Photos of Firebases
and
Landing Zones
in Vietnam
8:00am
Burning the crap
barrels
101st at FSB Veghel
Photo: Don Aird
INDEX
(for more Vietnam firebases see: 15th
Places)
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An
Khe - the "Golf Course"
The 1st
Cav at An Khe
East side looking West.
RVN-1966 Photo by:
John Nielsen, Aviator
A Troop 1/9th Cav
An Khe in the
early days of
1967
Photo: Jim Bracewell
Co B, 229th Avn Bn
An Khe in the
early days
Photo: Jim Bracewell
Co B, 229th Avn Bn
C-130 ran out
of runway landing
at the Golf Course
Photo: Jim Bracewell
FSB
Aries- March 71
Slicks bringing grunts out
War Zone D
B/1/21st Arty- 1st Air Cav
Dennis(Frenchy) Proulx
FSB
Aries- March 71
War Zone D
Resupply/Chinook
B/1/21st Arty- 1st Air Cav
Dennis(Frenchy) Proulx
FSB
Aries 105's
March 71 - War Zone D
B/1/21st Arty 1st Air Cav
Dennis(Frenchy) Proulx
1st
Air Cav 'Slicks'
on the ground
B/1/21st Arty 1st Air Cav
Dennis(Frenchy) Proulx
FSB
Aries in early '71
1st Air Cav, 1/21st Arty
Dennis(Frenchy)
Proulx
C Btry
2/17th Arty
Shoot, Move & Communicate
THE GUNS OF AQUARIUS
Photo: Michael Burke
Firebase Aquarius
C Btry 2/17th Arty
Late 1970 - Early 1971
Photo: Michael Burke
FSB Athena
- 175sp
Kontum - early 1970
C Btry 6/14th Arty
1st Field Forces
Photo: Dennis Proulx
C Battery
175mm
6/14th Arty - 1970
FSB Athena
1st Field Forces
Photo: Dennis Proulx
Entry
sign read:
"The battered
bastards of Ba To"
Photo: Jim Bracewell
Ba To
Special
Forces Camp
in 1967
Photo: Jim Bracewell
LZ
Baldy
February 1968
Photo: Robert Flynn
LZ
Baldy
1968
Photo: Robert Flynn
LZ
Baldy airstrip
1968
Photo: Robert Flynn
LZ
Baldy - 1968
rock bunker
Photo: Robert Flynn
"Deadly
Dealer II"
A Btry 7/15 FA
July 21, 1970
Photo: Gary McBride
LZ Buffalo -
1/92nd
Route QL19 - 1971
Photo: 15th webmaster
SF 105
at Camp A-236
Montagnard gun crew
on a 105mm M101A1
Photo: Mike Burke 1970
Special
Forces fire
mission called into
A-236 by an F.O.
Photo: Mike Burke 1970
Entrance to
D/6/56 Arty
Chu Lai is across bay
in the background
Photo: Edward Donato
First known
as Ta Bat.
On the floor of A Shau,
a few clicks from Dong Ap
Bia (Hamburger Hill) 1969
Photo: Roger Dent
B/2/11 Arty
went in with
all 6 guns and an Infantry
platoon on 9 or 10 May
1969
Photo: Roger Dent
Cobra and
peace signs
at the firebase in 1969
Photo: 'Raspberry' Reed
Cobra -
Griffins 66
C Co, 101st ARA
Photo: 'Raspberry' Reed
Sky crane
over Currahee
Photo: 'Raspberry' Reed
Huey
gunship
in 1969
Photo: 'Raspberry' Reed
Aerial shot
of
firebase in 1969
Photo: 'Raspberry' Reed
Operation
'Apache
Snow' was staged
here in 1969
Photo: 'Raspberry' Reed
Dak To
Photo: E. Ray Austin
C Btry
2/17th Arty, 1970
Ban Me Thuot
Photo: Michael
Burke
LZ
English
1968
Photo: Robert Flynn
LZ
English
1968
Photo: Robert Flynn
Teaching
NFG how to
direct Cobra fire into
treeline - 1st Air Cav
1/21st Arty
Dennis (Frenchy) Proulx
O-1 Bird
Dog flying out
of LZ Hammond used by
Air Observers for 7/15th
Photo:
Hans Dollhausen
LZ Hammond
in 1966
Photo: Jim Bracewell
Co B, 229th Avn Bn
Pilot Jim
Bracewell
next to Huey in 1966
Photo: Jim Bracewell
'Outgoing
Freight'
FSB Henderson
B Btry 2/11 Arty
May 1970
Photo: Ed Schultz
FSB
Henderson
the next day.
