Townships are subdivided into 36 one-mile-square sections. 312-374-9333 I think his son would love to have one. 25th Division, U.S. FA at W. edge 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. 27 Mar. Your email address will not be published. 804-470 71st EVAC. North Vietnam Map. 962-855 LZ BRILLO PAD 10km SW Polei Kleng, YB Valley. 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. If you liked this article, please share it! ROK White Horse Division completes mission at One recent batch of captured documents, for example, turned up a directive issued by the Viet Congs Political Staff Department warning against confusion of mind, fear of hardships and protracted war, lack of heroism and loss of revolutionary pride.. INF in the area of LZ Oasis, at Cateka Tea Plantation. . Two Medals of Honor earned by SEALs on I Corps missions. for 1/12, Approx. The Military Grid Reference System (MGRS)[1] is the geocoordinate standard used by NATO militaries for locating points on Earth. Map torn at edges and fold-lines. ( - ) displaced to LZ Tim was sent to Japan, then state-side. The Vietnam war was fought in southeast Asia, mainly in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos between the US backed South Vietnam and the Soviet back North Vietnam. 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. US Topo maps are updated on a three-year production cycle (maps covering one third of the country are updated each year). Plus. Just do your search on all of this info by writing detonated during the Vietnam War, (Note: I Corps was north and ZA Os8[f. Cam Ranh Bay 6th Convalescent Hosp., returned to C-Btry in late Jan. areas/digits. LZ End of Operation See the RED letters Elements of 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) its really not that hard! I will show you where you can put those JPGs online at no cost. Upon arriving in Vietnam, C-Btry. 12th Tactical Fighter Wing 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. Elements of 173rd Airborne Brigade Approx. endobj Vietnam [$39.95 at amazon.com] And though this is something that cannot be proved statistically, it is an opinion shared by men who have years of combat experience. For example, at the boundary between grid zones 1P and 1Q, we find a 100,000-meter square BT, of which about two thirds is south of latitude 16 and therefore in grid zone 1P, while one third is north of 16 and therefore in 1Q. the ONLY grids in Vietnam, A & Z, for the entire length of 51st Regiment A-214, YA Mechanic David E. Holdorf. 820-095 LZ MARY Ia Drang Valley, 1st battle 3 Nov. 65, YA YA Corps: Roads, Grid Zones, Airfields, and Directory, (Also see: List of Firebases, LZ's and Base Camps), There was a Vietnamese fires another mission 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. the others are. Pleiku AF Base. and LZ's The UTM system consists of 60 zones, each 6-degrees of longitude in width. Keep in mind that the grid lines are NOT Please provide as much detail with the area you are looking for and we will find it for you. Dave went to We have 1:25,000 topographical maps of all of Vietnam (similar to the Bien Hoa maps). What is certainly true is that Communist planners have come to be concerned by a discernible drop in the morale of their troops. LZ ENGLISH or BR 879-005 5km NNE Bong Son, BS 883-068 035-535 LZ BLACKHAWK N. side QL19E, 25km ENE Pleiku at Suoi Doi, BR 16 Nov. 68 : C-Btry. FORCES: Map: Highways QL-1, QL-14 and QL-19, II matter what size map youre using, imagine each side of the square grid as and Cities in South Vietnam, Where We Were But, even allowing for continued steady improvement on the part of South Vietnamese forces, most Americans in Vietnam doubt whether they will be ready, when Westmoreland flashes the sign, to assume the heavy military burden he contemplates putting upon them. Dissident activities in Indochina 1950, 20. Units: Found 'Y' instead. The hardest part is to properly locate the grid and whoever controls the Highlands controls Vietnam.". MGRS / USNG to Latitude and Longitude. exact information as to pre-Apr. 042-534 NHA TRANG 1FFV HQ 24km N. Cam Ranh Bay, CP end 6wks Oper. You can now use GISsurfer to take a series of screenshots that exactly adjoin. BR indicating that the BR Grid is within the four red lines. then on to Pleiku. laid over them. Our Post in Da Lat was an old WWII Japanese military hospital. 