Results of a rocket attack on Da Nang air base: revetment area building 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. I was assigned to the 1st Marine Division and sent to Marble Mountain Airfield to Join Marine Air Group 16 and VMO2. West runway cratered, east runway open. Those infiltrations prepared the way for NVA ground attacks in the surrounding areas. 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. In the ensuing firefight fought at a range as close as five meters from one another with the Marines achieving the upper hand. Pictures of Danang 10. About 03:30, perhaps to divert Marine attention from the ground assault on I Corps headquarters and the city of Da Nang, enemy mortars opened up on Marble Mountain. The area around Nng, especially military installations, was subject to rocket attacks since that February. Photographer: Unknown Nng Air Base, AKA: Rocket City, often had more than six Silk-Moons of false dawn orbiting the base. The rockets destroyed five aircraft, nine items of ground equipment, two vehicles, and one warehouse outright. in foreground gives perspective. The helicopter burned upon crashing, but the crew and most of the patrol were able to get out. Da Nang, the main Seabee base in the I Corps area, which bordered North Vietnam, came under repeated attack from Viet Cong and North Vietnamese regulars. This apparently broke the back of the VC resistance. At that point, three fixed-wing aircraft and four helicopter gunships then bombed and strafed the enemy column. According to III MAF figures, from 29 January through 14 February at Da Nang, Marines sustained 124 killed and more than 480 wounded. Other disturbing intelligence tended to confirm this analysis. Missiles launched from nearby mountains have caused eight deaths, many injuries and. At the same time, the 1st Division had sent out several reconnaissance elements. [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. Even in the face of the artillery, the PAVN continued their advance upon the Marine positions. According to the U.S. Milantoni replied, "General Lm just gave it. 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. The Flightline, Funny Money, Rocket shrapnel. You get your timing off and you've got problems. NMCB-7 sends a Disaster. (L to R) Attack of 13 April 1972. The NVA launched hundreds of rocket attacks on DaNang Airbase trying to hit the bomb dump. By daybreak, the engineers held their own and the situation in Hi An was at a stalemate. Built by the Colonial French government of Indochina in 1949, it became a training school for Vietnamese pilots. The Marines called in artillery and mortar missions . The RF/PF suffered 1 PF killed and 10 wounded. The Da Nang airbase was a major Ranch Hand facility during the American War in Vietnam. [1]:158, Robertson began to refine his defensive dispositions at Da Nang so as to counter any further incursions on the part of the PAVN/VC main force units pressing on the Marine TAOR. According to Marine intelligence sources, Rummage may well "have rendered a reinforced battalion combat ineffective, forcing the enemy to modify his plans at a critical time." One of the rockets damaged one of the missile launchers and wounded three of the Marines. The bulk of the attack force remained in Ha Vang Village bogged down in a firefight with local Popular Force (PF) and Regional Force (RF) troops reinforced by a USMC Combined Action Platoon (CAP), E-3. During the night, VC resistance dwindled to sniper fire on the ROKMC positions. The struggle for Hi An would continue into the following day. 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines was in the north, 1st Battalion, 7th Marines was in the center and 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines was in the south. [ Bob Kaatman photo ] 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. 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. The Communists carried out 26 rocket attacks on the Da Nang air base during 1972. The Marine squad was about to establish a night ambush site when a PAVN force of about 100 fired upon them. [1]:1456, At 03:00 the PAVN/VC hit even closer to the Marine command nerve center at Da Nang. Apparently the division was slow in moving into the Da Nang area and was not in position to support the local forces in the earlier phase of the offensive . Company M advanced toward a hamlet to the south of the ARVN. They also mortared and rocketed MAG-13 at Chu Lai on 31 January 1968. 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 ." 