*** The first time that rockets were used in RVN by the Viet Cong/North Vietnamese Army. Freedom Hill 327 can be seen beneath the left flare, with convoy lights winding up the perimeter road. Company L, 3/5 Marines set up blocking positions on the east bank of the Yen. Since you were there, Colonel, you can verify that there were no fewer than 26 rocket attacks on the Da Nang. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. A conglomeration of internal security forces threw back the VC force from the east that tried to use similar tactics to get inside the compound from that direction. Lieutenant Colonel William J . Air Vietnam also used the facility from 1951 to 1975 for civilian domestic and international flights within Southeast Asia. [1]:146, Lieutenant Colonel Twyman R. Hill's 1st MP Battalion operated directly under III MAF and was responsible for the "close-in defense" of the Da Nang Air Base, the two bridges between Tiensha Peninsula, Marble Mountain Air Facility and the Naval Hospital on the Tiensha (Tin Sa) Peninsula. One of the rockets damaged one of the missile launchers and wounded three of the Marines. At first light, a Marine reaction force found enemy blood trails. Two days later, Marine intelligence officers learned that the PAVN 21st Regiment was in the Go Noi area. 1969. Landing in large bursts, about 50 to 75 artillery rounds fell on the lead column. "[1]:159, The heaviest action occurred in the 3/5 Marines and 4th Battalion, 51st ARVN sectors along Highway 1. By dark the Korean had captured the hospital and were in position to relieve the engineer compound. The Marines lost 12 killed and 6 wounded. Even in the face of the artillery, the PAVN continued their advance upon the Marine positions. 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. PAVN/VC fired rockets at both the Da Nang Air Base and Marble Mountain Air Facility. Surprised by the initial assault, the engineers fell back, giving up half the camp to the attackers. The area was around 200 square miles, and the 140mm rockets had a range of over 6 miles. During the night, VC resistance dwindled to sniper fire on the ROKMC positions. (AP) AP Large numbers of flares shot high into the air and burst into . Bldg. In a message to III MAF, Robertson observed "Never have so few done so much to so many. Battery A, 1st Light Antiaircraft Missile Battalion armed with MIM-23 Hawk surface-to-air missiles, in the mountainous Hi Vn Pass sector north of Da Nang, reported about 01:40 coming under 82mm mortar fire. The artillery fired another salvo, which caused a large secondary explosion. At the same time, the 1st Division had sent out several reconnaissance elements. About 07:45 approximately two companies or a reinforced company from the PAVN 31st Regiment ambushed a Marine platoon from Company G, 2/3 Marines. The PAVN fought a delaying action as they began to withdraw. Note: Dick previously sent us some Stars and Stripes clippings mentioning rocket attacks and other "newsworthy items" of the day. After calling in artillery which resulted in three secondary explosions, the reconnaissance Marines reported seven enemy killed. Tony Dostal arrived in Vietnam at the Air Force Base in Da Nang aboard a C-141 transport plane on Friday, Aug. 30, 1968. Another platoon from the Marine company also reinforced the engaged troops about an hour later. A third C-123 squadron was stationed at Da Nang Air Base in 1963 and a fourth at Tan Son Nhut in October 1964 following the Gulf of Tonkin incident in August. A summary of these attacks can be found on the Web site of the 366th. Throughout the day, however, Marine units throughout the TAOR reported incidents. WASHINGTON The White House warned that the U.S. may consider a military response to the rocket attack that hit an air base in western Iraq where American and coalition troops are . 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. Naval Support Activity Danang operated extensive logistics facilities on the Tiensha (Tin Sa) peninsula east of the city. Da Nang Air Base had intelligence predicting a rocket attack any day. In addition, the 1st Marine Division alerted one company to participate in the relief of Hi An, if needed. On 29 January, a local village chief told the security officer of the Naval Support Activity at Camp Tiensha that about 300 VC would attack the Marble Mountain transmitter that night. All clips are licensed royalty-free, worldwide, in perpetuity. Considering the amount of ordnance that the enemy expended, casualties were relatively small. Further, the National Police reported that VC local leaders from Qung Tn, Qung Nam and Qung Ngi Provinces met in a base area in the hills of northern Qung Ngi to plan attacks on Chu Lai and on Qung Ngi City. soldier and wounding two. The only other Marine reserves available to the division were the provisional companies of the Northern and Southern Defense