"[1]:163, Another possible explanation was that the Da Nang attack may have been a secondary assault, to cause as much damage as possible and divert Allied forces from the almost successful effort of the PAVN/VC forces to capture Hu. 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. Immediately after the artillery shelling, an AC47 Spooky arrived on station and worked over the same area with its Gatling guns. Rummage soon determined that the total number of PAVN approximated 500 or more men, moving in two columns. DaNang Air Base was known as "rocket city" for the number of attacks that occurred there between 1965 and 1973. 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. 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]:154, The ROKMC sent three companies to close the southern link and then moved forward into the attack. He arrived with 19 other soldiers, eight of whom were embalmers. This would be followed by a rocket barrage and an assault by the main force units on Allied military units and installations. [1]:1601, On the morning of 7 February, Westmoreland called for a special meeting of the senior U.S. commanders in I Corps. General Walt's staff received word on 27 October that a VC main force battalion was moving out of its base in "Happy Valley," 10 miles southwest of Da Nang, and heading towards the base. Elements of the PAVN 368B Rocket Artillery Regiment were in firing positions to the west and northwest of the 7th Marines. 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. While successfully beating back the PAVN attack, the CAP leader called for help. [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. . [1]:163 [1]:160, By this time, Robertson was worried about the ability to contain the PAVN/VC offensive south of Da Nang. The two PAVN prisoners identified themselves as members of the H-2 Engineering Company, part of the 2nd Sapper Battalion. Battery F, 2nd Battalion, 11th Marines alone shot off some 1,200 rounds. Manning defensive positions, the Marine communicators and engineers repelled the attacking force, killing four VC. Airbase Shelled: Soviet Rockets Used in Attack (film #111 on Universal Newsreels). Its two runways accommodated a take-off or landing every 60 seconds. Even in the face of the artillery, the PAVN continued their advance upon the Marine positions. After the fixed-wing aircraft and evacuation helicopter cleared the area, the 11th Marines saturated the area with artillery fire. 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. **** TET 1968 ** The first two attacks on DaNang were by mortars. During the day, the division had positioned 11 reconnaissance Stingray patrols along likely enemy avenues of approach. After a quick appraisal of the situation, the I Corps commander turned to the senior U.S. advisor at the I Corps Tactical Operations Center, Army Major P.S. Under cover of darkness, elements of the VC R-20th and V-25th Battalions had crossed the Cu River and penetrated the Ha Vang village complex. According to Marine pilot reports, the PAVN/VC had approximately 250 men in the area equipped with automatic weapons, including at least one .51-caliber machine gun. [1]:159, While from 15 February, the PAVN/VC ground assaults on Marine positions appeared to diminish , Marine spotters in the tower on Hill 55 reported the constant movement of small groups of enemy troops in the western portion of the ROKMC area of operations. [1]:141, A conglomeration of Marine support units, ARVN, ROKMC and two Marine infantry battalions attempted to secure the remaining area. At 02:30 on the 30th at in Bn, elements of the R-20th and V-25th struck the subsector headquarters defended by the 15th Popular Forces Platoon and the 708 Regional Forces Company. 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. by Edward H. Phillips 2/1/2017. The 391 rockets that hit the base itself the figure was 69 in 1971killed four United States. Because of the location of Hill 65, just above Route 4 about 4,000 meters west of the district town of i Lc and below Charlie Ridge (155610N 1080542E / 15.936N 108.095E / 15.936; 108.095), where the VC had heavy machine gun emplacements which precluded any helicopter lift, the Marine company had to make the move on foot. He later confided to Davis, "Bill, your phone call was right on the money! 