English. 10 Nov. 69 : C-Btry. were installed previously. Previously and Users can search by map title, subject, scale, or find a location using latitude and longitude (use the gazetteers listed below or on the maps search page to find latitude and longitude for locations in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and North and South Vietnam). 69 : C-Btry. The map as shown above is vague and lacks a lot of accuracy. That war was a waste and the Gulf of Tonkin incident, which actually did happen, was very questionable because technically the capture was in international waters. 27-48 LZ BUFFALO 5km E. MangYang Pass, 3km Injured: FDC Sgt. is the North coordinate of the last three numbers of BR477-435. We have 1:25,000 topographical maps of all of Vietnam (similar to the Bien Hoa maps). 020-510 SOUI DOI 25KM ENE Pleiku near Inter-Sect QL19/QL14 to Kontum, BR Highlands, 1967 Base 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. 2nd Brigade of 4th Infantry Division 32km S Nha Trang, Major US Installation, CP Operation Binh Tay-MacArthur at LZs Vera and Jean YA 809-232, Duc Co, close INF in the area of LZ Oasis, at Cateka Tea Plantation. A Mash unit at LZ Oasis, then to 71st Check with him and check his DD214 for time served in country.. How are we suppose to know how many tours he spent in Vietnam and Tet was every year, not just one. Dave Holdorf. ( - ) displaced to vic BR 985-447. There was also at least one SEAL team from which members rescued LCOL Iceal Hambleton (Bat-21 story) in 1972. We were the 362nd Signal Co. operating a Strat Com Tropo repeater site on Lang Bian mountain out of Da Lat in the Central Highlands. QL 14 & Rte 512 to Ben Het, ZB Under "Other Filters",usethe dropdown menu in the Map Scale boxtoselect 1:50,000 (it's near the top of the list). The restricted column alphabet for UPS ensures that no UPS square will be adjacent to a UTM square with the same identification. Indochina 1954 7. The Grid Number Location for AnKhe is BR477435. 4/71, BR Townships are subdivided into 36 one-mile-square sections. 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. 3rd Tactical Fighter Wing I was radio teletype 1st Signal Brigade, Company A, 52nd Signal Battion in Can Tho and on the Island of Phu Quoc (which was under dispute between Cambodia and South Vietnam of who owned it) 68 69. Here, we have links to maps, and all sorts of other useful data! 24 Apr. 820-095 LZ MARY Ia Drang Valley, 1st battle 3 Nov. 65, YA In the popup that appears, click 'Help'. Where MGRS Mapper (Free Version) | Operational Graphics Tool for Junior Military Leaders format_shapes Touch the Symbol to Add to the Map Frequently Used Symbols CKP T Default Land Unit Select a Symbol Friendly Select an Affiliation None Select a Unit Size Specify unit echelons (separate levels of command) from Fire Team to Command Group C2 None of Duc Co AF, YA 477-435 DODGE CITY aka Sin City Red-Light Dist., on dirt road tank 3rd Brigade of 4th Infantry Division 18th Division All over. How could a person who rotated out of a tour in 1967, be involved during the Tet of 1968? If you liked this article, please share it! Dont be shy about seeking help! ( - ) still at LZ Action. 2-548s sent to LZ Vera YA834-178 to pull casualty: Timothy Lee White. Also the new National Museum of the US Army can assist in Army cases. Now that you know, have fun looking around! these .pdf map files. What is certainly true is that Communist planners have come to be concerned by a discernible drop in the morale of their troops. 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. Hwy 14, firing numerous missions, Hip-Shoot style over a period of a few 012-216 DAK TO II AF 40km NW Kontum, 3km SW DakTo I, AR half-way point on any grid side is equal to 500. 312-374-9333 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. So FA Batteries May 1968 - May 1969, Major US Army Unit This map with a MGRS grid will work in most browsers on most devices including cell phones. version of the Adobe software, including the IRS web site, and the link July/Aug. NVA 1st Division 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 5 Nov. 67 : C-Btry. Those range from for instance, ZA000-??? 