Commands. Location: Da Nang Vietnam. In the attack on the I Corps headquarters and in the defense of Ha Vang village the Allies sustained losses of nine dead and several wounded. Accompanied by tanks and LVTP-5s, Company F maneuvered to the north of the ARVN base. NASM.2018.0025 [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. SELECT OPTIONS SAVE TO CART The Stand Off Rocket attack of July 15, 1967 was the deadliest attack of the war at Nng Air Base. . He was killed in action on January 21, 1968, during the Battle of Khe Sanh in Quang Tri Province, Vietnam. It wrapped around the base and city. He arrived with 19 other soldiers, eight of whom were embalmers. As the defector from the 401st later revealed, his unit lacked "weapons, experienced soldiers, and transportation manpower." The attacks were repulsed by combined United States Marine Corps (USMC), United States Army, Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) and Republic of Korea Marine Corps (ROKMC) forces with the PAVN/VC suffering heavy losses. The enemy had also planned to hit the main airfield at Da Nang. Local villagers told the Marines that at least one VC had been killed in the brief skirmish. While the Marine battalions successfully kept these initial assaults on the night of 5/6 February in check, Robertson was not sure how much longer they could. The PAVN/VC attacked a Marine bunker and ran through the Communications Support Company area throwing grenades and Satchel charges in the living quarters. 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. He seems to think there was only one rocket attack at Da Nang in 1972. Approximately 16 rounds impacted in the Marine Aircraft Group 16 sector and another four in the Army aviation company area. The Vietnam Security Police Association Web site features several additional recordings of rocket attacks on Da Nang Air Base. Again the artillery responded with "excellent effect on target." Went to Danang to help EOD with the munitions storage facility mishap just outside Danang Air Base. The RPGs missed the apertures in the tower and fell to the ground. 17. [1]:1412, In the Da Nang sector, the tempo of operations had picked up during the last weeks of January. The Marine companies then pulled back and called in artillery and air. Full Citation: Photograph 127-N-A190364; Rocket Attack on the Da Nang Air Base; 1/30/1968; General Photograph File of the U.S. Marine Corps, 1927 - 1981; Records of the U.S. Marine Corps, Record Group 127; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. Newsreel reporting on a rocket attack on the Da Nang military base being used for US Marine Corps operations. While successfully beating back the PAVN attack, the CAP leader called for help. Apparently the forces were a mixed group from several different units interspersed together. In the 7th Marines sector, the Marines described the same type of activity as well as increased enemy infiltration. Both Marine companies encountered heavy small-arms fire and RPGs as they approached their objectives. Rockey then ordered a platoon from his Company K to reinforce Company G. By the end of the day, the elements of the four Marine companies had established their night positions. 366th AMS, Rocket attack BX, Gunfighter Pilots. About 09:00, Lieutenant Colonel Rockey, the 3/5 Marines commander, ordered a small command group and two companies, Company M of his battalion and Company F, 2/3 Marines attached to his command, to the relief of the ARVN camp. [1]:147, Major General Raymond Murray, the III MAF deputy commander, remembered that he heard a "hell of a lot of racket" and "woke up [to] the airfield at Da Nang being rocketed." In the morning when searching the battle area, the Marines would find "ample evidence of enemy casualties, but only two enemy bodies." Cam Ranh Bay AB: US Army 6th Convalescent Hospital debris by Sapper Attack! Two separate occurrences may have frustrated this attack. From 18:00 to 24:00 on the 30th, the 1st Marine Division reported to III MAF over 30 incidents ranging from sightings of large enemy forces, to mortar attacks and a few infantry assaults. The VC attacked the compound from two directions, from the south and the east. In the Da Nang sector, during the early morning hours of 30 January, PAVN/VC gunners took under mortar and rocket fire 15 different Allied units and installations. Stationed with 1882n Comm Gp., 1969-1970, worked in the Base Comm Center. [1]:156, The Da Nang Northern Sector Defense Command dispatched a provisional company to assist the CAP Marines as well as the security detachment. Colonel Ross R. Miner's 7th Marine Regiment with all three of its battalions had the responsibility for the northern, western and southwestern sectors. [1]:1523, The rest of the enemy efforts in the Da Nang area and TAOR were about as haphazard and relatively ineffective as the fight on the unnamed island. "[1]:158, While the PAVN/VC forces continued to harass allied positions on the night of 31 January/1 February, the intensity of combat did not match that of the previous two nights. An alert ARVN sentry took the VC under fire near the flagpole. All attacks from 02/27/67 forward were by rockets. Material and equipment losses, however, were much more extensive. A contingent of South Vietnamese Nng mercenaries from the Special Forces Thng c Camp took over the defense of Hill 52 from Company M.