2021年3月29日 · His undermanned weapons platoon was assigned to defend the northern sector of the perimeter at Landing Zone (LZ) Bird. It was a large area to defend for a mere 22 soldiers, some of whom were new replacements and had seen no action.

2021年2月7日 · Our combined field strength of infantry and artillery on LZ Bird that night is 170 men. The hilltop position is about the size of a football field and relatively level – like a small plateau. The higher ridges nearby are used by the enemy to great effect by raining rocket and mortar rounds down on us once the battle begins.

Firebase Bird was a U.S. Army firebase located in the Kim Son Valley in southern Vietnam during the Vietnam War. [1] In December 1966 Bird was occupied by C Battery 6th Battalion, 16th Artillery and B Battery 2nd Battalion, 19th Artillery and defended by …

2021年12月8日 · Instead, the NVA ordered the 22nd Regiment to attack LZ Bird on Dec. 27. Much of LZ Bird was overrun by the North Vietnamese, but ultimately the attack was repelled. The NVA also was unable to launch effective attacks against LZ Pony.

Description: At 0105H three NVA battalions from the 22d Regt used the two-day Christmas truce to move into position for a surprise attack on LZ Bird in the Kim Son Valley which was well away from their usual haunts in the Hoai Nhon Delta area. The LZ was defended by only part of the C/1/12th Cav plus B/2/19th (105mm) and C/6/16th (155mm) artillery.

In the early morning hours of December 27, 1966, three North Vietnamese Army battalions of the 22nd Regiment used a two-day Christmas truce to move into position for a surprise attack on LZ Bird, an U.S. Army artillery base adjacent to the Kim Son River in Binh Dinh Province, RVN.

2023年8月1日 · Trận đồi Xuân Sơn – Battle of LZ Bird – Battle of Firebase Bird bắt đầu lúc 01h sáng ngày 27, quân Bắc Việt sử dụng súng cối và pháo không giật bắn liên tục vào căn cứ hoả lực Bird. Sau khoảng 30 phút pháo kích, 2 tiểu đoàn Bắc …

Our combined field strength of infantry and artillery on LZ Bird that night is 170 men. The hilltop position is about the size of a football field and relatively level - like a small plateau. The higher ridges nearby are used by the enemy to great effect by raining rocket and mortar rounds down on us once the battle begins.

2024年10月25日 · Description: Over BIRD from the start of the action was the one TOC ship with CPT Jack Sutton aboard. Initially he could not help much because the valley was pitch black. CPT Elmo Roberts, the pilot of a ? H-13, and CPT James J. …