rluri ng Presentation of Colors ceremonies at the VNMC Thu Duc Trainin~

Command. Following the activation, the Battalion was placed in a

reserve status to JGS. On ;20-21 February, the 7th Battalion dis­

placed to the Twin Rivers area of Chuong Thien Province (vicinity

:IH. 225 725) and relieved the 1st Battalion of it.s reconnaissance in

farce mission to ATF 211. The Battalion's first en~ cont&et waS

established on 25 February after the:l had moved to An Xuyen Province

'.hen two VN!o!C compani "s exc hanged fire with a VC platoon north of

Ca Mau C,,1{ 1.69 212). At the conclusion of the fight two VC and two

VNMC were dead, one VNMC was wounded, and three VC were captured.

The 7th 2atLalion conducted an airmobile assault into their new AO

on ?7 February (vicinity ,m 119 425). Subsequent infantry sweeps

produced no enemy contact.

Division Artillery

Batterf I displaced from Duc My to their Thu Duc Base Camp and

spent the rest of the month there conducting training missions.

Fl"Uery J departed the Thu Duc Base Camp in the middle of the month

j n order to commence initial unit training on approximately 23 February

at the 8uc My National Training Center in Khanh Hoa Province (BP 844

86')). F.mployment of the other artillery batteries is in the opera­

tional control summary which follows.

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VNMC OPUiATI0NAL CONTrtllL ;;UMHA"Y f];I:llW"rtY 1970

UNIT DATES 0!'t,tATl0NAL CJNTrlOL OF OPEltATl ON NAM!: MISSI0N

Brigade A 1-26 ATF 211 (VNMC/VNN) 21st Cuu Long/SD/21 HlF ARVN DIV 01/Song Than 747/70

27-28 21st ARVN DIV Song Than 748 ,(IF

8:-'1 ~zade B 1-16 7th AhVN DIV Song Than 806 rtIF 17-23 7th ARVN DIV Song Than 807 ,ilF 24-28 7th ARVN DIV Song Than 808 RlF

1st InfEn 1--20 ATF 211 (VNMC/VNN) Cuu Long/SD 21/01 lUF Song Than 747/70

21-28 JGS None Reserve

2nd InfBn 1-26 ATF 211 (VNMCjVNN) Cuu Long/SD 21/01 Song Than 747/70

RIF

27-28 Brigade A Song Than 748 lUF ... 1-26 ATF 211 (VNMC/VNN) Cuu Long/SD 21/01 ;::- 3rd InfBn iUF V\

Song Than 747/70 27-28 Brigade A Song Than 748 RlF

4th InfBn 1-16 Brigade B Song Than 806 IUF 17-23 Brigade B Song Titan 807 RIF 24-28 Brigade B Song Than 808 RIF

5th InfBn 1-16 Brigade B Song Than 806 iUF 17-23 Brigade B Song Than 807 lUF 2h-28 Brigade B Song Than 808 lUF

6th InfBn 1-16 Brigade B Song Than 806 iUF 17-23 Brigade B Song Than 807 tUF 24-28 Brigade B Song Than 808 RlF

, .

UNIT DATES OPERATTONAL CONTROL OF OP1RATION NAM!' MISSiON

7th InfBn 1-20 JGS None Trng 21-26 ATF 211 (VNMC/VNN) Cuu Long/SD 21/01 RlF

Song Than 747/70 27-28 Brigade A Song Than 748 RlF

1st ArtyBn 1-26 ATF 211 (VNMC!VNN) Cuu Long/SD 21101 Dis 27-28 Brigade A Song Than 748 DIS

Btry B 21-28 JGS None Reserve

Btry C 1-20 JGS None Reserve 21-26 ATF 211 (VNMC!VNN) Cuu Long/SD 21/01 DiS

Song Than 747/70 27-28 Brigade A Song Than 748 DIS

-0

2nd ArtyBn 1-16 ;;rigade B Song Than 806 DiS ~ ~

17-23 Brigade B Song Than 807 DiS 24-28 Brigade B Song Than 008 DIS

Btry I 1-28 JGS None Trn~

Btry J 1-28 JGS None Trng

VNN/VNMC STATISTICAL SUMMARY

VIETNAW.13E :.:AVY: Dailz Average Searched Detained

~ ~ Junks People Junks People --t.: COASTAL FORCE

I bl.b/13.6 39.1/12.0 22.,766 93,355 18 101 II b5.0 b1.0 16,7b5 b6,869 7 103

III b8.9 b7.b 6,3b7 2b,b06 1 b IV b1.7 38.0 . 61163 21 1270 0 0

Sub-totals: 52,021 185,900 2b 208

* FLEE,T C 0!1l'.AND PATROL SHIPS 26.1 2b.0 916 3,6813 0 0

TF 213 10.b/28.b 5.b/18.3 61~1~ 22zb8b 7 86 Sub-totals: 7, 2 26,172 7 '86"

"':" .

RIVERINE AREA

lUGS 125.6 122.8 10,727 bO,390 0 0

TF 211 79.5 69.6 5,b20 18,291 0 1 TF 212 82.8 7b.l 5,206 1),355 0 0

#CENTRAL TASK FORCE bb.3 bo.9 0 0 0 0

TOTALS: 51,002 254,108 33 295

VIETNAMESE l'.ARINE CORPS: 1 FEB - 28 FEB

VC/NVA: KIA 137 Captured 16 Suspects detained_---"O,--_

VNMC: WIA . __ .::2=22=-_ MIA~ _____ O~ ______ __

*Provided ___ 5,5 ____ gunfire support missions.

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rSYCHl'J.U,r':AJ C"El'A'i'IU'~~; AI'!) CIVIC ACTILtI !,IJMMARY

A total of t,e:o 'lot Cha>oh rallip.d to USN/VNN forr. ... s .in Februar'J

\·/hi ~h was 50rnc· .... h,?t ,iisappointinr:: in light of the Tet Psyops Campa.ipn

;n ,·,hich eDproximately thr"e million Psyops m"o"c,j!es stres3in,~ the

Chicu Hoi ;,ro;,ram plus P;OO :oounds of clothes, 4,000 feet of lumber,

40 trrln:::i "tor rp..dios, a!"'.d four cases of cooking uten~i 1 SHere dis-

t!~~l;llt!-'G in An eff;')rt ttl increase the effectiveness c·f the Chieu

tJc-; "ro~rrtm P.<:':, ;:~ll .:13 other Psyops programs.

