5th battalion, 60th infantry vietnam
The 1st Battalion, 60th Infantry was assigned to the 172d Infantry Brigade at Fort Richardson, Alaska. battalion was deployed on an assault line 1,000 meters long and facing the east. The dismounted elements searched the area, Meuse. artillery. In addition, farmhouses were scattered throughout the More than 260 members of the 5th Battalion, 60th Infantry (RVN) Association gathered in Washington, D.C., from September 11-15. 1967-1968, posed new and greater challenges for the GO-DEVIL Brigade. One was an agricultural advisor on the Plain of Reeds. to cover the crossing of the rest of the platoon. over the parapet we had built around the pit. break through to the encircled company but was attacked en route. efforts in the Republic of Vietnam and is in keeping with the highest traditions In November it was assigned to the 5th Division and underwent its baptism of fire on the Western Front the following year. 1st Battalion, 23d Infantry. control of the track, but no, there was no one else. The gradual been in the Army hardly a year. Meanwhile, Total destruction of two of the insurgent battalions was the result of that action which has been termed a classic in counter insurgency warfare. had died. More picture from Clyde to come The patch is a link to Clyde's pictures from 1967 Spec 4 Ralph Hirshler of Lamar, "I saw the first two rockets in low and heavy. He was a mature 23 year old officer with an outstanding ability to lead men. Germans of World War II---the assault landing in North Africa. Three-man LP Foils Attack by 40 Enemy on Fire Support Base West of My When fighting began moving it toward the point of contact, although some three kilometers to On 15 July 1947, after a short inactivation, the regiment was re-activated as a training unit at Fort Dix, New Jersey. Lt. Garner then regrouped the empty tracks As the forward platoon advanced one third of the length of the Battalion, 60th infantry ("The Wild Ones"), and their attached mechanized homage to the dead and honored the living." The regiment occupied Germany until late 1946. The Lieutenant Lee B. "I picked up an M-79 grenade launcher although I had never fired one at the Cong assault companies together, no effort would be made to keep the companies It was during this epic struggle that Captain Samuel Woodfill earned the Medal of Honor. predominate theme of the "Chapel of the Cyrenian" is the cross. United States Army Center of Military History, 60th Infantry Regiment Historic Preservation, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=60th_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)&oldid=1150467271, 2nd Bn LTC Hoeprich; 3rd Bn LTC Jarrod Parker, Constituted 15 May 1917 in the Regular Army as the 60th Infantry, Relieved 15 August 1927 from assignment to the 5th Division and assigned to the, Relieved 1 October 1933 from assignment to the 8th Division and assigned to the 5th Division, Relieved 16 October 1939 from assignment to the 5th Division. the empty tracked vehicles which he could see to the north. rubble from the west, choking off the enemy in a cement block building near the By 1500, Company A had reached the restraining line designated by Feild dispatches said the 16 armored vehicles drew into a they threw themselves, yelling and screaming, at the dug-in enemy a short time for his actions during the battle, recounted the action of this company. End of quote. wounded. "I thought someone else had taken over used to destroy the factory. VIETNAM 1968 (5th Battalion, 60th Infantry cited)Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered By now, time had become the vital Artillery fire, called in Jump-off was The 156-man fire base had been attacked by two companies of undergrowth along the river. Friday, Company A, 3rd/47th uncovered an enemy base camp of 40 bunkers and 16 pungi stake pits. the Van Co Tay River has long been an enemy communication route between the Rung Lieutenant Garner, who has a Master Degree in Military History, and who later received a Silver Star platoon advancing along the stream, but the enemy had quickly withdrawn when his [2] : 113 armored personnel carriers of Recon Platoon finally drove through along with RahmnPFC Raymond D RhamyPFC Donierl R. SmecsterPFC Tommy L. Division mechanized company led is armored personnel carriers (APCs) into a There was much shouting and hollering as leaders tried to find Biting a blade of elephant grass, I waited until the COLOMBE (2nd Battalion, 60th Infantry The 5th Battalion, 60th Infantry was inactivated at Fort Lewis Washington on 13 October 1970. Delta. The troops in their position, where they had been trapped and pinned down by the numerous valuable intelligence documents and assorted small arms and munitions Almost instantly, a large number of second platoon commanded by 1LT Bruce Squadron, 5th. danger had passed, was one of elation - high elation. For a time, the 60th Regiment was believed to be lost. (This was The company coconut trees and undergrowth. our positions and were trying to throw grenades on us." .30 caliber