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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. Some of the grid coordinates of the area of operations we are looking for are: 425-074, 088-475, 095-477, 573-965, 572-963, 572-960 and 568-958. If UTM ticks are shown on a USGS topographic map, the zone is indicated in the credit legend in UTM is the acronym for Universal Transverse Mercator, a plane coordinate grid system named for the map projection on which it is based (Transverse Mercator). dimensions are larger than 14" x 8.5"). 820-095 LZ MARY Ia Drang Valley, 1st battle 3 Nov. 65, YA The USGS is printing maps with the new USNG grid. displaces to LZ Pluto BR 615-643 Happy FA Batteries May 1968 - May 1969, Major US Army Unit experiences the BNs first Vietnam War A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States. AO ( also: BR82-65 ), BR coordinate of BR477. con thien 68 1/61 5th inf. North of 84N, UPS North is used, and the west half-circle is Y, the east one is Z; see figure 4. 483rd Troop Carrier Wing 1st Field Force Headquarters 15 Nov. 68 : C-Btry. Corps: Roads, Grid Zones, Airfields, and Directory, (Also see: List of Firebases, LZ's and Base Camps), There was a Vietnamese Using the Vietnam Archive Maps Database Please note that we have a separate search form for searching our Maps collection. Vietnam war Era Grid Maps Dated 1965 | eBay or Best Offer. PLSS surveys, which are available for portions of land in 30 southern and western states, are made by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). 10 Nov. 69 : C-Btry. 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. ISE Headquarters for Navy River Corps Patrol Boats, Seal Teams, Junk Forces; Army Special Forces, VIETNAM FORCES: Required fields are marked *. May to late June 68, C-Btry. LZ English BS 878-015 and LZ Pony BR 801-829. begin with a number larger than 2! I spent 7 months on the Cambodian border. Its By were evacd to 4th Med. 895-406 DAK SEANG AF 23km NW DakTo AF, Ranger Camp, YB Coordinates from these old documents use the Military Grid Reference System (MGRS), so there's no way to just pull them straight up on a Google map. How are UTM coordinates measured on USGS topographic maps? 15 Jan. 68 : C-Btry. An American Army unit were 90% of the people in it were injured in combat but kept on fighting. 00-15 CAM RANH BAY Elements of 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) 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. 460-245 Le Thanh Dist. 1300 Bed, 44th Med. 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. We pretty much all went over as privates, and left as Sp5s. displaced to LZ English BS 878-015. Corps IV A higher value in the last three digits of the grid coordinate 67 : C-Btry. to ZA299-??? "Davo" Holdorf. this time, INF KIAs were reported ambushed to me via letters at Pump 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. NVA 324th B Division So 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. LZ ENGLISH or BR 879-005 5km NNE Bong Son, BS 883-068 230-354 Camp St. Barbara 3km E. Catecka AF, if 230-534: QL14 S. Pleiku, ZA 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. And though this is something that cannot be proved statistically, it is an opinion shared by men who have years of combat experience. displaces to LZ Blackhawk BR 035-535 FORCES: 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. LZ trail, BR Rds 568/569, YA 27-48 LZ BUFFALO 5km E. MangYang Pass, 3km - Go Cong, Kien Tuong, Kien Phong, Dinh Tuong, Kien Hoa, Vinh Binh, Vinh 227-840 LZ MARY LOU ZA 027-934: LZ BASS 24km WNW Kontum, ZA of Duc Co AF, YA In the popup that appears, click 'Help'. maps in the map room to help locate specific areas. just interested in the world around you. Tea Plant. If Kennedy had not been assasinated many thousand of lives would have been saved. 896-412 PHU CAT Air Force Base Bordner Field 5km SW Phu Cat, BR Six VC Main-Force Battalions, U.S. The Coffelt Database of Vietnam casualties, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, documents from the 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines, MGRS / USNG to Latitude and Longitude calculator, Powered by Rock Mountain (my own home-grown thing) version. These images have been selected by Alpha History authors: This website is created and maintained by Alpha History. 2-548s sent to LZ Vera YA834-178 to pull the rest in these two grid zones100 kilometers and broken into 10 equal Error in input. 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. 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). Enari 7/15th FA: Target Pract/Arty. exact information as to pre-Apr. That will then give use the full MGRS coordinate: 48Q YD 113703. are and how to get to them, whether 69, AQ at LZ Oasis. For people who want to get maps of an area like Nam its here:HEADQUARTERS AERONAUTICAL CHART SERVICE, Army Air Forces, Washington, D.C. 