In spi te of t.he lack of succes;; in promoting the Chieu Ho;

J'r~nrrF11l durinr: th(~ ['et Psyops Campaign, it Was reported by nlnner-

nus u:lits invo1v8d t.hat valunble good relations were established

in r.;~ny areas.

In the (;ea Fl.oat comnuni ty, a great deal of interpst and acti v-

; '.;' has develop",d around the brick home building project. Bricks

-:cr a rlOdel hcuse Wl;re manufactur~d in a hand-Ope~te~ brickmakir!g

mach; ne which went into use on 5 Pebruary. The model brick home

"I,OS nearly complet,>d by 21 February. Six additional houses were

.i. il 'I;, r~_ous stn pps of construction in late February. Drainar:e ditches

and sid~',,-alks >:< re under construction to provide a better walkin~

area for c,he people. Mortar boxes were being used to make clp-p-

bo"rd st.yle shindes for the upper section of the model brick houses_

Several Vidnamese civiUan men at Sea Float expressed an interest

in as:;} stinp' in the rna nu facture 0 f bricks. A second brickmakin~

mac!'"j~ ne was renuested fer the annex. A suggestion box was installed

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:n r-.1ch of t.h!"! t.wo hamlets ::30 th;:d. Psyops/Polwrlr learns could lJ":;:

f:io'"e res nons ive t.o the needs ~. 7 .. hp. people. A new store with a :

,,"".,,11 cafe '"e; ":"'ned at the -.. est. end of the settlement. The Sea

F",J).-::t de:Duty I'ur.vnander -/isi ted thp. settlement. on 22 Februar'J and

su.rtrrF;stcd a l.ociltion for the market place and relocation of the

s~hool <;i t,p. A building which will house four new charcoal manu-

1':.cl".l!'i.n, kilns was comrl..,ted at Sea Float on 19 Fecruary.

'!umerou5 I""r'i,le in the Sea Float community have turned from

1-lOod (:ut.t inr. tc fishinl; which aprears to be less risky than wood

cut~,: nt'" ::>.lonP.' the various canals where the VC have taken sampans

from SGr::P. ~eopJ e.

Clothin" recei v~,j P,-om the family and friends of Petty Officer

Hin::j,'ll', one of the USN Psyops perso,,!,el, was distr.lt.,uted to 175

children on 3 february by the Psyops/Polwar team.

Jlany families headed north on the Rach Cai Nhap Canal to be

w'Lth '.heir families and friends for the celebration of Tet (Feb-

rucry 6-8). r'fl.1'1ilies be~an returning around February 7, but census

'i""res Le.ken b.,t .. ween 12 and 19 February were not considered to

t;e conclusive bEcause scme families had not returned from the north.

The r,crula tion f.i p;urps for the middle of February were thought to

Le ,"; 'Droxima Lely the sa.ne as those reported for 16 January which

ar-8 as rol) ows:

Nc. liou ses No. Sampans Stable Popullltion Transient Population

372 2,)11 165 1,574

150 ., " !

Y'''o baby boys W"re delivered 1t the Sea Flollt eOlllf'lunity in February

l~ri!"f1in;~ :'b-: L1Jr.lt,f r of bal~i.e:3 bnrn there to three boys and one girl.

!'B.~j f'~_\~ation efforb-; (~(jntin\led during Lhe month of February

in t:l'.~ :=".-:.rnp'y r.1anp.TOVf': r~-;;j.:)ns of the Rung Sat ~peci~11 Zone located

,?r~rY'·'·U:lF. tel~r tt~n mil es southeast of Saigon. USN PSy0pS pe rsorl!,t;l

;np+de t-leri,;l.} ~ f'.!aflet drops c·f safe conduct pas:-5es, Chien Hoi leaflets,

Find ~"'tr:,_o>-r i:lsyops 1.:1fGI'rrF)tion and distributed health klt:=, malaria

!) n~ 'J'~nt..l ')!1 J ea flet.s, and -INN" flags du rtnf Medcap/Dent car-'s.

See.be~ L<,.",s of the Third Naval Constrl1r.tion brigade c"nducted

4~h m~cl i r:a1/der,;-'~ 1 t rea tments durinp: the mO'lth 0 f February. English

lFtnnu,;.;,~' i n:::tI'"llctions w~re ~i ven to 46 Vietnamese studente, and 11

civlc; act-Lon nro,lcc~.5 were completed at va!"ious 5c.h r)ols, orphanaf\es,

!'l.nd hrtmlets.

"t rinp; Medce.ps held in the Giant Slinp,shot AO, USN personnel

dist;'ibuted radios to Viet.namese villagers. Their fel!.lings were

thR.t of disb"'lie: th"t the radios were a gift. t10st recipiRnts

t.uned into Rudio Saigon.

CTP 11) at Cam P.han Bay received donations totaling moF. lhan

t700 fr()m various US'! units toward its Vietnamese Protein project.

~h<? project entail Pod 1.h~ raising of a st.ock of hogs which was

exp~otpd to eventuA.lly produce more than 200 pi!';lets il year for

distribution to the local Vietnamese.

At ~rSA Dananp:, doctors and co'!'men conducted voluntary work at

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t1 C.qthcl ie 5-,::\ -"~ A.nn (\n orrh:!:le.5~:e in addition to regular M-::dci'!_ps

in F: '::--ua~~/.. T'l] rt,y 3t~lf-Hclp pro.iec~~s were Undel"'fClY in February

Dananp,. As~::::istance · .... as f"\"-'rJd(~ri~d. at 10 schools, one orphana~e,

:~', .. ;'J disp~;IS;lrlp.s, Rnd 17 sep.-1rate institution~:. Efforts were being

m-:vl~ L') c, ,-:1(\~.-~te all Civic: Action nrojecLs underw-ay as soon as

r,o'3 cd:----:.·, :-O~!1C~ the progra:.1 is beini': phased out.

