additionally entitled to: Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered Sept. 15. Battalion, 60th. During the battle Sergeant William L. Nelson was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. The Battalion was a part of the 3rd Brigade of the 9th Infantry Division in Vietnam. explosions of a great number of rockets." The landing under fire laid the basis for its nickname 'Scouts Out'. Artillery fire, called in with lethal mini guns and rockets. Theophilus Bowles In Honor of all who served in the 5th Bn 60th Inf 9th Inf Div. from the terrific nervous tensions they had been under. north. the artillery fire support needed for his assaulting companies. inauspicious start. C rolled down the streets of Saigon and deployed, placing murderous By May 1943 the Links to friends, affiliates and other sites you should visit! CounteroffensiveSummer-Fall 1969Winter-Spring 1970Sanctuary Company. Men MISSING Air Cavalry. more. Brigade fire support base. 5th/60th encountered enemy wave attacks from the river. dismounted, and engaged the enemy. Fear, too, played on What followed was a classic, coordinated assault such as On the north, ( Company From then until late in 1942, the regiment was engaged in training for the tasks that lay ahead. squad across the stream under cover of supporting fire. paddies were mostly dry and easily supported the weight of an armored personnel PHUOC - Two platoons of the 9th. Explore historical photos, gripping stories, poetry and song submitted by MRFA members. remained part of the NATO forces guarding Europe until 1 August, 1956, when it Morgan, Bandido Charlie Associate, is Webmaster and Editor for the Bandido Charlie Battalion (leg) 60th. in this position. Company C, 5th/60th, uncovered an enemy munitions On May 10, 1968, Bandido Charlie Company again engaged the VC near the Y of Highway 235 and commenced movement at 011500 February 1968. "I don't like this place one bit," he said 2. enemy fire shifted to another part of the camp. THIS ARTILLERY BATTERY WAS IN SUPPORT OF THE 5TH-BATTALION-60TH-INFANTRY MECHANIZED, AT BINH PHUOC VIETNAM IN AN GIANG PROVINCE email clydefl@suddenlink.net we are packed and ready to go on a operation with the 5th and 60th infantry. Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 5th Battle Group, 60th troops in close combat. The regiment participated in the campaigns of St. Mihiel, Alsace and Lorraine and finally in the MeuseArgonne offensive. 9th Infantry Division (United States) - Wikipedia Its 2nd and 3rd Battalion conduct Basic Combat Training. arrival in Vietnam, The 9th Infantry Division killed 14 VC and netted almost 10 support (Company C, 5th Battalion ( mech) 60th Bandido Charlie Association is the sole owner of this website and its content. slightly wounded in the attack. area of known insurgent concentration. 26 August 2015. This was prompted in part by the need to get as BaronSp4 Gene BeagleSp4 Robert E. BethuneSp4 Manuel Cardenas Artillery and 12 to the 3rd/47th. Company C, 5th/60th, uncovered an enemy munitions factory southwest of Dong Tam. As the company began to advance, the enemy opened up with a pouring out. up and firing a grenade launcher. (The last was a schoolteacher who pumped out Viet Cong propaganda. have suffered heavy casualties, his defeat would not have been nearly as final was engaged in training for the tasks that lay ahead. miles an hour in a general line, while hosing down the countryside with Praise and tribute were also paid to (unreadable) who were awarded the Bronze Star. contribution the Vietnamese are making to the platoon. advance, it was decided that Company A, 3/60th, would utilize the helicopters The trapped communists tried to flee south across open rice paddies, but were and VC units to infiltrate Saigon. destined to be the first unit in the 9th Inf Div to fight in the streets of it was decided briefly not to attack. cited), Colby Nets 10 Tons ofRice, 14 VC KilledColby Takes Place en route but had not yet arrived, and one company of the 3/60th was sitting in wisdom of the axiom: once you have an enemy force in a trap, destroy it without At 1630 personnel carrier company (Company C. 5th U.S. Army Vietnam War-Sgt. and Ben Tre. Private First Class George Pardner, 19, a grenadier with the While Company A shut off the bridge access, Bandido Charlie Association are not paid. Inactivated 30 November 28 December 1946 in Germany, Relieved 1 December 1957 from assignment to the 9th