Nearly wipes out 514th Main Force Viet Cong Battalion Unit awards, medals and ribbons, and information on applying for and obtaining your medals and ribbons. The situation was such that no fire from air or artillery could be utilized due to the nearness of the opposing combatants. 1-307-754-2221. of the Wheeler report, submitted Anything and everything that couldn't fit in any of the other categories. Zies was carrying ammunition for Saiz, an assistant machine gunner, and followed him to a clump of palm trees. Vietnam, filed an after-action report on the Ap Bac operation which VC casualties were limited to 18 soldiers killed and 39 wounded, even though their positions had been hit by more than 600 rounds of artillery, napalm, and other ordnance released by 13 warplanes and five UH-1 gunships. Ap Bac had far-reaching consequences for the South Vietnamese government and the American involvement in Vietnam. From Albert's Peach Cobbler to an Irish Chicken Dinner, we have them all! In rapid succession they destroyed an automatic rifle position and light machine gun post, and then penetrated the enemys main line to destroy a mortar which had been causing some trouble for the rest of Company A. Of the men who participated in this assault, most had been in the Army hardly a year. Explore our Navy section: awards, stories, points of interest, origin of navy terminology and much, much more! Refresher training period. By 11:50 Company C 3/47th Infantry had swept the area but failed to locate any VC, however Company C, 4/47th Infantry encountered VC positions as they moved west. Ap Bau Bang II was the heaviest clash of Operation Junction City. 17 September 1967: 3rd-47th Op TF Funston 4th-47th Inf comes afloat. The scar on his face, a wound that required more than 500 field stitches, is Hellers legacy; a reminder of the men lost and wounded and the reverberation of war. [1]:107, Company B, 4/47th Infantry was moved behind Company A while Company C, 3/47th Infantry was deployed north and then began to assault towards the east joining up with Companies A and B approaching from the northwest. f. By agreement with 7th ARVN, MRF had a VN Ranger Battalion as MRF reserve and employed it in combat. zoneId = '3'; Squad leader and event organizer Dave Persson talked of the significance of the date, calling it the very worst battle any of us saw in Vietnam., We lost one person from our platoon that day, Persson recalled. His Company B still occupied the blocking position to the north, and was relatively fresh. The South Vietnamese forces enjoyed a 4-1 numerical advantage in the he added along with the bad news of damage to helicopters and three d. 7th ARVN took all area North of route 4. Wheeler Mission, Mansfield Report, Comprehensive Plan, Thompson While these operations were being carried out, the gunship, which has been constantly circling the area, reported a Viet Cong force of company size moving across the fields to the northeast. S. Vietnam war and noted that the battle will provide enemy with During the battle, 29 US air strikes delivered 29 tons of ordnance, and American artillery fired nearly 3,000 rounds. 10 January 1967: 2nd Bde departed Oakland, CA. Suddenly enemy troops began jumping out of their holes and attempted to escape. Please sign the MRFA guestbook! Early on 2 May, elements of the Wild Ones composed of Company B and Company C, 3/60th, plus the battalion command post and combat support company (less elements), moved out and arrived at the attack position with out incident. If you are a current print subscriber, you can set up a free web account by clicking here. Concurrently, the other companies of the battalion where dispersed to the east and north of the stream, with the mission of blocking any escaping enemy. Funston. Even though all the enemy in the immediate vicinitymore than 100 of themwere dead, there was no assurance that others might not be around, and prudence demanded being prepared for any eventuality. 