Fire Support Bases Vietnam

Author : Bruce Picken
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 547 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2012-02-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781921941900

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Fire Support Bases Vietnam by Bruce Picken Pdf

Fire Support Bases Vietnam is a meticulous documentation of the construction, location and role of fire support bases during the Vietnam War, compiled by Vietnam veteran Bruce Picken. Often makeshift bases hacked out of primary jungle, these artillery gun areas provided essential support to infantry field units during operations in South Vietnam. In its simplest sense, a fire support base was an often hastily constructed fortified artillery base position, usually sited forward close to the centre of the area of operations in support of task force, battalion or company operations. The role of the fire support base was to bring artillery and mortar fire within range of friendly forces operating in depth. Artillery gun areas were not unique to the Vietnam conflict. In previous wars they were deployed in allied territory to cover the front lines and to support advancing troops. The concept was first applied in Vietnam by US forces and quickly adapted by Australian forces arriving in Phuoc Tuy Province in May 1966 to fight a new kind of war. This conflict was not like its predecessors and the fire support bases were now more usually sited in territory dominated by the enemy to provide much-needed protection for forces operating in bitterly contested areas. Fire Support Bases Vietnam is a detailed account that identifies every fire support base by date, location and role and provides an outline of the operations in which they participated. This is an essential reference book for those with a serious interest in the Vietnam War, and adds valuable detail to the study of a campaign that occupies a unique place in the Australian psyche.

Author : Randy E. M Foster
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2012-08-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782002222

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Vietnam Firebases 1965-73 by Randy E. M Foster Pdf

Artillery fire support bases of the Freeworld forces played a critical role in the conduct of operations during the Vietnam War. They served to lay down high-volume fire on enemy firing sites, supported friendly infantry operations, and executed harassing fire missions where exact targets were not known. But the firebases themselves which housed a range of other facilities such as troop shelters, surveillance radars and command centers had to be defended against ground attack, and as a result became significant fortifications in their own right. This book describes the design, development and operational history of the fire support bases throughout the conflict.

Author : Lex McAulay
Publisher : Random House Australia
Page : 550 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2012-01-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781742747453

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The Battle Of Coral by Lex McAulay Pdf

A detailed and masterly account of the biggest unit level battle involving Australian soldiers during the Vietnam War. The Battle: For twenty-six days during May and June 1968 the 1st Australian Task Force fought a series of actions around Fire Support Bases Coral and Balmoral, northeastof Saigon. The Scenario: An overnight switch in war tactics, from patrolling and ambushing to close combat action, where, for the first time in a long while, tanks and artillery support came into their own. The Men: A trained fighting force with more than their share of bravery, whose skills and sacrifice stopped the North Vietnamese in their tracks. Lex McAulay's brilliant account of reconstruction is one of the most important books on the Australian soldiers' involvement in the Vietnam War.

Author : Robert Haseman
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2016-02-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781483445854

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The Sun Sets On Vietnam: The Firebase War by Robert Haseman Pdf

Leaving his college deferment behind, this son of a WWII veteran enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1967 to take part in the Vietnam War. He was sent to Officer Candidate School, became a 2nd Lieutenant and in 1969 led an infantry platoon in combat when he was 21. In late 1969, President Nixon began withdrawing troops creating doubt about the successful outcome of the war and when the author returned home in 1970 he realized his Vietnam service was not respected. He put the war out of his mind, got married and began his career, but after retirement went back to write about his war experiences. Writing brought some closure but also compelled him to join some other veterans in 2019 to return to a mountaintop in western Quang Tri Province to revisit the old FSB Russell. In so doing he learned some things he had repressed or never knew and gained a truer understanding of the emotional cost of the war.

Author : William J. Shkurti
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2022-07-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9780700634033

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Soldiering On in a Dying War by William J. Shkurti Pdf

By the autumn of 1971 a war-weary American public had endured a steady stream of bad news about the conduct of its soldiers in Vietnam. It included reports of fraggings, massacres, and cover-ups, mutinies, increased racial tensions, and soaring drug abuse. Then six soldiers at Fire Support Base Pace, a besieged U.S. artillery outpost near the Cambodian border, balked at an order to conduct a nighttime ambush patrol. Four days later, twenty soldiers from a second unit objected to patrolling even in daylight. The sensation these events triggered in the media, along with calls for a congressional investigation, reinforced for the American public the image of a dysfunctional military on the edge of collapse. For a time Pace became the face of all that was wrong with American troops during the extended withdrawal from Vietnam. William Shkurti, however, argues that the incidents at Firebase Pace have been misunderstood for four decades. Shkurti, who served as an artillery officer not far from Pace, uses declassified reports, first-person interviews, and other sources to reveal that these incidents were only temporary disputes involving veteran soldiers exercising common sense. Shkurti also uses the Pace incidents to bring an entire war and our withdrawal from it into much sharper focus. He reevaluates the performance and motivation of U.S. ground troops and their commanders during this period, as well as that of their South Vietnamese allies and North Vietnamese adversaries; reassesses the media and its coverage of this phase of the war; and shows how some historians have helped foster misguided notions about what actually happened at Pace. By taking a closer look at what we thought we knew, Shkurti persuasively demonstrates how combat units still in harm's way adapted to the challenges before them and soldiered on in a war everyone else wanted to be over. In doing so, he also suggests a context to better understand the challenges that may lie ahead in the drawdown of troops from Iraq and Afghanistan.