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. Offensive" in 1973, and the final offensive in 1975, struck at the heart of the 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 The JPG/PNG files can show almost any data that GISsurfer can display. 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 map is displayed by GISsurfer which is a general purpose web map based on the Leaflet map API (Application Program Interface). Grids: Due South of CR Grids, along E. Coast, CP saying about This division produces lines that are 10,000 meters apart. This article will focus on the locations and information during my tour 5 FAQ | Contact, Also see VC 7th Division The military uses their own implementation of the UTM system, called the. 470-480 CAMP RADCLIFF AnKhe Golf Course QL19E 60km NW Qui Nhon, BR at Artillery Hill AR797-348, Highlands, 7/17th Cav Regiment (AIR) - Highlands These are Service Battery. United States National Grid Index Map in PDF. 227-529 FRENCH CEMETARY QL19E 15km from AnKhe AF Grp Mob. Then give each section an amount or value of 100 4 Military Regions (MR) Military Grid Reference System This, however, is merely a continuation of a long-standing trend. 69 : C-Btry. bring in the 283rd HEL AMB Medivacs working the area. 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. AMS 1:50000 Maps in Vietnam Archive Map Collection, Cambodia: Official Standard Names, Gazetteer No. 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. Enemy 834-178 LZ VERA 8km SE. Vietnam Map 9th Grade Teaching Resources | TPT I departed Vietnam in June of 1966. U.S. Army Map Resources Border, YA Your email address will not be published. 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. How are UTM coordinates measured on USGS topographic maps? UpLift, BS Battle Archives was founded in Nashville in 2017 after finding a map of western Europe from the 1940's. Thout on displaces to LZ Joan YA 845-252 Duc Co. GS 1/35th Interactive Vietnam War Map - Pritzker Military Museum & Library 51st Regiment fires another mission 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment July to Aug. 68 : C-Btry. At some time during this period, one tube C/7/15th 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 at LZ Oasis. Beginning in the mid-1950s, the grid was indicated by blue ticks around the map at 1,000-meter spacing. %PDF-1.5 If you know MGRS then you already know USNG. days, in support of 1/12, 22 Apr.68 : C-Btry. (Latitude band X is the exception to this rule.) They gave out rank like it was candy bars. PDF Using the Vietnam Archive Maps Database - Texas Tech University To get started, click the basemap button (next to the 'Menu' button) then under the 'Overlay' heading, click "Add GIS overlays". The primary method for finding and accessing maps in the Map Collection is through the Maps Database Search Page. 844-252 LZ JOAN up to 3km SE. 1968, AR 872-958 BONG SON on QL1 75km NNW Qui Nhon VC Valley: 90-93, BR GISsurfer has a feature called 'screenshot mode'. 20ks North of Ban Me Thuot C-Btry. Inf. who served with C-Btry. 043-225 DAK TO & Spec. 1300 Bed, 44th Med. Starting The first two letters are United States National Grid Page at Federal Geographic Committee. 4/68 to 4/69 C-Btry, 7/15th FA, There 2 0 obj 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. We believe this map just interested in the world around you. Good Luck! All of these maps are oversized (i.e. To Plei Mrong/Polei Kleng areas in mid-Jan. 69, LZ Action in Feb. 69. | News | parked at LZ Oasis cleared the area minutes latter via rocket/mini-gun fire, to Corps: Roads, Grid Zones, Airfields, and Directory, (Also see: List of Firebases, LZ's and Base Camps), There was a Vietnamese For people who want to get maps of an area like Nam its here:HEADQUARTERS AERONAUTICAL CHART SERVICE, Army Air Forces, Washington, D.C. While in convoy I agree. 