9th Infantry Division Long Range Patrol "E" Co, 50th Inf (ABN)(LRP) "E" Co, 75th Inf (ABN)(RGR) ... Tan An or Dong Tam back in the 1960s and 70s. Headquarters of the 3rd Brigade, 9th Infantry Division at Dong Tam. In Dong Tam, [2]:189, On 1 June 1967, the Mobile Riverine Force (MRF) comprising the 2nd Brigade, 9th Infantry Division and the US Navy River Assault Squadrons 9 and 11 was established at Đồng Tâm. survival, both physical and emotional. The 9th Infantry was the last division to go into Vietnam and the first division to leave. Does anyone else recall this attack? off. DONG TAM – Many 9th Division soldiers stood out by their heroism in the fierce battle on Nov. 18, when forces of the 5th Mechanized Battalion, 60th Infantry and the 2d Battalion, 4th Artillery fought off a furious VC attack on Fire Support Base Cudgel, 25 miles west of here. He threw his name in the ring to become a LRRP and by the end of January 1968, he was accepted. In March 1969 Victor Charlie landed a direct hit on the Dong Tam ammo dump and blew up all of the ammunition stored for the entire 9th Infantry Division. The mobile riverine force was often anchored near the South Vietnamese city of My Tho, or near Dong Tam, the Division base camp, and they conducted operations in coordination with the Navy Seal teams, the South Vietnamese Marines, units of the ARVN 7th Division and River Assault Groups. Everyone had their own Mobile Riverine Force comprising of Navy Squadrons and 9th Infantry Division carry out Operation Truong Cong Dinh in Dong Tam, Vietnam. The 1st Brigade, U.S. 25th Division, was to arrive at Dong Tam on 28 July for commitment under the operational control of the 9th U.S. Division. in the Navy EM Club the night after the ammo dump blew. Apparently, the ammo dump explosion had made the Atlanta newspaper and Mother explosion occurred. August 16, 1967 article from the 9th Infantry Division's newspaper, "The Old Reliable". Brigadier Gunn leaves the building. The soldiers walk along a canal to the village. The world's largest dredge was used to perform that task until Viet Cong sappers planted explosive charges on the dredge one night sending it to the bottom of the river. to see where the rounds had hit, only to be knocked off the fence by the next mortar attacks occurred more nights than not. [1], Due to lack of available dry land, the base was created by dredging from the river. It had been almost a year since the first casualty, Leroy Lynn Miles, of the LRPD. Division headquarters was at Bear Cat Dec 1966 – Jul 1968 and Dong Tam Aug 1968 – Aug 1969. Westmoreland personally took part in site selection. Around midnight of March 26, 1969 after an earlier mortar attack, the base was rocked with a mighty explosion. } When the 9th Infantry Division began phasing out of Vietnam in July 1969, the rangers renamed themselves "Kudzu Rangers" after the operational code word for the close-in defense of Dong Tam. I served with Bravo Company, 4th/47th Battalion, 9th Infantry Division stationed at Camp Bearcat. AB8AU - the 9th Signal Battalion of the 9th Infantry Division, sponsored and operated the station in first at Camp Bear Cat then in Dong Tam. (parseInt(navigator.appVersion) >= 4 ))); U.S. Upon arrival in the country they revamped the M-16 training methods at the 9th Infantry Division training establishment, the Reliable Academy. Access to this area requires government approval. I realize that the Former U.S. military airfield in southern Vietnam, "Headquarters MACV Monthly Summary September 1969", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Đồng_Tâm_Base_Camp&oldid=984008590, Installations of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam, Installations of the United States Army in South Vietnam, Buildings and structures in Tiền Giang Province, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 17 October 2020, at 16:25. 2nd photo is Lt. Hunt relaxing between patrols at Dong Tam - September, 1967. The next day, a friend