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34 28 January 1969
1/35th
Submitted by: Dave Fogg
3rd Bde 4th Inf Div
Bn (1/35) Forward Fire Base
LZ Charmaine YA999219
Unit Locations:
A 1/35 LZ Brigit YA025160
B 1/35 OPCON to 1/14
C 1/35 LZ Brigit YA035160
D 1/35 LZ Charmaine YA999219
Recon OPCON 1/14
4.2\" OPCON 1/14
B Co 4th platoon 1/14 LZ Charmaine YA999219
2/9 Artillery radar LZ Charmaine YA999219
Summary: Log opened at 0001 hours 28 January 1969. Unit locations: At LZ Charmaine YA999219, Battalion Headquarters (Forward); D Company, 4.2\" mortar platoon 1/14 Inf, 4.2 mortar platoon 1/35 Inf, Recon platoon 1/14 Inf, counter-mortar section from the 2/9 artillery; B Company 4th platoon 1/14 Inf; At LZ Brigit YA025160; C Company, A Company; OPCON units; B Company OPCON to 1/14 Inf; At LZ Oasis Headquarters and Headquarters Company Support (S-4 Froward); At Base Camp (Camp Enari); Battalion Headquarters (Rear).
At 1010 hours 28 January 1969 C Company departed LZ Brigit to an AO for a five day operation, A & D companies will provide one platoon for a security force to the 1/69 Armor on 29 January 1969.
At 1635 hours 28 January 1969, C Company reported that they were in contact at grid ZA057165, believed to be an enemy squad and a machine gun and they broke contact at 1650 hours. No enemy casualties were reported, one (1) WIA from C Company, gunships were employed (artillery too slow), at 1727 hours 1/10 Cav came on station with 2 gunships and a scout section, at 1807 hours an LOH from the scout section was shot down by an AK-47, the bird did not burn and there were no casualties, the chopper went down at grid ZA059165. The two platoons that were to go OPCON to the 1/69 Armor will go to LZ Janet, second platoon of D Company and the Rock Quarry (3d platoon of A Company).
1635 hours (C) C Co is in contact at grid 057165 they were moving along the river when they heard automatic weapons fire from the northeast approximately 500-700 meters at the same time C Co was hit with automatic weapons fire (machine gun fire) from an estimated enemy squad from the ridge, contact was broken at 1650 hours, 1 US WIA, they are trying to employ artillery at this time.
1655 hours (C) Requested gunships from Bde and also requested a C & C bird at 1645 hours.
1713 hours (C) C Co is moving two platoons in two different directions at this time.
1718 hours (C) Bn CO is airborne with the artillery LNO at this time.
1727 hours (C) 1/10 Cav with 2 gunships and scouts (LOH) contact area ETA 05 minutes.
1735 hours (C) 1/10 Cav guns are on station at this time.
1743 hours (C) Negative artillery employed at this time.
1758 hours (C) 1/10 Cav CO will pick up the WIA from C Co location and he will take him to the Oasis.
1807 hours (C) An LOH belonging to the 1/10 Cav was downed by AK-47 fire, LOH did not burn, there were no casualties reported and there are friendly troops in the area, they are around the downed aircraft at grid 059165.
1815 hours (C) Requested an urgent Dust-Off from Bde for C Co.
1830 hours (C) Artillery is being employed and the gunships are expending at this time.
1831 hours (C) Dust-Off 35 is on station.
1834 hours (C) C Co 3d platoon is securing the downed aircraft (LOH) at this time.
1835 hours (C) From the Bn CO: Shamrock 45 was the bird that went down and as soon as the Dust-Off is complete all elements will move to the LOH and 1/10 Cav will try and extract the bird that went down.
1854 hours (C) LOH from the 1/10 Cav was at an altitude of 10 feet and he was going about 3-5 knots, he does not know how many rounds he received.
1908 hours (C) Bird (LOH Shamrock) was picked up at this time.
1915 hours (C) 1/10 Cav Shamrock guns and ships have departed the contact area at this time.
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