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. "[1]:163, Another possible explanation was that the Da Nang attack may have been a secondary assault, to cause as much damage as possible and divert Allied forces from the almost successful effort of the PAVN/VC forces to capture Hu. The lead column consisted of about 100 to 150 men, followed by the main body. Pictures of Danang 8. [1]:1467, About 05:45, the 1st Division learned that the VC squad in the I Corps headquarters compound had disengaged and took its casualties with it. While Marine fixed-wing aircraft flew strike missions against the gun emplacements, another helicopter evacuated the survivors. On 27 January, COMUSMACV General William Westmoreland announced a ceasefire to be observed by Allied forces for 36 hours beginning at 18:00 on 29 January in honor of the Tt holidays. At 02:40, a squad from the 1/7 Marines, supported by two tanks from the 1st Tank Battalion, moved to assist the embattled CAP unit. **** TET 1968 This fighting would continue in a desultory fashion throughout the night. Fourteen aircraft, six pieces of ground support equipment , five buildings, and another two vehicles sustained damage of one sort or another. The PAVN fought a delaying action as they began to withdraw. The Marine squad lost one killed. [1]:163, From almost every account, the PAVN/VC attack in the Da Nang TAOR was very inept. Only the 7th Marines to the west experienced an increase in incidents as PAVN/VC troops moved through the western TAOR to return to their mountain strongholds in Base Area 114 and through Charlie Ridge into Happy Valley. Would like to get in touch w/anyone attached to Security. Its two runways accommodated a take-off or landing every 60 seconds. The Vietnam Security Police Association Web site features several additional recordings of rocket attacks on Da Nang Air Base. [1]:160, By this time, Robertson was worried about the ability to contain the PAVN/VC offensive south of Da Nang. Cleaning up and repairs at Gunfighter Village. U.S. estimates of PAVN/VC casualties ranged between 1,200 and 1,400 dead. Westmoreland was convinced that this big push would come either just before or right after Tt, but not during the holidays and probably at Khe Sanh and in the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone sector. [Peter Halferty photo]. At 09:20, PAVN/VC forces attacked the district towns of in Bn, just above the Ky Lam River and Duy Xuyn below the river. Note: Dick previously sent us some Stars and Stripes clippings mentioning rocket attacks and other "newsworthy items" of the day. heros. Lost him to a rocket attack. He was killed in action on January 21, 1968, during the Battle of Khe Sanh in Quang Tri Province, Vietnam. Again the crowd dispersed and this time did not recongregate. About 50 minutes later, another recon team, Air Hose, about 2,000 meters to the northeast of Saddle Bag, saw more than 50 enemy troops moving eastward. All attacks from 02/27/67 forward were by rockets. An American advisor within the MACV compound reported at 11:45 that the VC were digging in the engineer compound. At in Bn, the 51st Regiment reinforced by the ROKMC contained the attack. Even at Marble Mountain the damage was relatively contained. 1969. Naval Support Activity Danang operated extensive logistics facilities on the Tiensha (Tin Sa) peninsula east of the city. This would be followed by a rocket barrage and an assault by the main force units on Allied military units and installations. All clips are licensed royalty-free, worldwide, in perpetuity. [1]:154, At about 19:00 another reconnaissance patrol, Recon Team Rummage, about 30 kilometers south of Da Nang in the Qu Sn Mountains below An Ha, spotted a column of about 40 PAVN at the head of even a larger column moving east along a trail. Today, several areas on the Da Nang Base including the loading, storage and mixing areas and Sen Lake to the north and the Pacer Ivy area at the south of the base have been confirmed to have . [1]:1423, From other sources, the Marine command learned of other ominous measures taken by the PAVN/VC forces in the Da Nang sector. The vintage footage in this video has been uploaded for research purposes, and is presented in unedited form. The Marines and PF troops fired at armed members of the crowd who appeared to be directing the march. Lm arrived at the headquarters compound shortly after dawn. Before his death, however, the Vietnamese identified himself as Major Nguyen Van Lam, the commanding officer of the R-20th c Lp Battalion. He seems to think there was only one rocket attack at Da Nang in 1972. One sapper was captured. As Company G began its redeployment along the river route it ran into PAVN forces attempting to retreat in that direction. Rising Storm 2: Vietnam - Check Out Chivalry 2https://store.steampowered.com/app/1824220/Chivalry_2/Green Army Thanksgiving!It is turkey time, so we have a Green Army . At the briefing, the division G-2 or intelligence officer, told the assembled officers that "they are finally going to come out and fight. Rummage soon determined that the total number of PAVN approximated 500 or more men, moving in two columns. 