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. (AP) AP [Peter Halferty photo]. The enemy had also planned to hit the main airfield at Da Nang. a-~_ -~ ijsafss 0 w 86 i jun !17 history of 6994th security squadron . soldier and wounding two. Suspected excavations camouflaged with tree branches were seen on a peninsula 6 miles southwest of Da Nang. The attack started at 12:25 AM and an estimated 50 rounds of 122mm rockets were fired at the installation. He nevertheless released Task Force Miracle from the operational control of the 1st Marine Division and returned it to the Americal Division. * The first attack was made by both mortars and sappers. During the day's fighting, the Marines killed 107 PAVN and took two prisoners for losses of 11 killed and 53 wounded. By daybreak, the engineers held their own and the situation in Hi An was at a stalemate. # Not in AF records, submitted by members, # Not in AF records, submitted by members, Air Base Defense in the Republic of Vietnam, 1960-1973. Mortar and rocket attacks followed by ground assaults were made all along the perimeter of the base. Robertson wanted to "canalize enemy movements in order to develop lucrative targets which could be exploited." "[1]:1545, By this time, the Tet Offensive was in full bloom, not only at Da Nang, but throughout South Vietnam. 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." In the attack, the PAVN/VC fired 122mm rockets at Marine artillery positions at An Hoa, Hill 55 and Hill 10. The aircraft may have been one of those used by Air America. The Marines killed two and wounded the third. NMCB-7 sends a Disaster. It didn't take long to get out of bed when the first rocket struck nearby. The vintage footage in this video has been uploaded for research purposes, and is presented in unedited form. In the Hi Vn Pass area in the north, PAVN troops attempted to cut Highway 1. The Marine squad lost one killed. 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. The Marine squad was about to establish a night ambush site when a PAVN force of about 100 fired upon them. Da Nang was a major base area for United States and South Vietnamese military forces supporting operations throughout I Corps. Fourteen aircraft, six pieces of ground support equipment , five buildings, and another two vehicles sustained damage of one sort or another. Rockey then directed Company G of the 3rd Marines, also attached to him, to move up along the banks of the Bau Xau River toward a blocking position southwest of the ARVN base to seal any escape route in that direction. 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. 1970, 1st Marines, AFVN, Armed Forces Vietnam Network, Assassination . The helicopter burned upon crashing, but the crew and most of the patrol were able to get out. Again, the Marines killed the VC and once more foiled an apparent enemy demolition effort. Some of the VC in the hamlet fled south, but encountered a platoon from Company E, 2/7 Marines coming up to reinforce the Allied forces in the Nam O area. Darkness prevented Sailfish from observing the number of casualties that the artillery and air inflicted upon the enemy. [1]:1445, At 03:30 PAVN/VC forces launched an assault against General Hong Xun Lm's I Corps headquarters. The ARVN 51st Regiment operating in the southern sector of the Da Nang area of operations came across evidence including documents pointing to a buildup of PAVN/VC strength together with probes of Allied defenses. (L to R) Attack of 13 April 1972. Mortars and recoilless rifle rounds continued to land inside the headquarters compound from enemy firing positions in Ha Vang. 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. 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. [1]:159, On the night of 5/6 February, the PAVN/VC forces began the second phase of their Da Nang offensive. Firing from well-concealed and dug-in firing positions, the PAVN machine gunners and infantry took a heavy toll of the Marines. Army forces in the Da Nang area including the troops from Task Force Miracle suffered 18 dead and 59 wounded. The battalion's Company B, however, in an operation with a CAP in two hamlets on the Tiensha Peninsula or Da Nang East, surprised a VC force in two hamlets north of Marble Mountain. On 14 February 1965 the Marine 1st LAAM Battalion established its anti-aircraft operations center colocated with the USAF CRP. The only Marine casualties were two men who failed to vacate their "hootches" in time. [1]:1502, On the morning of the 31st, the Marines of Company I, now reinforced by the ARVN and the AmTrac Marines, surveyed the results of the fighting and continued to mop up the remnants of the VC force. CMSgt (Ret) Gary Chaffin, who was at Da Nang with the 366th Civil Engineering Squadron, recalls this attack much as Dick does. Material and equipment losses, however, were much more extensive. About the same time, from their firing positions on the western fringes of the Da Nang TAOR, PAVN rocketeers launched a fusillade of 122mm rockets aimed at the Air Base. Four ARVN M113 armored personnel carriers reinforced by a reconnaissance squad maneuvered to contain the attackers. [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. He remembered that because of the number of casualties his battalion sustained, "it was necessary to employ administrative personnel on patrols" with "clerks, cooks, and drivers" on line. [1]:1534, On the night of the 30th, elements of a battalion of the PAVN 4th Regiment attacked an ARVN outpost at the foot of the Hi Vn Pass. In Jun-Jul 1970 gave the base to the RVN and went back to DaNang. [1]:153, The Marines now counterattacked supported by artillery and Marine gunships and fixed-wing air. Click here to view those.. Update: 12 December 2020. Lost him to a rocket attack. Vietcong rocket attack on the U.S. Da Nang Airbase in Vietnam HD Stock Footage CriticalPast 308K subscribers Subscribe 56K views 8 years ago CriticalPast is an archive of historic footage.. 