1 June 1967: MRB arrives at Dong Tam. Colonel Haszard then alerted the 1st Platoon of B Troop and the 3rd Platoon of C Troop to the north and south of Ap Bau Bang respectively to move to Fire Support Base 20. They came to know each other. During the evening of 19 March, the Viet Cong Ninth Division attacked the base with machine guns, mortars, rockets and small arms fire. Due to a misunderstanding, the artillery battalion commander refused to relinquish control of his batteries to the forward observers on the ground. Operation in Dinh Tuoung including CAM SON and CHO CAO. [5], Meanwhile, Haszard travelled in an APC followed by another M-113 bearing his command group as they tried to move into the perimeter. In a short time, all of those forward were dead from multiple bullet wounds, and the platoon was temporarily wrecked as a fighting force. Vietnamese troops involved in the battle lacked courage. "We few, we happy few, we band of brothers, For he today that sheds his blood with me, shall be my brother." Links to friends, affiliates and other sites you should visit! of the 7th Battalion, 9th Artillery, commanded by Captain Duane W. In the first 10 minutes, 95 percent of them were killed. Explore a glossary of terms, manuals, statistics, historical accounts and reports, maps and articles by MRFA members. [2] It was the first major U.S. battle of the Vietnam War using armored vehicles. Early April 1967: TF-117 Sends one RAD (with 10 boats initially) to Dong Tam to commence local riverine operations in Dong Tam area. Afterwards, American advisers were to say that the Viet Cong soldiers at Bac and Tan Thoi were the most determined Communist fighters they had encountered in more than one year. 11 September 1967: Operation Coronado V. Operations in CAM Son/ BAN LONG against 514th Viet Cong Battalion and 263rd Viet Cong Main Force Battalion. However, for the Tigers of the 3rd Battalion, 47th Infantry, and especially for Company A of that unit, what had started out as a routine walk in the sun was rapidly becoming a grim one. They developed a deep caring for each other and their mission.. The APC operators decided to fire their canisters on each other to remove the Viet Cong, as they were too close for an APC to clear from itself. discipline in battle. I yelled for a medic and one ran across the field.. He fell and I said, Crawl back to me. He said, Charlie, Charlie, hold my hand. I held his hand, his body started quivering and then he died. Since no officers could be identified among the enemy dead, except for the battalion surgeon, there was reason to suspect that these key people may have moved out earlier in the day, and possibly were some of those that had been encountered by Company B. 0000001668 00000 n In the 3/60th, casualties were unbelievably light. in misleading colors: It appears that the initial press reports have We looked across the field and saw a lot of if (document.mmm_fo) document.write ("&mmm_fo=1"); [5] Several Viet Cong who attempted to remove the .50-caliber machine gun from one of the burning tracks of Festa's unit were killed, as were others trying to storm the foxholes containing the wounded. This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Army Center of Military History. Become a member of MRFA! 28 July-2 August 1967: Coronado II. There is no question that, had the 2nd Brigade waited until dark, the enemy force, or most of it, would have slipped out. Then, without pausing, they ran along the entire length of the dike, which had foxholes every five meters or so, to take out the enemy positions one by one. 0000008029 00000 n Powered by Creative Circle Media Solutions. 13-17 June 1967: Operations in southern NHOM TRACH, including attach I-10 Headquarters. '&charset='+document.characterSet : '')); WebThis was the plan finally coordinated on the evening of 1 May 1967. May 1966: 2nd Bde receives fill of troops Become a member of MRFA! By 04:50 flares and tank searchlights detected that the Viet Cong were massing for an attack on the south and southeastern sides of the base. On January 7, the Joint Chiefs of Staff authorized Army Chief of Staff Thus the units in contact would have to finish the job. At first this was sporadic sniper fire which did little to slow the advance of this unit. It soon became apparent that the craft would be delayed, and after a wait of more than an hour, the battalion was notified that the helicopters would not arrive because of a tactical emergency elsewhere. document.write ("?zoneid="+zoneId+"&block=1&blockcampaign=1"); The intent was to bring the artillery fire on the enemys positions and then advance the infantry to as close as possible under cover of this fire, crawling the last few yards in the case of Company A. Viet-Nam: Current American Concern and Misunderstanding; National 0000002715 00000 n III, Vietnam, JanuaryAugust 1963, I. Reassessment, January 1-March 14, 1963: Hilsman-Forrestal Report, Viet Cong prisoners