March 25th, 1969 Operation Wayne Grey Day Twenty-Five

March 24th Recap Alpha Company remained at LZ Cider, securing B/6-29 Artillery and the 3-12 Infantry TOC. Charlie Company with Recon Platoon attached remained at a patrol base just a few hundred meters southwest of the firebase. Alpha Company’s 1st Platoon engaged a small group of NVA soldiers with small arms and machine gun fire. […]

March 24th, 1969 Operation Wayne Grey Day Twenty-Four 

March 23d Recap The battalion remained in mutually supporting blocking positions along the Cu Kotah mountain range. Alpha & Charlie Company, with Recon attached, sent several ambush patrols out with negative contact. Charlie Companies 4th Platoon moved to a previously discovered NVA bunker complex and employed persistent CS tear gas to deny the NVA the […]

March 23rd, 1969 Operation Wayne Grey Day Twenty-Three

March 22nd recap HHC, Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Recon Platoon, 4.2″ Mortar Platoon and Bravo 6-29 FA all remained in the same positions as the 21st. Delta Company was ordered to assault Million Dollar Hill once again. A massive air and artillery bombardment prepared the way, and the men of Delta took the hill with no […]

March 22nd, 1969 Operation Wayne Grey Day Twenty-Two

March 21st, 1969 recap After the massive indirect fire attack on LZ Cider the evening of the 20th, the Alpha and Charlie companies and the Recon platoon sent out multiple patrols to try to pinpoint the point of origin and disrupt any NVA forces in the area. Four patrols made significant findings noted in the […]