[1]:158, Still the Marine command believed the new positions of Company M not only covered the approaches to i Lc, but provided the division with another reserve force. The Koreans kept one company at the MACV compound for security and prepared for a sweep to clear out the city in the morning. 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. At least some members of his group also reportedly provided security for Richard Spencer's often violent campus appearances. Aircraft destroyed included F-4 Phantom II's \u0026 C-130's. During the day's fighting, the Marines killed 107 PAVN and took two prisoners for losses of 11 killed and 53 wounded. Da Nang Under Heavy Rocketing. [1]:1556, During the day and evening of the 31st, the PAVN/VC infantry units pressed the offensive on the ground. [1]:160, The fighting continued during the night and into the next day. 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. Immediately after the artillery shelling, an AC47 Spooky arrived on station and worked over the same area with its Gatling guns. In the attack, the PAVN/VC fired 122mm rockets at Marine artillery positions at An Hoa, Hill 55 and Hill 10. Glasgow, Steve: YN3: Mar 20, 1969 - Mar 20, 1970: US Navy Post Office @ China Beach: . Just 19 when he arrived, the horrors he witnessed would forever shape him. Airbase Shelled: Soviet Rockets Used in Attack (film #111 on Universal Newsreels). Before his death, however, the Vietnamese identified himself as Major Nguyen Van Lam, the commanding officer of the R-20th c Lp Battalion. Naval Support Activity Danang operated extensive logistics facilities on the Tiensha (Tin Sa) peninsula east of the city. The ROKMC, while not finding any sizeable forces, continued to encounter small enemy units and boobytraps which took their toll. This apparently broke the back of the VC resistance. At about 03:00 two PAVN battalions struck the ARVN compound on Route 1 above the Thanh Quit River. Elements of the VC R-20th and local force units which participated in the attack on Ha Vang and I Corps headquarters attempted to escape the dragnet of Marine and ARVN forces. The mortar attacks resulted in only five wounded and none killed among the Marine defenders. 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. [1]:142, While activity in the Army's 23rd Infantry (Americal) Divisions areas of operations in Qung Ngi and Qung Tn Provinces was somewhat diminished, there was enough enemy in northern and central I Corps to cause concern for both the American and South Vietnamese commands. Those infiltrations prepared the way for NVA ground attacks in the surrounding areas. Linking up, under artillery and air cover, the two Marine companies continued their advance until forced to halt because of darkness and then took up night defensive positions. On my second combat hop on the 14th I flew below 500 feet for 30 minutes 5 to 10 miles south of Da Nang searching for rocket launching sites. That same day, the 1st Marine Division notified III MAF that "usually reliable sources" told of staging areas south of Da Nang for an impending attack. A warning order and plan prepared by the VC Da Nang City Committee called for a preliminary attack on the city by sappers and VC troops. At 20:00 on the night of the 5th, a Marine platoon ambush from Company C, 1/7 Marines intercepted about 60 PAVN troops about 4,000 meters south of the Ty Loan River in the western sector of the area of operations moving northeast towards the river and the base with mortars and automatic weapons. Suspected excavations camouflaged with tree branches were seen on a peninsula 6 miles southwest of Da Nang. For the most part, the PAVN/VC limited their attacks on the Marines to mortar bombardments and harassing small arms fire. At that point, three fixed-wing aircraft and four helicopter gunships then bombed and strafed the enemy column. Rockey, the 3/5 Marines commander, commented on the "increasing frequency and ferocity" of enemy contacts. Survived many Rocket Attacks. During the day, the division had positioned 11 reconnaissance Stingray patrols along likely enemy avenues of approach. CriticalPast is an archive of historic footage. "[1]:1545, By this time, the Tet Offensive was in full bloom, not only at Da Nang, but throughout South Vietnam. Shortly after 18:00, an air observer reported seeing 25-30 enemy troops in trenchlines, bunkers and fighting holes. According to documents captured later, the two VC assault companies were to pull out at first light, but became bogged down in the city. According to a South Vietnamese account, the ARVN Rangers killed 150 of the enemy and captured another 18 in the battle for Nam O and in other fighting below the pass through 31 January. 