April 13th, 1969 Operation Wayne Grey Day Forty-Four

April 12th, 1969 recap The search for the last three MIA soldiers from Alpha Company is renewed in earnest. Patrols from Alpha Company, Charlie Company, Recon and the two LRRP teams, some accompanied by a team of Scout Dogs, searched for any signs of the missing men. The search focused on the river valley just […]

History Blog Post #7 – March 1967 – Part 1 – the 101st Airborne at Hill 86, a prelude to March 9th, 1967

1967 – MARCH From September of 1966 to February of 1967, the Braves of the 3-12 had become acclimated to this new style of guerrilla warfare.  Hard lessons had been learned.  The M-113 incident in February caused a stand down at the 10th Cav, and all drivers and commanders received retraining on the proper use […]

History Blog Post #6 – 1967 – January & February – The Pond.

1967 – JANUARY & FEBRUARY 1967 started for the battalion much as 1966 had ended.  Operation Adams continued, moving into the fifth and final phase of the operation, dubbed “Operation Rice Bowl”.  The mission was simple, secure the rice paddies in the lowland coastal basin and let the civilian farmers harvest the crops free of […]