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 Tony Dostal arrived in Vietnam at the Air Force Base in Da Nang aboard a C-141 transport plane on Friday, Aug. 30, 1968. The National Police arrested 25 of the crowd and quickly dispersed the would-be demonstrators. A high number of casualties were Vietnamese civilians living in a village just east of Da Nang Air Base. It was decided that two battalions from the Americal Division code-named Task Force Miracle would be moved into the northern sector of the 3/5 Marines near Route 1 south of the Cau Do. Vietcong rocket attack on the U.S. Da Nang Airbase in Vietnam HD Stock Footage CriticalPast 308K subscribers Subscribe 56K views 8 years ago CriticalPast is an archive of historic footage.. (AP) AP The Marine company called in mortar and artillery fire. [1]:163 Click here to view those.. Update: 12 December 2020. Headquarters Marines quickly manned their defenses and called in artillery illumination and a fire mission. Marble Mountain Air Facility supported USMC helicopter operations throughout southern I Corps. "[1]:1545, By this time, the Tet Offensive was in full bloom, not only at Da Nang, but throughout South Vietnam. They fired, killing one of the enemy underwater demolition team, while the other member surrendered to the Marines. On the afternoon of 7 February Marine helicopters deployed the 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment into the hamlet of Duong Son (1) (155852N 1081124E / 15.981N 108.190E / 15.981; 108.190) 2km south of Cau Do. The company arrived at its dispositions at 01:00 the following morning . "[1]:144, By evening on the 29th, the 1st Marine Division at Da Nang was on 100-percent alert. Some 36 of the large missiles landed on the main base, including the airfield. [1]:154, The ROKMC sent three companies to close the southern link and then moved forward into the attack. Vietnam Rocket City 1971-1972, Palm Bay, FL. 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. Next Photo. Da Nang Vietnam January 30, 1968 - Rocket attack on the Da Nang Air Base. at Bien Hoa Air Base, those in II Corps were consolidated at Tuy Hoa Air Base, and those in I Corps were consolidated at Da Nang Air Base [Carmichael 1972; Cecil 1986; Hull 2002; Young 2006]. According to U.S. advisors and to South Vietnamese sources, the fight for Hi An resulted in Allied casualties of 58 killed, 103 wounded in action, 21 missing in action and 14 weapons lost. 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. General Walt's staff received word on 27 October that a VC main force battalion was moving out of its base in "Happy Valley," 10 miles southwest of Da Nang, and heading towards the base. On Jan. 30, a 15-man commando squad penetrated Da Nang Air Base and another squad blew up the "Sector Bravo Combat Operations Center," just 1,000 meters from I Corps headquarters. In the 3/7 Marines area of operations, about 2,000 meters west of Hill 55 on the other side of a bend in the Yen River, a squad from Company L at 11:45 ran into what eventually turned out to be a fairly large-sized PAVN unit. The Marines killed two and wounded the third. By dark the Korean had captured the hospital and were in position to relieve the engineer compound. During the day, the division had positioned 11 reconnaissance Stingray patrols along likely enemy avenues of approach. Throughout the day, however, Marine units throughout the TAOR reported incidents. One of the major attacks was against CAP B-3 in the hamlet of Duong Lam (1) just below the Ty Loan River. [1]:1612, In the ensuing battle of Lo Giang the Marine and Army forces successfully repulsed the PAVN 2nd Division attack. Firing 290 105mm shells, the tractor artillery reportedly killed about 80 of the PAVN attackers caught in the open. As the Marine platoon patrolled along the banks of the Yn, a heavy machine gun suddenly opened up. [Peter Halferty photo]. Behind the Marine and Korean lines, the ARVN 51st Regiment deployed in support of the South Vietnamese Revolutionary Development program. An alert ARVN sentry took the VC under fire near the flagpole. A prisoner captured in Nam O identified a PAVN battalion, probably from the PAVN 4th Regiment, operating below the Hi Vn Pass with the "mission to form civilians for demonstrations." [1]:1445, In scattered and intermittent attacks beginning before 02:00 and lasting about one-half hour, PAVN/VC gunners fired both mortars and rockets that landed near positions of Marine artillery, antiair missiles, and the Force Logistic Command at Red Beach Base Area. Robertson observed that the delay of the 2nd Division into the picture may have been because the PAVN forces "got their signals mixed " The VC were supposed to be inside "when the [PAVN] division came marching down main street. III Marine Amphibious Force (III MAF) had its headquarters at Hill 327 west of the Air Base, while ARVN I Corps had its headquarters north of the Air Base. 