1970, 1st Marines, AFVN, Armed Forces Vietnam Network, Assassination . NMCB-7 sends a Disaster. From the recovery of Lam's notebook and a detailed sketch map of Hill 10, the location of the 1/7 Marines' command post, the R-20 commander was obviously on an exploration mission to discover any vulnerability in the Marine battalion's defences. Marine commanders and staff officers could only speculate that the enemy was probably infiltrating north in small groups to "predetermined rallying points" for a further assault either on the city or on the Air Base. At in Bn, the 51st Regiment reinforced by the ROKMC contained the attack. [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. With part of the force establishing blocking positions north of the hamlet, the rest of the provisional company and Rangers moved through Nam O. Next Photo. "[1]:1434, Before the PAVN/VC forces launched their attack, the commanders prepared to read to their troops a directive supposedly prepared two weeks earlier by the Presidium of the Central Committee of the National Liberation Front. The ROKMC Marine Brigade deployed six companies around the city and the ARVN 51st Regiment prepared a reaction force. The attacks on Da Nang (29 January 11 February 1968), were a series of attacks in the Tet Offensive launched by the North Vietnamese Peoples Army of Vietnam (PAVN) and the Viet Cong (VC) during the Vietnam War. Obtenez des photos d'actualit haute rsolution de qualit sur Getty Images 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 ." Menu. Further to the east Company G, 2/3 Marines, at the battalion's command post about 500 meters north of in Bn town, remained as the division mobile reserve mounted in LVTP-5s and supported by tanks. About the same time as the rocket attacks on the Da Nang base and Marble Mountain, PAVN/VC mortars bombarded the command post of the 7th Marines on Hill 55 south of Da Nang and forward infantry positions. In the initial fighting for Ha Vang, the South Vietnamese and Americans accounted for 25 VC dead. The Front announced that the 1968 Tt greeting of "Chairman Ho [Chi Minh] is actually a combat order for our entire Army and population. By the afternoon of the 31st, the Marines and Rangers had completed their sweep. Nha Trang Air Base is a military airfield in Vietnam, located 1.7 miles (2.7 km) northwest of Nha Trang in Khnh Ha Province. The United States Air Force took control of the base in the late 1960s. In Vietnam this rocket comprised one of the primary means of inflicting standoff attacks against airfields and other . A reluctance to cause undue damage to the historic town and avoid civilian casualties was suggested as a reason for the slow ROKMC advance. Simultaneously, the division ordered the helilift of a company from the 3/5 Marines to reinforce the ARVN and the CAP Marines. The battalion was alerted and airlifted from Twentynine Palms, California, to Cherry Point, North Carolina, with its . Air Force rocket attacks in Vietnam Share 9 posts gleyhjr 44 Aug 30, 2010 #1 The following link is a list of all rocket attacks on Air Bases by date: Hope this helps someone needing a stressor of a rocket attack on a Air Base http://www.afhra.af.mil/timelines/index.asp George Binh Thuy AB RVN Sept 1968-Sept 1969 JimM44 683 The main body advanced in column maintaining about three to four feet space between each man. 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. 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. In the extensive Da Nang TAOR, the early morning hours of 31 January were almost a repeat of the events of the 30th. According to Davis, a few hours later, Robertson called a division briefing for all battalion commanders. As various outposts reported their sightings to the Division FSCC, the artillerymen then shifted these fires to actual sites. The Marine staff speculated that the enemy launched the mortar attacks largely as a cover for the rocket attacks against Marble Mountain. Although the Koreans and ARVN in a combined operation finally cleared Hi An, PAVN/VC units to the west south, and north of the city continued to press the attack. The Marine squad was about to establish a night ambush site when a PAVN force of about 100 fired upon them. In the town itself, 10 civilians caught in the crossfire, sustained wounds, but no civilians died as a result of the battle. In one contact about 16:45, Company M, 3/5 Marines met a force of 100 PAVN/VC troops. 45 USAF/USMC KIA, 10 aircraft destroyed , 41 aircraft damaged, and 13 barracks destroyed. 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