rocket attacks on da nang air base

During the day, the division had positioned 11 reconnaissance Stingray patrols along likely enemy avenues of approach. The communications bunker bore the brunt of the attack where the sappers destroyed both the bunker and the equipment inside and put the division tactical net off the air until 04:00. Under cover of darkness, elements of the VC R-20th and V-25th Battalions had crossed the Cu River and penetrated the Ha Vang village complex. 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 PAVN fought a delaying action as they began to withdraw. CriticalPast makes this media available for researchers and documentarians, and does not endorse or condone any behavior or message, implied or explicit, that is seen or heard in this video.Link to order this clip:http://www.criticalpast.com/video/65675029937_Vietcong-rocket-attack_Danang-Airbase_Marine-operation-headquarters_heavy-explosionsHistoric Stock Footage Archival and Vintage Video Clips in HD.Vietcong rocket attack on the U.S. Da Nang Airbase in VietnamShows a night time Vietcong rocket attack, just after midnight, July 15, 1967, on the United States Air Force flight line and barracks areas at the Da Nang Airbase in Vietnam. [1]:144, Shortly after midnight, Marine sentries from the 1st MP Battalion, posted near the main I Corps Bridge connecting Da Nang to the Tiensha (Tin Sa) Peninsula, spotted two swimmers near the span. PAVN/VC fired rockets at both the Da Nang Air Base and Marble Mountain Air Facility. March 2, 1965 - Operation Rolling Thunder begins as over 100 American fighter-bombers attack targets in North Vietnam. As Company G began its redeployment along the river route it ran into PAVN forces attempting to retreat in that direction. According to Marine intelligence reports, on 9 February, the 2nd Division moved its headquarters back to the Go Noi from its more forward positions. Total Marine casualties of this incident on the 30th were 10 Marines killed and 15 wounded, most from the platoon of Company G that was initially ambushed. The Marines failed to determine whether this mixed force had a specific mission or consisted of remnants from units that had participated in the earlier attack on the I Corps headquarters. 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. with rocket and mortar attacks at the Da Nang and Marhle Mountain Airfields on 30 January, and hit the Marble Mountain facility once again on 31 January, They hit the new Quang Tri airstrip with Doth rockets and mortars on 24, 27, and 29 January. According to III MAF figures, from 29 January through 14 February at Da Nang, Marines sustained 124 killed and more than 480 wounded. They counted 34 PAVN dead. 1969. Citation Nr: 1224394 Decision Date: 07/13/12 Archive Date: 07/18/12 DOCKET NO. The struggle for Hi An would continue into the following day. Shortly after midnight on July 15, 1967, Da Nang Air Base in Quang Nam Province, RVN, came under a heavy rocket attack. 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. The only Marine casualties were two men who failed to vacate their "hootches" in time. The fighting during the preceding week had drawn down the strength of the ARVN and the two Marine battalions and the PAVN 2nd Division still had uncommitted units that it could throw into the fray. Two days later, Marine intelligence officers learned that the PAVN 21st Regiment was in the Go Noi area. Archives. At about 03:00 two PAVN battalions struck the ARVN compound on Route 1 above the Thanh Quit River. AP Photo U.S. Marines landing in Da Nang, March 8, 1965. In the pursuit, which amounted to a rout, the VC lost nearly 100 dead. This would be followed by a rocket barrage and an assault by the main force units on Allied military units and installations. Vietnam Rocket City 1971-1972, Palm Bay, FL. One battalion was to deploy immediately, with the other to deploy the next day. Naval Support Activity Danang operated extensive logistics facilities on the Tiensha (Tin Sa) peninsula east of the city. All clips are licensed royalty-free, worldwide, in perpetuity. Finally the PAVN broke contact at 20:00 and disappeared. Base orientation brochure, Perimeter, Tent City. Although most of the enemy activity was restricted to small-unit contacts, on the night of 2/3 February, PAVN/VC gunners again rocketed the Air Base. (Photo by PhotoQuest/Getty Images) PURCHASE A LICENSE Get personalized pricing by telling us when, where, and how you want to use this asset. This apparently broke the back of the VC resistance. Two attached U .S. [1]:1489, In the Da Nang area of operations, outside of attacks by fire on the Marine base and outlying positions and the two ground assaults on Marine command and communications positions, the PAVN/VC infantry units largely concentrated on the South Vietnamese units. 