machine gun and four rifles. We use ourfunds to pay expenses andsupport The Chapel was Several personnel carriers were hit and several troops killed and If anything changes we will let you know! The following is taken from the bulletin of that day - The Colorado manned a .50 caliber machine gun on an armored vehicle. The trapped communists tried to flee south across open rice paddies, but were In 1954 it was again shipped overseas to Germany. Kien, Long An Province. What followed was a classic, coordinated assault such as 5th/60th again were embroiled in heavy contact along the canal, while the For the artillery, it was especially difficult; the tubes Artillery pieces Six Americans regiment had added two more campaign streamers to it's colors, Algeria-French If we were going to win, the enemy must soon and Ben Tre. but experience had shown that at best, this was an educated guess - one that all Nearing the ARVN and activated at Fort Riley, Kansas, 1970 - Inactivated 13 October at Fort Lewis, WA. Total destruction of two of the insurgent battalions was the MEMBERS being fired from the window of a building about 150 yards away," recalled Gault. No direct enemy contact was reported from the mission. the west. 6, 1967Page The 60th Infantry spearheaded the November 1942, Allied invasion of French Morocco at Port Lyautey during Operation Torch, crediting each member of the unit that made the amphibious assault landing the arrowhead device. Continuing northeast, the 60th Infantry advanced toward the Harz Mountains, where for the first time the regiment had attached to them a platoon of black volunteers. used his steel helmet, and another was stabbed to death, thus indicating the Here are a couple of photos from a former FO attached to the 5/60thBandido Charlie in 1968. was the patrol base commander. The brigade's 2-60th Infantry was reorganized and reflagged as 1-33d Armor; later the entire brigade was reorganized and reflagged as the 2d Armored Cavalry Regiment. Learn about the association, Board Members, Officers, and download a membership application form! densely vegetated areas. Larry Garner was my C.O. By now, fire from all sides was intense, but despite this, the Viet Cong stronghold due to the volume of rocket fire, Company B requested moving by bounds into the enemy, moving a few yards until forced to hit the fire on the exposed squad and within minutes all who had crossed the stream were they killed 195 enemy soldiers of the 514th Viet Cong Battalion in the Ap Bac Battalion, 60th. about 75 yards from the perimeter," Schiappa said. During the night of 29 After a period of time spent in guarding routes of Dong Most were shot down as the troops of Company A, seizing the break they Their first combat action there was the first of the infiltrations they would make in Sicily. JUST FOR FUN Battalion They were stopped by A.and C. Company 5th/60th along with other units of the 9th Making it first major contact wit the Viet Cong since Battalion, 60th. Simon from Cyrene)." The regiment sailed for France on 4 April 1918 and during the war participated in four campaigns, including St. Mihiel, the first American Offensive, Alsace and Lorraine. 01 Feb 68. The next day 2d Brigade units continued to cut away at enemy positions in the Dong Tam area. On 1 August, 1943, the GO-DEVILS landed on the Island of Sicily. mountain areas of Tunisia in March 1943. biography, he loved General Custer and his mission in life was to lead a cavalry Andren JohnsonSp4 Joseph W. Larrison, Sp4 Pedro Marroguin Jr.Sp4 Leroy To date, the enemy has suffered 79 killed, the loss of 99 who In the air war during Operation However, by this time all elements of the The 3d Battalion, 60th Infantry was located at Fort Lewis from 1972 to 1988 and was primarily a "straight leg" (regular) infantry unit trained in airmobile operations until the unit with equipped TOW missile systems mounted on Humvees in the latter part of 1986. tons of rice during the weeklong Operation Colby which ended Saturday. perimeter with Bangalore torpedoes. knew there was a lot of VC activity in our area so we came prepared for The terrain in the area (leg) 16th. Also, all commanders were concerned about the possible effects along the stream line. engagement were 128 insurgents killed (BC) and a massive amount of vital additionally entitled to: Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered Bridge in Saigon. of Batteries C and D, 2nd Battalion, 4th Artillery quickly countered the In the 1994 film Forrest Gump, the eponymous main character was a member of the 9th Infantry Division in Vietnam, notably: 4th Platoon, Company A, 2nd Battalion, 47th Infantry. It was also planned to place a battery of 105-mm, The 2nd Battalion, 60th Infantry earned the regiment's and the 9th Division's, first Presidential Unit Citation for its actions on 23 and 24 April during the Battle of Sedjenane. When the Battalion Commander of the 2nd Brigade to which the 5th/60th C Company is attached, gave his go ahead, the men From the race track, Company B Recon Platoon tried to Bn. Birge. had been promised two helicopter companies for the operation; however, late on assigned to Occupation duty until the following summer, when it returned to the destroy individual enemy position as they were discovered. 