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. You comrades should act as heroes of Vietnam and with the spirit and pride of combatants of the Liberation Army. It was decided that two battalions from the Americal Division code-named Task Force Miracle would be moved into the northern sector of the 3/5 Marines near Route 1 south of the Cau Do. Just 19 when he arrived, the horrors he witnessed would forever shape him. Shortly after 04:45, General Lm ordered the ARVN 4th Cavalry Regiment, a Ranger battalion and a detachment of National Police to augment the units in Ha Vang and the headquarters personnel forces in the compound. By dark the Korean had captured the hospital and were in position to relieve the engineer compound. One rocket struck this barracks, but the man in this room survived by . One of the companies captured a German missionary hospital in the city and the other hit the rear base of the ARVN 51st Regiment, the Chi Lng Camp, garrisoned by the ARVN 102nd Engineer Battalion. In the extensive Da Nang TAOR, the early morning hours of 31 January were almost a repeat of the events of the 30th. The . The Communists carried out 26 rocket attacks on the Da Nang air base during 1972. At 17:00 on 29 January, Westmoreland cancelled the truce in the entire I Corps sector. During the next few days, Task Force Miracle conducted sweeps in its sector and encountered relatively little resistance . The skirmishing south of the headquarters near Ha Vang, however, continued. 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. 15 January 1968 U-10D Courier 66-14334 unit unknown, USAF, base unknown A mortar attack on the airfield at Luang Prabang in Laos destroyed a U-10D Courier. 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. Tony Dostal arrived in Vietnam at the Air Force Base in Da Nang aboard a C-141 transport plane on Friday, Aug. 30, 1968. [1]:154, At about 19:00 another reconnaissance patrol, Recon Team Rummage, about 30 kilometers south of Da Nang in the Qu Sn Mountains below An Ha, spotted a column of about 40 PAVN at the head of even a larger column moving east along a trail. Flight line VMO-2 after mortar / rocket attack "Tet Offensive" 1968. . The area around Nng, especially military installations, was subject to rocket attacks since that February. Davis, the commanding officer of the 1/7 Marines, recalled that his unit began to take fewer casualties from surprise firing devices or boobytraps and began to suspect that enemy troops unfamiliar with the terrain might be attempting to move into his sector. Even at Marble Mountain the damage was relatively contained. Because of an air observer on station, the Marine gunners checked their fire. [1]:1456, At 03:00 the PAVN/VC hit even closer to the Marine command nerve center at Da Nang. Still photo images extracted from the vintage footage are also available for immediate download. Remains of 45-1102; sandbag detail later. 366th AMS, Mystery SP, Bob Hope. The NVA launched hundreds of rocket attacks on DaNang Airbase trying to hit the bomb dump. The struggle for Hi An would continue into the following day. The United States Air Force took control of the base in the late 1960s. In the engagement, the Marines lost 5 killed and 12 wounded. The PAVN fought a delaying action as they began to withdraw. 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. The 1st MP Battalion completed three sweeps of the Air Base perimeter and the areas just southeast, southwest and just north of the airbase without incident. Naval Support Activity Danang operated extensive logistics facilities on the Tiensha (Tin Sa) peninsula east of the city. They later found four PAVN dead. The company arrived at its dispositions at 01:00 the following morning . It wrapped around the base and city. 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). No rockets fell on the main airbase but Marble Mountain sustained some damage. Da Nang AB was nicknamed "Rocket City" due to the large number of attacks by 122mm and 140mm rockets. 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 lead column consisted of about 100 to 150 men, followed by the main body. In fact, elements of both regiments had reached jump-off points just south of the Cau Do River. Under pressure from the South Vietnamese relief forces and the Marine MP platoon, the VC retreated with the allies in pursuit. 