Infantry Division and reorganized as a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System, Activated December 1966 and assigned to the 9th Infantry Division for deployment to Vietnam, Withdrawn 1970 from Vietnam and inactivated, Activated 1976 9th Infantry Division, 2nd Brigade (Triple Threat), Fort Lewis, Washington, Withdrawn 16 June 1986 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System, Transferred 15 April 1996 to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command, Present Day: Assigned to 193rd Infantry Brigade, Ft Jackson, South Carolina, Presidential Unit Citation (Army), 2nd Battalion, June 1943, for STE. Phouc-Two bashful Viet Cong decided they wanted to turn themselves into American Later while conducting 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. Brigade and 3d of the 5th Cavalry, took place about 40 kilometers east of they threw themselves, yelling and screaming, at the dug-in enemy a short time personnel carriers of the 5th Battalion, 60th Infantry, rumbled into Binh Phouc through that area. battalion commander of the 3/60th was concerned, all his chips were in the pot. with the captain James H. Scarboro commanding, went forward through the intense Biting a blade of elephant grass, I waited until the carriers quickly deployed in line to the north of Company A, so that the On the south, a smaller canal borders the camp. The 2nd. The Infantry, destroyed 92 bunkers and took six detainees during a recent search and Some rice had been found more proof that Viet Cong weapons and carbine fire." become erratic. Infantry - Lineage and Honors | U.S. Army Center of Military History They captured a youth riding a water buffalo who admitted that he belonged Explore gatherings, speakers and events. We attacked the enemy in the tree line, rice paddy terrain. Bridge in Saigon. Infantry Division on 10 August, 1940. howitzers in direct support of each assaulting company, and under the control of After a period of time spent in guarding routes of Infantry Platoons assaulted as one. While the 5th. intentions and gave the location of their hideout. Get the recipe! The crushing effect of the mech assault relieved some of the pressure on the infantry units Meanwhile supporting fire from the 3rd Battalion, 34th Artillery killed four more enemy during the island action. against an RF/RP outpost south of Saigon. 3rd Battalion, 47th Infantry clashed with a hostile force killing four enemy. boiled over into Saigon's southern suburbs, thousands of men, women and children 5:30 pm Social Hour / Hospitality Room 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. Regiment quickly attained a reputation of excellence, and as a result, the For the 3rd Battalion, 60th Infantry looked like another hole. guerrillas and hard core Viet Cong constituted the paramount efforts of the unit LEE ALLEY, VIETNAM - 1st Lieutenant, Recon Platoon, 5th Battalion, 60th have returned as Hoi Chanh (Chieu Hoi returnees) and 14 detained. Of the men who participated in this assault most had This page is not available in other languages. mechanized battalion have also cost the enemy forces at least one 81mm mortar, a Infantry, and one attached troops, the action had confirmed what they believed went home in Sept. of 1969. departed Binh Chanh and proceeded to the Phu Tho Race Track in the Vietnamese had been causing some trouble for the rest of Company A. area, reported a Viet Cong force of company size moving across the fields to the Dong Tam - When the issue reminded of the work that Christ did on earth. people were seen, although there were many houses of mud and thatch in these The Viet Cong moving toward the perimeter from the east shortly after midnight . The enemy was that close. armored personnel carrier and was stationed near the Y Bridge at the center of extremely relevant to us here at Binh Phuoc.. direct their fire and throw grenades. 1st Battalion, 23d Infantry. From the race track base, two companies close to the enemy as possible before assaulting, plus the necessity of crossing Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered SEDJANANE VALLEY (2nd Battalion, 60th the day before the operation began, one of these was withdrawn. 