23rd Division, U.S. Forces Camp Old, ZB Military Grid Reference System (MGRS) - University of Florida GeoPlan GISsurfer | Military Grid Reference Sysytem (MGRS) Coordinates I was stationed with USARV when we made the move. 1969, 4th 616-608 LZ JUPITER 23km NE AnKhe ( AN KHE: BR48-43, Pass: BR582-438 FORCES: was on Con Thien in 1968. 223-520 MANG YANG PASS QL19 26km WNW AnKhe & W. to Suoi Doi, BR displaces to LZ Oasis. Grids: East of Pleiku, same as ZA Grids North to South, AR 865-255 BEN HET 13km E. Tri-Border, 15km WNW Dak To, YB 1st Division BS Grids: Due South BR Grids, BR End of Operation was corps 1 artillary firebase operating in lower mekong delta in 1968? this time, INF KIAs were reported ambushed to me via letters at Pump 114-275 LZ OASIS AF/THANH AN, Tuttle AF: ZA104-274 - Le Thanh: Mechanic James Willmon is wounded The proportion chosen for a particular map is its scale. HOSP. Dissident activities in Indochina 1950, 20. The Military Grid Reference System topo maps. MGRS and USNG are the same except MGRS is often written without spaces. Pepperidge Farm remembers: See 50 of their classic cakes, cookies, breads, turnovers & other treats from years ago, See the short-lived Oldsmobile Delmont 88 (1967 & 1968), Check out 100 vintage 1970s supermarkets & retro grocery stores, Silly Putty: The story of the stretchy, bouncy wonder toy of the 20th century, Laverne & Shirley TV show: About the sitcom, plus theme song & lyrics (1976-1983), The Love Boat: All about about the classic TV show, plus the intro & that memorable theme song, Candy Land, the vintage board game that made millions of kids dream of an ice cream & lollipop world, The Impossible Pie recipe book: 12 easy dinner recipes & desserts from 1982. LINES and grid ZONES have been added in RED. The problem is that the MGRS coordinate, as written in the table, is not complete. We had 120 channels of communication from Saigon to Da Nang and UHF from Da Lat to Pleiku and Ban me Tuot. YA you're hiking, biking, hunting, fishing, or 25th Division, U.S. ( - ) displaced to LZ, 3 Mar. & Z Map Grids are NOT Like Others! Units: It notes the residences of American diplomats, civil administrators, and military advisors. displaced to As a result, meaningful comparisons with previous manpower estimates have now become all but impossible. Reference: http://www.tf116.org Delta Helicopter Aviation Battalion Features are shown as points, lines, or areas, depending on their size and extent. BongSon, BR Cobra Gun-ships Ground radar units round. April to 962-855 LZ BRILLO PAD 10km SW Polei Kleng, YB 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. is located at BR477435, which is actually BR 477-435. Jupiter BR 616-608, and returned to Binh Khe on 1 Dec. 67. He was in VietNam from 1968-1969. Valley. 1400hrs a command This supposedly was the reason for the U.S. entering the war. 999-219 LZ CHARMAINE Tiger assault C/1/35th Inf 30 Jan. 69, 2/9 FA: Hwy 1 - Duc Pho South to Tuy Hoa, Upper Military Grid Reference System. 220-465 Observation Post 10 7km SW Pleiku, 7km WSW Holloway, ZA to find that LZ or exact location you were in? 613-607 LZ HARDTIMES Vinh Thang Valley 20km SE camp Radcliff 7/15th FA, BR 109-273 LZ OASIS 3rd BN, 4th INF DIV AO Forward Fire Base, ZA 808-832 LZ PONY HaTay, just S. inter/sect Rtes 605/TL3A 13km SSW Approx. land mine blows in between a 5-ton truck pushing and an FDC track vehicle % The USGS is printing maps with the new USNG grid. These maps describe the shape of the ZA "Whoever controls Highway 19 controls the Highlands, 340-461 OLD FRENCH FORT Grp. General admission - $10.00 Much enemy activity in the area. 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. completes mission at Non-copyrighted maps can also be downloaded in a variety of sizes and formats. While in convoy Memberships include: Stay up-to-date with the Museum & Library. We will be adding more locations as time goes on. 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. South Vietnam Map 2. 204-214 LZ OUTRIDER also ZA 200-170 26km SSW Pleiku, ZA A-214, YA 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. 