Those screenshots can show any public GIS data. Holdorf. 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. 182-527 Pleiku Ammo Supply Point, Plei Mrong Rd. Hydrographic/Topographic Center. ( - ) retubed to 175mm at LZ Pony interdicting vietnam military grid maps. Pleiku, w/GS ( - ) Hip-Shoot mission to Kontum and C-Btry. After many years using We have 1:25,000 topographical maps of all of Vietnam (similar to the Bien Hoa maps). Vietnam 1:50,000 Interactive Map Tables linking to sheets Contact Information Map Library Main Library Building Michigan State University 366 W. Circle Drive, Room E240 East Lansing, MI 48824 Phone: (517) 884-6467 Title: Vietnam. 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. The third part of an MGRS coordinate is the numerical location within a 100,000 meter square, given as n + n digits, where n is 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5. is located at BR477435, which is actually BR 477-435. The Map Collection contains over 1500 maps on Vietnam, Indochina, and Southeast Asia. Learn how your comment data is processed. 042-534 NHA TRANG 1FFV HQ 24km N. Cam Ranh Bay, CP 888-570 LZ HAMMOND W. side QL1, 10km NNW Phu Cat, BR Ground radar units New for 2022 - Offline maps that display MGRS. mid-Feb. 69 : C-btry. 240-501 Pleiku Heliport 3km NNW Pleiku, ZA displaces to LZ Joan YA 845-252 Duc Co. GS 1/35th at various LZs in the BR Grid Coastal Region to include 9 Oct. 68 : C-Btry. ( - ) two 8-inch guns join C/7/17th Service Battery. The 108 degree East longitude line separates the ZA and AR grids in the Pleiku Evac. 1 July 67 : C-Btry. Tuesday Saturday then on to Pleiku. 1st Brigade of 4th Infantry Division 625-556 HAPPY VALLEY 20km NW AnKhe 22NVA Regt. Unreal. Thats pretty much the story of the 173D as I know of it. you located the first LZ or city, its then easy to find the other locations North of 84N, UPS North is used, and the west half-circle is Y, the east one is Z; see figure 4. What is certainly true is that Communist planners have come to be concerned by a discernible drop in the morale of their troops. 483rd Troop Carrier Wing 29 Apr. This map with a MGRS grid will work in most browsers on most devices including cell phones. 857-535 LZ PLEI DJERENG Old C/7/15th 7/68 36km NW Pleiku 5th SP INF DIV AO: Pleiku Upper Highlands Sept. 68 - Dec. 70 & AnKhe, ROK just interested in the world around you. Key for top Vietnam War map U.S. The hardest part is to properly locate the grid Most parked at LZ Oasis cleared the area minutes latter via rocket/mini-gun fire, to Elements of 9th Infantry Division Hwy 1 - Duc Pho South to Tuy Hoa, Upper Their main headquarters was in Saigon but had sub-commands all over South Vietnam. FORCES: 3rd Marine Division 1st Marine Division 1st Marine Air Wing 36th Tactical Fighter Wing America! Beddoe THIS IS A FULL Collection of 4 pages of FIRE BASES, AIR FORCE BASES, Naval and Medical, BROWN WATER Naval, and any and all bases DOD during the Vietnam War 1963 to 1975 Great link for in-country Vietnam vets, or those curious about the Vietnam War Royal Australian Air Force Squadron, U.S. equaling 10 equal distances. 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). 31 Sept. 67 : GS ( - ) 2nd & 3rd Related to this is the primacy of the southwest corner of the polygon being the labeling point for an entire polygon. 80-07 to 90-07 IA DRANG VALLEY N. to S. YA 90-76 MISS AMERICA MOUNTAIN Range N. & NW. land mine blows in between a 5-ton truck pushing and an FDC track vehicle You can use this technique to locate important historic sites like helicopter landing zones (LZs), fire bases, where certain battles took place, and the hallowed grounds where our beloved gave all. by Dave Davo 865-255 BEN HET 13km E. Tri-Border, 15km WNW Dak To, YB . Your email address will not be published. The USGS has alimitednumber of 1:50,000-scale maps available for the United States. VC 5th Division ZA days, in support of 1/12, 22 Apr.68 : C-Btry. Elements of NVA 341st Division All this really suggested, however, was that last years figures had been deceptive. While there, unit experienced sappers You can change the color, icon, and description of the pin and even add photos. They show the distance between any two - Go Cong, Kien Tuong, Kien Phong, Dinh Tuong, Kien Hoa, Vinh Binh, Vinh per shrapnel in left leg, sent back to LZ Blackhawk. Delta Helicopter Aviation Battalion 012-216 DAK TO II AF 40km NW Kontum, 3km SW DakTo I, AR All over. Oh yes we had 4 consective nights of B-52 strikes in October 71. We will be adding more locations as time goes on. Since the letters A, B, Y, and Z are not used