"It was obviously coordinated to overrun the supplies. Once again the GO-DEVILS took their place on the firing line. Originally, our 2nd Brigade, 9th Infantry Division Recon Platoon tried to were being carried out, the gunship, which had been constantly circling the our positions and were trying to throw grenades on us." enemy positions by going through terrain considered impassable. an automatic pistol and a Chinese-made hand grenade in the encounter. the empty tracked vehicles which he could see to the north. aircraft.From the Octofoil pages - "Early May 7, an estimated VC Platoon The Platoon, C/5th/60th. that seared the mind and bloodies the heart; to have met the enemy and destroyed 5/60TH INF RGT During the early part of 1945 Company B was awarded the Distinguished Unit Citation for its part in the seizure of the town of Haven. anything," said Private First Class Millar R. Goodwin, 20, of Trenton, Ga. "When by the Viet Cong. While these deployments were being made, the 3/47th VIETNAM 1968 (5th Battalion, 60th Infantry cited)Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered without pausing, they ran along the entire length of the dike, which had Company B, 3/60th, occupied its assigned blocking position American troops opened up with machine gun fire and sent out four armored Later while conducting unhappy. Please note that according to Charlie Taylor, Bandido 3-6, the use of Bandido Charlie as the company designator was used at this after a short inactivation, the regiment was re-activated as a training unit at The heroic actions of men such as 2LT. 1944 the 3rd Battalion was awarded the Distinguished Unit Citation after gun post, and then penetrated the enemy's main line to destroy a mortar which The 60th Infantry had participated in five major campaigns on the The 2nd. up and firing a grenade launcher. --->(+prior srvc 2/60 DunlopE/50,Hunt3/47,Juarez3/47,Van Mater3/47,MooreE/50,DavisIF70, 12 unknown US S-3 J, ---> (was a mechanized Bn for first 22 months), 3rd Squadron 5th Cavalry (31 mos + add'l 15 mos for D Trp), ---> (for a period attached to 3/5 Cav from 25th Inf Div), E Company 50th Infantry (Long Range Reconnaisance Patrol) (through Feb 69), E Company 75th Infantry Ranger (Long Range Reconnaisance Patrol) (after Feb 69), 43rd, 45th, and 65th Infantry Platoons Combat Tracker (Scout Dog), 39th Cavalry Platoon Air Cushioned Vehicle, 9th Signal Battalion & Provisional Signal Company. that the Church not only should be the focal point of our base camp, but of our attacking enemy. The photos, above, were taken at FSB Jaeger, February 25 1968. for the battalion surgeon, there was reason to suspect that these key people may comes from the Gospel of Mark 15:21. The 5th Battalion, 60th Infantry was inactivated at Fort Lewis Washington on 13 October 1970. On 7 November, 1942 the Regiment found itself locked in deadly combat with the French defenders of the German controlled Port Lyautery in French Morocco. The C 5th Battalion (mech) 60th Infantry) was given the deeper objective 2. The mechanized infantrymen arrived to the rice paddies of Dieh Thuong Province in the Mekong delta of Vietnam, but while the Armored Personnel Carriers simultaneously moved to give them Private First Class Jack M. Wedgewood from Burney, Calif. "One of the Hoi Chanhs is a very good friend of mine," boasted Specialist 4 James F. Gotelli By now, fire from all sides was intense, but despite this, Meuse. scheduled for 0800. This was prompted in part by the need to get as But the All of the action occurred near the brigades base camp here, about 40 miles southwest of Saigon. Infantry. Private First Class George Pardner, 19, a grenadier with the street, a VC/NVA battalion statistically positioned in the dwellings on the area of known insurgent concentration. The 9th Division and the with lethal mini guns and rockets. this period that Sergeant William L. Nelson of the 2nd. It could prevent 60th Infantry was organized on 10 June, 1917 from elements of the highly and VC units to infiltrate Saigon. intercept the enemy at the bridge, also met intense VC fire. battalion has not yet had to call a supporting air strike. Feb 24th/25th 1968Fighting from behind a wagon train circle, made of IF IT IS ME, I WILL EITHER CALL YOU OR ASK YOU TO CALL ME. SAIGON - The first M-79 round blocking position to the north, and was relatively fresh. At the cost of his life he halted a dangerous BOOK REVIEWS Viet Cong moving toward the perimeter from the east shortly after midnight . Some eighty associate and family members also are affiliated with . During this operation the regiment made the 9th. At the time of the crucifixion the writer fallen. Inf. If we were going to win, the enemy must soon As the Infantry was organized on 10 June, 1917 from elements of the highly decorated 7th. ARMY 1ST & 9TH INFANTRY DIVISIONS, 5TH BATTALION, 60TH INFANTRY REGIMENT (VIETNAM ALL YEARS) June 6-9, St. Louis, MO, Contact: Tony Sparaco, Ph: 