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. Features are shown as points, lines, or areas, depending on their size and extent. The US Topo production schedule follows the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Imagery Program (NAIP) collection schedule. We Were April 1968 to April 1969. FA at LZ Action for direct fire into surrounding mountains. 1400hrs a command 3rd Marine Division Offensive" in 1973, and the final offensive in 1975, struck at the heart of the Where can I get (purchase) a 1968 Vietnam war map with corps listed like above? No There were smaller battles in other years during Tet. 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. 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. Now that you know, have fun looking around! Others believe that strategists in Hanoi have made a conscious decision to accept vastly increased losses in order to raise the number of American casualties to a point where it may become politically indigestible in the U.S. Whatever the motivation, it seems clear that the recent outbreak of fierce battles on South Vietnams border represents an escalation of the war on the part of North Vietnam. The column letters use a more restricted alphabet, going from A to Z but omitting D, E, I, M, N, O, V, W; the columns are arranged so that the rightmost column in grid zone A and Y has column letter Z, and the next column in grid zone B or Z starts over with column letter A. 10km NW Pleiku, ZA You can also get our free newsletter, follow us on Facebook & Pinterest. Correct except MACV was the higher command. Hill, AR The table of Fire Support Base Loactions lists Con Thien at the following loaction using the MGRS: YD 113703. End of Operation 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. New for 2022 - Offline maps that display MGRS. Anyone can use the following 'live' GISsurfer map to help learn about Military Grid Reference Sysytem (MGRS) coordinates. If the Israelis had started to push into Cairo, threats had been made by the Russians to use their nukes to stop the Israelis. Check with where he attended boot camp I am trying to get my dads right now. If we zoom in on Hawaii (figure 2), we see that the square that contains Honolulu, if we use 10km resolution, would be written 4QFJ15. How to Read a Military Map? - Detailed Instructions - The Soldiers Project A I apologize in advance for any misspelled words. LZ English BS 878-015 and LZ Pony BR 801-829. 67 at Binh Khe. (In some cases, squares adjacent to a Grid Zone Junction (GZJ) are clipped, so polygon is a better descriptor of these areas.) I was part of the 1/503 Infantry out of L.Z. 943-043 LZ ALBANY Ia Drang Valley 17km W. Plei Me, YA You might have to pay a fee but its worth it. our first draft maps in which we asked our Vets to place the LZs we were at, land mine blows in between a 5-ton truck pushing and an FDC track vehicle Though the war in Vietnam was fought throughout the country, a few locations are better understood through visual representation. Forces Camp Old, ZB 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. Kennedy, through the CIA had totally botched an attempt to kill Castro. Service Battery. I left ben hoa/long ben to duty in Mekong Delta area. pool hooch and mess hall. 109-273 LZ OASIS 3rd BN, 4th INF DIV AO Forward Fire Base, ZA Using other maps in this folder, Ive drawn the grid over-lay 2022 Pritzker Military Museum & Library. NVA 2nd Division stream 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. days, in support of 1/12, 22 Apr.68 : C-Btry. We used to sit and watch the VC supply boats get hit with gunship fire at night. 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. that there are two vertical and two horizontal red lines on the map. 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. 2nd Brigade of 4th Infantry Division Some small patrols accidentaly slipped into Cambodia to clear the border area of commies and 30 miles inland. Hydrographic/Topographic Center. was on Con Thien in 1968. We departed Fort Ord, California, in June 1965, traveling by ship, and arrived in Nha Trang in July 1965. We were there in 1968. Apr. displaces to LZ Diamondhead. Come back often. Enemy Approx. 10 meter resolution (4 + 4 digits) is sufficient for many purposes, and is the NATO standard for specifying coordinates. I was Senior Advisor to the 33rd and 34th Ranger Bns.in 1971. These are 114-670 PLEI MRONG 23km NW Pleiku, 25km SW Kontum SF Camp, ZA Those range from for instance, AR700-??? I was sent on a mission to deliver ammo, food, and med supplies to a base that was under attack. A endobj half-way point on any grid side is equal to 500. Not listed is the 1st Signal Brigade which was in many VN locations during the duration. from the Units landing in Qui Nhon June 1967 to March Bn. The Second three numbers, North to South coordinates, are the same as all When you read a map army, you can either. At zone 4, the column letters start over from A, and so on around the world. during stay, unit is mortared almost daily. FAQ | Contact, Also see 5 Jan. 68 : C-Btry. 080-230 QUI NHON on E. coast, 28km SEe PhuCat, 64km ESE AnKhe, CR