April 14th, 1969 Operation Wayne Grey Day Forty-Five
April 13th recap Bravo Battery, 6-29 Artillery and Bravo Company and Recon Platoon of the 3-12 Infantry were extracted and brought to Polei Kleng airstrip, where they consolidated into a single convoy, and traveled overland east to Highway 14 and south to LZ/FSB Mary Lou, where they would wait for the rest of the battalion. […]
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 […]
April 11th, 1969 Operation Wayne Grey Day Forty-Two
April 10th, 1969 recap The battalion remained in mutually supporting blocking positions along the Cu Kotah and Cu Don mountain range. Alpha, Charlie, HHC, B/6-29 FA near LZ Cider, and Bravo & Delta and the 4.2″ Mortar Platoon on our near LZ D-Handle. The 1-22 Infantry, inserted into the AO on April 2nd, occupied positions […]
April 9th, 1969 Operation Wayne Grey Day Forty
April 8th, 1969 recap The battalion remained in mutually supporting blocking positions along the Cu Kotah and Cu Don mountain range. Alpha, Charlie, HHC, B/6-29 FA near LZ Cider, and Bravo & Delta and the 4.2″ Mortar Platoon on our near LZ D-Handle. The 1-22 Infantry, inserted into the AO on April 2nd, occupied positions […]
April 8th, 1969 Operation Wayne Grey Day Thirty-Nine
April 7th, 1969 recap Three Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol (LRRP) teams arrive at LZ Cider. Consisting of six men on each team, these men specialize in covert reconnaissance and surveillance patrols in enemy controlled territory. They will begin their patrols on April 8th, aimed at reconning the area of the March 27th and March 30th […]
April 3rd, 1969 Operation Wayne Grey Day Thirty-Four
April 2nd, 1969 recap The 1-22 Infantry is inserted into positions west and south of the 3-12 Infantry positions at LZ Cider and LZ D-Handle. The NVA forces that have battered the line companies of the 3-12 Infantry were now between the two battalion pincer. Bravo & Charlie Companies of the 3-12 move out and […]
April 2nd, 1969 Operation Wayne Grey Day Thirty-Three
April 2nd, 1969 Recap The final extraction of the battalion from this AO, (planned for April 1st) was postponed by Colonel Knight, 1st Brigade commander. It was obvious that there were NVA units still throughout the area. Also, the Alpha Company contact on March 27th and March 30th had left 14 soldiers MIA. Those men […]
April 1st, 1969 Operation Wayne Grey Day Thirty-Two
March 31st, 1969 recap All battalion elements are subjected to NVA indirect and recoilless rifle attacks during the pre-dawn hour of March 31st. The NVA harassing attacks continue sporadically throughout the day. On LZ D-Handle, three men are wounded by these attacks. Alpha Company and two platoons of Charlie Company are lifted from their night […]
March 31st, 1969 Operation Wayne Grey Day Thirty-One
March 30th, 1969 recap Alpha Company makes another attempt to recover their fallen men from March 27th. After letting A Co close to within 100 meters of the initial contact site, the NVA unleashed an ambush. The company, effectively split in two by snipers in trees and mortar fire, is forced yet again to withdraw. […]
March 30th, 1969 Operation Wayne Grey Day Thirty
March 29th, 1969 recap Bravo & Delta Company on LZ D-Handle are hit with a heavy NVA indirect fire attack just before first light on the 29th. It is followed by a ground attack by sappers and enemy infantry using satchel charges, small arms and B-40 rockets. The LZ D-Handle perimeter is briefly penetrated, and […]