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. 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment of Duc Co AF, YA Service Battery. 2. These images have been selected by Alpha History authors: This website is created and maintained by Alpha History. I spent 7 months on the Cambodian border. Then he said, Imagine that! Each UTM zone is divided into 100,000 meter squares, so that their corners have UTM-coordinates that are multiples of 100,000 meters. days, in support of 1/12, 22 Apr.68 : C-Btry. Is this map available for purchase? The US Topo production schedule follows the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Imagery Program (NAIP) collection schedule. found using imaginary boundaries as IF they were the same as all the rest in The lettering scheme for 100,000m squares is slightly different in the polar regions. "Davo" Holdorf. Mechanic James Willmon is wounded were 43 Provinces and Highlands, 1967 Base The ALLIES: Web application supports Military Grids MGRS, UTM and BNG. 25th Infantry Division, SOUTH VIETNAM FORCES: Just read the how-to on The PLSS typically divides land into 6-mile-square townships. Thout on USARV was United States Army- Republic of Vietnam. My father in law is a Vietnam vet and has asked for a map. 182-527 Pleiku Ammo Supply Point, Plei Mrong Rd. 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. The 16 southern provinces in the Mekong River Delta area, including the rich rice bowl. [See more in the article below. Sections can be further subdivided Interpreting the colored lines, areas, and other symbols is the first step in using topographic maps. 90-76 MISS AMERICA MOUNTAIN Range N. & NW. casualties in two days of fighting. MGRS coordinates from the Vietnam area map show the location of the runway 0.66 Km at 134 degrees from the actual site. 69 : C-Btry. hitting a command detonated land mine 1030hrs. After many years using LZs and other locations are usually given by Grid 613-607 LZ HARDTIMES Vinh Thang Valley 20km SE camp Radcliff 7/15th FA, BR are and how to get to them, whether Elements of 101st Airborne Division, SOUTH VIETNAM FORCES: 868-994 LZ LONELY QL14 7km SSW Phu Nhon: AQ88-99, C/7/15th Battle Archives was founded in Nashville in 2017 after finding a map of western Europe from the 1940's. In the "Filter by Country" box, select USA and the appropriate state. On computers without a GPS chip, Latitude and Longitude are guesstimated by Google based on your IP address and the known locations of the nearest WIFI access points and their addresses. These are Originator: Publication Place: Washington DC, USA Publisher: Defense Mapping Agency. 74, North Vietnam: Official Standard Names, Gazetteer No. weve re-drawn the original using grid coordinates. displaces toward LZ Diamondhead via Pliekunear 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. Artillery Revised Vietnam Maps per shrapnel in left leg, sent back to LZ Blackhawk. to be LZ Diamondhead. Division 3rd Brigade of 4th Infantry Division 196th and 198th Light Infantry Brigades 11th Infantry Brigade 3rd Brigade of 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) also attached SOUTH VIETNAM FORCES: 1st Division NVA 3rd Division that had a generator belt come off. The second part of an MGRS coordinate is the 100,000-meter square identification. Indochina 1886 3. The intersection of a UTM zone and a latitude band is (normally) a 6 8 polygon called a grid zone, whose designation in MGRS is formed by the zone number (one or two digits the number for zones 1 to 9 is just a single digit, according to the example in DMA TM 8358.1, Section 3-2,[1] Figure 7), followed by the latitude band letter (uppercase). You will see a listing of all available 1:50,000-scale maps for that state. were installed previously. Thanks for any help you can give me. 936-271 CAV. that some locations have more than one grid due to either being large, or Click on the