confessed that they were from the 2nd and 3rd Battalions of the 273rd Regiment of the 9th Viet Cong Division. Explore historical photos, gripping stories, poetry and song submitted by MRFA members. [5], At the same time, the 2nd Platoon returned along Route 13 from its ambush site, the men firing intermittently as they came. Click most pictures to enlarge. As the second group, under the platoon sergeant, began moving down the dike, the lead man, a squad leader, was killed by fire form a foxhole along the dike. Such is the aftermath of violent combat. a team of officers to Vietnam to investigate conflicting reports on response to his concern. By now, fire from all sides was intense, but despite this, several men of the platoon crawled forward to aid the wounded, only to die themselves. stiff resistance was apparently encountered, contact has been maintained 2 June 1967: 2nd Brigade embarks aboard MRB, thus formally constituting MRF. The personnel carriers of Company C, 5/60th, having a longer distance to travel, and having two fairly deep streams to cross, did not close Company As position until approximately 1530. Wolfe's men fired and the Viet Cong stopped, having struck one American vehicle's gun. direct orders to advance during Wednesdays battle at Ap Bac and that an Anything and everything that couldn't fit in any of the other categories. concluded that the operation was a failure. (Summary telegram 677 from ARPAC to JCS, January 4; Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Vietnam One thing that we found out over there, and what we didnt realize until years later, was what a friend was, he said. In addition, farmhouses were scattered throughout the rice paddy terrain. Continuing its advance, the company began to meet more and more fire as it crossed the open rice fields opposite a built-up area of thatched huts along a deep stream that ran across their front. Howitzers in direct support of each assaulting company, and under the control of the commanders concerned. Company B, 3/60th, occupied its assigned blocking position without enemy contact and, in doing so, indicated the limits of the enemys position. Military Wiki is a FANDOM Lifestyle Community. since Ap Bac the complaint has been increasingly heard that the The enemy has demonstrated time and again that merely killing his troops does us little or no good, for he is able to quickly recruit more. Battle of AP Bac II, in AP Bac Hamlet, CAN/GUIOC District, Long An Province. Palm Beach, January 7; ibid.) He gave Alcala permission to recall his 2nd Platoon from the ambush site to the perimeter. American public is not getting the facts on the situation in Viet-nam, [5] At the same time the 1st Platoon of B Troop moved down Route 13 from its position eight kilometers north. Of the 63 wounded, 26 were evacuated. Americans lost, there is good news which you may not read about in The Washington Post. He pointed to a number of When it arrived the 11 carriers quickly deployed in line to the north of Company a so that the battalion was deployed on an assault line 1,000 meters long and facing the east. Jump to navigation Jump to search. As the shadows lengthened over the dry rice fields and dense foliage, the roar of machine-gun fire and exploding grenades slowly died away. We served more like the people that trained in WWII. The assault by the 60th Infantrys Wild Ones on a Viet Cong stronghold in the Mekong was the kind you see in the movies or on the blackboard, but rarely in actual combat. Haszard noted the growing size of the communist offensive and decided to move with his command element to A Troop's position. there are days. It took place in an area of the Mekong Delta that had been dominated by VC guerrillas. Marion. They claimed 227 communist killed and captured three, while losing only 3 and suffering 63 wounded. The command track, and its communications equipment, was safely pulled into the perimeter without losses to the communists. 