Vietnam Firebase/LZ Data Base

Thanks to Don 'SGT Snuffy' Smith I now have available an extensive data base on Fire bases and LZ's for the entire South Vietnam area. Don is an ex-grunt who served with C Co. and Recon Platoon, 1/52 Infantry and has spent many hours in research in putting this data base together. We hope to have the data base up on our web site's History Section soon but in the meantime, copies of this data base can be emailed to any veteran and historian by emailing your web master. Thanks Don for a job well done! (6/21/08)

In The News Again

Our Regiment will be featured again in a major publication soon. The Wiedner History Group, publishers of 'Vietnam' magazine has scheduled an article featuring A Battery, 1-82nd, in its June issue. Written by yours truely the article titled 'Night Attack at Kham Duc' deals with one of the most costly attacks deliverd against a 1-82nd unit during its deployment to Vietnam (1968-72). (01/14/09).

Update from Iraq

I've received an new email from 1Lt. Jmaes Morrison, S3 with the 1st Btn. in Iraq. They have now moved from FOB Hammer in the Mada'in Qada and COP Casha South region of Iraq to the Taji area north of Bagdad. The Lt. reports that A Battery is still are serving mainly as 'motorized artillery infantry' performing convoy securit, counter_IED missions and working with its Iraqi Army partners. B Battery however is doing fire support missions while Golf Battery is taking care of Logistics and performing patrols. I have an email address so let me know if you want to contact the Battalion. (10/15/09

Another 3rd Battalion Iraq Casualty

More sad news of the death of another 3rd Battalion Warrior has been forwarded to us. As previously reported Leroy Webster of Sioux Falls, SD was killed in action on 25 April and Christopher Kurth was reported killed in action in Iraq by small arms fire. Kurth was attached to 3rd Battalion from G Co. 15th Brigade Support. The latest news is that SSG Johnny R. Polk died on 25 July at Lundstahl Germany from wounds received July 23 when his vehicle was hit by an RPG round. (8/03/09)

3rd Battalion History Data

Thanks to several veterans we now have several important documents relating to the history of the 3rd Battalion in Vietnam. This includes the unit history of the battalion and a number of documents relating to B Battery, 3rd Battalion's participation in Operation Gimlet. The 3rd Battalion was during the Vietnam war a light artillery unit assigned as direct support with the 196th Light Infantry Brigade. Operation Gimlet was the last US infantry operation of the war and B Battery is credited with firing the last US fire mission of that war. Documents on that mission sent to me include photos of the last round fired. (8/03/09)

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