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. Archives. [1]:159, On the ground in the 7th Marines sector, PAVN units hit several of the CAPs, especially in the 3rd and 1st Battalion areas. At 02:40, a squad from the 1/7 Marines, supported by two tanks from the 1st Tank Battalion, moved to assist the embattled CAP unit. [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. The Marines evacuated the survivor to the Naval Support Activity hospital where he died of his wounds. SELECT OPTIONS SAVE TO CART Two other squad patrols from Company C in the vicinity quickly joined the first squad. Scheduled to last eight weeks, Rolling Thunder will instead go on for three years. Both Marine companies encountered heavy small-arms fire and RPGs as they approached their objectives. Throughout the day, however, Marine units throughout the TAOR reported incidents. The 3/5 Marines were landed and immediately came under heavy automatic and small arms fire from the island. Milantoni. In the northern sector of Da Nang, PAVN/VC main force troops entered Nam O once again and killed the hamlet chief. According to this former member of the VC 401st Regimental Security Guard, local VC cadre stated that "the war had lasted too long and the Front had to seek a good opportunity to stage a great offensive that would bring the war to an early end." Company G repulsed a number of probes throughout the night until the PAVN broke contact at dawn. 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. They later found three enemy bodies at the site wearing black pajamas under their green utilities. Despite the Marine patrolling, PAVN sappers, probably from the 2nd Sapper Battalion, blew three bridges and one culvert over Highway 1 in the pass area. "The soldiers and cadre of the "South Vietnam Liberation Army" were to move forward in the attack: The combined force then swept the general area where they found two PAVN bodies and took three prisoners. About an hour later, PAVN troops who had infiltrated Duong Lam rushed the CAP compound. [1]:154, South of Da Nang, in Hi An, on the 30th, the ROKMC, reinforced by elements of the ARVN 51st Regiment, tried to tighten the loop and began preparations to retake the city. 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 ." The Truong Son and the Mekong River are moving. 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. 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. Approximately 16 rounds impacted in the Marine Aircraft Group 16 sector and another four in the Army aviation company area. Firing 290 105mm shells, the tractor artillery reportedly killed about 80 of the PAVN attackers caught in the open. Shortly after midnight on July 15, 1967, Da Nang Air Base in Quang Nam Province, RVN, came under a heavy rocket attack. 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. Those infiltrations prepared the way for NVA ground attacks in the surrounding areas. SAIGON (UPI) - Communist troops blasted the city of Da Nang and nearby military installations with nearly 200 rockets or mortar rounds early today in their heaviest attack on the Northern coastal area in a year, spokesmen said. 15 July 1967Unknown number of VC attacks Da Nang air base in Quang Nam Province with an estimated 50 rounds of suspected 122mm rockets. Next Photo. The National Police arrested 25 of the crowd and quickly dispersed the would-be demonstrators. CriticalPast is your source for imagery of worldwide events, people, and B-roll spanning the 20th century. [1]:157, There were two serious incidents in the 7th Marines sector. He seems to think there was only one rocket attack at Da Nang in 1972. 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." Communist attack of the war on an American stockade or brig. 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. Rummage reported about 50 PAVN dead with another 100 "probable." The U.S. major remonstrated that the site was relatively close to the compound, but Lm insisted that the air strikes be flown. The rocket attacks resulted in the deaths of three Marines and the wounding of another 11. Although agent reports and other intelligence indicated continued assaults north of the Cau Do River against Ha Vang and Da Nang City, most of these came to naught. "[1]:143, Throughout the Da Nang area of operations, the PAVN/VC began to move into attack positions. The Marines lost 12 killed and 6 wounded. The most eastern of the battalions, the 2nd, shared its area with the 3rd Amphibian Tractor Battalion, which was responsible for the coastal sand flats south of Marble Mountain. 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. He was killed in action on January 21, 1968, during the Battle of Khe Sanh in Quang Tri Province, Vietnam. [ Bob Kaatman photo ] Second cache of bombs ignites. Both battalions would be under the operational control of the 1st Marine Division. Pictures of Danang 10. In a sweep of the area, the defenders found ammunition clips and bloodstains. Calling artillery upon the PAVN, the Marines then swept through the area and recovered about 17 60mm mortar rounds. 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