USN CIVIC ACTICN STATISTICAL SUMMARY

26 DEC - 25 JAN

TOTAL Wr.·m!':R OF I'AN-iJAYS* PERSONNEL OF UNITS ENGAGED ill CIVIC ACTIW PHC,;;';CTS: },21')

COST OF SUPPLIES CO'ITRIBtITED BY MILITARY RESOURCES FOR CIVIC ACTIel Pi,(;J,;CTS: Vli$ 1,989, 5S0

EXP]"'IlnunJ-:.s FRC~l TEE US/Fh~'lAF CIVIC ACTICN PSn[AJl FUND: VN$ 473.131

VOLUliTARY CONTftTS;)TiC.1lS: VN$ 437.9S:>

PERCENTAGE OF D. S. IHLITARY CIVIC ACTICN ACTIVITIES CONDuCTED JOINTLY ,:iTH:

Other FVMAF RVNAF D. S. civilian voluntary agencies Average percent of self-help by VN civilians:

PROGHAl-l.s

Economic Develop",ent Education Social ,ielfare Transportation Refugee

INSTIT1J§ ASSISTEIC

Schools Orphanages Hospitals/ilispensaries Others

Man Days 334 757

1 ,156 392 379

N\.lJ1lber ---44 14 8

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flU'Ie; SAT :'ii'EC [AI. ZO'lS U:ON/VNN PAC]}:~£ATION PROGRAM:

~edC1p!'l/~)entcape 38 "",11 en, TrMtmAnts 3835 AdJ!li ni ste red

VedcClps/Denlcaps 26 V e::li c.'ll Treatments 1 :370 A(L:Lini..st~red

One Man-Jay equals one ten hour working day

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Labor Material

5.6% 66,0%

1. 5% 21,2%

2.0%

Expenditures (V~$)

271 ,455

1 ,588,630 196,570 297,970

.jI i' \ +. .. • 1 .'''t.

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J" • . ~ ..... ~

,\ \·I ... oltl,llnV-;l· :'\(!\"Y CIIlllll -!' ;-.t':llld ..; r".--td'. ;'11'

illtion at hi .... , :)/L~ (aj,IJI.'r nl~(,h;Ih.· L:1111 '-I.)ll,trci

a HAD I" l .I\"pp. . 1 hi' cllvl::;lon 1:-' actl\",'!y ('11-

g ;lgl:c! In Lh\:' .I1" CTO\-,· PrtJ,t!rdn1 .

:\rn>2rlCall~ \>., 111 b,' replaced by

count(,: rfJ a r Ls .

EVl'ntu<11h' , :.he

their It.'lnil rlle.:;c

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ACCr~,HAT£D TUHNOVER PHCGRAM AND TRAINING SUMMArtY

The turnover of four U.S. Coast Guard WPB's and the administra­

tive shift of 11 USN PCF's highlighted the developments of the

Accelerated T11rnover Prograi11 in February. Alsl), near the end of the

month on 26 February, 62 prospective Vietnamese Naval Officers

deoarted Vietnam en route to the U.S. Naval Officer Candidate School

in Newport, Rhode Island where they will undergo 20 weeks of extensive

naval study.

The first turnover of the montn took place on 1.4 February during

cerp.rnonies at the Smal:. Craft Repair Facility in Danang. Captain

David E. Perkins, Commander Coast Guard Activities, Vietnam,signed

the offidal documenL~ chat transferred the USCGS PT ARDEN (WPB

82309), the USCGS PT DUMB; (WPB 82325) and the USCGS PT GLOVCR (WPB

82307) to the Vietnamese Navy. In pr"paration for the turnover, the

Vietnamese sailo~ have spent thirteen weeks learning coaetal surveil­

lanc e and ,iPB Market Time techniques.

Captain Perkins was again on ha,·d for the turnover ceremony of

the USCGS PT Jj<Jo'FEHSON ("WPB 82306) at the U.S. Naval Support Activity,

Cat l~ on 21 February. Commander, Bui, Cuu Vien, the Vietnamese Navy

Third Coastal Zone Commander, accepted the WPB on beha: f of the

Vietnamese Navy. The four new VNN WPB's rejoined their respective

operating forces at Danang and Cat Lo and returned to Market Time

operations in the let and 3rd Coastal Zones. Since the conception

of the Coast Guard SCATTOH progra~, the following WPB's have been

turned over to the Vietnamese Navy.

Coast&1 Zan .. SCATTOO If Date of T/o USCG NAME; ',INN # Qperating In

1 16 May 1969 PT GARNET HQ 700 III

2 16 Hay 1969 PT LEAGUE HQ 701 III

3 15 Sep 1969 PT CLEAR HQ 702 III

4 II Nov 1969 PT GAMHON HQ 703 I

5 17 Nov 1969 PT COMFORT HQ 704 III

9 9 Dec 1969 PT ELLIS HQ 707 III

6 II Dec 1969 PT SLOSUM HQ 705 I

7 11 Dec 1969 PT HUDSON HQ 706 I

8 12 Jan 1970 PT WHITE HI,! 708 III

11 14 Feb 1970 PT ARDEN HQ 710 I

12 l.4 Feb 1970 PT DUM)<; HQ 709 I

15 14 F~b 1970 PT CLOVER HQ 711 I

14 2l Feb 1970 PT JEFFERSUN HQ 712 III

The last day 0: the month, eleven PCF "Swift" boats were

administratively shifted from the 113N COSDIV 12 to the VNN CUSFi..'Jl' 1

durini>; ceremonies at the VNN Sase in Dahang. At the sarne time the

IJSN Coastal Division 12 was decommissioned,and all the inshore

stations in areas 1 and 2 were designated as exclusive VNN p&trol

areas.

The Coastal Surveillance Center in Danang was shifted to ',INN

control the same day. Thi~ increased th~ number of CSC's turned

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over to the Vietnamese Navy to three. ~revious CSC turnovers tnclude

the one at An Thoi in JUr.3 1965 and the one ot ~ui Nhon in Novem-

ber 196'1.

In other are"'s of the START Program, C(]O!COSRuN reported that as

of 25 Februar".f a total 124 VNN PCI' trainees have been qu"lified.

Full VNN PCF crewR, accompa"ied by a l'SN officer and petty ')fficer,

partici pat ed in over 60 Operation Sea Tiger patrols in JanuaQ' and

February :md contributed to the c""bined Sea Tiger GDA for that

period. ?he PCr' divisional ground s;:,h.)ols '"ere in full operati01 in

P'ebruary, instructing the VNN enlisted personnel and the last inout

of VNN officers.

