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 […]
March 21st, 1969 Operation Wayne Grey Day Twenty-One
March 20th, 1969 recap Delta Company was ordered to make another assault. Bravo Companies 1st Platoon is OPCON to Delta, reinforcing their numbers after the heavy losses suffered on March 18th. After some initial success, Delta Company was once again bogged down by heavy fire coming from dug in NVA elements on the hilltop. An […]
March 20th, 1969 Operation Wayne Grey Day Twenty
March 19th, 1969 recap Charlie Company conducted a company patrol along a ridgeline northeast and west of LZ Cider. An Alpha Company Listening Post engaged an NVA spotter outside of the firebase perimeter. Bravo Company occupied LZ Swift, and sent its 1st Platoon to become OPCON to Delta Company on LZ D-Handle. The rest of […]
March 19th, 1969 Operation Wayne Grey Day Nineteen
March 18th, 1969 recap The most significant action of the day developed to the southwest of LZ D-Handle when a platoon from Delta Company became heavily engaged by a well entrenched NVA unit. A second platoon was dispatched from the Delta Company patrol base and also became bogged down. Only after more than ten hours […]
March 18th, 1969 Operation Wayne Grey Day Eighteen
March 17th recap The four line companies of the battalion enjoyed another relatively quiet day. Alpha & Charlie continued improving the LZ Cider perimeter. A planned lift of the rest of the battalion TOC from LZ Swinger was accomplished at 1400 hours. Split into several elements since March 1st, the battalion was finally reformed. Bravo […]