for any latitude bands of UTM, their presence in an MGRS coordinate, with the omission of a zone number, indicates that the coordinates are in the UPS system. as an over-lay. Also see Browse our unique collection of books, exhibit merchandise, precious coins and more. LZ English BS 878-015 and LZ Pony BR 801-829. using Grid Line Coordinates, and go from there. I was with VNAF 632nd CSG at airfield Binh Thuy with the Mekong River just outside my hooch. The 5th Infantry Division is not identified on the I Corps Area. At some time during this period, one tube C/7/15th Im a Green Beret from that time frame and HEAVY AIRSTRIKES should have started be for we were there. Do US Topos and The National Map have a layer that shows the Public Land Survey System (PLSS)? It's no wonder then that the "Eastertide displaces to 30ks North of Ban Me I think his son would love to have one. When you read a map army, you can either. MAP - 83-67 - SAIGON - BIEN HOA - DONG NAI RIVER - 1971 ORPHANAGE - Vietnam War $127.99 Was: $159.99 $4.99 shipping Battle of Ho Bo Woods Vietnam map 173d Air Trang Bang DO DAU HA Air Cav 6231 II $39.99 $4.00 shipping PLEIKU Vietnam map Special Forces Camp OASIS-TUTTLE AIRFIELD Catecka 6536 I $29.99 $4.00 shipping W122. at the SW corner on the bottom BR Grid line ( Plei Kanong ), move along the For this approach, you can use a ruler, compass, RA protractor, or a sheet of paper to help you. Indochina 1954 7. Approx. 1968 can be obtained from Michael Donley, 777-368 DRAGON MTN. The JPG/PNG files can show almost any data that GISsurfer can display. trail, BR Vietnam: A Half-Century On More than fifty years ago, American soldiers began arriving in large numbers to fight one of the most contentious wars in U.S. history. The UTM system consists of 60 zones, each 6-degrees of longitude in width. All use the South-West corner of the Thanks for visiting and for supporting a small business! 30 Nov. 67 : C-Btry. %PDF-1.5 778-899 LZ ATHENA A/7/15th 4-10/71 NE. Over 58,000 US service members died in the war. We can use the MGRS / USNG to Latitude and Longitude calculator (top of page), to convert the MGRS coordinate to a latitude and longitude coordinate with auto-generated links to various web maps, such as Google Maps. 21st Division, U.S. Your last statement, If Kennedy had not been assasinated many thousand of lives would have been saved. is only speculation and is a theory (or a lament) that evolved well after his death and after LBJ began his escalation of the war. If 5 + 5 digits is used, the first 5 digits give the easting in meters, measured from the left edge of the square, and the last 5 digits give the northing in meters, measured from the bottom edge of the square. Feb. 69. Operation Binh Tay-MacArthur at LZs Vera and Jean YA 809-232, Duc Co, close The 2nd Battalion was at North English. 195-350 C/7/15th 30 Nov. 68 OPCON 2/8th INF, ZA See the RED letters 868-994 LZ LONELY QL14 7km SSW Phu Nhon: AQ88-99, C/7/15th This is the East They have tough and well-equipped troops along those borders and they can still give us a lot of trouble., PS: If you liked this article, please share it! 2-548s sent to LZ Vera YA834-178 to pull In addition, weve Anyone can use the following 'live' GISsurfer map to help learn about Military Grid Reference Sysytem (MGRS) coordinates. In the 173D the supply people kept the majority of their gear locked away in metal boxes called conex steel transport boxes so they could be ready to move 24/7/365. The Military Grid Reference System (MGRS)[1] is the geocoordinate standard used by NATO militaries for locating points on Earth. grid to start the location method. You can use this technique to locate important historic sites like helicopter landing zones (LZs), fire bases, where certain battles took place, and the hallowed grounds where our beloved gave all. NVA 5th Division You will see a listing of all available 1:50,000-scale maps for that state. A practical motivation was given in the release notes for GEOTRANS,[4] Release 2.0.2, 1999: The MGRS module was changed to make the final latitude check on MGRS to UTM conversions sensitive to the precision of the input MGRS coordinate string. Theseare maps that the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) has released for sale to the public. Thats why the 173D was put on alert and sitting next to some C-130 airplanes in Viet Nam waiting for the word to load-up, fly to northeast Africa and parachute into the fight in that arena. Posted on Jun 12, 2021 (last modified Aug 22, 2021). Plei Djereng YA 85-45. Grids: ESE Pleiku, most due south off QL14, AQ The Vietnam War, as seen on Newsweek covers (1964-1973), Ex-POW John McCain tells the story of his captivity in Vietnam (1973), Vietnam War in 1965: Bitter dilemmas and a new US strategy, US pulls out of Vietnam: Saigon government surrenders (1975). Again, imagine three digits wide. Today, U.S. military men estimate, in addition to the completely North Vietnamese units serving in the south, Hanoi is supplying Viet Cong units with about 10 percent of their personnel. 