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 […]