area within the map to be linked to the Geospatial Planning Cell (GPC) for that region. Browse our unique collection of books, exhibit merchandise, precious coins and more. What does the term UTM mean? (from "UPTIGHT" magazine), (Click thumbnail image of map to enlarge), Simplified LZ NORTH ENGLISH Bong Son N. of LZ ENGLISH, BR 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. at Artillery Hill AR797-348, April to All of these maps are oversized (i.e. 844-252 LZ JOAN up to 3km SE. This is to handle an issue raised by some F-16 pilots, who truncate MGRS strings that they receive from the Army. 20ks North of Ban Me Thuot C-Btry. While in convoy Border, YA North of 84N, UPS North is used, and the west half-circle is Y, the east one is Z; see figure 4. 15 Nov. 68 : C-Btry. A LZ Diamondhead w/missions to LZs 69. Inf. ( - ) retubed to 175mm at LZ Pony interdicting 104 S. Michigan Ave. Elements of NVA 341st Division The Map Collection contains over 1500 maps on Vietnam, Indochina, and Southeast Asia. Thuot East AQ 883-018. in red lines on the map shown below. If the Israelis had started to push into Cairo, threats had been made by the Russians to use their nukes to stop the Israelis. land. 012-216 DAK TO II AF 40km NW Kontum, 3km SW DakTo I, AR Bn. Vietnam War Commemoration. So, an MGRS grid reference for a position in BT should begin with 1PBT in the south part of BT, and with 1QBT in the north part of BT. May to late June 68, C-Btry. 2-548s sent to LZ Vera YA834-178 to pull Both men 615-643 LZ PLUTO Vinh Thang/Happy Valley 36km NW Phu Cat C/7/15 4/24/68, BR If we enter it as-is and then press Calc, we get the following error: parsemgrs():'YD113703' : Missing Zone Number. While in convoy FA at LZ Action for direct fire into surrounding mountains. At some time during this period, one tube C/7/15th South. They served up on the DMZ. Over 58,000 US service members died in the war. you're hiking, biking, hunting, fishing, or 1st Infantry Division Does anyone know the name of the base? Holdorf. The number of digits in the numerical location must be even: 0, 2, 4, 6, 8 or 10, depending on the desired precision. Elements of 25th Infantry Division The battery fired the BNs first round on 16 July Commando Hunt in Laos begins. 998-217 Tigers Spotted 1-3/69 1/35th Daily Log. Additional Tickets available upon arrival. French Indochina 1913 4. detonated round. In densely built-up areas, most individual buildings are omitted and an area tint is shown. Diana I am sorry for your loss. 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. To get started, click the basemap button (next to the 'Menu' button) then under the 'Overlay' heading, click "Add GIS overlays". 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. (In some cases, squares adjacent to a Grid Zone Junction (GZJ) are clipped, so polygon is a better descriptor of these areas.) Dec. 68 to late Jan. 69: C-btry. equaling 10 equal distances. LZs, cities, hamlets and roads using grid locations, we suggest Mike Kelleys Bringing citizens and soldiers together to explore military history, military affairs and national security. Ground radar units 22nd Division In the popup that appears, click 'Help'. We had 120 channels of communication from Saigon to Da Nang and UHF from Da Lat to Pleiku and Ban me Tuot. Hwy 1 - Duc Pho South to Tuy Hoa, Upper The resolution in this case is 1 meter, so the MGRS coordinate would represent a 1-meter square, where the easting and northing are measured to its southwest corner. Thanks for sharing this wonderful pictorial, and facts about Vietnam. This division produces lines that are 10,000 meters apart. NOTE: Quang Duc, Lan Dong, Binh Thuan, Can Raah, III Corps Royal Australian Air Force Squadron, U.S. 00-15 CAM RANH BAY Explore the crucial elements of the Vietnam War in this interactive map. Elements of 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) to LZ Joan. 815-309 LZ KAREN 7km due W. LeThanh, 6km NW DucCo, YA FA, BR Pay was more relative to time in service rather than rank. C-Btry. FA was attached to 6/29th FA whos Operation was in the Kontum/Dak FORCES: & BQ meet at the large black dot at the city of Plei Kanong. Full scale Americanengagements started in November 1965 with the Battle of Ia Drang and ended with the Paris Peace Accords signing in January 1973. USNG stands for U.S. National Grid. It's no wonder then that the "Eastertide 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. and various unit daily logs, archives, and history references including Firebases 808-832 LZ PONY HaTay, just S. inter/sect Rtes 605/TL3A 13km SSW United States National Grid Page at Federal Geographic Committee. 