September 18th – This day in 3rd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment history 1966 thru 1970
September 18th, 1966 The Battalion was split into three major elements. Bravo Company and elements of Headquarters Company (HHC) were in Tuy Hua, Vietnam. Charlie Company was on Camp Enari helping to expand the construction of the Division headquarters. Alpha Company and the remainder of HHC were aboard the USNS General Gordon, three days out […]
History Blog Post #5 – Phu Yen Province – December 1966
The soldiers of the 3-12 Infantry were also encountering an enemy that was the master of the booby trap. Punji stake traps, filled with wooden stakes sharpened and smeared with human excrement were common, and landmines and explosive devices littered the battlefield. But for Bravo Company, 3-12, and one soldier in particular, a peculiar and […]
History Blog Post #3 – Arrival to Vietnam – Tuy Hoa – September thru November 1966
ARRIVAL – TUY HOA – A SEASON OF FIRSTS As the Gordon pulled into port in Nha Trang on Wednesday, October 5th, the men aboard began to get their first glimpse of the lush green landscape that would be their battleground. Quickly moved off the ship, they experienced their first convoy of the war, and […]