209 0 obj <> endobj if (document.MAX_used != ',') document.write ("&exclude=" + document.MAX_used); go of it. [5], The elements of B and C Troops move in from afar to assist their colleagues. Memorials and museums dedicated to the Mobile Riverine Force. Situated near Ap Bac Village in the Long An Province of Vietnam, the soldiers of Alpha Company, 4th Battalion, 47th Infantry were slogging through a couple hundred yards of open rice paddies when they stumbled into chaos. Archives and Records Administration, RG State, Vietnam Working Group Files: Lot 67 D 54, ORG-3 WG/VN Mtgs with Other Agencies), The battle of Ap Bac was reported in the press in the United States as a are occurring more frequently. (National Defense University, Taylor Papers, T-182-67). Vietnamese forces, and concluded: It also hurts here when irresponsible %PDF-1.4 % 3 August 1967: 3rd Bn, 60th Inf come afloat, 4th Bn 47th Inf OpCon Funston. However, when they reached the 28-31 January 1967: 2nd Bde arrives at Vung Tau, Close Bearcat. Alcala sent a tank out of the perimeter to help. D. Gilpatric, Roswell [6], During the battle of Ap Bau Bang III, the Americans killed at least 227 Viet Cong, and captured 3, as well as much equipment and weapons. Click most pictures to enlarge. We were fortunate in that we were attacking a known position, Heller said. Availability of route 4 at Ben Luc for ammo resupply. Even so, it was of little help to the Viet Cong, most of whom had died. [4], The Americans concluded that the communist mortar positions were 1.52 kilometers west of Ap Bau Bang in and around an old village that had been destroyed. Trong tng s 15 trc thng ym tr trong trn p Bc, c n 5 chic b bn ri. US Took CAM/SON/BAN LONG. It took a lot of guts, he wrote, on the part of those pilots and [Page 3] crews to go back into the area to It resulted in a US/ARVN victory. Three VC were killed and the others fled to the south. Alcala expanded the perimeter by 40m with a counterattack at 02:20. The rest of the troops would move to their jump-off positions by vehicles with the 3/60th departing first because it had the longest distance to travel. 19 August 1967: Relocate to SOIRAP?VAMCO 0000001694 00000 n Now the brigade commander faced a serious problem. The 3rd Battalion, 47th Infantry, would also advance to the north as soon as it arrived. The two platoons in the rice until they could gain fire superiority, then moving again. Jump-off was scheduled for 0800. [6], During the battle, resupply and medical evacuation missions continued under the direction of Lieutenant Colonel Paul F. Gorman of the 1st Infantry Division. Neil [5], Captain Alcala advised his superiors at 00:50 that he felt able to repel the attack, but he asked for a ready reaction force to be put in place. Vietnamese forces at Ap Bac had made a number of errors, but he The terrain in the area consisted of rice paddies surrounded on four sides by narrow earthen dikes. Sheehan in which he wrote that angry United States Men spoke in high-pitched, excited voices as though still trying to make themselves heard over the roar of gunfire. 3-10 June 1967: MRF shakedown. Fortunately, the initial reports of the personnel carrier company proved to be exaggerated, and while one man had been killed and several wounded, all the tracked vehicles, including the damaged ones, were able to move forward in the assault. In front of it stretched some 1,500 meters of open rice fields that were cut at 500-meter intervals by two irrigation ditches, the last of which was some 500 to 600 meters from the enemys position. It was the day after Fathers Day, June 19, 1967. Who was the American commander at Ap Bac? To have met the enemy on his own terms after so many fruitless months of seeking him, suffering daily casualties from mines and booby traps until frustrations reached a crescendo that seared the mind and bloodied the heart; to have met the enemy and destroyed him completely, provided a joy and a sense of accomplishment that caused their hearts to glow and animated each man. on the battle prepared on January 4 by General Paul D. Harkins, Commander of the U.S. These are all my friends., Wyoming ranks third best place to raise a dog, Governor praises Sholly for Park flood response, Big and little have been partnered for eight years, 128 South Bent StreetPowell, WY 82435 [5], In the 3rd Platoon sector on the eastern side of the perimeter, Wolfe detected communist movement and requested night illumination from a 4.2-inch mortar, which revealed Viet Cong troops crossing the highway from east to west. Finally, the battle has proven the wisdom of the axiom; once you have an enemy force in a trap, destroy it without delay. Military Assistance Command in Vietnam, was forwarded to President Whereas a company might be made up of 80-250 soldiers, an Army battalion can consist of between 300 to 1,200 soldiers. Naval Forces Vietnam Monthly Historical Supplement June 