097-834 FSB PATT 15km WSW Kontum: ( City: AR77-80 ), ZA AF, BR The JPG/PNG files can show almost any data that GISsurfer can display. An In the polar regions, there is only one version of the lettering scheme.[7]. Did married couples really sleep in separate beds back in the 50s? - Kontum, Binh Dinh, Pleiku, Phu Bon, Phu Yen, Dar Lac, Khanh Hoa, Ninh Thuan, Tuyon Duc, Original publication date: January 1, 1968. Maps of II Corps and the Central edge of Kontum, AR Division I Corps - Quang Tri, Thua Thien, Quang Nam, 24 Apr. The base was in the delta somewhere around My Tho. In those days, the 173D Airborne was the immediate response group for anything in Asia and the Middle East. 1st Field Force Headquarters by Dave Davo as an over-lay. go to the net and write USA in Viet Nam maps and information There is also a complete list of all bases and Air strips. We transported the prisoners our forces captured from the field to the POW camps where MACV took over responsibility in an advisory capacity to see that the Geneva Convention agreement relating to prisoner treatment was adhered to by the South Vietnamese who had control of the camp. Vietnam concerning military strategy: It should have started in March 1966 until April 1977 on Hanoi and the joint cities involved. However, you still use the same system to figure out Where You Were! Its This has been controversial in the past, since the oldest specification, TM8358.1,[1] used rounding, as did GEOTRANS[4] before version 3.0. bottom grid line to the right, DUE EAST for a distance of .477 of the entire For a short description of my other projects see the MappingSupport project page. To Plei Mrong/Polei Kleng areas in mid-Jan. 69, LZ Action in Feb. 69. South Vietnam Map 2. This does not include US Topos for Alaska, which are on a different schedule. Memberships include: Stay up-to-date with the Museum & Library. After the US withdrawal, the North reinvaded in 1975 and unified the country under communist rule. 10 meter resolution (4 + 4 digits) is sufficient for many purposes, and is the NATO standard for specifying coordinates. 1968, AR endobj experiences the BNs first Vietnam War ( - ) still at LZ Action. The 4th Battalion was at L.Z. [5] The civilian version of MGRS, USNG, also uses truncation.[6]. displaces to LZ Joan YA 845-252 Duc Co. GS 1/35, 15 Nov. 68 : C-Btry. 777-368 DRAGON MTN. The correction causes truncated strings to be considered valid if any part of the square which they denote lies within the latitude zone specified by the third letter of the string. Still fighting the final battle with a VA disability and several afflictions from Agent Orange, that gift that keeps on giving. 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 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. Elements of 9th Infantry Division <>>> these .pdf map files. Historical Topographic Map Collection (1884-2006): The USGS policy about putting a full UTM grid on 7.5-minute (1:24,000-scale) topographic maps has changed over time. I never stopped loving him. Dec. 69 : 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 schnook couldnt land at the base because it was too hot, they dropped me off about ten twelve miles away, in a field. 114-275 LZ OASIS AF/THANH AN, Tuttle AF: ZA104-274 - Le Thanh: damaged guns from B/1/92, 16 Nov. 68 : C-Btry. One ( 1 ) platoon displaced to LZ Jenny BR this time, INF KIAs were reported ambushed to me via letters at Pump Approx. Grid is W. of Pleiku, half way to Cambodian Border, N. to just past Polei Kleng, Mobile 100 - 25 June 1954, BR 35th Tactical Fighter Wing 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. Elements of 9th Infantry Division Approx. let's find the exact location of An Khe using a Military Grid over-lay. AO ( also: BR82-65 ), BR 22km SW Kontum, ZA Posted on Jun 12, 2021 (last modified Aug 22, 2021). Once Selecting the appropriate scale depends on the size of the sheet of paper and the accurate placement of features. Explore longer form content written by staff and guest bloggers. 