Places in the Vietnam War

7/15th Places
in Vietnam

INDEX

7/15th going to Vietnam
Artillery Hill - North of Pleiku
Ban Me Thuot
LZ Blackhawk
LZ Diamondhead
Eight Inch Hill
LZ English
Happy Valley
LZ Hardtimes
LZ Oasis
Plei Mrong
LZ Pony
Camp Radcliff - An Khe
LZ Schueller
LZ Two Bits
LZ Uplift - First home of the 7/15th
LZ Zager
Also see:
Photos of firebases
Tom Wagner's photo gallery - C/7/15

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7/15th going to Vietnam in 1967

Stateside at Ft. Bragg, NC
7th Bn, 15th FA
"Honor Battery"
[article]

Advance Party Lvs Ft Bragg:
7/15th FA Advance Party flies out of Pope AFB, NC, on 16 June '67
Photo: Hans Dollhausen

USNS Walker - 1967
Took 7/15th to Vietnam
Photo: Chuck Alexander

LT Tingstrom and
men of the 15th - 1967
Photo: Mike Donley

Show for the troops
on the USNS Walker
Photo: Roy Bowen

Is that a man
with 'mop' hair?
Photo: Roy Bowen

Passing time on
the USNS Walker
Photo: Mike Donley

Navy band on
the USNS Walker
Photo: Mike Donley

Main Party of 7/15th
arrives at the Port of
Qui Nhon aboard the
USNS Walker- 1 July 67
Photo: Hans Dollhausen

Topside on the
Walker. Next
stop is Vietnam!
Photo: Roy Bowen

Click: USNS WALKER
to see an issue of
"The Walker Report"
published during the
7/15th voyage on
15 June 1967

7/15th FA Advance Party
arrives in Qui Nhon,
Vietnam on 19 June '67
Photo: Hans Dollhausen

LTC Robert B. Hankins
leading the 7/15th ashore
at Qui Nhon 1 July 1967

LZ Uplift -
First home of the 7/15th near Phu Cat
Approximately 12km SSE Bong Son

Base camp at Phu Cat when the 7/15th FA first got to
Vietnam in 1967. Photo: Roy Bowen

Photos of the Phu Cat base camp in 1968.
Mess Hall (left) and Ammo Section's Ammo Bunker (right)
Photos: Roy Bowen

LTC Robert B. Hankins relinquishes command of the
7th Battalion, 15th Field Artillery to LTC James Bluhm
at LZ Uplift on 23 September 1967
Photo: Hans Dollhausen

"Uplift International"
Summer 1968
[Complete story]
Photo: John Galkiewicz

Installing gun pads
Photo: Mike Donley

LZ Uplift bunkers
in Vietnam

Fire Direction Center
(FDC) bunker

View from 7/15th TOC,
looking south over the
HHB Tents toward
Highway 1, Sept. 1967
Photo: Hans Dollhausen

Looking West over 7/15 FA
HHB Tents, across Highway 1, showing 5th Cav Tents &
bunkers and a large helipad
in September 1967
Photo: Hans Dollhausen

Photo: Paul Hunter

Flag on Duster
Hill at LZ Uplift
March 25, 2000
Credit: Larry Howard

Broken generator!
Duster Hill in the
background, LZ Uplift
August 1967
Photo: Dan Gillotti

Duster Hill and 7/15th
compound from HWY 1
Credit: Mike Atwood

Generator with 100
amps to Aid Station
Credit: Mike Atwood

Borrowed USAF 60KW
Fremont Generator Set
Credit: Mike Atwood

Victim of muddy road
up to Duster Hill
Credit: Mike Atwood

FDC entrance to the 7/15th
FA Bn Tactical Operations
Center (TOC) October '67
Photo: Hans Dollhausen

LZ Uplift map
Credit: Davo Holdorf,
Larry Howard, and
Mike Atwood

Monsoon season
with Duster Hill
in the background
Fall months of '67
Photo: Dan Gillotti