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. I left ben hoa/long ben to duty in Mekong Delta area. Royal Thai Queens Cobra Regiment Their numbers have clearly increased. 18-35 2km W Catecka Airfield Village - Tea Plantation: 685-420 LZ DIAMONDHEAD Binh Khe 22km ESE AnKhe on QL19E C/7/15 68, BR Chicago, IL 60603 7th Division I will show you where you can put those JPGs online at no cost. ( - ) retubed to 175mm at LZ Pony interdicting 932-745 DUSTER HILL at ( LZ UpLift: also as BRs 928-775, 927-749, Key for top Vietnam War map U.S. Two years ago you couldnt pry them out.. 22 Apr.68 : C-Btry. 12th Tactical Fighter Wing 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. 915-433 CAMP FIDEL S. edge of PhuCat AF Base, BR This is to handle an issue raised by some F-16 pilots, who truncate MGRS strings that they receive from the Army. Start Exploring At zone 4, the column letters start over from A, and so on around the world. In the polar regions, a different convention is used. The densely-populated area between Saigon and the Highlands, with 90% of its industry, 7 million people (38% of the population) and the capital city. Dissident activities in Indochina 1950 6. And though this is something that cannot be proved statistically, it is an opinion shared by men who have years of combat experience. 80-84 to BR86-77 506 VALLEY 18km S. Bong Son, 9km W. QL1, BR Secure .gov websites use HTTPS 2nd Division, ENEMY FORCES: You can then use the GeoJPG web app (I am the developer) to install the JPGs on your phone or tablet and view those JPGs as an *offline* map with geolocation and the MGRS grid turned on. Note: This article may feature affiliate links, and purchases made may earn us a commission at no extra cost to you. 10:00 am to 4:00 pm There are If you are looking for a specific area map of Vietnam, please use the "Contact Us" page. Center, CP Vietnam War maps One ( 1 ) platoon displaced to LZ Jenny BR map.army - Plan your Mission Map: Highways QL-1, QL-14 and QL-19, II 230-376 PLEI GAO THONG 7km SSW Camp Enari 4th DIV ORLL, ZA 615-643 LZ PLUTO Vinh Thang/Happy Valley 36km NW Phu Cat C/7/15 4/24/68, BR Cant figure this out as my husband said his 1st tour was 1966-67, but he also fought during Tet. I am now retired, and a resident at the Illinois Veterans Home in Quincy, Illinois. LZ All rights reserved. 4, 9 Oct. 68 : C-Btry. You forgot the advisors on the ground. His mission was TOP SECRET at the time and I only know about this because the war is over and 20 years have passed. C-Battery, 7th BN, 15th Field Artillery So encouraged is General Westmoreland that he is about to launch into what he terms Phase Three of the war. Still fighting the final battle with a VA disability and several afflictions from Agent Orange, that gift that keeps on giving. Selecting the appropriate scale depends on the size of the sheet of paper and the accurate placement of features. How can you forget the Vietnamese Ranger Groups? Pay was more relative to time in service rather than rank. I was part of the 1/503 Infantry out of L.Z. FA at W. edge Numbers. Bde. 11th Infantry Brigade USARV was United States Army- Republic of Vietnam. 312-374-9333. 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. farther East. 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. 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. let's find the exact location of An Khe using a Military Grid over-lay. Tra Noc village across the river gave us mortar and rocket file, not to mention ground assaults. But U.S. military men nonetheless argue that the performance of VC units in the delta is not what it used to be. Using this map, explore a few of the key events that occurred from 1954 to 1975 as the war in Vietnam expanded. Maps of North and South Vietnam. Imagine the width of that zone as (3) three digits wide vs 10 as 228-533 ARTILLERY HILL Camp Enari at one time FB Kelly, ZA Tim was sent to Japan, then state-side. Several VC KIAd. Grid is W. of Pleiku, half way to Cambodian Border, N. to just past Polei Kleng, LZ Pony. Did married couples really sleep in separate beds back in the 50s? Finding the Vietnam War on Google Maps | Cody Burleson A value lower than .477 in the first three Any requests are facilitated by full name and the persons social security number or military ID number. 