on this site is provided for education, criticism, commentary, cultural reporting, entertainment, historical reference, and news reporting/analysis. I think it will be the Vietnam Center and Archives at the Texas Tech University. the ONLY grids in Vietnam, A & Z, for the entire length of 21st Division, U.S. 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. and left in december 1968 to serve with australians up north for 30 days and left V.N. The JPG/PNG files can show almost any data that GISsurfer can display. Approx. stayed at LZ Blackhawk. Grids: East of Pleiku, same as ZA Grids North to South, AR 1st Brigade of 101st Airborne Division By Dave FA Batteries May 1968 - May 1969, Major US Army Unit Several VC KIAd. Here, we have links to maps, and all sorts of other useful data! C-Battery, 7th BN, 15th Field Artillery Vietnam, that are ONLY 20 to 30 kilometers in width! The map is displayed by GISsurfer which is a general purpose web map based on the Leaflet map API (Application Program Interface). FA at LZ Action for direct fire into surrounding mountains. There are several places to download a free 79, Southern Vietnam and the South China Sea: Offical Standard Names, Gazetteer No. See the RED letters 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. our large on-site page compiled by Dan Gillotti -. Vietnam Topographic Maps 1:50,000 U.S. Army Map Service, Series L7014 Clickable Index Map A Luoi(topographic) Sheet 6441-4, 1:50,000 U.S. Army Map Service (9.4MB) [GeoPDF] A Ro(topographic) Sheet 6440-2, 1:50,000 U.S. Army Map Service (3.0MB) [GeoPDF] A Sap(topographic) Sheet 6441-2, 1:50,000 U.S. Army Map Service (3.0MB) [GeoPDF] 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. Tuesday Saturday Hydrographic/Topographic Center. The boundaries of the latitude bands are parallel circles (dashed black lines in figure 1), which do not coincide with the boundaries of the 100,000-meter squares (blue lines in figure 1). This article will focus on the locations and information during my tour 5 Forces Camp Old, ZB Dec. 69 : C-btry. 1 0 obj Reference: http://www.tf116.org The videos that I am still working on will walk you though that process. Vietnam Map. There was also at least one SEAL team from which members rescued LCOL Iceal Hambleton (Bat-21 story) in 1972. ZA10-27, ZA as an over-lay. End of Operation round. 615-643 LZ PLUTO Vinh Thang/Happy Valley 36km NW Phu Cat C/7/15 4/24/68, BR 312-374-9333. USARV was a puppet organization put in place to oil the egos of Vietnamese generals and whatever puppet government was in place at the time. In the map (figure 1), which uses the AA scheme, we see that Honolulu is in grid zone 4Q, and square FJ. ( - ) retubed to 8-Inch, both platoons 88-99 LZ GRAY QL14 50km SSE Pleiku named: INF in the area of LZ Oasis, at Cateka Tea Plantation. In the case of locating An Khe, you start at Map torn at edges and fold-lines. Does anyone know the name of the base? 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. A All over. 939-480 PUMP STATION 10 used by C/7/15th FA at LZ Blackhawk early believed the Red Team Troop C, 7/17th Air Cav. ( - ) displaced to vic BR 985-447. 2 0 obj To Plei Mrong/Polei Kleng areas in mid-Jan. 69, LZ Action in Feb. 69. Grids: Due South of CR Grids, along E. Coast, CP The USGS has alimitednumber of 1:50,000-scale maps available for the United States. NVA 3rd Division HILL also YA 922-270 8km ENE Duc Co AF, 37km WSW Pleiku. The Tet holiday happens every year. Dissident activities in Indochina 1950 6. displaces to LZ Diamondhead, one howitzer 32km S Nha Trang, Major US Installation, CP 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?? Offensive" in 1973, and the final offensive in 1975, struck at the heart of the endobj These are 68 : C-Btry. Grids: ESE Pleiku, most due south off QL14, AQ Locations in the 7th Battalion/15th Field Artillery Area of Operations. So, we need to find out the higher level zone that YD is within and add it to the beginning of the coordinate. [7] South of 80S, UPS South (Universal Polar Stereographic) is used instead of a UTM projection. having certain unit sections at one area in a Landing Zone. AMS 1:50000 Maps in Vietnam Archive Map Collection, Cambodia: Official Standard Names, Gazetteer No. A majority of the maps in this collection come from the Army Map Service with the remainder from such public sources as National Geographic. ClickAmericana.com is made with and by Synchronista LLC 2011-2022. Any requests are facilitated by full name and the persons social security number or military ID number. Grid Reference: Example: 12U UA 84323 40791 12U UA 84 40. . Resource includes 94 pages which includes interactive maps that ask students to locate countries, bodies of water and physical barriers, an anticipation guide, comprehension on Gandhi, and activities on Hinduism, Buddhism, Shintoism, Communist China and the Vietnam War. Feb. 69. ZA199-340, ZA 218-342 PZ MUSTANG III ( PZ = Troop Pick-up Zone ), ZA Tim was sent to Japan, then state-side. The MGRS is derived from the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) grid system and the Universal Polar Stereographic (UPS) grid system, but uses a different labeling convention. Topographic maps originally published as paper documents between 1884-2006 have been scanned and published as the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection. A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States. This of course, did not sit well with Castro. Click on the area within the map to be linked to the Geospatial Planning Cell (GPC) for that region. 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 080-230 QUI NHON on E. coast, 28km SEe PhuCat, 64km ESE AnKhe, CR | News | 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. If 5 + 5 digits is used, the first 5 digits give the easting in meters, measured from the left edge of the square, and the last 5 digits give the northing in meters, measured from the bottom edge of the square. The battery fired the BNs first round on 16 July by 15th Historian Dan Gillotti. Hosp. We can now enter it into the MGRS / USNG to Latitude and Longitude calculator. Then from that location, move up, or DUE NORTH for a Maps are also available for searching through the Virtual Vietnam Archive. UFOs! 226-535 HQ 42nd ARVN jus S. of Pleiku/Nansteph AF, ZA NVA 324th B Division All of these maps are oversized (i.e. The Military Grid Reference System (MGRS)[1] is the geocoordinate standard used by NATO militaries for locating points on Earth. 67 : C-Btry. He looked at photos that were taken by the U-2 and he and his workers found that there was a MIG-17 sitting in the jungle under so called cover but the runway was in plan sight. 2022 Pritzker Military Museum & Library. 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. %PDF-1.5 - Binh Tuy, Long Khanh, Phou Long, Binh Long, Dinh Duong, Tay Ninh, Hay Hghia, Bien Hao, ( 1968 when he was transferred to the C/5/22nd FA. ISE Headquarters for Navy River Corps Patrol Boats, Seal Teams, Junk Forces; Army Special Forces, VIETNAM FORCES: Military Map Reading ROK White Horse Division Then you can name, save, and share the map! We used to sit and watch the VC supply boats get hit with gunship fire at night. fires another mission 1st Marine Division You can also get our free newsletter, follow us on Facebook & Pinterest. 130-307 BASE 202 NVA/ VC Valley Staging Area 40 km WSW AnKhe, 1st exact location can be found using a Vietnam map that has the BR grid shown Vietnam WAR - FOR THE ONE'S WHO FOUGHT IT - Google My Maps Click on any Major Base/Event layer or Star When it opens .click on the Image upper left and a viewer will open Blue Star = Medal of. The Stadium, ZA farther East. Also the new National Museum of the US Army can assist in Army cases. A photo was sent to Kennedy, the United Nation, Ho Chi MIn and he said that it was there to protect the people from the aggressive Americans who want to take over the country.

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