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. According to documents captured later, the two VC assault companies were to pull out at first light, but became bogged down in the city. Robertson later praised the Security and Communications platoons of the 1st Marine Division Headquarters Battalion for their efforts in the defense. 14 New Guns For 2022 by B. GIL HORMAN; A First-Year Magnum: Shooting The S&W "Pre-29" by JUSTIN DYAL; Contact; Donate; Eye Candy for the Gentlemen out there Moreover, once the PAVN units arrived south of Da Nang they "made no further attempts at maneuver even while being hunted by Marine and Army units, and when engaged, seldom maneuvered, except to withdraw." The Sequence number refers to the sequence number assigned to all attacks on ten primary US Air Force operating bases in Vietnam. At about 03:00 two PAVN battalions struck the ARVN compound on Route 1 above the Thanh Quit River. Hill received a telephone call at 03:45 on the 30th from Colonel Thomas Randall, the III MAF G-3, who asked him "to send three platoons to blocking positions south of I Corps headquarters." Da Nang was a major base area for United States and South Vietnamese military forces supporting operations throughout I Corps. We had played cards the night before and he was so happy he had survived his year in . According to the Marine after-action report, 3/5 Marines and the attached two companies from the 2/3rd Marines accounted for more than 320 PAVN/VC dead in less than 36 hours. 366th Security Police K-9. During the day's fighting, the Marines killed 107 PAVN and took two prisoners for losses of 11 killed and 53 wounded. The 3/5 Marines were landed and immediately came under heavy automatic and small arms fire from the island. The reaction force itself came under automatic weapons fire and RPGs disabled the two tanks. This information should also include any information involving plane crashes at the Da Nang base in early 1968. Heavy explosions and fires on the base. It also served to block one of the principal avenues of approach to Da Nang from the south. In addition, the 1st Marine Division alerted one company to participate in the relief of Hi An, if needed. It was a helicopter facility that was constructed in August 1965 and served as home to Marine Aircraft Group 16 (MAG-16), the 5th Special Forces Group and an assortment of other squadrons until May 1971. * The first attack was made by both mortars and sappers. Citation Nr: 1224394 Decision Date: 07/13/12 Archive Date: 07/18/12 DOCKET NO. [1]:1589, For the next few days, there was a relative lull in the Da Nang sector, at least as compared to the last two days of January. Among the casualties were two Marines killed, including Lieutenant Manning and six wounded from the 1st MP Battalion. [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. Robertson remembered that "the ceasefire was to be in effect and the regimental commanders reported intense fire from the enemy and requested authority to continue artillery fire, if necessary" Robertson granted the request and then "about 18:40 we got the word from III MAF that the ceasefire had been called off.[1]:142, For some time, the American forces had been aware that the PAVN/VC was about to launch some type of major offensive. According to them their mission was to mine and interdict allied traffic in the Hi Vn Pass area. The 3/5 Marines reported "a definite increase of enemy harassment" and the movement of sizeable enemy units into the Go Noi Island area (.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}1551N 10812E / 15.85N 108.2E / 15.85; 108.2). Shortly after 04:45, General Lm ordered the ARVN 4th Cavalry Regiment, a Ranger battalion and a detachment of National Police to augment the units in Ha Vang and the headquarters personnel forces in the compound. The PAVN soldiers wore flak jackets and helmets and carried a machine gun, and a small rocket detachment with six 122mm rockets. 