B Btry 2/11 Arty
May 1970
Photo: Ed Schultz
A/2/32
following a fierce
battle for the firebase
Photo: Ralph Jones
A/2/32 lost
3 men here, and
a total of 24 Americans died.
Photo: Ralph Jones
Eight-inch
being righted
after battle April 1, 1970
Photo: Ralph Jones
Photo: Chas Hurst
Land
mine victim
Duc Co
Photo: Dave Fogg
C Btry
6/14th Arty
1st Field Forces
FDC Kontum 1970
Photo: Dennis Proulx
Tank(dead)
on perimeter
Kontum, Central Highlands
Tank was supposed to scare
VC (ARVN's thought) - 1970
Photo: Dennis Proulx
"Daisy
Cutter" bomb
dropped to prep FSB
Lash for 2/11 Airmobile
Photo: Roger Dent
FSB Lash
during Op
"Massachusetts Striker"
2nd Bn / 11th Artillery
Photo: Roger Dent
LZ Lowboy
Photo: Duane Geisen
After
"Daisy Cutter"
cleared the area
B Btry 1/21st Arty
1st Air Cav early 71
Dennis(Frenchy) Proulx
FSB
Noble- Feb 71
War Zone D- 105's
B/1/21st Arty- Ist Cav Div
Dennis(Frenchy)Proulx
Showers
at FSB Noble
Feb 71 - War Zone D
B/1/21st Arty- 1st Air Cav
Dennis(Frenchy) Proulx
Resupply
Chinook
1st Air Cav - Early '71
1/21st Artillery
Dennis(Frenchy) Proulx
One of two
175mm
guns at New Plei
Djereng - 1967
Photo: Kenneth Anderson
M110 8-inch
Howitzer gun pit
in 1967
Photo: Kenneth Anderson
175mm
gun firing in
Fall 1969 - 6/14 Arty
Photo: Charlie Jefferson
This SF
Camp was
over-run in '66
Photo: 'Raspberry' Reed
8-inch
fired support
for FSB Currahee
Photo: 'Raspberry' Reed
Photo:
Bernie Shufelt
Radio Platoon, A Co.
501st Signal Bn, 101 Abn Div
FSB
Rendezvous
digging out after the rains
Photo:
Bernie Shufelt
Chopper
crash on pad
below bunker, mid-1969
Photo: Bernie Shufelt
Changing
155mm tubes
A Btry, 1st Bn, 30th FA,
1st Air Cav Div, at LZ Ross,
Jan 1968. Photo: 30th FA
Assn & Dan Gillotti
PF
Bunker with
celebration banner
Photo: Jim Baggett
Drag
racing a
5/4 ton at the LZ
Photo: Jim Baggett
GrandBunker
with
time capsule nearby
Photo: Jim Baggett
Satchel
charge brought
into FDC Bunker by PF's
Photo: Jim Baggett
Fire Base 6
Photo: E. Ray Austin
Convoy in
Tan Cahn
Photo: E. Ray Austin
1970 -
Deuce and a half
hit by a 122mm rocket
Dennis(Frenchy) Proulx
C Battery,
56th Artillery
HAWK missiles
in late 1968
Photo: Eddie Donato
Looking
from main gate
at the Orderly Room of
C Battery, 56th Artillery
in late 1968
Photo: Eddie Donato
Looking
from the gate
toward guard tower 4
in center of photo
Photo: Eddie Donato
C Battery
area, 56th
Artillery, Americal.
Church was off the base
Photo: Eddie Donato
SGT Bright
on one
of the illuminators
"Rabbit Ears" C/6/56
Photo: Eddie Donato
HQ
sector
6/15th FA
Photo: Dick Brown
155
battery
Photo: Don Aird
Moving
a 155
Photo: Don Aird
105 at
Veghel
Photo: Don Aird
Moving
a 155
Photo: Don Aird
Moving
a 155
Photo: Don Aird
General
Abrams visit
Photo: Don Aird
Building
Veghel
Photo: Don Aird
Don
Aird at Veghel
Photo: Don Aird
Road
to Veghel
Photo: Don Aird
Temporary
FDC
Photo: Don Aird
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