2 0 obj to ZA299-??? & Z Map Grids are NOT Like Others! (Last years official figure was 280,000.). Timothy J. Haslett, and Again, imagine three digits wide. land mine blows in between a 5-ton truck pushing and an FDC track vehicle Note 19 Oct. 68 : C-Btry. Yet, despite the savage mauling they have been taking and the signs of flagging morale among them, there is no evidence that the Communist main-force units in Vietnam are about to quit. 15 Jan. 68 : C-Btry. In the case of locating An Khe, you start at our large on-site page compiled by Dan Gillotti -. FA Batteries May 1968 - May 1969, Major US Army Unit 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. 902-315 LZ JACKSON HOLE Le Thang 20km WNW LZ Oasis, YA for 1/12th Task Force. trail, BR at various LZs in the BR Grid Coastal Region to include He was interested in why we were having outstanding success compared to other support units in Vietnam. below: QL19 It may be helpful to read . Maps are also available for searching through the Virtual Vietnam Archive. infiltrating perimeter. Click on+VIEW FILTERSto toggle on additional filters. Copy and paste the Google Map Coordinates into the location bar on Google Maps. A topographic map tells you where things In 1961 My dad was with the United States AIR FORCE and stationed at Yokota Air Base Photo Intelligence and he was assigned to MAC-13 in Thailand behind the Green Door. Injured: FDC Sgt. NVA 325th Division 857-535 LZ PLEI DJERENG Old C/7/15th 7/68 36km NW Pleiku 5th SP 5th Division 7/15th deactivated, the major enemy units reportedly located within or on the boundaries Vietnam. For example Camp Evans runway is clearly visible on Google Earth and is even confirmed with a Vietnam era picture marking the spot. Here, we find that YD is located within the higher level zone, 48Q, For Con Thien, therefore, we need to add 48Q to the beginning. Not listed is the 1st Signal Brigade which was in many VN locations during the duration. Vietnam, that are ONLY 20 to 30 kilometers in width! BS Grids: Due South BR Grids, BR I have maps that date back to 1897 which includes the RailRoad routes in the US. How current are US Topo maps? End Game! The Public Land Survey System (PLSS) is a way of subdividing and describing land in the United States. Finally, The Military Personnel Records Center in St Louis, MO has all retired records that survived their fire a couple decades ago. <>/ExtGState<>/XObject<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageB/ImageC/ImageI] >>/Annots[ 11 0 R 12 0 R] /MediaBox[ 0 0 612 792] /Contents 4 0 R/Group<>/Tabs/S/StructParents 0>> Can I still get the older topographic maps? 2nd and 7th Battalions of Royal Australian Regiment, 1st Australian Task Force Indochina 1954 7. Operation Binh Tay-MacArthur at LZs Vera and Jean YA 809-232, Duc Co, close Distribution of forces in Vietnam 1968, Vietnam War memory quiz events 1946-1964, Vietnam War memory quiz events 1965-1975, Vietnam War memory quiz terms and concepts (I), Vietnam War memory quiz terms and concepts (II). Estimate direct distances on a map grid. 851-550 LZ JENNY 38km ENE AnKhe, ROK LZ, C/7/15th FA 5/68, BR 2 Feb. 68 : C-Btry. ( - ) displaced to LZ, 3 Mar. 888-570 LZ HAMMOND W. side QL1, 10km NNW Phu Cat, BR The USGS is printing maps with the new USNG grid. 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). UTM, US National Grid, and MGRS 1000 meter grids all share the same grid. 2nd Brigade of 4th Infantry Division over an existing map, so that you start in the correct spot. The Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) Grid, Symbols for 1:50,000-scale 15-minute quadrangle topographic maps of the United States. Figures apart, most U.S. commanders in the field are convinced that there has been a marked decline in the past few months in the combat effectiveness of enemy troops. A range of maps and diagrams relevant to the conflict in Vietnam from the late 1800s to 1976. "Davo" Holdorf. 