SSG Dan Gillotti
Chief of Bn FDC
7th Bn, 15th FA
January 1968
Photo: Dan Gillotti

Old BOQ
Photo: LTC Simpson

Change of Command
Ceremony - 7 Dec 68
Photo: LTC Simpson

7/15th S-1 Shop
Photo: LTC Simpson

"Home Sweet Home"
of the 7/15th CO
Photo: LTC Simpson

HHB, 7/13th Arty sign
Duster Hill in background
December 1968
Photo: Charlie Jefferson

Ceremonial rounds fired
by the 7/15th FA at Uplift.
(l to r) COL Kiefe, 41st
Commander, LTC Simpson,
7/15th Commander and CPT
Duane Giesen, B Btry BC

LZ Uplift in 1968
Photos: SGT Reeves

Click: USNS Walker
to see an issue
of the newspaper
"The Walker Report"
published during
the 7/15th voyage
15 June 1967

Original BIG AMMO
drivers(L to R): Martinez,
Swantise, and Montoya
Photo: Roy Bowen

Eight Inch Hill
(Eight Inch Hill was a part of LZ Uplift. It was the northern most part of LZ Uplift that was carved out in late 1967)
500 meters north of LZ Uplift

Capt. Geisen and Lt. Roy
"March Order" 1969
8-inch Hill. LZ Uplift
Photo: Gary D. Harrington

B Btry, 7th Bn, 15th FA
on 8 Inch Hill on the north
end of LZ Uplift, Oct. 1967
Photo: Hans Dollhausen

B Btry, 7th Bn, 15th FA
shooting direct fire at a
VC Cave on the side of Miss America Mountain, Oct 1967
Photo: Hans Dollhausen

Main gate to
8" Hill in 1969

Camp Radcliff at An Khe "The Golf Course"
Approximately 60km NW Qui Nhon, 60km ESE Pleiku

7/15th Battalion HQ
in An Khe 1970
Photo: Tom Tate

8 inch Howitzer
"Cyclops" 1970
C/7/15 An Khe
Photo: Tom Tate

Artillery Hill north of Pleiku
Approximately 5km NNW Pleiku

Artillery Hill in
the distance
Photo: 15th webmaster

Artillery Hill
main gate

7/15th entry sign
HHB & Service Battery
Photo: 15th webmaster

7/15th entry sign
Artillery Hill - 1971
Photo: 15th webmaster

52nd Group HQ - 1971
Just inside main gate
Photo: 15th webmaster

1/92nd Artillery - 1971
"Sound effects of Pleiku"
Photo: 15th webmaster

Looking toward the Hill
while driving out of Pleiku
Photo: Marvin Copeland

Mess Hall surrounded
with Banana trees
Photo: Marvin Copeland

Tactical Operations Center
used by ASA in 1972
Photo: Marvin Copeland

330th rrfs det8
Army Security Agency
Photo: Marvin Copeland

French statue 3-1-1961
December 1965
Photo: Bob Lund

B Btry, 6/14 Arty
Moved in 2 weeks ago
December 1965
Photo: Bob Lund

6/14th Arty getting water
from reservoir behind
Artillery Hill
Photo: Bob Lund

Defoliated spot beneath
M-60 gun barrel is where
a jet crashed & burned
Photo: Bob Lund

