Vietnam War Timeline

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3 June 1970
Bravo 2/35th
Submitted by: Jim "Doc" Hall

On June 2, 1970 Bravo Co. was CA\'d off of FSB Lance. 1st platoon along with elements of the mortar platoon (which were integrated into various platoons during our incursion into Cambodia in May) and the CP were inserted into a low hilly area which was fairly heavily covered in mixed bamboo and hardwood trees. The area at the fringes where we were inserted had a couple of clearings that appeared to have been made by farmers. In fact the LZ where we were inserted was actually a corn field. This is probably the only corn field that I ever remember seeing in Vietnam.

After insertion we moved slightly down hill and crossed a deep irrigation ditch which separated the corn field with a larger clear area. This area looked like it was being prepared as a \"potato\" field. The opening was probably just a little larger than a football field.

We cut across the corner of this filed and moved up hill through a fairly thick stand of bamboo and then into a hardwood stand as the hill leveled off. Here we set up a night logger.

During the day on June 3 we sent out sweeps but maintained the night logger from the night before. At about 1600 a shot or two rang out from one of our OP positions. After the usual initial lull in the response fire I called out to find if anyone was injured. I got a positive response from the OP position and worked my way to the fringe of the perimeter. Here I found the injured man, Kenneth Bone. He had a wound in his leg that was not life threatening but did require a dust off. I bandaged him quickly and we carried him down the hill to the \"Potato\" field clearing and placed him on the dust off with no further problems.

By this time it was pretty late and we settled back down in the same night logger as the night before. That wakeful evening was filled by reports of movement from the LP\'s but no further contact occurred that evening.