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. Narrative: Possibly the worst ground aviation accident of Vietnam War occurs on March 23 1967 at Da Nang Air Base, South Vietnam, when traffic controller clears US Marine Corps Grumman A-6A Intruder, BuNo 152608, of VMA(AW)-242, MAG-11, for takeoff, but also clears USAF Lockheed C-141A-LM Starlifter, 65-9407, of the 62nd Military Airlift Wing, McChord AFB, Washington, to cross runway. The Marines called in artillery and mortar missions . Finally there were rumors that the other two regiments of the 2nd Division, the VC 1st and the PAVN 3rd, had infiltrated even further north. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. 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. The C-123's ability to land on short, unimproved fields proved invaluable and the four units served in Vietnam until the end of the war. The RPGs missed the apertures in the tower and fell to the ground. Both Marine companies encountered heavy small-arms fire and RPGs as they approached their objectives. Attacks on DaNang Air Base "Rocket City" Information in this table is extracted from, Appendix I, "Air Base Defense in the Republic of Vietnam, 1960-1973" by Roger P. Fox. At 09:15, a squad from Company G, 2/7 Marines providing road security for a Marine engineer mine-sweeping team on Route 1 just below the pass, encountered a small PAVN sapper detachment. Approximately 16 rounds impacted in the Marine Aircraft Group 16 sector and another four in the Army aviation company area. With both fixed-wing and helicopter gunships and more than 120 artillery pieces ranging from 4.2-inch mortars to 175mm guns, Robertson was confident that he could counter any threat that the enemy posed to Da Nang despite the thinness of his manned defenses. It was the worst attack on Danang since July 5,. While Marine fixed-wing aircraft flew strike missions against the gun emplacements, another helicopter evacuated the survivors. Again the crowd dispersed and this time did not recongregate. At least some members of his group also reportedly provided security for Richard Spencer's often violent campus appearances. 149 likes. 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 . Americal Division artillery operating in the Qu Sn sector took the PAVN/VC forces under fire, but did not shell Duy Xuyn town because of the civilian population there. 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. In the ensuing firefight fought at a range as close as five meters from one another with the Marines achieving the upper hand. With one of his companies on the Tiensha Peninsula and the other three protecting the Air Base perimeter, Hill argued that he could not spare three platoons. Suspected excavations camouflaged with tree branches were seen on a peninsula 6 miles southwest of Da Nang. 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. # Not in AF records, submitted by members, # Not in AF records, submitted by members, Air Base Defense in the Republic of Vietnam, 1960-1973. [1]:158, During the day of 1 February, the number of incidents between allied and PAVN/VC forces fell from those of the two previous days. Flight line VMO-2 after mortar / rocket attack "Tet Offensive" 1968. . Other enemy rocketeers took the Force Logistic Command compound under fire. At about 07:40, a crowd of 400 Vietnamese civilians made up mostly of women and children and carrying PAVN and VC flags approached the CAP compound. 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. 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. Some viewers may find some scenes or audio in this archival material to be unsettling or distressing. At the meeting Westmoreland ordered Americal Division commander General Samuel W. Koster to reinforce Danang. 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). Cleaning up and repairs at Gunfighter Village. The Stand Off Rocket attack of July 15, 1967 was the deadliest attack of the war at Nng Air Base. ** The first two attacks on DaNang were by mortars. After dark, both sides withdrew, the Marines to night defensive positions and the PAVN to the west. Later that afternoon, the 1st Marine Division helilifted a "Bald Eagle" reaction force from Company E, 2/3 Marines east of the river in an attempt to encircle the PAVN. Approximately at 02:00, about four of the 122mm rockets fell in or near the compound, one landing near the 1st Cavalry Division helipad temporarily located there, damaging four of the helicopters, but resulting in no Marine or Army casualties. "[1]:159, The heaviest action occurred in the 3/5 Marines and 