1967", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Operation_Concordia_(Vietnam)&oldid=1101635797, Battles and operations of the Vietnam War in 1967, Battles and operations of the Vietnam War, Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the United States Army Center of Military History, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 1 August 2022, at 01:43. American intelligence analysts believed that the whole regiment participated. Felt noted that it was important to The ARVN were decisively defeated. Clusters of coconut trees abounded and mangrove clumps generally straddled one of the many waterways that traversed the area. This attack broke the back of the enemys defense. US forces had M113 APCs, such as these, and even a half-dozen full M48 battle tanks at their disposal. Against overwhelming odds, the Viet Cong achieved their first major victory. Persson said their platoon was unique in that they had been together since the beginning of boot camp, so the absence of another member of the tight-knit group was always felt. General, Status of the This placed the battalion in a perfect position to attack the flank of the enemy which was engaging the 3/47th. Explore points of interest in the US Army section; awards, citations, index, roster and select information related to the mobile riverine force! We welcome content contributions! Alpha Company didnt; they walked right into an ambush that was prepared for the entire battalion, not just one company, Heller explained. [3] One tank operator trained his searchlight on the Viet Cong machine gun position and returned fire along with three APCs for around three minutes. While they crawled, they replenished their dwindling ammunition supply from the fallen. At 11:50 on March 19, 1967, A Troop, 3rd Squadron, 5th Cavalry Regiment, commanded by Captain Raoul H. Alcala deployed within the perimeter of Fire Support Base 20. Without further delay, the commanding officer of the 3/60th ordered the attack to go in without the artillery. L. Harkins, General Paul Operation Concordia was an operation conducted by the U.S. Early on 2 May, elements of the Wild Ones composed of Company B and Company C, 3/60th, plus the Several personnel carriers were hit and several troops killed and wounded. It was as hoped that in this manner the tracked vehicles could compensate for the lack of a blocking force. It was also planned to place a battery of 105-mm. At 07:00 the final air strike and artillery rounds were fired. We looked across the field and saw a lot of bodies, recalled platoon chaplain Charlie Zies. Explore gatherings, speakers and events. Then a helicopter came in to pick up the wounded; the second helicopter came in and was shot down.. At the direction of Alcala, the platoon swept 1.5km south of the defenders along the rubber tree line. The battle of Ap Bac, Vietnam, 2007. found: Wikipedia, viewed Apr. Although the enemy would have suffered heavy casualties, his defeat would not have been nearly as final as the one which occurred. The ambush was to be in position by 18:00. Join us for our 2017 reunion by making a reservation today! See more Bi nh m Major General Bi nh m (born c. 1926 30 May 2009) was a general of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN). Cong battalion inflicted heavy casualties on the government forces and 5-September 1967: Relocate to Dong Tam. The MRFA is launching our Historical Data Project (HDP), featuring as much MRF TF-117 data as possible. The surviving members of First Platoon Bravo Company gathered, as they have the last several years, at Hellers cabin in the Willwood area to commemorate their service and remember that day. At 22:50 that night a Viet Cong probe signaled the start of the battle. Three American advisers were killed in the Were all so close; these are brothers. [4] Within 20 minutes of the start of the mortar attack, the Viet Cong ground assault began. command which never placed a Vietnamese officer above the rank of Series, History of the Department, Buildings of the Initially, they swarmed over the American armored vehicles, but were dispersed by the vehicles shooting on one another, although some of the vehicles were destroyed. A jet came in to drop a bomb. 19-20 June 1967: Operation CONCORDIA. Relations, World Wide Diplomatic Archives Meanwhile, Company A, 3/60th, was formed up and waiting at the helicopter pickup site for the promised company of choppers. 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