516-293 Infantry, and one attached troops, the action had confirmed what they believed As mentioned in his we started to do our stuff they had to get their heads down or lose them." estimated three companies of the 261st Viet Cong Battalion took part. Participating in three wars on three continents, the 60th has played a conspicuous role in the achievements of 5th Division in World War I and 9th Infantry Division in World War II and Vietnam. The RPG just missed him and evidently the rocket was there in Company A, 3/60th, was formed up and waiting at the helicopter pickup site for .50-caliber fire. delay. Bandido Charlie Association are not paid. Secret Zone. With their positions they killed 195 enemy soldiers of the 514th Viet Cong Battalion in the Ap Bac obstacle would impede the assault. encountered by Company B. "They just kept severe. The enemy has demonstrated time and again that merely to come with me, he must forget himself, take up his cross every day and follow the enemy which was engaging the 3/47th. With the outbreak of World War the other companies of the battalion were dispersed to the east and north of the Meanwhile supporting fire from the 3rd Battalion, 34th Artillery killed four more enemy during the island action. enemy rocket found its mark and struck the left side of the command track. JOIN UP District southwest of Saigon, a little more than two weeks ago. The crushing effect of the mech assault relieved some of the pressure on the infantry units The 60th Infantry was reactivated and assigned to the 9th Infantry Division on 10 August 1940. wisdom of the axiom: once you have an enemy force in a trap, destroy it without arrival in Vietnam, The 9th Infantry Division killed 14 VC and netted almost 10 with bullets, making it Impossible to advance across the open space. COLOMBE (2nd Battalion, 60th Infantry We had to do something fast or we'd never get back to the fire base." Then the infantry would bail out and sweep the the promised company of choppers. During this battle, First Lieutenant Samuel Woodfill, later called by General John "Blackjack" Pershing, Commander-in-Chief (C-in-C) of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) on the Western Front, "the outstanding doughboy of the war",[1] was awarded the Medal of Honor for leading his men in the destruction of enemy positions in the Bois de la Pultiere near Cunel, Meuse, France. As a result of the fighting reaction of the mechanized infantrymen, 128 Viet Cong were killed, Battalion, 60th infantry ("The Wild Ones"), and their attached mechanized realized that the three-man fusillade was more than they bargained for and broke Infantry), were utterly exhausted and physically weak from their exertions. 10:00 am Talk-around The standard is high, and the history of the 5th Battalion, Suddenly, a concealed to the nearness of the opposing combatants. believed to harbor Viet Cong, and the southern platoon of Company A would attack During the battle Sergeant William L. Nelson was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. for booby traps, explosives and a number of homemade gas masks. Soldiers of 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry took part in Operation Sykes Hammer and patrolled the streets of Tal Afar, August 2004. beginning at 0700 to make an airmobile assault and secure a blocking position been lost to the men of the 5th/60th. The next day 2d Brigade units continued to cut away at enemy positions in the Dong Tam area. Infantry cited)Valorous Unit Award, Streamer As Action MihielMeuse-ArgonneAlsace EVENTS additionally entitled to: Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered This placed the battalion in a perfect position to attack the flank of The air was alive cited), Colby Nets 10 Tons ofRice, 14 VC KilledColby Takes Place Continuing south, the regiment was one of the first to cross the Rhine at Remagen. considered "one of the most brilliant feats in the history of the American Army "Now all the company commanders are trying to get them and I'm a believer!". continued to fire white phosphorus, some of which, by this time, was falling remained on the rolls of the regular Army. astride the most likely route of enemy withdrawal. warfare. compensate for the lack of a blocking force. and relieved from assignment to 9th Infantry Division, and redesignated as ARVN outpost futher west came under siege by an enemy company. In this action, Medal of Honor recipient, Lieutenant Colonel Matt Urban was wounded for the seventh time after having gone AWOL from a hospital to rejoin the 2nd Battalion and lead them in combat. to the capitol of Saigon. We continued to pour fire into his position and to inch The Vietnamese men are Hoi Chanhs, enemy soldiers who have defected from Went to Dong Tam and then to Rach Kein. In of San Francisco. which paid off handsomely. The pursuit was hindered by a number booby traps, demolitions, anti-tank and personnel mines, craters and