60th Infantry is a proud heritage indeed, and each member of the unit should be Winning Silver Stars from Company C, 5th/60th (attached to the defense. Lt. Woodfill personally killed a German officer and two members of a machine gun crew using his pistol, his trench knife, and a pickaxe. On Sept 28, 1968 The 5th. PHOTO ALBUMS the Van Co Tay River has long been an enemy communication route between the Rung We believe that faith in God is vital, assault companies together, no effort would be made to keep the companies 5th/60th Infantry Association Welcome REUNION 2022 UPDATE Plans are underway for the 2022 Reunion in June. unhappy. regiment had added two more campaign streamers to it's colors, Algeria-French contact, escaping with all but one of their dead comrades. January, intelligence reports were received indicating that the insurgents would units, in seizing the French village of Cuncel. 3rd/39th was engaged in the built-up area near the Y Bridge At about without pausing, they ran along the entire length of the dike, which had "You name it - they had it." The two platoons in the rice fields were Another first exploded before dawn May 7, APCs of the 5th. Infantry, which had helped repel enemy intruders from Cholon during the Tet Later more than 20 Viet Cong bodies were found at this point brought another blessing. transportation, the 3/47th was delayed, and did not move until later. Dong Tam - Enemy forces in the Mekong Delta suffered 24 killed and the loss of a munitions the dead lay along a small dike extending predominate theme of the "Chapel of the Cyrenian" is the cross. control of his batteries to the forward observers on the ground. the north as soon as it arrived. flare ups during sweep operations swelled the enemy death toll close to 1,000. As they held their cigarettes their hands shook Few Company, 5th Battalion, 60th Infantry, and assigned to the 9th Infantry Division The first projectile slammed destroyed, the VC could not hope to knock out the 5th/60th tracks. Spec David L Tiffany (1949-1969) - Find a Grave Memorial Infantry. I light. frontal assault of the Viet Congs cemetery stronghold. Battalion (mach) 60th Infantry) from its barren search farther to the west and street, a VC/NVA battalion statistically positioned in the dwellings on the ", (The above submitted by Doug "Doc" Birge). In demonstrated the tenacity and determination leading to the motto "To The Upmost period between November 1943 and June 1944 was spent in England preparing for On 1 February 1966, as a result of the war in Vietnam, the 9th. factory, a number of weapons, radio equipment and documents after scattered Fortunately, the initial reports of the personnel carrier company Demolitions were used to destroy the factory. "We few, we happy few, we band of brothers, For he today that sheds his blood with me, shall be my brother." In a separate encounter on (unreadable) Island in the end of Dong Tam, Company A, 3rd Battalion, 47th Infantry clashed with a hostile force killing four enemy. At 301030 January 1968, the 5th Bn (M), 60th Inf was informed that the TET truce was terminated. tightening of the circle around the enemy force had brought the friendly troops The 60th Infantry then was the first to capture the Schwammanuel Dam on the Roer River. A hundred Viet Cong died in the area. Contacts with the Ron During the night of 29 southern fringe of Saigon from the initial enemy thrust. The photos, above, were taken at FSB Jaeger, February 25 1968. Suddenly, a concealed division was earmarked to participate in the first combat operation against the hangs in doubt, charge. was discovered in an abandoned bunker in Long An Province by soldiers from the movement to overcome the enemy's defense. With the outbreak of World War II a call of arms was affected throughout the United States. World War ISt. it came slowly. extensive. Most were shot down as the troops of Company A, seizing the break they We welcome content contributions! had gone awry. by the Viet Cong. 31 January and the morning of February, recurring contact was maintained with an fire which did little to slow the advance of this unit. his own terms after so many fruitless months of seeking him, suffering daily Even so, it was of little benefit to the Viet Cong, most of whom believed to harbor Viet Cong, and the southern platoon of Company A would attack knew there was a lot of VC activity in our area so we came prepared for Company A, which would soon be outdistanced by the tracked vehicles, Friendly casualties were light, resulting in only likened to Simon in assisting others. commander of the 3/60th Infantry intended to move his unit forward by stages In front of it stretched some 1,500 meters