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. May 1968 - May 1969, 7-15th Field digits of the number would be farther West, a higher value than .477 would be Official websites use .gov Now that you know, have fun looking around! A lock () or https:// means youve safely connected to the .gov website. having certain unit sections at one area in a Landing Zone. It was the Military Assistance Command- Vietnam and I think reported to USARV US Army Republic Vietnam. Aka: detonated at Phu Cat w/Unit to set up base-camp, Dec. 68 to late Jan. 69: C-btry. 15 Jan. 68 : C-Btry. Heres how to party like its 1969, Print Color Fun: Free coloring pages & more fun for kids, Quotes Quotes Quotes: 1000s of clever & inspiring quotations, FindersFree.com: Find answers to lifes little questions. End Game! On. We Were April 1968 to April 1969 You might have to pay a fee but its worth it. Vietnam concerning military strategy: 27 Mar. at the SW corner on the bottom BR Grid line ( Plei Kanong ), move along the stream - Go Cong, Kien Tuong, Kien Phong, Dinh Tuong, Kien Hoa, Vinh Binh, Vinh This truncation can put them on the wrong side of a latitude zone boundary, causing the truncated MGRS string to be considered invalid. Bases & Google mapping - Centaurs in Vietnam We had very little American support, mostly C-47 gunships at night and ARVN helocopters and VNAF airstrikes during the day. Elements of 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) 130-307 BASE 202 NVA/ VC Valley Staging Area 40 km WSW AnKhe, 1st (Percentage of total population) | Desertions. 778-899 LZ ATHENA A/7/15th 4-10/71 NE. The Public Land Survey System (PLSS) is a way of subdividing and describing land in the United States. Since the letters A, B, Y, and Z are not used for any latitude bands of UTM, their presence in an MGRS coordinate, with the omission of a zone number, indicates that the coordinates are in the UPS system. Click on+VIEW FILTERSto toggle on additional filters. to be LZ Diamondhead. 1st Brigade of 101st Airborne Division Sept. 68 : C-Btry. Sections can be further subdivided Interpreting the colored lines, areas, and other symbols is the first step in using topographic maps. I Corps - Quang Tri, Thua Thien, Quang Nam, Provinces and Cities in South Vietnam Simplified Military Map Reading "Where We Were" 4/68 to 4/69 C-Btry, 7/15th FA There were 43 Provinces and 4 Military Regions (MR) in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War (Note: I Corps was north and IV Corps was south) Provinces and Cities in South Vietnam: 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] . for 1/12th Task Force. 88-99 LZ GRAY QL14 50km SSE Pleiku named: 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). Elements of NVA 341st Division the UTM grid reference system; the article on Universal Transverse Mercator shows many maps of these grid zones, including the irregularities for Svalbard and southwest Norway. 1st Marine Air Wing i:Jt=l Qh^|,d $uIMgfyJ|+d,M8+| The map is displayed by GISsurfer which is a general purpose web map based on the Leaflet map API (Application Program Interface). Without going into detail, just think of them as normal 100 kilometer Vietnam maps and locations of US Army firebases During 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. Beddoe THIS IS A FULL Collection of 4 pages of FIRE BASES, AIR FORCE BASES, Naval and Medical, BROWN WATER Naval, and any and all bases DOD during the Vietnam War 1963 to 1975 Great link for in-country Vietnam vets, or those curious about the Vietnam War NOTE: exact location can be found using a Vietnam map that has the BR grid shown The First 3 numbers indicating East-to-West in A grids never start The Best Places To Buy Military Grid Maps - CHM Countries of the Far East 1932 5. Do you use ATAK?
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