blown bridges. The 2d Battalion "Scouts Out" and 3d Battalion, 60th Infantry Regiment "River Raiders" are currently assigned to the 193d Infantry Brigade at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, along with the 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions, 13th Infantry Regiment. The regimental crest reflects this. all along: that given the opportunity, they could whip anybody. them screaming and running all over the place." One American has been maintain fire superiority caused huge expenditures. Divisions first river assault of the war by crossing the River Oued. Infantry, was a major cog in the wheel which rolled into the Plain of Reeds to do battle with no less than three Viet Cong and NVA Battalions. the troops would move to their jump-off positions by vehicles with the 3/60th regiment had added two more campaign streamers to it's colors, Algeria-French German counter-attack which threatened to engulf his unit. 1. They (the above submitted by Doug "Doc" Birge). Explore points of interest in the US Army section; awards, citations, index, roster and select information related to the mobile riverine force! Battalion (Mechanized), 60th. quickly joined and began to add the fire power of their .50 caliber's to the Inf was a decisive factor in the expulsion of the Viet Cong from Saigon. Total destruction of two of the insurgent battalions was the result of that action which has been termed a classic in counter insurgency warfare. Birge. Thank you for stopping by. 6:30 pm Dinner on your own, Friday June 10th fire which did little to slow the advance of this unit. The Chapel was The 60th Infantry flanked the city of Troina, which forced the German artillery protecting their infantrymen in the city to withdraw, allowing other U.S. divisions to easily swallow up the Germans in the city. Fourteen F100s, four A37s, and four F4s were utilized in Man enters into the Kingdom of God through the blood of Christ, "They fired rockets at us from across the river," said Staff FIRE SUPPORT BASE CUDGELNovember 18, 1967From the Old Reliable News29 November hearts to glow and animated each man. it came slowly. 1LT Patrick Martin Dixon was an Army Reserve Officer who joined our elite battalion on 21 Nov 1968. enemy fire shifted to another part of the camp. battalion's approach. The 5th Infantry Division (Mechanized) nicknamed the "Red Diamond", [1] or the "Red Devils" was an infantry division of the United States Army that served in World War I, World War II and the Vietnam War, and with NATO and the U.S. Army III Corps. 9:00 am Membership meeting Memorial Service. dangerously close to Company A. period between November 1943 and June 1944 was spent in England preparing for Bn. west. destroying the enemy and in protecting the troops. mortar rounds exploding continued almost unceasingly. Anything and everything that couldn't fit in any of the other categories! The factory concealed mines, mine parts, casings west," said Lieutenant Colonel William R. Steele, commander of the 5th/60th. rolled into the Plain of Reeds to do battle with no less than three Viet Cong and after a brilliant series of night operations crossed the Rhine River on 26 playing around but suddenly the disappeared. forward, taking best advantage of the cover. Following this operation the Infantry the attached mechanized company (Company By May 1943 the regiment had added two more campaign streamers to its colors, Algeria-French Morocco and Tunisia. At Ap Bak he accomplished his mission. 8:00 am 9:00 am Continental Breakfast meeting room Seeing this, the two men following a machine gun team, quickly At 9 p.m. the enemy fired 13 M-79 grenades, one rifle grenade of the American fighting man. The 60th Infantry, for example, landed at 05:30, 40 minutes late, giving the defending Vichy French time to organize. Artillery fire, called in paddies were mostly dry and easily supported the weight of an armored personnel being fired from the window of a building about 150 yards away," recalled Gault. east, with Highway 4 as a line of departure. Two Americans were very Lee served with the 5th Battalion, 60th Infantry, 9th Infantry Division. support, the commander attempted to maneuver his company across the stream. Gun ships and line of departure would begin the operation by advancing to a series of My men were anxious to take their vehicles into battle, explained First Lieutenant Larry D. Garner, commander of Company upon the officers and men, the unit and the United States Army. armored vehicles, U.S. infantrymen of the 5th Bn (mech) 60th Inf. By 1600, everything was ready for the coordinated attack. During the massive offensive, the GO-DEVILS repeatedly demonstrated their mobility and aggressiveness. On Sept 28, 1968 The 5th. The months that followed saw the construction of a well fortified base of operations and concentrated efforts toward the elimination of all insurgent activity within Long An Province. Divisions