COMJUVPATFLOT FIVE reported on 20 February that with mino,- ir.ter­

HPG juggling to obtain even personnel distribution there should btl

no problems in manning and qualification of VNN personnel fo!' th"

31 March turnover. Two VNN gunner's rr,ates which have been "ssigJ1ed

to USN helo cre ... ~ will act in a liaiso,", capacity after the PEt{ t.urn­

over is completedo

The first class of VNN ACTOV~rainees was graduated fro',o the PBR

school at Binh '!'huy on 13 r"b.uary. Sixty out of 65 VNN trainees

receiyed certificates signifying that they s1itisfactor5.1y cOllpleted

the course of instruction in PBR operation" that wC"uld allow thGll

to .eturn to the !liver Div;,sions 55 qua.l.ified PBR crew men.

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[h.ring the tradi tional Vietnamese Tet holiday 8~ason celebratec.

at the beginning of February, River Divisions reported as high as

75% of the VNN personnel missing. The majority of these ~eturned

after Tet. In one case RIVDIV 554 operating in the Search Turn AO in

V,e vicinity of !tach Gia reported that on 2 February all ACTOV

personnel assigned r~turned from liberty too intoxicated to go on

patrol. Or, 5 and 6 Februory, eight of 12 ACTOV personnel assi~ed

where lJA when the patro;" departed. The absence of the ACTOV personnel

during Tet certainly hampered cCI!1IlIanders in meetitlg patrol commitments

at that time. However, it does point ,ott: that even the 25 year

struggle for freedom .... as temporarily forgotten by the ti'lle honored

Vietnamese traditions of celebrating the Tet season.

Ma,10r alterations in t'le RAC ACTOV program were affected in the

middle of the month when VADM E. R. Zu-.alt, Jr., COMNAVFORV and Cmnmodore Tran

Van Chon, CNO, 'INN iS8ued the following memorandum of understanding

which is Jelf explanatory.

t~lliORANDUM ,)F UNDERSTANDING FOR

ORGANIZING RIVER ASSAULT CRAFT INTO RIVER INTERDICTION DIVISIONS P~D RIVER ASSAULT AND INTERDICTION DIVISIONS

As part of tt.e planned ir..prcvem .. nt and Iloderni zation of the Vietnamese A~ed Forces, the U.S. Na'~ will continue to'turn over to the Vi~tn~ese Na~f several River Assault Craft (RAC) of various types. These ~~c will be organized into 6 River Assault and Inter­diction Diviaions (RAID) and 9 River Jnterdiction Divisions (RID), e"eh of whieh will b .. 15 boat units in order to be most efficiently utili1,ed. 'fhis Memorandum of Understanding is made to facilitate eoordina~lon, cooperation, mutual assistance, IL:1I1 combined decision ma,l<ing during the turnover and reorganization of the RAC.

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Commander U.S. Naval Force., Vietnam and Chief "f Naval Operations, Vietnamese Navy are in agreement on the folloving:

1. (C) The previous'~signated River Assault Groups 40, 41, 42, ~ viII henceforth be known RS River Interdiction Divisions (RID) and

"ill, along vi th nev RIDs as they ar" formed, be under the operational control of CTF 214.

2. (C) 1~e River Assault and Interdiction Divisions (RAID) viII be placed under the operational control of CATF 211, as they are reorg ... nized.

3. (C) The org~~i~ation of the new RIDs and RAIDs will be as shovn in enclosure (1). Each 15 boat unit vill be formed as the craft are turned over. The 5 RIDs in the first group viII be formed using t"e majority of ACTO V craft. In the second group, th" 6 RAIDs and the 4 other RIDs viII be formed from the reorganization of ATF 211 craft, the remaining ACTOV craft ~~d the addition of ACTOV-X craft. The schedule of turnover of craft will be in accordance vith the ACTOV!ACTOV-X plans and amplifYing agreements.

4. (C) Present RAIDs 70 and 71 will be renamed RIDs 43 and 44, vhen sufficient craft are turned over to form new RAIDs 70 and 71. Nev RIDs 43 and 44 (old P.AIDs 70 and 71) vill be assigned to the TRAN HUNG DAO II/GIANT SLINGSHOT operation.

5. (e) As shovn in enclosure (1) all RAIDs and RIDs will be composed of 15 River Assault Craft (RAC) each. The new size of RAIDs and RIDs will become effective on 15 February 1970.

6. (e) The mission of the RAIDs viII include both assault and interdiction, that of the RIDs viII be primarily interdiction. However, if the tactical situation l'arrants. RIDs may be utilized in a riverine assault capacity.

7. (e) Individual operational :o~nders

RIDs and RAIDs will be chopped to various as the tactical situation warrants.

G .'''''''-''' -.----~--~~--_/ TRAN VAN CHON COMMODORE, Vietnamese Navy Chief of Naval Operatjons Comm.81der U.

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ALT, aI, U. S. Navy

Naval Forces, Vietnam

FORMATION OF RAC INTO RAIDS AND RIDS

FIRST GROUP 1/ 2/

UNIT ASPB ATC CCB MON ZIPPO REF DCH RCGR TOTALS ACTOV 30 32 4 4 2 1 1 1 75 RID 40 6 7 1 1 15

41 6 6 1 1 1 15 42 6 6 1 2 15 45 6 6 1 1 1 15 46 6 7 1 0 1 15

30 32 7; 7; 2 1 1 I 75

SECOND GROUP

ACTOV 5 5 PRESENT ATF 211 44 46 5 8 2 2 107 ACTOV-X 10 15 1 3 3 1 1 4 38

54 66 6 11 5 3 1 4 150

RAID 70 4 g 1 2 15 71 3 8 1 1 1 1. 15 72 4 8 1 1 1 15 73 3 8 1 1 1 1 15 74 3 9 1 1 1 15 75 3 9 1 1 1 15

RID 43 8 4 1 1 1 15 44 3 4 1 1 1 15 47 9 4 2 15 48 9 4 1 1 15

54 66 6 11 5 3 1 7; 150

Y In normal inventory counted as an ATC.