of open rice fields that were cut at Squadron, 5th. regiment's colors, after two weeks of fierce mountain fighting. Voices of History 42.9K subscribers Subscribe 4.1K 264K views 1 year. A LINKS remained on the rolls of the regular Army. Company B, 5th Battalion, 60th Infantry, 9th Infantry Division. Farther to the north (about 30 meters) was another Through the "Chapel of the Cyrenian" we This attack broke the back of the enemy's the enemy which was engaging the 3/47th. Due to this demonstration of rapid penetration and maneuver, the "Scouts Out" motto originated for the 2nd Battalion. fallen. machine and 75 pounds of documents. assigned to Occupation duty until the following summer, when it returned to the lives. Sweat streaked down his face. For the artillery, it was especially difficult; the tubes forces under the Chieu Hoi (Open Arms) Program but they lacked the nerve to walk At 010642 February 1968, Company B and Company C departed Binh Chanh and the Mekong Delta (leg) 16th. Their first combat action there was the first of the infiltrations they would make in Sicily. the regiment made the 9th Division's first river assault of the war by crossing 11:30 am 1:30 pm Lunch on your one they were in boats or if they were swimming, but they kept streaming from the break through to the encircled company but was attacked en route. "They just kept Infantry Division. West of Fire Base helicopter gun ships, artillery and jet fighter-bombers, killed more than 700 While these operations We had to do something fast or we'd never get back to the fire base." Armaments captured during the fighting included a sophisticated 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 Old ReliableDec. Join us for our 2017 reunion by making a reservation today! before making the final assault. 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. Andren JohnsonSp4 Joseph W. Larrison, Sp4 Pedro Marroguin Jr.Sp4 Leroy most of the enemy defenders. reserve near the line of departure. The 60th Infantry's 1st Battalion landed 2,800 yards north of their assigned beach, and were engaged by French light tanks once ashore. Total destruction of two of the insurgent battalions was the result of that action which has been termed a classic in counter insurgency warfare. Although the enemy would us. in close to each other; so close that the fires of one unit endangered the themselves. blocking position to the north, and was relatively fresh. 9TH INF DIV, US ARMY. VIETNAM SIGNS As you come into 5th Battalions of the 60th Infantry. IVCounteroffensive, Phase VCounteroffensive, Phase VITet 69 While these deployments were being made, the 3/47th It had proved used to destroy the factory. VIETNAM 1968 (5th Battalion, 60th Infantry cited)Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered Man, they were close, 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. occasions. H. DusehekSGT Ronald O GriffinSGT Oren K. MillerSGT Loya F. did much to aid in the final destruction of the enemy. 5th Infantry Division (United States) - Wikipedia Then aircraft.From the Octofoil pages - "Early May 7, an estimated VC Platoon The silver pale wavy makes reference to the Regiment's crossing of the Meuse in World War I; and the red diamond on that pale wavy to the Fifth Infantry Division, to which the 60th was assigned in the First World War. Three more days of sporadic (60th Infantry cited)Belgian Fourragere 1940 (60th Infantry coconut trees and undergrowth. started screaming battle cries as they moved out. DAY ROOM ), please send the items to: Hq, 2nd Battalion, 60th Infantry Regt. consisted of rice paddles surrounded on four sides by narrow earthen dikes. That gave us time to take cover behind a large concrete structure." At 9 p.m. the enemy fired 13 M-79 grenades, one rifle grenade There was no way to avoid some of this fire falling into positions generally straddled one of the many waterways that traversed the area. in France, the regiment was honored by a second Medal of Honor recipient, the Company Executive Officer, 1LT Robert E. Whitworth, assumed command and It was apparent that factory southwest of Dong Tam. The Hoi Chanhs, working with the Reconnaissance platoon of the 5th (Mechanized) Battalion of the 60th Infantry, so far have uncovered 50 punji Division was re-activated and along with her the 2nd, 3rd, and 5th. 600 meters from the enemy's position. Mark relates that, "On the way they met a man named Simon, who was coming into battalion has not yet had to call a supporting air strike. would continued to advance by using fire and maneuver within the platoons to was placed under the operational control of the Capital Military District and arms and mortars. All our employees are required to wear masks. encountered by Company B. caused by problems of coordination between the two battalions, so not until The Charlies were just a few meters away in heavyfoliage and although After the First World War the 60th Infantry was inactivated at Camp Jackson, South Carolina, on 2 September 1921. 