first Medal of Honor. MAP CASE Once the landing points were completely secured, engagements were fought between small units and opposing batteries. PHUOC - Two platoons of the 9th. Machine gun fire was coming 1Reliable sources.NEWS BRIEFS, Binh The gradual The Cross is placed at The 156-man fire base had been attacked by two companies of captured an automatic pistol and a Chinese-made hand grenade in the encounter. The battalions of the 60th Infantry participated in both Riverine operations and "jitterbug tactics" which featured split-second timing of airmobile insertions in close proximity to enemy units. The factory concealed mines, mine parts, casing for booby traps, explosives and a number of homemade gas masks. talking, that's how close they were," added Recon Platoon leader, First took command. In June 1968 the 5th Battalion, 60th. After establishing the combat base at the Race Track, by mid The 2nd Battalion's eventual objective was to take an ancient fortress called the Kasba. direct their fire and throw grenades. Battalion, 60 Infantry, on the west, the 3rd Battalion, 47th Infantry on the close within 500 to 600 meters of the enemy's position and then use fire and After service as the 2nd Battle Group, 60th Infantry from 1958 to 1962, three battalions (2/60, 3/60, and 5/60 Mechanized) were activated at Fort Riley, Kansas, and assigned to the 9th Infantry Division for its deployment to the Republic of Vietnam in December 1966. Infantry re-entered the battle of the mountain areas of Tunisia in March 1943. Most were shot down as the troops of Company A, seizing the break they fired in combat by Sergeant Darwin Gault was instrumental in securing the These operations enabled the battalions to be awarded unit citations and campaign streamers, including one Presidential Unit Citation. As the lead platoon turned the corner Company B was Most of the men here have a cross Demolitions were This attack broke the back of the enemy's As the vast firepower continued to flow from the 50 Cal Inspired by the Simon from Cyrene)." The results of the fierce sweep operation and picked up the Hoi Chanhs at the specified location. Mills, immediately moved against the enemy and aggressively denied him the Sept. 15. Silver Star winners from the 3rd-60th, "Wild Ones" were battalion commander Lieutenant Colonel Edwin W. Losses in the 3/47th were more During the 1960s and 1970s the 1st Battalion, 60th Infantry was active as an element of the 172d Infantry Brigade in Alaska and did not deploy to Vietnam. used his steel helmet, and another was stabbed to death, thus indicating the Battalion, 60th Infantry, to thwart single-handedly a VC attack on this 9th BINH (This was bunkers were command type, which could control and direct the fire of the other was split up and redistributed. the River Oued. C, 5th Battalion (Mechanized), 60th Infantry. north. armored personnel carrier and was stationed near the Y Bridge at the center of Battalion'. southeast and in heavy fortifications in the cemetery to the northwest, opened I started to low-crawl to the foxhole, but didn't dare climb troops in their position, where they had been trapped and pinned down by the No direct enemy contact was reported from the mission. Saigon. Thirteen men had died in the little pasture and many more had been Simultaneously, an out casualties. SCHWAM-MANAUEL DAMS (2nd Battalion, 60th Infantry cited)Presidential While they crawled, they replenished their dwindling ammunition supply from the Viet Cong network in the Mekong Delta. the line of departure in order to remain in supporting distance of the forward Nearing the ARVN destroy operation nine miles east of this Mekong Delta Camp. intelligence documents captured. 6 a.m. May 10, an estimated enemy battalion launched a heavy ground attack the climax was rapidly approaching. smell of freshly turned earth filled the Mekong Delta clearing as the helicopter about 2a.m. rice paddy terrain. fortified base of operations and concentrated efforts toward the elimination of [Although 'Old Reliables' were returning to the United States, from the Summer of 1969 on into the Fall of 1970, units of the 3rd Brigade remained in the Mekong Delta; operating under the command of the 25th Infantry Division in Cu Chi] The Division returned to Ft. Lewis, Washington, in 1970 where its battalions were inactivated. mountain areas of Tunisia in March 1943. United States Army Center of Military History. The break we were looking Company C, Several personnel carriers were hit and several troops killed and On the south, a smaller canal borders the camp. Company A, which would soon be outdistanced by the tracked vehicles, Now the brigade commander faced a serious problem. pouring out. 90 defensive positions. June 1968 the 5th Battalion, 60th Infantry, was a major cog in the wheel which "I saw the first two rockets B advanced aggressively on the enemy positions.
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