4th Battalion, 51st ARVN sectors along Highway 1. Date: July 15, 1967.Visit us at www.CriticalPast.com:57,000+ broadcast-quality historic clips for immediate download.Fully digitized and searchable, the CriticalPast collection is one of the largest archival footage collections in the world. At 17:00 on 29 January, Westmoreland cancelled the truce in the entire I Corps sector. You comrades should act as heroes of Vietnam and with the spirit and pride of combatants of the Liberation Army. Army personnel were wounded. The Marines lost one helicopter and sustained damage to 29 others. [Peter Halferty photo]. During the Cuban missile crisis, the U.S. Marine Corps deployed a Hawk air defense missile battery from the 3d Light Antiaircraft Missile (LAAM) Battalion to Guantnamo Bay, Cuba, to protect the U.S. naval base from a surprise low-level air attack by Soviet and Cuban aircraft. An alert ARVN sentry took the VC under fire near the flagpole. I was in Danang less than a month when the Vietcong used rockets to attack the Danang Air Base for the first time in the war, on the morning of February 27. The rocket attacks resulted in the deaths of three Marines and the wounding of another 11. In the engagement, the Marines lost 5 killed and 12 wounded. 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. [1]:154, The ROKMC sent three companies to close the southern link and then moved forward into the attack. 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. He personally believed the plans were impractical and deserted at the first chance he had. Rockey, the 3/5 Marines commander, commented on the "increasing frequency and ferocity" of enemy contacts. 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. "[1]:143, Throughout the Da Nang area of operations, the PAVN/VC began to move into attack positions. Beginning their attack about 03:00, two companies of the V-25th Battalion used the noise of firecrackers set off and general firing by Tt celebrants to cover their approach. 16. Local villagers told the Marines that at least one VC had been killed in the brief skirmish. Accompanied by tanks and LVTP-5s, Company F maneuvered to the north of the ARVN base. According to the prisoner accounts, they were from the PAVN 3rd Battalion, 31st Regiment and confirmed that "Da Nang itself was the ultimate objective. [1]:1478, The Marine response to the bombardments was rapid, the 11th Marines artillery units "initiated counter-rocket fires" at suspected avenues of approach. The helicopter burned upon crashing, but the crew and most of the patrol were able to get out. The main body advanced in column maintaining about three to four feet space between each man. Fires started from secondary blasts by bombs and fuel. Spent many watches all over the city of Da Nang. Missiles launched from nearby mountains have caused eight deaths, many injuries and. In I Corps, the Allies learned from a defector that the enemy planned an attack against Qung Ngi City. He arrived with 19 other soldiers, eight of whom were embalmers. The attack began about 1 A.M. and the United States command said the missiles were Sovietbuilt 122mm rockets, each weighing about 100 pounds. 366th Security Police K-9. [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. 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. If we went a week without a few rockets coming we knew something was in the works. Its two runways accommodated a take-off or landing every 60 seconds. After calling in artillery which resulted in three secondary explosions, the reconnaissance Marines reported seven enemy killed. About two-and-a-half hours later, the VC units "ceased fire and withdrew." This demonstration may have been planned to coincide with an attack on the city which never developed. The Snack Bar was halfway between the barracks and Base Comm. The rockets destroyed five aircraft, nine items of ground equipment, two vehicles, and one warehouse outright. The III MAF Command Center later that evening radioed MACV in Saigon: "Although the enemy has suffered heavy losses within his local and main force VC units during the past two days, he still possesses a formidable threat utilizing [PAVN] troops poised on the periphery of the Da Nang TAOR. The PAVN/VC rocket troops fired in two bursts, one at 03:42, followed by a second barrage three hours later. With the PAVN too close to call in artillery or fixed-wing air, the Marines radioed for reinforcements. CAP Q-4 there continued to hold out. [1]:159, On the night of 5/6 February, the PAVN/VC forces began the second phase of their Da Nang offensive. In both these sectors support troops doubled as infantry, manning fixed defensive positions and conducting patrols. In the Hi Vn Pass area in the north, PAVN troops attempted to cut Highway 1. SELECT OPTIONS SAVE TO CART Rummage reported about 50 PAVN dead with another 100 "probable." 