~/ Truck and Rtationary rigs. Five hulls in A~~OV-X package are LCM-6s which are included in the 67 LCM-6s of ACTOV-X. ATF 211 has 2 trucks and :he ACTOV-X group has 2 trucks plus 2 stationary units mounted in LCM-6.

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In the ACTUV CUMM Program four VNN completed on the job training

at the NSA Danang Electronic Repair Facility on 14 February. One of

the trainees remained on board to assist in the instruction of addi­

tional VNN. The other three were returned to the COlT\l'Mnder of the

1st Coastal Zone for assignment. On l7 February, graduation ceremonies

were held for 12 officers and three electronic technicians at the

ACTL''1 Communications School located at the U.S. Naval Communications

Station, Cam Ranh Bay. Captain C. F. Rauch, Jr., USN, SENAVADV, VNN

and Captain Hung, ACUS for Operations, 'INN addressed the graduating

class and presented the studer:ts wit .. certificates. All 'che VNN

students succeeded in fulfilling 100 percent of the course require­

Inents and proved themselves to be dedicated and intelligent.

The VNN Saigon Maintenance School convened on 25 February with

~n enrollment of 103 'INN trainees in attendance. In the entire craft

maintenance program there were )089 \TN.N personnel undergoing training

at the end of the month. A total of 183 trained 'INN craft maintenance

personn21 have been phased int.o the USN bases and 1112 VNN have been

phased into 'INN bases. The 381 'INN personnel now in the base mainte­

nance training proE,ram represents the total projected ACTOV need.

Class A supply school has 90 'INN in classes, and there have been 333

VNN introduced into the 'INN logistic support organization.

Construction is urrlerway at 21 of the bases and two of the ATSB's

scheduled for turnover. Six additional bases that have been p~o­

grammed are still in various stages of planning.

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NAVAL SUP'tR7 ACTIVITY, SAliON

Th", Navel S"pport Act:ivi'.y Detachment (:-JSAD), Nha Be had a

U. S. sailor drown when he fell in the river from the PBR pi",r.

'"he cause Gf '.i:e fall was 'mdeterminec. An LCM from N3AD, Nha Be

'.ransi ting north from Tra eu under escort was fi red upon wounding

one sailor. ;~3A[') Jon,!! Tam reported four rocketj;Ttortar attacks

d1l!'inp the month; however~ there -_",ere no U. S. casualties or damage.

The advanceri TacLical SuppC'rt Base at 1'ra eu received two mortar

attacks during the month, killing one U. S. Navy man, seriously

\10'JnJing six others, and seriously wOllndinf, six Vietnamese sailors.

There h"ert' several others who receivrd minor wounds. 'lhe mortars

CCi.'lSeG shmpnel damage to the base observation tower an·:l water

tank. ':'he ATSB at Tra eu also reported electronic detpction of

movem~~nt near the base on two other occasions; however, there

·"ere no attacks on eith'r occasion. The bridge across the Vam Co

Donp: ~.iver was mined and collapsed; hO'lleV2r, there were no casual-

Lles. A trash barrel beinr us"d for burning, explod..,ct at the

ATSI:, Tuyen Nhon. The cause of the explosion was unknown. One

U. S. sailor received minor wounds. Two U. S. Navymen at ATSB

Vinh r,ia were wounded ',hen a grenade "."ing used to d~stroy dud

.)0 calibe r ammunition inadvertently exploded. The wat.ch on board

the USS I'ENF:"'IAH (API~-35) accidently shot and woundec a Vietnamese

ci vi 1 bn fishinr near the ship. The US:) BENE'f1)H also reported B.

Vietnamese civilian was kille,! by an unidentified explosion in

'.he vicinit.y of An Lonl'!. One U. S. sailor was wounded Aboard a

"IViJTV 1)1 b,)al, ',men Ii 20"1'1 mund exnloded in the chamber of the

.~n. The :F~?,f.f) ~ceived miner- damap'e from two E-40 rocket hits

in an Attat~k l":~ the Senp' Yy The near DOTlP' ":'am; however, there were

no ner~3C"". 1 :;-~5ucdt.i('s. The l~aval Air Faci:ity, Cam Ranh Bay,

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The ~·ers·-_'n.::..; 1 :' t..:l tus ot the '~aval Support iteti vi ty, Saigon at

the end of ::'cbrunr:v was P.E; follows:

Allow~.nce On Board

184 182

Fn1 ist'?ri '3,YJ7 3,102

CivUinn 96'1

The U'3,S :1AEK (AKL-28), Y':1-126, YF'R-889, YF'R-890, YF-866, and

the 10() faa t, uti] i ty bo.q ts ;'1(?1DERO and ~10ROC":'·O provided routine supply

servic€s durin~ the 'TIonth. The USS BRULE U.KL-12) was in restricted

2Y;ilability at 'lilLie Bay. The US::; KRISHNA (ARL 3()) was positioned

at An 'fLo: ('i~) re1 ief for t..h(~ T .. l.sr~ TUTUIL.A. while t~le TUTtllLA was at Sing-

(A'( -2/,) was on Vee Ie") Ceo Ri.ver providing services to Giant Slin~shot

fore..,s. The II,;:; !':'~:~':,'iU! (,\?b-J5), YHBM 16, YRBM 20, YRBM 21, and the

'ICC CA~{U (A'il '," 'J 'd th B Hi t' ,).) .; ' .. n. :, ,-r . ..I ..,'erP '!.'3g1Pne on e upper a.ssac ver suppor 109

Pord~r Intc;"(licticln operations. APL-26 and APL-27 provided additional

her',hinl' faciliti'''; at Saigon for thp ACTOV Program. APL-30 relieved

t~e ~."·,-21 :;0 :he could he ,-epaired at Nha Be. YFU-7 was awaiting the

fin;,] ~rnroval of t;')() f"r stripning and disposal. The YFU-4, YFU-24,

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and vFU-59 cond'lct<ed routine re sur" ly in the :',ulf of Thailand.

Y?;Y-55 and 57 were beinp: act iva tt'd at Nha Be. The YF-9 was (wing

modifie<i at \lh" Be for use by Vietnamese Navy trainees at Saigon.