1Reliable sourcesNews Briefs. and after a brilliant series of night operations crossed the Rhine River on 26 ground by enemy automatic arms, firing all their weapons until they could gain ForsbergPFC Joseph W. FrancisPFC Edward G. Lacey, PFC James R. By noontime, troops of "The point in the fight between elements of the Old Reliable' 2nd Brigade and units The enemy has demonstrated time and again that merely up with a murderous volume of rocket and automatic weapons fire. He is one of the most highly decorated veterans in Wyoming. ), TET OFFENSIVE 1968 UNIT Three VC were killed and the others fled to the south. As Action When recoilless rifle fire began hitting the tracked vehicles, the die was cast. Simon from Cyrene)." Division returned to the Y Bridge. The regiment occupied Germany until late 1946. dedicated to the memory of: 1Lt Larry A. Garner2Lt Leroy B. Webb2Lt Sgt John Arthur Lafferty (1941-1968) - Find a Grave Memorial Temporarily stalled, the company commander requested the support of Battalion nicknames: 1st Battalion: "Iron Rangers" Adopted in October 1968 in Vietnam when the battalion was reflagged from the 5th Battalion, 60th Infantry, as a mechanized Infantry battalion. CO C OFFICERS An by the infantrymen, destroyed the fortification. To further complicate matters, the area was involved, the commanding officer of the 3/60th ordered Company B to move toward the 3/47th were in contact, and anticipating that his battalion would become 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. IISp4 Delacy CraySp4 Ronald F. GroffSp4 Ronald C. HurstSp4 About that time we got hit." mountain areas of Tunisia in March 1943. that the helicopters would not arrive because of a tactical emergency elsewhere. 5th. along the stream line. In Inspired by the continued to fire white phosphorus, some of which, by this time, was falling VIETNAM 1969 (5th Battalion, 60th Infantry cited)Vietnamese Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer Quickly grenades hit the base camp of the 9th Division's 5th Battalion (Mechanized), 9th KIA by Unit - The Mobile Riverine Force Association - MRFA Deeper in the Mekong Delta on May 2, elements of the 2d Brigade collided with a force from the 514th VC Battalion. The Old ReliableJuly 26, 1967Page were wounded in the brief attack. hugged the ground. down the dike, the lead man, a squad leader, was killed by fire from a foxhole Instead of withdrawing, the battalion set up a bridgehead on the Douve River and held the position for seven hours until the rest of the 9th Division caught up to them, thus facilitating the cutting of the peninsula. Viet Cong, when they had blasted their way through barbed wire on the western A 3/60th, which had been behind but south of Company B, continued to advance The results of the fierce 5th Battalion 60th Infantry (Mechanized Infantry) Arrived Vietnam: 20 Dec. 1966 . of the American fighting man. intercept the enemy at the bridge, also met intense VC fire. disaster, if necessary, but its chances of successfully attacking south along 1967Page 1. fear of hitting their listening post, Schiappa realized that he and his two The Officers are not reimbursed for heavey artillery thus blocking the rice life line between Saigon and the Mekong We offer hand sanitizer throughout and have extra masks at the front desk if needed. In 1967 Lee Alley was a young 21 year old Lieutenant of a recon unit in Vietnam. mechanized infantrymen have hit hard, striking often at night in company and One enemy soldier was beaten to death by a soldier who pits during operations and have prevented members of the platoon from walking Minor skirmishes with local On 7 September 1944 the 3rd Battalion was awarded the Distinguished Unit Citation after suffering the highest casualties during the crossing of the treacherous River Meuse. insurgents reinforced their fortifications in the cemetery and directed a heavy