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March 5th, 1969 Operation Wayne Grey Day Five

Recap of March 4th, 1969 NVA indirect fire attacks at Polei Kleng and LZ Cider caused moderate damage but minimal casualties. Bravo & Charlie companies

Mark Coonrad March 5, 2025 No Comments

March 4th, 1969 Operation Wayne Grey Day Four

Recap of March 3rd, 1969 On March 3rd, Alpha Company maintained its position on LZ Swinger. HHC & Charlie Battery, 1/92 Field Artillery (155mm towed

Mark Coonrad March 4, 2025 No Comments

March 3rd, 1969 Operation Wayne Grey Day Three

Recap of March 2nd, 1969 Alpha Company maintained its position on LZ Swinger and prepared for the arrival of HHC and Charlie Battery, 1-92nd Field

Mark Coonrad March 3, 2025 No Comments

March 2nd, 1969 Operation Wayne Grey Day Two

Recap of March 1st – A/3-12 inserted into hot LZ at LZ Swinger. Casualties include approximately a dozen WIA and two KIA. One A/3-12 soldier

Mark Coonrad March 2, 2025 No Comments

March 1st, 1969. Operation Wayne Grey commences.

LZ Swinger (Hill 729). Elements of the 1-14th Infantry constructed the original firebase on Hill 729 in April of 1968. The U.S. Army abandoned it

Mark Coonrad March 2, 2025 No Comments

17 Days with Bravo Company, 3rd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment – December 1st – 17th, 1967.

December 1st – Bravo Company occupies a position on the 3-12 Infantry Battalion Firebase atop Hill 1030. The company sends out several short range patrols

Mark Coonrad February 22, 2025 No Comments

Alpha & Delta Company, 3rd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment – November 28th thru December 7th, 1967 combined operation.

The following summary was compiled from information gathered from battalion Operations Daily Journals, 4th Infantry Division Operational Readiness Report Lessons Learned, casualty and other records.

Mark Coonrad December 1, 2024 No Comments

Finding Captain Jones

In the amazing book, Nine Days In May (Warren Wilkins), he begins the section involving the 3-12 Infantry by briefly covering the action of May

Mark Coonrad October 19, 2024 No Comments

3-12 Infantry operational summary, April 25th thru April 30th, 1967

US Army’s 3rd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division operational summary for the period of April 25th-30th, 1967. II Corps, Pleiku Province. The 3-12

Mark Coonrad October 17, 2024 No Comments

Archival footage from November 1967 – Battalion firebases on Hills 530 & 1030

On October 1st, 2024, I sent an email to the Moving Image and Sound Branch of the National Archives in College Park Maryland. Good afternoon

Mark Coonrad October 11, 2024 No Comments

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