At Can RAnh Pay, construcUon of the VIIN dependent shelters

"t the 'l'l'lTC ;;nd ,!SF continued. The first desalination pl?nt

::~ t Nh.q ?e COmJ1lf?:.ced opera tin~, Rnd test runs corr.menced on the sec-

and plant 1a te in Febru? ry. Installation of the laundry at the

V"f'iTC, Nha Trang was complet,,~d. At Binh '['huy, construction of the

l'1ot.prial storage C"fes and electric shop was completed. In Saigon,

the upcrade of the air condiVconini; for the ~lAV,'ORV ,'aval Operations

~enter and Communications Center was 70 percent complete, and the upgrade

of the quarters in t.he NAVFORV compound was ccmpleted. At Tuyen

Nhon, expansIon of the galley .... Jas completed and construction of

th ree additional berthing huts commenced; Construction of added

bunkers and revetments £!t RA.ch Soi was comj:"lleted. Constructic..rl

of bur.kered SEA huts commenced at Tinh Sien. ACTOV construction

c':)ntin-J.ed ~t An Thai J Cat Lo, Vunr, Tau, Dong Tam, BSLl i.'lc,Rach Soi,

pnd !fa Tien.

Me.int.enance and Repair Support

TF-116

Fourteen ne" PBR's "ere outfitted, tested, and turned over "

to the operating forces. Fldation foam backfit kits have arrived

in-coun try, "rid the PER hull p!"O ~ram continued to progres S 5"ti5-

factorily.

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TF-194

:;p:-:01. lcv~l maintf"nance of River ASSC:I.'11t Craft operating in

-::1.::, and IV :~orv~ areas was ac\~('mplished at lJSAD, f)ong

-:'~m. Intennee- l~lt-:-~ level mRint{~nan.::-;! . ..,:1f; conductr-:d by the USS

ICC!, ': u,r'L-JS) ct Ton" X'lyen, th~ :JS~ KRISHNA (ARL-30) at An Thai,

',ce l"i.'3 Cir,'VT( (1,:IJ.-23) at An Ion!'", iwd '.he lJSS SPHINX (ARL-21,) in

the '.'F.l1i'1 C0 River. The Chi.ef or Haval Jperation~:; apnroved the cc,n-

v~rsion of s~ .. ven I.G~~-6ts to Zipro Fch2_ra'~r3, and the Ship Repair

F'<1cill",~T: "Yokosuka W[l.~ d·'Jsirmated as tIn'" conversion -""ark site.

1.;) ':hei r respeci,i 'It' a rea of operations. The 105mm Howitzer support

~'·rtS ;narp'inAl :'1:; few parts we~~ :·tVailable, And or::Ly one experienCf:d

p"-1nner's mate i ~-:; currently a:,;.c.:;i ~ned in-country. All the ASPD rud-

der noc-.,L~ r'-~cenU .. v ins;>:>ct,o.d during River ! .. ssault CrA.ft overhaul

;it 'rSAD, Sonf." Tam, neede·i rf~!,lacing as packing glands were badly

oi t+.pj 0:1 ?.J 1 rudders. LCH-6 conversion cr'-"!.ft also have rudder

-rrotl~~s etC", Dn.ckinp: sleeves 'were r.li~~-"inp;;. rudder shafts and shoes

).0.3]:; ~:'Oded on all bo".ts in the losL overhaul cycle. Ap[.roxi-

m3Lf:'1:: 50 percent of the I.c:·~-6 conversion exhaust coolers have

i thf'r been removed or byna:3sed because of internal leaks. In-

,,'.,11 e.tior, cf an AN/liI C-32 transceiver providing HF backup for the

'I. S. Army laCld} i.ne tdetype conmunication~ was comC'leted at NSAD,

~n" ';,:n. Overhaul ,)f six AN/UCG-6, teletype sets and seven

AN/l'RC-32 transceiv'lrs for the SF-A LCRDS corronunication updat.e Was

comnletp.d. The equipment was badly damaged due to faulty packing.

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The follolfin/( personnel and craft were suw,orted :'y the NSA

Detachments dul'inp PebruarJ:

Base Officer Enlisted Craft

Cam Ranh B"y 146 1 , 253 45

Qui Nhon 44 528 34

Cat 10 131 771 56

An Thai 74 540 40

Nha Be 217 2,228 102

Sa Dec 42 144 ,

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Binh Thuy 314 1,636 69

DonR Tam/TRBM 17 36 599 147

YRBM 16 35 569 78

YREM 21 25 302 40

Mobile Base II 18 352 32

Ben Luc 86 916 26

YRllM 20 27 464 72

The i'ross and net supply effectiveness for February was 61

percent and 76 percent respectively. Total issues for the month

were 11,482, and total demands processed were 18,894. In addition,

647 back orders were released.

A continsenc,T supply of 9250 lube aU was being staged at

Vun/( Tau. Screening of the !~SA Danang excessf'S was initiated to

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determir.(· Ihe availability of fuel bladders, Dumps and related

acC'"s.'"ri"s which are ccllTent,ly in short suppl:1 at the A1'SB Phu

CU0n~. The initial S'ln"ly of MOGAS was provided to A1'SIl Pnu Cuong.

The Army representative at Di An was contacted to estr,bl.ish routine

!",P'3-'lDDly ch?nnels, and various sV-Jr:~ge and delivery alternatives

-:'he Co~!mander, Naval SupoQrt Activity, Dananc; approved a pro-

pram wher~in NSA Dananp would provide back-up support for certain

YFU rer'air narts not stocked by ~SA SAigon. Procedures were promul-

p,t::lt(~d on the reporLirE: and sCrAening c,f repair parts requirements

f()r River Assault craft. RepresAntativ,"s were provided for the

"SC;C/ST".llS ofrload evolution at NSAD Dong 1'1lJTl to ensure that the

rarts were ;2' Irrectly distributed to the detacr'Jnents.