Author : Ian Hodges
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 45 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Vietnam War, 1961-1975
ISBN : 1877007315

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Vietnam, 1968 by Ian Hodges Pdf

Author : Philip Keith
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781250024961

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Fire Base Illingworth: An Epic True Story of Remarkable Courage Against Staggering Odds by Philip Keith Pdf

Philip Keith's Fire Base Illingworth is an epic, never-before-told true story of a North Vietnamese Army attack and how the men of this nearly overrun Fire Base survived. In the early morning hours of April 1, 1970, more than four hundred North Vietnamese soldiers charged out into the open and tried to over-run FSB Illingworth. The battle went on, mostly in the dark, for hours. Exposed ammunition canisters were hit and blew up, causing a thunderous explosion inside the FSB that left dust so thick it jammed the hand-held weapons of the GIs. Much of the combat was hand-to-hand. In all, twenty-four Americans lost their lives and another fifty-four were wounded. Nearly one hundred enemy bodies were recovered. It was one of the most vicious small unit firefights in the history of U.S. forces in Vietnam. As in his acclaimed book Blackhorse Riders, a finalist for the prestigious Colby Award, Phil Keith uncovers a harrowing true story of bravery and sacrifice by the men who fought valiantly to hold FSB Illingworth—a tale never-before-told and one that will not be soon forgotten.

Author : Benjamin L. Harrison
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Vietnam War, 1961-1975
ISBN : 9780595327300

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Hell On A Hill Top by Benjamin L. Harrison Pdf

HELL ON A HILL TOP-for four months in 1970, Hell raged on the hill tops of Ripcord, 805, 902 and 1000, all just east of the A Shau Valley. HELL ON A HILL TOP Instead of backing away from the fight, the North Vietnamese mortar, recoilless rifle, heavy machine gun, sapper and regular infantry attacks increased. The last offensive around Ripcord was starting to look like the last stand. Unwilling to keep American soldiers at high risk at this stage of the war; Ripcord was evacuated on 23 July. The battle went unnoticed for 30 years until Keith Nolan's book, RIPCORD, was published. As powerful and gripping as was the story of great leadership and courageous fighting by our soldiers, the magnitude of the enemy force still remained unknown. The author, the 3rd Brigade commander during the siege and evacuation, made trips to Vietnam in 2001 and 2004 and interviewed the 324B Division Commander whose first-ever division sole mission, was to destroy Firebase Ripcord. The full story is now told.

Author : James Michael Orange
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780595160037

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Fire in the Hole by James Michael Orange Pdf

How does a young man coming of age in the 1960s go from seminarian to soldier? What can scare an average kid from Cleveland into killing for his country? The answer: Vietnam–that soul-sucking war that still invades dreams. After surviving a year of combat and the loss of fellow Marines, Orange came home in 1970 to another battlefield–Kent State University, where the Ohio National Guard gunned down his classmates. Reeling and confused, he went from soldier to seaman on a Great Lakes ore carrier. Then he became a hippie who fought against the same war he once supported, the same war that stole his youth and innocence. Orange reflects on his journey of tumult and tears from a vantage point of age and wisdom. This is a survivor’s tale, told with honesty and compassion for those who fought on both sides of a conflict that sliced through the lives of so many.

Author : Arthur G. Sharp
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2014-05-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780811759403

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The Siege of LZ Kate by Arthur G. Sharp Pdf

In the fall of 1969, a force of 150 Americans and their South Vietnamese allies were surrounded by 5,000 North Vietnamese Army soldiers. This is the story of their desperate defense and against-all-odds escape.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on armed services
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : United States
ISBN : HARVARD:32044053324299

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The U.S. Army in Vietnam by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on armed services Pdf

Author : Andrew Rawson
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2016-09-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9780750979832

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The Vietnam War Handbook by Andrew Rawson Pdf

The book covers everything from infantry, artillery, armour, special forces, riverine craft, intelligence, combat support and service units, to weapons and equipment, organisation, command and control, daily life and tours of duty, awards and medals. Films and books, memorials and the legacy of the Vietnam War in the USA and South East Asia are also covered.

Author : John A. Cash
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1993-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781568065632

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Seven Firefights in Vietnam by John A. Cash Pdf

Based on official army records, these eyewitness accounts of seven hellacious battles serve as a brief history of the Vietnam conflict. From a fierce fight on the banks of the Ia Drang River in 1965 to a 1968 gunship mission, this illustrated report conveys the heroism and horror of warfare.

Author : Charles David
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2011-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1462865097

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Fire Base X-Ray by Charles David Pdf

VIETNAM, a place never to be forgotten. The stories in this book are fiction, wrapped around scenarios our fighting men would have faced trying to make it thru their tour of duty. FIRE BASE X-RAY is a series of stories about the men that defended these outposts. Stories about the patrols they went on that kept them in the jungles of VI ETNAM for days on end. Our brave men fought hard, and some died in that place called NAM. Men to be remembered and never forgotten. *Author's other books: Bootprints Across Afghanistan Death and Glory Second Tour Afghanistan Blood Trail Vietnam Remember To Die Return To Hell

Author : William Albracht,Marvin J. Wolf
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780451468086

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Abandoned in Hell by William Albracht,Marvin J. Wolf Pdf

In October 1969, William Albracht, the youngest Green Beret captain in Vietnam, took command of a remote hilltop outpost called Fire Base Kate, held by only 27 American soldiers and 150 Montagnard militiamen. He found their defences woefully unprepared. At dawn the next morning, three North Vietnamese Army regiments - some 6,000 men - crossed the Cambodian border and attacked. The US regiment refused to surrender and held out for five days. This is an astonishing memoir of leadership, sacrifice and brutal violence, and of the power of heroism.