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. Nearly 11 million liters of Agent Orange were handled on the base. The 1st MP Battalion completed three sweeps of the Air Base perimeter and the areas just southeast, southwest and just north of the airbase without incident. The armored force pushed through the hamlet and encountered only occasional small-arms fire. Both the 2/3 Marines to the east of the Army task force and the 3/5 Marines to the south, also reported relatively little enemy activity in their sectors. The Air Force watch officer on duty protested, "that's too close, you'll never get a clearance for it." Stationed with 1882n Comm Gp., 1969-1970, worked in the Base Comm Center. The Marine squad lost one killed. 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. 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. They fired, killing one of the enemy underwater demolition team, while the other member surrendered to the Marines. 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. Location: Da Nang Vietnam. Marble Mountain Air Facility supported USMC helicopter operations throughout southern I Corps. The combined force then swept the general area where they found two PAVN bodies and took three prisoners. The NVA launched hundreds of rocket attacks on DaNang Airbase trying to hit the bomb dump. 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 . 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. Robertson later compared the enemy activity that night to a "10-ring circus." He was killed in action on January 21, 1968, during the Battle of Khe Sanh in Quang Tri Province, Vietnam. At Da Nang city the Military Region's main force 2nd Division, sapper battalions, the Quang Da province local force battalions and mass forces participating in the political struggle had been preparing since October 1967. 1st MAW ComdC. Surprised by the initial assault, the engineers fell back, giving up half the camp to the attackers. 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. Pictures of Danang 10. The aircraft may have been one of those used by Air America. Remains of 45-1102; sandbag detail later. [1]:157, About 5,000 meters to the northwest, later that night, a squad from Company C, 1/7 Marines encountered an enemy force possibly from the same PAVN regiment. To the south of the Air Base, other PAVN/VC main force units attacked the District Town of in Bn and the provincial capital of Qung Nam, Hi An, on Route 4. The 6252nd Tactical Fighter Wing was activated at Da Nang on 18 July, 1965, and was responsible as the host unit for operational squadrons assigned to Da Nang, including the 8th and 13th Bombardment Squadrons. The nickname for DaNang was "Rocket City" garnering that appellation from the frequent attacks on it by means of the "Katyusha" which is the name given the Soviet BM-21 122mm artillery rocket. These rockets had a range of several miles and were deadly. Some 36 of the large missiles landed on the main base, including the airfield. At 08:30 a CAP saw a number of VC attempting to swim across the Cu to the island. [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. Noting the new web gear and weapons with the PAVN bodies left on the battlefield, Marine intelligence officers believed the PAVN unit to be from the 31st Regiment. Again, the Marines killed the VC and once more foiled an apparent enemy demolition effort. VMO2, where I would spend the next thirteen months, was just south of DaNang. (L to R) Attack of 13 April 1972. Another platoon from the Marine company also reinforced the engaged troops about an hour later. After counting 500 men pass their position, Rummage called in the artillery. Flares light up the Da Nang area to make it easier to spot infiltrating guerrillas. [1]:141, A conglomeration of Marine support units, ARVN, ROKMC and two Marine infantry battalions attempted to secure the remaining area. 1969. From May 1968 to July 1970, the Army sergeant came of age in the U.S. Army mortuary at Tan Son Nhut Air Base in Saigon. 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]. The PAVN then attacked forcing the Marine platoons to fall back to more defendable positions. The Allies claimed 343 PAVN/VC killed and 195 prisoners. bagram air base distance to chinairidescent telecaster pickguard. Although the PAVN troops fled, the Marines found five unexpended 122mm rockets on the site. [1]:163 The area the rockets were fired from was called the "Rocket Belt". [1]:146, Lieutenant Colonel Twyman R. 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