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Durinr Februar·.', the weather conditions in,proved in the I Corps

Tactical Zone as hh:h winds and sea conditions hampered coastal op-

era tic,ns "(. rth of Danang to t.he DMZ for only one and one half days

wi th small craft warnin::;s _in effect during the same period. There

were 1,.'3 LCU and eight LCM-8 lifts re'1uired in loading 131uejay 5hip-

;)inl; at Dar.anp and prestaginf' MAG 12 equipment from Ghu Lai to

Dananl', One 1,CM-8 was deDloyed to Coastal Group 14 on ) February

for PBR sal vage operations. (n 7 FebruaFJ ,an LCM-6, number 32,

was mbed in the C'la Viet River. AIn'Tlis 116 and 122 broke free from

th~ US3 TCMBIGBEE (AOG-11) on 11 February and grounded south of

Cua Vi~t. On 12 February, the US:S DUBUQUE (LPD-8) embarked three

50 foot utilit.y boats and three 1,CH-3 pusher boat.s for pennanent

transfer to the U. S. Naval Station, Suhic Bay. On 15 February,

the retrograde of all assets and personnel from NSAD, Sa Huynh

was co,,~letp(l. On the same day the NSAD Cua Viet was closed and

the ATSB(7) was established at Cua Viet under the control of COQmander

Task Force Clearwater. Personnel and facilities not transferred

to CTF Clearwater were retrograded to Danang. The salvage of AImnl~

j 16 and 122 was complet"d by the lTSS S~Fm1TA.RD (.IlS 25) on 16

February. At 0630H on 20 February, LCU 1614 collided with a Viet-

namese fishing boat in D&nang harbor, sinking the fishing vessel

and dl"Cwninf! one Vietnamese. In addition to the above operations,

LO~-8/6's conduct~d 164 harbor shuttle runs carrying 76) short

tons of cargo, and 10 coastal shuttles, and three amphlbiob' boachings

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illon!' the I CTZ coast carryinp 192 short tons of earl'O,

Overall earl'o operations for the month of February were satis-

fa,::tory. Currf-nt exoort I'~qulrenents and rates of cargo generation

SUPt:8st.:;:: a satisfncto~:! sjtu:l.tion during Mareh. CONTIS shipping

ore,iecticr,s indicatAd :mbstan+ially the Game level of inport activ-

i ty in ~::rtrch as was 2xr:p riencec in February. Frei~hter cargo and

the Vietnmnese f/.;:d.l road had nc significant activity during the ;nonth.

Cargo nrerations ceased at the Don?, Ha, CUP. Viet, and Sa Huynh

ra:np sites \oiith the offil~·laJ. disestabJish.m'-nt of these NSA Detach-

ment 3 ,on 1) Februa ry. The summary of port opera ~,ions during Feb-

ruary follows:

orr -Load Back Load Thru-Put

SiT }!/:' SiT ~,/T SiT MIT

Oa;F! ng 116,613 204,424 77,181 13),931 193,794 340,355

Donp, ""leu" .,e d 27,755 50,833 7,462 2),340 35,217 76,173 Viet

Chu Lai 8,028 1(),917 1 ,861 4,362 9,889 1 ),279

f1uelTar /-Iy 26,272 30,38l. 2,586 11 ,858 28,8)$ 41,467

Sa Hu;rnh 11 ;> 191 31 166 143 357

en 8 February, 1<:SAD Se. Huynh reeei ved heavy automatic weapons

fire frem the ad,jac~r.t villap,e. Due to the civilib.:"' population,

thf> fir~ was not rp.turned; however, there were no personnel cas-

ualties. The J)onp- Ha ramp received small arms fire on 12 I'ebroary

wi thout susta inini; any personnel casualties. On:;:6 February)

YFU-72 receivprJ small arms fire north of Tan My, and again, there

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Wprp. nc ;JFcT'sonn"-'l casu<11ties.

The JC»,t opera tie)f1' ,,~ l!;;.nang i'i!1d eh'" Lai had a gross effect-

i venl'"~s:..; rate of 9J n<:!rcent [HId ~l net ef:ectiveneS5 rate of 9.5 per-

cent d11rinp' F'e't.;r"11:1!',Y. -:'hr! \_'v~r:ll,~ Class I supply situation :remained

month's end and 8,435, 664 C-ration mealr, on hand · .. rith another

921 ,CR6 rnef::ls duE' in. The exchAn~e r:1nnex building was completed,

am; t:-~e C~lm Tien She laundrj press rO('>m was 80 percent complete.

Reloc;:!tion wOl-1~ of the Cc'.Jnr Tir~n Sha orovisions wArehouse., and. con-

ve r:.:,ior. a section of palley number two to war'ehouse sp,s!.ce CO::i-

mcneed.

Fuel iSSUP.5 in [ Corps in FebF:.l3.ry decreased from the January

rp.t, of 1,397,000 ,,;t']lon5 oer day to 1,165,000 gallons per day.

~h-:;d,h~r did not calise any sip,nificant delays in the moveIllent of

fuel to the I CTZ [,orts. Fuel of'era tions at Cua Viet and Sa Huynh

t-jere terminated ';'~ 15 Febilv1ry, and on thE" srune da1"e, AOO's cea~~ed

bein~ u~ed Cc,r 1\;·.el supply i~ n.e ICTZ. Bulk fuel operations at

Tan Vy were taken oyer by the U. S. Army on 26 l'ebru"'7' The 12-

inch ·JP fuel lin., at Chu L<'.' ''''as dO'1n the entire month and wj1l

be rer;laced · .• ith an ei/7ht inch welded line. The 12-inch multi ..

Droduct line 81, Red Heach, Dan,~nlS waR down TIC" t of the month.

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,'Ie following W,~'; the personnel st:,tus for the Na'iil Support

,'\:-:"'~v~ty, Danrtn~.::..t :-r.cnth's end:

/,,1 : c'Ii<:.n.c£ Offi~ Enlisted

NSA 397 9,002

YIt-71 2 89

Tot,Cil 399 9,Cl91

On Doa rd Total 389 8,051

Three enlisted personnel were assigned temporary additional

du ty to C[!'l,A\',ORV for various projects. During February, 113

personr.el extended their lours in Vietnam, the same number as in

,)e.nwny. There were 781 persons performiClg base occurity and 136

Dersons cerforming afloat security duties. The following numbers

of personnel were performing carJIO handling duties durin/( the month:

Hatch Teams

Ra'P.p Teams

Chickers

Adrlin SUp~)Qrt

Fleet Air Support.