Artillery Hill
Photo: Vietnam Studies

Ban Me Thuot
Darlac Province

C Battery 7/15th
in March and April
of 1968
Photo: Chas Hurst

C Battery, 7/15th
building bunkers
in March 1968
Photo: Chas Hurst

LZ Blackhawk on QL19 east of Pleiku
25km ENE Pleiku

LZ Blackhawk
from the air 1971
Photo: Mike Mountain

LZ Blackhawk
bunkers - 1971
Photo: Mike Mountain

LZ Blackhawk
from an OH58
in late 1971
Photo: 15th webmaster

Montagnard village
next to LZ Blackhawk
Photo: 15th webmaster

Artillerymen of the
'Fighting Fifteenth'
in summer of '70
Photo: David Nelson

LZ Diamondhead
22km ESE An Khe

Binh Khe 1967
An Khe Pass rear left
Photo: Chas Hurst

Lumber for gunpads
Photo: Mike Donley

ROK show
Photo: Mike Donley

US vs ROK allies
Photo: Mike Donley

FDC bunker
Photo: Mike Donley

Diamondhead perimeter
Photo: Mike Donley

Mike Donley shown
building #4 bunker
in Summer of 1967
Photo: Mike Donley

Spade of #4 gun at LZ
Diamondhead - 1967
Photo: Mike Donley

CPT Hans Dollhausen, Btry
Commander, C Btry, 7th Bn,
15th FA, at LZ Diamondhead
(Binh Khe), July 1967

C Btry, 7th Bn, 15th FA
fires their 10,000 round
4 September 1967
Photo: Hans Dollhausen

C Btry, 7th Bn, 15th FA
Change of Command from
Cpt Dollhausen to CPT Riech
14 September 1967
Photo: Hans Dollhausen

LZ English
5km NNE Bong Son

Tarmac with Hueys
of Co B, 229th Avn Bn
Photo: Jim Bracewell

229th Avn Bn
tents at LZ
Photo: Jim Bracewell

Mess tent at
LZ English
Photo: Jim Bracewell

Tony's
Barber Shop
Photo: Jim Bracewell

Hueys landing
on the tarmac
Photo: Jim Bracewell

'Goofy Warriors'
in 1967
Photo: Jim Bracewell

Happy Valley
28km WNW Phu Cat, 20km NW An Khe

C Battery FDC Track
supporting Artillery
Raid into "Happy Valley"
August 1967 - 7/15th FA
Photo: Hans Dollhausen

LZ Hardtimes in the Vinh Thanh Valley
20km NE An Khe

Airborne 105 battery
next to 7/15th
Photo: Chas Hurst

Bright, hot day
soon to change
Photo: Chas Hurst

LZ Oasis [map]
24km SSW Pleiku

LZ Oasis
"The Oasis"
Photo: 15th webmaster

FDC at Oasis
in 1971
Photo: John McCarthy, Jr.

8-inch gun pit
in 1971 - 7/15th
Photo: John McCarthy, Jr.

Entertainment in the
Oasis mess hall - 1971
Photo: John McCarthy, Jr.

8-inch gun pit
One of the 15th's?
Photo: Eddie Donato
C Btry, 56th Arty HAWK

"On the way"
Ground shaking!
Spring 1969
Photo: Eddie Donato

C/6/56th Artillery,
Americal area in
March 1969
Photo: Eddie Donato

Command post
C/6/56th Artillery
March 1969
Photo: Eddie Donato

Sandbag party in
March 1969
C/6/56th Artillery
Photo: Eddie Donato

Sunset at
the Oasis
Photo: Eddie Donato

Plei Mrong
Approximately 23 km NW Pleiku

Plei Mrong photos submitted by
CPT Ron Peters C Btry 1969-70

LZ Pony
22km E An Khe

Two-Gun Platoon of
C/7/15 at LZ Pony with
Ordnance Team to change
gun tubes from 8" to 175mm
October 1967
Photo: Dan Gillotti

On the road west
towards LZ Pony,
2nd vehicle ahead
hit a small mine
October 1967
Photo: Dan Gillotti

A Battery, 7/15 Arty
Jeep that hit a mine
Photo: Gary McBride

LZ Schueller -
east of the Mang Yang Pass
13km W An Khe

15 October 1971: The 3/3 ARVN Cav moved onto RSB Schueller replacing the 1/10th Armored Cav on perimeter defense. B Btry, 7/15 deactivated to Artillery Hill a day later.