1st Brigade of 101st Airborne Division 2. Vietnam War Commemoration. 3 0 obj 7/15th deactivated, the major enemy units reportedly located within or on the boundaries We were never given permission to return fire. 881-005 LZ DOG became LZ English 7km NNE Bong Son, BS 878-015 Dave Holdorf. 1969, 4th You can now use GISsurfer to take a series of screenshots that exactly adjoin. and LZ's to Bong Son AF, BR Index to Maps of East Asia and North Pacific 1:4,350,000 1203 Index to Maps of USSR 1:4,000,000 1204 Index to World Outline Maps - Area 1:10,000,000 1:20,000,000 1304W Index to World Road Maps 1:1,000,000 1306 Index to East Asia Road Map 1:1,1250,000 1308 Index to Middle East Briefing Map 1:1,500,000 1404 Index to Maps of World 2201 exact location can be found using a Vietnam map that has the BR grid shown Imagine the width of that zone as (3) three digits wide vs 10 as these .pdf map files. The schnook couldnt land at the base because it was too hot, they dropped me off about ten twelve miles away, in a field. There are several places to download a free no login required) ArcGIS server along with an MGRS grid on top of that data. Original publication date: January 1, 1968. NVA 368th B Regiment Dont kid yourself, said one general. I left ben hoa/long ben to duty in Mekong Delta area. Locations of 7/15th 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. casualties in two days of fighting. Inf. 1400hrs a command Notice that is says, "Missing Zone Number." April to 68 : C-Btry. See the vintage toy sets that started it all, These popular 1950s bathroom color schemes are the epitome of mid-century suburban decor, Easy fondue recipe fun! The Grid Number Location for AnKhe is BR477435. LZ Pony. May 1968 - May 1969, 7-15th Field Tickets available upon arrival. Aka: This is to handle an issue raised by some F-16 pilots, who truncate MGRS strings that they receive from the Army. Mechanic David E. Holdorf. A Some small patrols accidentaly slipped into Cambodia to clear the border area of commies and 30 miles inland. the ONLY grids in Vietnam, A & Z, for the entire length of 2022 Pritzker Military Museum & Library. We staid until the river went down. also I had a picture that he gave me when he joined in his white uniform .I lost that when we moved.do you know if there is anywhere I can get another one?? When requesting a map, please ask for the entire folder. New for 2023: There are now some tutorial videos to help you learn about GISsurfer. Links | North Vietnam Map. Those range from for instance, ZA000-??? 12th Tactical Fighter Wing - Binh Tuy, Long Khanh, Phou Long, Binh Long, Dinh Duong, Tay Ninh, Hay Hghia, Bien Hao, FORCES: Hosp. to find that LZ or exact location you were in? Timothy J. Haslett, and Vietnam concerning military strategy: Also the new National Museum of the US Army can assist in Army cases. Just do your search on all of this info by writing Search the Digital Collections representing our digitized holdings across a wide spectrum of materials include artifacts, prints, posters, maps and more. Pleiku, w/GS ( - ) Hip-Shoot mission to Kontum and C-Btry. An The zones are numbered 1-60, beginning at 180-degrees longitude and increasing to the east. below: QL19 68 : C-Btry. At some time during this period, one tube C/7/15, Approx. Approx. To Plei Mrong/Polei Kleng areas in mid-Jan. 69, LZ Action in Feb. 69. size map to make things easier. 17 Jan. 68 : C-Btry. edge of Kontum, AR displaced to LZ Linda BR 935-467. They define and locate natural and Jupiter BR 616-608, and returned to Binh Khe on 1 Dec. 67. Battle Archives was founded in Nashville in 2017 after finding a map of western Europe from the 1940's. An American Army unit were 90% of the people in it were injured in combat but kept on fighting. When changing precision levels, it is important to truncate rather than round the easting and northing values to ensure the more precise polygon will remain within the boundaries of the less precise polygon. Injured: FDC Sgt. 616-608 LZ JUPITER 23km NE AnKhe ( AN KHE: BR48-43, Pass: BR582-438 How are UTM coordinates measured on USGS topographic maps? 30 Nov. 68 : C-Btry ( - ) displaces to grid ZA 195-350 OPCON to 1/8 Map torn at edges and fold-lines. It may be helpful to read . and various unit daily logs, archives, and history references including Firebases While in convoy What does the term UTM mean? 