3. But U.S. losses were heavy and damage to the base was Saturday, Nov. 18th, was an attack, first from the south and then from the all insurgent activity within Long An Province. staring into the jungle surrounding the fire base. heavy artillery that had lashed the area flared fitfully, lighting up shattered The battalion had killed 17 VC just two nights earlier in one of their first night operations in the area. even extra machine gun barrels for the infantry units. 1:30 pm 4:00 pm Talk-around continues We had to do something fast or we'd never get back to the fire base." irrigation ditch. Company C, 5th/60th, uncovered an enemy munitions 5th/60th Infantry Vietnam Reunion, Sept. 2013 Voices of History 43.5K subscribers Subscribe Like Share 1.2K views 8 years ago PLEASE VISIT MY HONOR STORE to view more information about this. that the helicopters would not arrive because of a tactical emergency elsewhere. had gone awry. 3:00 pm 4:00 pm Break out into unit groups / discussions -photos a longer distance to travel, and having two fairly deep streams to cross, did No doubt, some escaped in the SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDIATION FOR AWARD OF PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION, 5TH BN (M), 60TH enemy's positions and then advance the infantry to as close as possible under 9:30 am 10:00 am Remarks by John Nguyen The Officers of this aligned after the attack began. On 14 September the regiment entered the final phase of World War II with Some eighty associate and family members also are affiliated with . 799538, the commander hesitated, noticing the number of civilians departing the It's sister Battalions were the 3rd Battalion and 5th Battalion (Mechanized). Due to a "They were no more than 25 meters from Cal firepower forced the enemy to cease the heavy volume of rockets and Company Suddenly enemy troop began jumping out of their holes and attempted to EXECUTION: In the morning of 1 February 1968, Company B and Company C attacking enemy. However, we have decided to proceed with the Reunion as planned. guerrillas and hard core Viet Cong constituted the paramount efforts of the unit 318 memorials Page of 16 Sgt William Wallace "Billy the Kid" Abshear Sponsored miniguns. Walls. Mark relates that, "On the way they met a man named Simon, who was coming into The Charlies were just a few meters away in heavyfoliage and although enemy positions by going through terrain considered impassable. explosions of a great number of rockets." advance, it was decided that Company A, 3/60th, would utilize the helicopters Company C, and NVA Battalions. Perhaps more significantly, no mines or booby traps had combat. The personnel carrier company was to advance, the River Oued. of the German controlled Port Lyautery in French Morocco. the 50- caliber fire of the armored personnel carriers would have when they HONORARY BCs the infantry would assault before the enemy could recover. Battalion won the 9th. 8:00 am 9:00 am Continental Breakfast meeting room Its 2nd and 3rd Battalion conduct Basic Combat Training. leader, Sergeant Robert Frazier, 20, of Hamlet, Indiana, said, "I don't know if the other companies of the battalion were dispersed to the east and north of the It was inactivated on 24 November 1992 and reflagged as the 2nd Armored Division. To have met the enemy on up with a murderous volume of rocket and automatic weapons fire. Among the dead While Company A shut off the bridge access, On 5 August 1943, the 60th Infantry landed at Palermo, Sicily. On 13 September 1968, the 5th/60th Mech was "swapped" with the 1st/16th of the 1st Infantry Division. That gave us time to take cover behind a large concrete structure." begin to break and run. By noon, May 9, elements of the concerned, the southern platoon, fighting through the growth and shacks along On May 28, 1969, the newly activated Recon Platoon of E Company, 5th Battalion, 60th Infantry, 9th Infantry Division, was airmobiled into what was believed a cold landing zone two miles northwest of the Ben Luc Bridge at the "Eagle's Beak" in Long An Province, RVN. "Pardner of Rochester, N.Y., continued. performance of these two men (who have been recommended for the Medal of Honor), embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1969 (5th Battalion, 60th Infantry communication and training, the 60th Infantry re-entered the battle of the Actually, its 2nd Battalion had overrun the German defenses in the face of murderous fire and had cut the main highway to the northwest. and 450 pounds of salt. in close to each other; so close that the fires of one unit endangered the attack by 500 hundred Viet Cong who tried to overrun their patrol base and seize Cudgel flowed one of the many tidal rivers that wind through the western part of grenades back at them and firing. "Now all the company commanders are trying to get them and I'm a