1970, 1st Marines, AFVN, Armed Forces Vietnam Network, Assassination . If we went a week without a few rockets coming we knew something was in the works. The 3/5 Marines together with Companies F and G, 2/3 Marines then began methodically to eliminate pockets of resistance in the general area. At 17:00 on 29 January, Westmoreland cancelled the truce in the entire I Corps sector. At Duy Xuyn, however, the PAVN/VC overran the town, forcing the district chief to flee and take refuge with the Koreans. At Da Nang, III MAF knew that the PAVN/VC were on the move. In Da Nang City itself, about 10:50 in the morning, approximately 500 people gathered at a Buddhist pagoda and attempted to hold a march. Captured 122mm Tripod Launcher. By 11:00, Marine helicopters evacuated the most seriously wounded and brought in the rest of Company G into blocking positions on the western bank of the Yn. The MPs shot one of the swimmers, took the other man prisoner and drove off the boats with a fusillade of bullets. The only other Marine reserves available to the division were the provisional companies of the Northern and Southern Defense Commands. "[1]:1578, The greatest danger to the TAOR at this juncture, however, was from the south in that area defended by the ROKMC and the ARVN 51st Regiment. During one attack I was writing a letter home and thought my guys were injured because of the rocket attack and I remember the no smoking sigh flapping in the wind because of the scrapnel. 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. Miner attached two additional companies to the 3/7 Marines, Company L, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines and Company H, 2/7 Marines to cover its extended area. [1]:1445, About 02:30, the PAVN/VC struck the perimeters of the Da Nang base itself. There were still ominous signs and actions that the enemy push on Da Nang was not over. According to Murray, "from then on until Tt was over, there were just constant attacks." It didn't take long to get out of bed when the first rocket struck nearby. The Koreans kept one company at the MACV compound for security and prepared for a sweep to clear out the city in the morning. The VC continued to hold the hospital, however, and part of the engineer compound. While the 1st MP Battalion supported by the 1st Tank Battalion established blocking positions north of the Cu River, the ARVN 3rd Battalion, 51st Regiment swept the sector south of the river. From the south, about a dozen VC used boards to cross the outer wire and ladders and boards to clamber over the compound wall into the courtyard below. 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. Pictures of Danang 11. Both Marine companies encountered heavy small-arms fire and RPGs as they approached their objectives. The fighting within the compound continued until daylight. Remains of 45-1102; sandbag detail later. . Rummage radioed back that the AC-47 caught about 50 PAVN crossing a stream and the recon Marines could observe rounds hitting all around them. Surprised by the initial assault, the engineers fell back, giving up half the camp to the attackers. bagram air base distance to chinairidescent telecaster pickguard. Fires started from secondary blasts by bombs and fuel. Guards beat off the . Da Nang air base attacked in Vietnam by 40mm rockets 7 miles away, 47 killed many from local village (partial newsreel) Addeddate 2005-04-08 19:44:43 Color b&w Identifier 1967-03-03_Airbase_Shelled . The PAVN then attacked forcing the Marine platoons to fall back to more defendable positions. They collected some 200 people that they detained for further questioning. In this fighting, which had lasted about three hours, the South Vietnamese defenders sustained casualties of three dead, seven wounded, and two damaged armored vehicles. The crowd scattered only to gather on the fringes of Red Beach Base Area. The VC had learned that artillery and/or air strikes would be called in on the launch sites. Communist attack of the war on an American stockade or brig. Pictures of Danang 9. The first U.S. air strikes also occur against the Ho Chi Minh trail. Countermortar fire quickly silenced the enemy tubes. Later intelligence and interrogation reports of prisoners of war would indicate that the unit that Rummage had intercepted was probably a battalion of the PAVN 2nd Division. "[1]:143, Throughout the Da Nang area of operations, the PAVN/VC began to move into attack positions. NASM.2018.0025 PAVN/VC gunners then replied with a mortar barrage, which resulted in two Marine dead and two wounded. Once more the PAVN/VC failed to cut the main lines of communication into Da Nang. Of the prisoners, the South Vietnamese identified six as military, 109 as workers, and the remaining 80 as VC cadre. Maf knew that the PAVN/VC struck the ARVN compound on route 1 above the Thanh River! 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