T0tal

Ci vlir1n F~rsonnel Status:

ll. ::;, Civl Service

,IA VSUPPACT 63

eCHN A '[FURV 21

Total 84

246

116

162

171

41

736

On Board

54

17

71

172

Net Gain/Loss This Month ?Ius 2

Minus 1

Plue 1

Local .National Ceilin;~ en Board Net GairiLLoss This Month

"lAVSF!'PACT 6,775 6,524 Minus 235

., Other 8,J(y/ 530 I':inus 197

Total 15,082 14,054 Minus 432

There ,,{~., an A.ver;-,,'e of 149,594 ;niliLtry nersonnel suI'pc,rted by the

I'c',e} Supoort Activi ly, Danang in the I CTZ during February.

Project HOOD (move out. ~r Danang) WA.s 8') percent completed

fer NA.vV fi1ci Hties ano 45 percent comrleterl for all military facil-

i t.ies et month's end. The revetment for the explosive handling at

the Camp Ti~n She Ra.mI' was completed as was the installation of the

block nlA.nt for 1,he Vietnamese NeV'f shelter pI'Ogram. The following

~enera ~,O"3 remained deadlined: Danang "lest-two 600K1'I and one 1700KW;

Dam01,~ East - O'1e 15OOK',f ar.d two 500 1\'.1. Three 2000 K1'I generators,.

control hOllSf! ;-ind ~if!h vol tage sw::i.tch ReAr arrived on 18 Febru2ry

and were "laced at the S,,-,ell CrA.ft Repair Facility powe,. "lant siLeo

The o"w VILCO~ three mill ion gallons-per day water treatment plant

located at the Danang Air Base Wrl.~ undergoing operational tests

cd, monti,' 5 end.

The following was t.he status of the Philco Ford contract

as of 78 February:

u. S. LN TeN Total

On Board ~1 -,' JAN 116 1,255 2,066 3,437

On Board 28 FEB 113 1 ,332 2,(X)9 3,45~

Est On Board 112 1,340 1,829 3,367 31 MAR

173 ' ilH!"F~TI.!

The5'~ figllreS incl~ld~ ~_'J'cp:ram mana,:"e!Tlent, nersonnel in training,

and ~p!'sonnel R550cL-...tE'd with public works, sup;)ly, SCEF, and t.he

On beard fifCUres for 28 Fecruary included three local nation-

aJ s (TC"l).

The Clerformance or th" Korean Express-Keangnan (KEKlJ) contin-

ued t,; be satisfactolY durin~ Februal"'J ana the guaranteecl mim.nrum

contr~{c:' rP.'~uirements ·..,rer~ met both seaside and pierside. The KEKN

1-1.'1_:tdl c.d its five r.ri1:.:3)'lth ton of carpo on '7 February since coming

und~r !l. S. Governme:--It contract. The following reflects the cargo

handled by KC;]{N durin" February:

Tota J Of noad 70,648 SiT

Total BacklOc~d 5,172 SiT

Daily Average Thru-Put 2,708 SiT

85,518 M/T

16,808 M/T

3,655 I"/T

1'"8 follo'.inf( is the KElCi TCN ,;ersonnel breakdown:

Sea,;ide Cargo Operations 143

Bridge Ramp Cargo Operations 55

Deep '!later Piers Cc.rt;O Ope~ations 165

Total KEK:i I s directly engaged in Cargo Operations 363

KEKU Supnort Personnel (admin, mechanic", carpenters, etc.) 72

Total 435

The following facilities were turned over to the ARVN durin~

the month:

Dong Ha ramps - 15 str~ctures valued at $45,000

Fleet Logistics Center - 50 str~ctures valued at $101,000

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The follo·,·rin;· f,~tCl-'itiss were turned over to the U. 3. ArT:'!Y;

"en Hy "()j. fr.Gility villued at $l,:nO,Ooo

CP~'<;)-301 ce.rtc:-unent at Que.nR Tri - 55 structures val.ued at $78,000

"A'i-36 et Pc:" Bai - 300 strllctures valued at $3,910,000

There were 908 catients admitted to the station hospita.l at

jJp,nang durin!'!" February. Of these, 232 were battle caualtie;>, 54

for minor 3urvery, 270 for ma,~or surgery, and 46 malaria adT1issions.

7hc rc ''';C r\-~ 15 single anrutations, eip:ht double ampu ta tions, and one

t;:n·.I~..: arnnutation. 'L'he averap'e dajly patient CAnsus for FebruR..rj

"'r2~:; ;-:';:';. with 196 b~r:ls occupied at month's end, j:J.':::!..ildinp-; 6 prisoner~j­

of-"'~tr. T~j:Ci)up:h(J'1t. Lhe me-nth, phys-,cian"J and cOl1)smen assigned t.()

tr.e "tiltion h,o,.,ital have vol.untarily worked at the China Beach

CAtholic School and S'~min.'1ry and at the orphanages in China Beach

(lnd Cr~5cr'-nt Eeach 85 irrununization tee.ms in addition to re~lar

1<erJcaps. A total of 1,4J4 immunizations were administered. Med'20.i.1S

\.J('re held at the Stella ~ario DispEnsa,ry, the Gennan hospi'ca1 shill

E'JJ;C'UN0, and the Maltesel' hospital. Approximately 11,0 Vietnamese

rc"}tjen:-.:~ h'ere cared for each week. ~·'eekly dere1atolopy, orthl)ped'ir:.t

mp-~--j'i ('~ ne, st..:.rD"ical, and urolopy clinics pluG opthitlmoJo,e:icaJ. CRY"e

H~re held at the stH,tion hospital for those in :1eed. of these sErv}c8s.

Tne Vietn"mese inpatient census at month's end was 17 with a uaily

averare of 19. Total Vietnamese for the month was 50. There were

66 admitted for major surRery and 61 for minor suri(ery.

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THIRD NAVAL CJNSTHUCTION BRIGADE

All significant enemy activity involving Seabees during February

occurred in the Southern I Corps Tactical Zone. There were five

mining incidents on route QL-l south hetween Danang and Landing Zone

Baldy. ~)iA Seabees were ,.,ounded as a result of these mining int::idents.

During February, the major effort in the line of communication

road upgrade program was directed towards Q1-1, south of Danang

beo"een the villap,es of Thanh Quit and Tu My. This s"ction can be

further subdivided into three sections as foJ lo>,s: (percent complete

as of 28 February) (1) Thanh Quit - Cau Lau River - Fill-99 percent,

Base-9\' percent, asphalt - none; (2) