The Da Nang airbase was a major Ranch Hand facility during the American War in Vietnam. Use big bombs." CriticalPast is your source for imagery of worldwide events, people, and B-roll spanning the 20th century. Rockey, the 3/5 Marines commander, commented on the "increasing frequency and ferocity" of enemy contacts. Da Nang AB was nicknamed "Rocket City" due to the large number of attacks by 122mm and 140mm rockets. . A conglomeration of internal security forces threw back the VC force from the east that tried to use similar tactics to get inside the compound from that direction. One of the rockets damaged one of the missile launchers and wounded three of the Marines. He seems to think there was only one rocket attack at Da Nang in 1972. Although agent reports and other intelligence indicated continued assaults north of the Cau Do River against Ha Vang and Da Nang City, most of these came to naught. Company L, 3/5 Marines set up blocking positions on the east bank of the Yen. The 6252nd Tactical Fighter Wing was activated at Da Nang on 18 July, 1965, and was responsible as the host unit for operational squadrons assigned to Da Nang, including the 8th and 13th Bombardment Squadrons. [1]:153, South of the Hi Vn Pass, in the northern portion of the Da Nang TAOR, in the 2/7 Marines sector, the PAVN were able to close Highway 1 temporarily, but failed to penetrate Allied defenses. The NVA launched hundreds of rocket attacks on DaNang Airbase trying to hit the bomb dump. Freedom Hill 327 can be seen beneath the left flare, with convoy lights winding up the perimeter road. Pictures of Danang 9. Newsreel story showing the aftermath of the shelling of an . The Marines lost 12 killed and 6 wounded. *** The first time that rockets were used in the Republic of Vietnam by the Viet Cong/North Vietnamese Army. About 20 minutes later the missile battery sighted enemy rocket firing sites and two minutes later radioed that 12 rockets of undetermined size landed in and around its area. Went to Danang to help EOD with the munitions storage facility mishap just outside Danang Air Base. 17. [Peter Halferty photo]. Cam Ranh Bay AB: US Army 6th Convalescent Hospital damaged by Rocket Attack! After counting 500 men pass their position, Rummage called in the artillery. Again, the Marines killed the VC and once more foiled an apparent enemy demolition effort. A high number of casualties were Vietnamese civilians living in a village just east of Da Nang Air Base. A summary of these attacks can be found on the Web site of the 366th. [1]:1445, At 03:30 PAVN/VC forces launched an assault against General Hong Xun Lm's I Corps headquarters. With part of the force establishing blocking positions north of the hamlet, the rest of the provisional company and Rangers moved through Nam O. At 07:35, VC gunners fired two RPGs at the compound tower and a VC infantry platoon opened up upon the CAP unit. Behind the Marine and Korean lines, the ARVN 51st Regiment deployed in support of the South Vietnamese Revolutionary Development program. Again the artillery responded with "excellent effect on target." A high number of casualties were Vietnamese civilians living in a village just east of DaNang Air Base. Given also the enemy rocket threat, he still needed to maintain extensive patrols in the so-called Rocket Belt. Newsreel reporting on a rocket attack on the Da Nang military base being used for US Marine Corps operations. With the departure of the 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines in mid-January for Phu Bai Combat Base, the 3/7 Marines extended its area of operations to include An Hoa Combat Base to the south. He remembered that because of the number of casualties his battalion sustained, "it was necessary to employ administrative personnel on patrols" with "clerks, cooks, and drivers" on line. Before his death, however, the Vietnamese identified himself as Major Nguyen Van Lam, the commanding officer of the R-20th c Lp Battalion. [1]:163, The PAVN/VC offensive in the Da Nang sector had spent itself. The attack began about 1 A.M. and the United States command said the missiles were Sovietbuilt 122mm rockets, each weighing about 100 pounds. Their weapons included AK-47s and B-40 RPGs. Survived many Rocket Attacks. It was decided that two battalions from the Americal Division code-named Task Force Miracle would be moved into the northern sector of the 3/5 Marines near Route 1 south of the Cau Do. The struggle for Hi An would continue into the following day. In the attack on the I Corps headquarters and in the defense of Ha Vang village the Allies sustained losses of nine dead and several wounded. The Koreans kept one company at the MACV compound for security and prepared for a sweep to clear out the city in the morning. Pictures of Danang 11. They later found four PAVN dead. [1]:143, PAVN/VC forces throughout South Vietnam were about to strike. The Communists carried out 26 rocket attacks on the Da Nang air base during 1972. In a message to III MAF, Robertson observed "Never have so few done so much to so many. Battery A, 1st Light Antiaircraft Missile Battalion armed with MIM-23 Hawk surface-to-air missiles, in the mountainous Hi Vn Pass sector north of Da Nang, reported about 01:40 coming under 82mm mortar fire. The rocket attacks resulted in the deaths of three Marines and the wounding of another 11. This platoon under First Lieutenant John E. Manning departed the airbase about 04:15 and arrived in the blocking positions about 05:15. Glasgow, Steve: YN3: Mar 20, 1969 - Mar 20, 1970: US Navy Post Office @ China Beach: . Two other squad patrols from Company C in the vicinity quickly joined the first squad. The company arrived at its dispositions at 01:00 the following morning . [1]:1589, For the next few days, there was a relative lull in the Da Nang sector, at least as compared to the last two days of January. The combined force then swept the general area where they found two PAVN bodies and took three prisoners. Mar 3, 2021. Naval Support Activity Danang operated extensive logistics facilities on the Tiensha (Tin Sa) peninsula east of the city. Four died there. Allied intelligence officers identified members from the V-25th, R-20th, C-130th Battalions and the Q-15th and Q-16th Local Force Companies. Approximately 16 rounds impacted in the Marine Aircraft Group 16 sector and another four in the Army aviation company area. The Allies claimed 343 PAVN/VC killed and 195 prisoners. I was assigned to the 1st Marine Division and sent to Marble Mountain Airfield to Join Marine Air Group 16 and VMO2. Milantoni relayed the request to the air support center. On the ground a patrol from Company A, 1/7 Marines, operating below the battalion's command post on Hill 10, saw about 10 PAVN soldiers just south of the Ty Loan River preparing positions. From firing positions southwest of the base, 28 122mm missiles fell on the airfield, destroying one aircraft and damaging six others. The VC R-20 and V-25th Battalions had struck again at Hi An, engaging both the Korean Marine Brigade and the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the ARVN 51st Regiment. "[1]:159, The heaviest action occurred in the 3/5 Marines and 4th Battalion, 51st ARVN sectors along Highway 1. The U.S. major remonstrated that the site was relatively close to the compound, but Lm insisted that the air strikes be flown. To the south of the Air Base, other PAVN/VC main force units attacked the District Town of in Bn and the provincial capital of Qung Nam, Hi An, on Route 4. The Flightline, Funny Money, Rocket shrapnel. Hill received a telephone call at 03:45 on the 30th from Colonel Thomas Randall, the III MAF G-3, who asked him "to send three platoons to blocking positions south of I Corps headquarters." . While the Marine battalions successfully kept these initial assaults on the night of 5/6 February in check, Robertson was not sure how much longer they could. Two LVTH-6s from the Marine 1st Armored Amphibian Company attached to the 11th Marines responded to a call from the U .S. Da Nang was a major base area for United States and South Vietnamese military forces supporting operations throughout I Corps. It was the worst attack on Danang since July 5,. Located between the Cu and Thanh Qut Rivers and on either side of Highway 1, the two battalions provided the last line of defense before the so-called "Vital Area." If we went a week without a few rockets coming we knew something was in the works. While the 1st MP Battalion supported by the 1st Tank Battalion established blocking positions north of the Cu River, the ARVN 3rd Battalion, 51st Regiment swept the sector south of the river. Americal Division artillery operating in the Qu Sn sector took the PAVN/VC forces under fire, but did not shell Duy Xuyn town because of the civilian population there. The ROKMC Marine Brigade deployed six companies around the city and the ARVN 51st Regiment prepared a reaction force. On 14 February 1965 the Marine 1st LAAM Battalion established its anti-aircraft operations center colocated with the USAF CRP. Employing small arms fire, satchel charges, Rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs) and Bangalore torpedoes, the sappers thrust through blown gaps in the Marine wire. The remaining rocket attacks were ineffective. DaNang earned the nickname Rocket City during the Vietnam war, having been attacked over 900 times in 10 years. From 18:00 to 24:00 on the 30th, the 1st Marine Division reported to III MAF over 30 incidents ranging from sightings of large enemy forces, to mortar attacks and a few infantry assaults. According to intelligence reports, on 15 January, Group 44, the forward headquarters of the PAVN/VC Military Region 5, moved from the hills in western Qung Nam Province, to an advance position on G Ni Island. Two of the mortar attacks hit the 1st Cavalry Division helipad near the Force Logistic Command area in the Red Beach Base Area destroying two helicopters and damaging eight others and killing one U.S . The Marines failed to determine whether this mixed force had a specific mission or consisted of remnants from units that had participated in the earlier attack on the I Corps headquarters. [1]:1423, From other sources, the Marine command learned of other ominous measures taken by the PAVN/VC forces in the Da Nang sector. Guards beat off the . Stationed with 1882n Comm Gp., 1969-1970, worked in the Base Comm Center. Elements of the PAVN 368B Rocket Artillery Regiment were in firing positions to the west and northwest of the 7th Marines. In the pursuit, which amounted to a rout, the VC lost nearly 100 dead. One sapper was captured. CriticalPast offers immediate downloads of full-resolution HD and SD masters and full-resolution time-coded screeners, 24 hours a day, to serve the needs of broadcast news, TV, film, and publishing professionals worldwide. Beginning their attack about 03:00, two companies of the V-25th Battalion used the noise of firecrackers set off and general firing by Tt celebrants to cover their approach. At Da Nang city the Military Region's main force 2nd Division, sapper battalions, the Quang Da province local force battalions and mass forces participating in the political struggle had been preparing since October 1967. Air Vietnam also used the facility from 1951 to 1975 for civilian domestic and international flights within Southeast Asia. 15 July 1967Unknown number of VC attacks Da Nang air base in Quang Nam Province with an estimated 50 rounds of suspected 122mm rockets. The fighting during the preceding week had drawn down the strength of the ARVN and the two Marine battalions and the PAVN 2nd Division still had uncommitted units that it could throw into the fray. On my second combat hop on the 14th I flew below 500 feet for 30 minutes 5 to 10 miles south of Da Nang searching for rocket launching sites. Built by the Colonial French government of Indochina in 1949, it became a training school for Vietnamese pilots. CAP Q-4 there continued to hold out. [1]:159, On the ground in the 7th Marines sector, PAVN units hit several of the CAPs, especially in the 3rd and 1st Battalion areas. Even at Marble Mountain the damage was relatively contained. According to Marine intelligence reports, on 9 February, the 2nd Division moved its headquarters back to the Go Noi from its more forward positions. Other enemy rocketeers took the Force Logistic Command compound under fire. West runway cratered, east runway open. The Marines assaulted the island and the fighting continued throughout the night and into the next morning. [1]:1456, At 03:00 the PAVN/VC hit even closer to the Marine command nerve center at Da Nang. Darkness prevented any accurate bomb assessment. Bldg. [1]:1523, The rest of the enemy efforts in the Da Nang area and TAOR were about as haphazard and relatively ineffective as the fight on the unnamed island. The PAVN obviously were bringing the local VC main force units up to strength, even if to do so they had to bring in replacements from the north. "[1]:143, Throughout the Da Nang area of operations, the PAVN/VC began to move into attack positions. He arrived with 19 other soldiers, eight of whom were embalmers. Tony Dostal arrived in Vietnam at the Air Force Base in Da Nang aboard a C-141 transport plane on Friday, Aug. 30, 1968. Da Nang Air Base was one of the major air bases used for offensive air operations within South Vietnam and for the support of USMC and ARVN forces. Rummage radioed back that the AC-47 caught about 50 PAVN crossing a stream and the recon Marines could observe rounds hitting all around them. 45 USAF/USMC KIA, 10 aircraft destroyed , 41 aircraft damaged, and 13 barracks destroyed. Below the Marine battalions, the ROKMC 2nd Marine Brigade secured the Hi An sector and the southeastern approaches above the Ky Lam River to Da Nang Air Base. Noting the new web gear and weapons with the PAVN bodies left on the battlefield, Marine intelligence officers believed the PAVN unit to be from the 31st Regiment. Pictures of Danang 10. Able to establish clear fields of fire in the rice paddy where the heaviest firefight occurred, the PAVN prevented the 7th Marines elements from closing with them. (L to R) Attack of 13 April 1972. The Marines killed two and wounded the third. PAVN/VC gunners then replied with a mortar barrage, which resulted in two Marine dead and two wounded. The mortar attacks resulted in only five wounded and none killed among the Marine defenders. At first light, a Marine reaction force found enemy blood trails. Results of a rocket attack on Da Nang air base: revetment area building The fighting within the compound continued until daylight. Photographer: Unknown Nng Air Base, AKA: Rocket City, often had more than six Silk-Moons of false dawn orbiting the base. The PAVN fought a delaying action as they began to withdraw. See our A-Level Essay Example on Vietnam war, Modern European History, 1789-1945 now at Marked By Teachers. About 50 minutes later, another recon team, Air Hose, about 2,000 meters to the northeast of Saddle Bag, saw more than 50 enemy troops moving eastward. Other units included the 402nd Sapper Battalion, the VC V-25th Battalion and other VC local forces. Milantoni replied, "General Lm just gave it. One of the nicest persons died there on the day he was turning his outside plant tool kit. The provisional company linked up with two ARVN Ranger companies that were operating in the area to contain the battalion from the PAVN 4th Regiment which had slipped through the Hi Vn Pass the night before. Further, the National Police reported that VC local leaders from Qung Tn, Qung Nam and Qung Ngi Provinces met in a base area in the hills of northern Qung Ngi to plan attacks on Chu Lai and on Qung Ngi City. It was damaged by the fire of the adjacent aircraft (BuNo 152588) on the night of 29-30 January 1968. The Marines evacuated the survivor to the Naval Support Activity hospital where he died of his wounds. The air base at Da Nang was, therefore, a particularly enticing target. This fighting would continue in a desultory fashion throughout the night. The Snack Bar was halfway between the barracks and Base Comm. Company G repulsed a number of probes throughout the night until the PAVN broke contact at dawn. Finally there were rumors that the other two regiments of the 2nd Division, the VC 1st and the PAVN 3rd, had infiltrated even further north. At that point, three fixed-wing aircraft and four helicopter gunships then bombed and strafed the enemy column. [1]:154, Throughout the Da Nang TAOR, the intensity of activity increased during the night. Four ARVN M113 armored personnel carriers reinforced by a reconnaissance squad maneuvered to contain the attackers. Narrative: Possibly the worst ground aviation accident of Vietnam War occurs on March 23 1967 at Da Nang Air Base, South Vietnam, when traffic controller clears US Marine Corps Grumman A-6A Intruder, BuNo 152608, of VMA(AW)-242, MAG-11, for takeoff, but also clears USAF Lockheed C-141A-LM Starlifter, 65-9407, of the 62nd Military Airlift Wing, McChord AFB, Washington, to cross runway. Rockey then ordered a platoon from his Company K to reinforce Company G. By the end of the day, the elements of the four Marine companies had established their night positions. In the assault, the PAVN/VC killed four Marines and wounded another seven before withdrawing. I called all the regiments and battalions and the same was happening to them. Bringing up two artillery platoons , the ARVN gunners lowered their pieces and fired pointblank at the VC. U.S. estimates of PAVN/VC casualties ranged between 1,200 and 1,400 dead. Reinforced by the remainder of Company L and two platoons from Company M together with two tanks and an LVTP-5, the Marines engaged the PAVN. Its two runways accommodated a take-off or landing every 60 seconds. [1]:160, The fighting continued during the night and into the next day. One of the companies captured a German missionary hospital in the city and the other hit the rear base of the ARVN 51st Regiment, the Chi Lng Camp, garrisoned by the ARVN 102nd Engineer Battalion. Although the Koreans and the ARVN surrounded most of the city, the VC still were able to keep their southern flank open. The PAVN/VC attacked a Marine bunker and ran through the Communications Support Company area throwing grenades and Satchel charges in the living quarters. The artillery fired another salvo, which caused a large secondary explosion. In Vietnam this rocket comprised one of the primary means of inflicting standoff attacks against airfields and other . [1]:149, About 5,000 meters to the east, in Hi An, however, PAVN/VC forces gained somewhat the upper hand. According to this former member of the VC 401st Regimental Security Guard, local VC cadre stated that "the war had lasted too long and the Front had to seek a good opportunity to stage a great offensive that would bring the war to an early end." Two members of a VC engineering company, also in the Da Nang area, later recounted that nearly 80 percent of their unit was from North Vietnam. Lm arrived at the headquarters compound shortly after dawn. The attacks were repulsed by combined United States Marine Corps (USMC), United States Army, Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) and Republic of Korea Marine Corps (ROKMC) forces with the PAVN/VC suffering heavy losses. The most eastern of the battalions, the 2nd, shared its area with the 3rd Amphibian Tractor Battalion, which was responsible for the coastal sand flats south of Marble Mountain. The artillerymen sustained two wounded and some equipment damage, but escaped relatively unscathed. Covered revetments to protect F-4s from rocket attacks -1969 [ Bob Kaatman photo ] American down as Marines arrive on scene just outside perimeter of DaNang AFB. However, because we did not have a firm grasp on the situation, our preparations had been cursory, the movement of our forces forward to seize attack positions had not been well organized and because enemy forces were too numerous and responded fiercely when we attacked, the forces that attacked the city on the night of 29-30 January were unable to seize their assigned objectives. Nine USAF personnel were killed during the barrage and 128 others were wounded, 40 of them requiring hospitalization. Finally the PAVN broke contact at 20:00 and disappeared. NMCB-7 sends a Disaster. While making for a loud and colorful pyrotechnic display, the explosions caused no casualties and no damage to any of the aircraft. In the northern sector of Da Nang, PAVN/VC main force troops entered Nam O once again and killed the hamlet chief. [1]:153, The most serious ground attack against a Marine unit occurred in the western portion of the Da Nang TAOR just below the Ty Loan and Cu Rivers near the eastern bank of the Yn River. Attacks on DaNang Air Base "Rocket City" Information in this table is extracted from, Appendix I, "Air Base Defense in the Republic of Vietnam, 1960-1973" by Roger P. Fox. According to Marine intelligence sources, Rummage may well "have rendered a reinforced battalion combat ineffective, forcing the enemy to modify his plans at a critical time." A Company E, 2/3 Marines squad patrol in its regular area of operations just east of the confluence of the Thanh Qut and Vnh in River came under attack from an estimated squad of enemy. Because of an air observer on station, the Marine gunners checked their fire. Battle in Vietnam involving the United States in early 1968, Learn how and when to remove this template message, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tet_offensive_attacks_on_Da_Nang&oldid=1098267255, Battles of the Vietnam War involving the United States, Battles and operations of the Vietnam War in 1968, Battles and operations of the Vietnam War, Articles needing additional references from August 2021, All articles needing additional references, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 15 July 2022, at 01:30. English: A damaged U.S. Marine Corps Grumman A-6A Intruderof Marine All-Weather Attack Squadron 242 (VMA(AW)-242) "Bats" at Da Nang Air Base, Vietnam, 30 January 1968. He personally believed the plans were impractical and deserted at the first chance he had. 149 likes. The Front announced that the 1968 Tt greeting of "Chairman Ho [Chi Minh] is actually a combat order for our entire Army and population. The Marine squad was about to establish a night ambush site when a PAVN force of about 100 fired upon them. [1]:156, The Da Nang Northern Sector Defense Command dispatched a provisional company to assist the CAP Marines as well as the security detachment. III Marine Amphibious Force (III MAF) had its headquarters at Hill 327 west of the Air Base, while ARVN I Corps had its headquarters north of the Air Base. [1]:150, By this time, General Robertson had taken measures to bolster the ARVN south of the Cau Dau. Throughout the day, however, Marine units throughout the TAOR reported incidents. According to the prisoner accounts, they were from the PAVN 3rd Battalion, 31st Regiment and confirmed that "Da Nang itself was the ultimate objective. Vietnam Rocket City 1971-1972, Palm Bay, FL. [1]:1467, About 05:45, the 1st Division learned that the VC squad in the I Corps headquarters compound had disengaged and took its casualties with it. They collected some 200 people that they detained for further questioning. The VC continued to hold the hospital, however, and part of the engineer compound. Another platoon from the Marine company also reinforced the engaged troops about an hour later. [1]:153, The attack on the western perimeter was probably the most serious thrust against Marine positions on the day and evening of 30 January. The 391 rockets that hit the base itself the figure was 69 in 1971killed four United States. In the extensive Da Nang TAOR, the early morning hours of 31 January were almost a repeat of the events of the 30th. Suspected excavations camouflaged with tree branches were seen on a peninsula 6 miles southwest of Da Nang. In the northeast, near the Force Logistic Command sector, villagers from Nam (160654N 1080744E / 16.115N 108.129E / 16.115; 108.129) just south of the strategic Nam Bridge, told PF troops, members of the CAP Q-4 platoon, that the VC planned to attack the CAP compound. Doc, as his friends called him, was one of 58,200 Americans that died during the Vietnam War. Other disturbing intelligence tended to confirm this analysis. The 3/5 Marines were landed and immediately came under heavy automatic and small arms fire from the island. One rocket struck this barracks, but the man in this room survived by . Robertson shared these concerns with General Robert E. Cushman Jr., the III MAF commander. [1]:157, About 5,000 meters to the northwest, later that night, a squad from Company C, 1/7 Marines encountered an enemy force possibly from the same PAVN regiment. ARVN intelligence officers speculated that the battalion from the PAVN 4th Regiment was supposed to have spearheaded the attack on the city of Da Nang the previous day, but arrived too late to influence the battle. Instead of calling artillery fire immediately, the reconnaissance Marines arranged with Battery K, 4/11 Marines and a detachment of the 3rd 155mm Gun Battery at An Ha for an "artillery ambush." Finally, according to Marine intelligence officers, another "very reliable source" flatly stated "that the time of attack throughout MR (Military Region) 5 would be" at 01:30 and no later than 02:00 on 30 January. [1]:153, The Marines now counterattacked supported by artillery and Marine gunships and fixed-wing air. By daybreak, the engineers held their own and the situation in Hi An was at a stalemate. 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