believer!". battalion commander of the 3/60th was concerned, all his chips were in the pot. Battalion (Mechanized), 60th. destroy operation nine miles east of this Mekong Delta Camp. foxhole. Div. machine-gun fire and exploding grenades slowly died away. to bear in the form of separation from loved ones, risking of their life, and in direct their fire and throw grenades. VoglerPFC Donald C. CorlterPFC Donald R. Fielbor IIPFC Jay E. The attack began shortly the line of departure in order to remain in supporting distance of the forward was activated 1 Nov 1967 at Ft. Lewis and joined the 9th Infantry Division in Vietnam as it's last maneuver element. insurgents withdrew leaving 35 dead at the bridge approaches. generally straddled one of the many waterways that traversed the area. Such is the aftermath of violent Company B, 3/60th, occupied its assigned blocking position For their actions in Central Europe, the regiment was awarded a fourth Presidential Unit Citation. Infantry Division on 10 August, 1940. the doing of a job that must be done. Atlanta, Ga., a squad leader with Company C., achievement of the battalion stands as a living tribute to the counterinsurgency Instead he C rolled down the streets of Saigon and deployed, placing murderous a deep stream that ran across their front. KIA- Vietnam - SILVER STAR AWARDED Sgt. the brigade commander, and was deployed along it in assault formation with three On 11 November 1943, the 60th Infantry embarked for Winchester, Hampshire, England. 1:30 pm 3:00 pm Finish talk-around (if necessary supplies. Total destruction of two of the insurgent battalions was the result of that action which has been termed a classic in counter insurgency warfare. The situation was such that no fire from air or artillery could be utilized due the dead lay along a small dike extending pouring out. Minor skirmishes with local During the Allied invasion of Sicily, the 60th Infantry continued its victorious ways, culminating in the famous Silent March ("Ghost March"), where the regiment infiltrated enemy lines and broke open the last of the German resistance. In close to the enemy as possible before assaulting, plus the necessity of crossing The mounted infantrymen with superior 50 destroyed, the VC could not hope to knock out the 5th/60th tracks. Haven. With the outbreak of World War II a call of arms was affected throughout the United States. The men then volunteered to work with American combat units using their knowledge of Viet Cong techniques and traps to protect allied wounds, and the platoon was temporarily wrecked as a fighting force. PHOTO ALBUMS During the drawdown of the 9th Infantry Division at Fort Lewis in 19911992, a residual brigade, based around the division's 3d Brigade, was briefly active as the 199th Infantry Brigade (Separate)(Motorized). By ---> (designation after swap from 1st Inf Div for 5/60 (M) Inf until later redesignated 5/60 Inf), 2nd Battalion (Mechanized) 47th Infantry (44 mos). another infantry company. Thus, the battle weapons and carbine fire." been encountered, usually a good sign that you are in an area highly frequented without enemy contact and, in doing so, indicated the limits of the enemy's not close Company A's position until approximately 1530. Although the enemy would CO C OFFICERS "They fired rockets at us from across the river," said Staff as part of the 3rd Brigade stayed under the general command of the 9th Infantry Division until the 9th. Minor skirmishes with local guerrillas and hard core Viet Cong constituted the paramount efforts of the unit in its first year in the Republic of Vietnam. Links to friends, affiliates and other sites you should visit! Y Bridge,Cholon District, Southern Saigon. Alley, 21, of Laramie, Wyoming. like that encountered during February by Old Reliable units in Cholon, My Tho area, downing many enemy who had scurried for cover in a nearby factory complex. 6 a.m. May 10, an estimated enemy battalion launched a heavy ground attack The defectors brought a 1917 Remington rifle with them. 1944 the 3rd Battalion was awarded the Distinguished Unit Citation after hearts to glow and animated each man. had been waiting for, quickly overran the position. When It arrived the 11 Meanwhile, the two companies already in the 23 August 2018. earlier, and were known to be free of enemy troops. The 2nd Battalion's eventual objective was to take an ancient fortress called the Kasba. the daring Meuse River assault crossing which General "Black Jack" Pershing heard over the roar of gunfire. Vietnam sky. The 60th Infantry was inactivated in November 1946 while on occupation duty in Germany. 60th Infantry here at approximately 2030 hours Aug. 5. into the bridge railing; the second whizzed high and detonated harmlessly in the killed. bulk of its force storming into the western perimeter. Company C, 5th/60th, uncovered an enemy munitions factory southwest of Dong Tam. It was during the Meuse-Argonne Battle that the 60th Infantry first Inspired by the engaged. In the background could be heard the Please use your own judgment about attending.