032-934 POLEI KLENG 16km W. Kontum Montgnard Village/SF CIDG Camp, ZA 69 : C-Btry. at LZ Oasis. & Z Map Grids are NOT Like Others! Author Dave Holdorf Tuesday Saturday Locate a point using the US Army Military Grid Reference System (MGRS), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Military_Grid_Reference_System&oldid=1140475364, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles with broken or outdated citations from March 2022, All articles with broken or outdated citations, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, 4Q .GZD only, precision level 6 8 (in most cases), 4Q FJ .GZD and 100km Grid Square ID, precision level 100km, 4Q FJ 1 6 precision level 10km, 4Q FJ 12 67 .precision level 1km, 4Q FJ 123 678 ..precision level 100m, 4Q FJ 1234 6789 precision level 10m, 4Q FJ 12345 67890 .precision level 1m. If every position being located is within the same grid zone, only the 100,000-meter square and numerical location are specified. Kennedy was killed because he was going to with draw the troops out and let the people fight their own battle against the Communist. who served with C-Btry. The Communists are taking a beating from the American riverine gunboat force that prowls the rivers and canals, and South Vietnamese forces claim to be killing Viet Cong in the delta at the rate of 1,000 a month. July/Aug. The best accuracy (within about 10 meters) is obtained on devices with a built in GPS chip such as smart phones which can directly receive satellite GPS signals. ( - ) displaces to LZ Joan, Duc Co. Provinces and Cities in South Vietnam Simplified Military Map Reading "Where We Were" 4/68 to 4/69 C-Btry, 7/15th FA There were 43 Provinces and 4 Military Regions (MR) in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War (Note: I Corps was north and IV Corps was south) Provinces and Cities in South Vietnam: In the map (figure 1), which uses the AA scheme, we see that Honolulu is in grid zone 4Q, and square FJ. On. the normal longitude or latitude lines that normally appear on maps. I agree. The map is SPLIT at the center Numbers. was corps 1 artillary firebase operating in lower mekong delta in 1968? 460-245 Le Thanh Dist. % 30 Nov. 67 : C-Btry. Chicago, IL 60603 English. MGRS and USNG are the same except MGRS is often written without spaces. Then from that location, move up, or DUE NORTH for a and left in december 1968 to serve with australians up north for 30 days and left V.N. 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. US Army Unit Locations New Zealand Artillery Battery, Killed in action (Monthly average) | Under whose control? fires another mission grid to start the location method. was on Con Thien in 1968. Also see 21-35Catecka Base Camp - Adj. N. LZ Action, BR There were smaller battles in other years during Tet. Jupiter BR 616-608, and returned to Binh Khe on 1 Dec. 67. Using this map, explore a few of the key events that occurred from 1954 to 1975 as the war in Vietnam expanded. displaces to LZ Oasis. 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! 892-659 LZ CRYSTAL 23km N. Phu Cat AF, BR The Military Grid Reference System ( MGRS) [1] is the geocoordinate standard used by NATO militaries for locating points on Earth. line, or just about half way to the far right grid line. Required fields are marked *. 67 : C-Btry. to find that LZ or exact location you were in? & Z Map Grids are NOT Like Others! 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. His mission was TOP SECRET at the time and I only know about this because the war is over and 20 years have passed. ZA10-27, ZA It was the senior command and in charge of all operations in South Vietnam. 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 The map as shown above is vague and lacks a lot of accuracy. girds overlapping without being able to see the entire grid. Dana. NGA Guidance for the Military Grid Reference System (MGRS).
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