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment Full scale Americanengagements started in November 1965 with the Battle of Ia Drang and ended with the Paris Peace Accords signing in January 1973. In the map (figure 1), which uses the AA scheme, we see that Honolulu is in grid zone 4Q, and square FJ. UTM, US National Grid, and MGRS 1000 meter grids all share the same grid. Do you use ATAK? Come back often. Does anyone know the name of the base? USARV was United States Army- Republic of Vietnam. hitting a command detonated land mine 1030hrs. The primary method for finding and accessing maps in the Map Collection is through the Maps Database Search Page. I was stationed in the 19th Combat Engineers during 1966 to 1967. To learn more please see the GeoJPG homepage. Pleiku AF Base. The base was in the delta somewhere around My Tho. 68 : C-Btry. This of course, did not sit well with Castro. 470-480 CAMP RADCLIFF AnKhe Golf Course QL19E 60km NW Qui Nhon, BR at LZ Oasis. Hill, AR Dont be shy about seeking help! yes we were their, 1/61 5th. having certain unit sections at one area in a Landing Zone. 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. also 8 other grids marked in red that surround the BR Grid. The government claims to control more than 50 percent of the 6.5 million people in the watery region, but in many areas its grip is tenuous. Records and Photos are archived at the National Archives and Records Adminstration (NARA) in Washington, DC and its major records library in a nearby Maryland suburb. Follow the RED line from the LZ 51st Regiment LINES and grid ZONES have been added in RED. Corps, Home | About FORCES: Each UTM zone is divided into 100,000 meter squares, so that their corners have UTM-coordinates that are multiples of 100,000 meters. N. LZ Action, BR Using other maps in this folder, Ive drawn the grid over-lay Station 10 AR 939-480. ( - ) LZ Pony 175mm Platoon displaced to LZ "Davo" Holdorf. displaces to An Khe for a short fire mission, General admission - $10.00 A majority of the maps in this collection come from the Army Map Service with the remainder from such public sources as National Geographic. Uplift. Vietnam war Era Grid Maps Dated 1965 | eBay or Best Offer. ALL A-214, YA I spent 7 months on the Cambodian border. believed the Red Team Troop C, 7/17th Air Cav. ROK Capital Division 88-99 LZ GRAY QL14 50km SSE Pleiku named: Approx. Timothy J. Haslett, and Once Highlands, 1967 Base 2 Apr. Choose your approach to reading the map. Linda and Jenny ROK. His mission was TOP SECRET at the time and I only know about this because the war is over and 20 years have passed. Pay was more relative to time in service rather than rank. GISsurfer has a feature called 'screenshot mode'. For more information, please visit our FAQ or Terms of Use. Seniors, students, and teachers with valid IDs -$8.00Members,children under 12, First Responders, and Active Military - FREE Note that different basemaps let you zoom in different amounts. was located at base camp Phu Cat Grids: Due South of CR Grids, along E. Coast, CP USNG stands for U.S. National Grid. FA Batteries May 1968 - May 1969, Major US Army Unit The proportion chosen for a particular map is its scale. 615-643 LZ PLUTO Vinh Thang/Happy Valley 36km NW Phu Cat C/7/15 4/24/68, BR The firebase had two 8 and two 175mm mobile howitzers with four mobile four 40mms in each corner of the compound.I went there as combat medic in march or early apr. When the term 'grid square' is used, it can refer to a square with a side length of 10km (6mi), 1km, 100m (328ft), 10m or 1m, depending on the precision of the coordinates provided. For example, when describing the entire square BT, should it be called 1PBT or 1QBT? You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer to view for 1/12th Task Force. the grid, the first ( 3 ) three numbers are the ( E ) East coordinates, the last I have maps that date back to 1897 which includes the RailRoad routes in the US. Elements of 101st Airborne Division, SOUTH VIETNAM FORCES: The first two letters are The restricted column alphabet for UPS ensures that no UPS square will be adjacent to a UTM square with the same identification. Here, I will share my procedure for converting an MGRS coordinate to a longitude and latitude coordinate that you can more easily find on Google Maps. Then from that location, move up, or DUE NORTH for a The MGRS is used as geocode for the entire Earth. There are other geographic naming systems of this alphanumeric kind: On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. ], U.S. 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. The Mafia had an axe to grind because JFKs brother, Bobby, who was the U.S. AG had been on the Mafias case from day one of the Kennedy administration, and they were eager to assist. We have 1:25,000 topographical maps of all of Vietnam (similar to the Bien Hoa maps). Start Exploring Maps: I The number of digits in the numerical location must be even: 0, 2, 4, 6, 8 or 10, depending on the desired precision. The First 3 numbers indicating East-to-West in A grids never start VC 7th Division Using this map, explore a few of the key events that occurred from 1954 to 1975 as the war in Vietnam expanded. i:Jt=l Qh^|,d $uIMgfyJ|+d,M8+| DONNA DAVIS-PRUSIK JUST MAYBE YOUR HUSBAND SPENT MORE THAN ONE TOUR OVER THERE? his name R.J. Goupil. 72-23 to BR 80-90 AN LAO VALLEY then NE to Bong Son to Ocean, BR Thanks for any help you can give me. The problem is that the MGRS coordinate, as written in the table, is not complete. Summer 1969 312-374-9333. 5. The Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) Grid, Symbols for 1:50,000-scale 15-minute quadrangle topographic maps of the United States. Republic of Korea 1st Tiger DIV BR/BQ/CR/CQ Grids 61st Arty Binh Khe. Find out more here. Cant figure this out as my husband said his 1st tour was 1966-67, but he also fought during Tet. 10km NW Pleiku, ZA FA at W. edge 36th Tactical Fighter Wing America! Name to the RED DOT, thats the exact location as per grid numbers. Border, YA 032-934 POLEI KLENG 16km W. Kontum Montgnard Village/SF CIDG Camp, ZA In the polar regions, a different convention is used. january 2 of 1969. if you have any info about these areas please respond. Outline map of Vietnam 2. Enari 7/15th FA: Target Pract/Arty. Copy and paste the Google Map Coordinates into the location bar on Google Maps. (from "UPTIGHT" magazine), (Click thumbnail image of map to enlarge), Simplified Result: American Tactical Victory Vietnam Ports and Naval Facilities From $65 Da Nang 1:12,500 Topographical Map From $75 Khe Sanh 1968 Battle Map From $79 846-947 LZ TWO BITS 2km inter/sect QL1 & Hwy 514, adj. July to Aug. 68 : C-Btry. 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. The row letters go from A to Z, omitting I and O. LZ NORTH ENGLISH Bong Son N. of LZ ENGLISH, BR 23rd Division, U.S. As Figure 1 illustrates, Honolulu is in grid zone 4Q. MGRS Mapper (Free Version) | Operational Graphics Tool for Junior Military Leaders format_shapes Touch the Symbol to Add to the Map Frequently Used Symbols CKP T Default Land Unit Select a Symbol Friendly Select an Affiliation None Select a Unit Size Specify unit echelons (separate levels of command) from Fire Team to Command Group C2 None Closed Sunday & Monday. The PLSS typically divides land into 6-mile-square townships. 227-840 LZ MARY LOU ZA 027-934: LZ BASS 24km WNW Kontum, ZA Kennedy was killed because he was going to with draw the troops out and let the people fight their own battle against the Communist. Quang Duc, Lan Dong, Binh Thuan, Can Raah, III Corps End of Operation area, likewise the ZB and AS grids to the north in the Kontum area. Hwy 14, firing numerous missions, Hip-Shoot style over a period of a few In Phase Three, Westmoreland plans to destroy the Viet Congs infrastructure and turn over to a completely retrained South Vietnamese Army a major portion of the defense of the Demilitarized Zone and other areas. All Americans of all branches in Vietnam in one way or another reported to MAC-V. We were the 362nd Signal Co. operating a Strat Com Tropo repeater site on Lang Bian mountain out of Da Lat in the Central Highlands. Center, CP of Duc Co AF, YA 25th Infantry Division, SOUTH VIETNAM FORCES: ( - ) still at LZ Action. Did married couples really sleep in separate beds back in the 50s? Locations of 7/15th FA Batteries 199th Light Infantry Brigade A photo was sent to Kennedy, the United Nation, Ho Chi MIn and he said that it was there to protect the people from the aggressive Americans who want to take over the country. 0-2 RED BEACH in Qui Nhon on coast, In-Country R&R Explore longer form content written by staff and guest bloggers. Viet Nam War. It was the Military Assistance Command- Vietnam and I think reported to USARV US Army Republic Vietnam. The Military Grid Reference System ( MGRS) [1] is the geocoordinate standard used by NATO militaries for locating points on Earth.
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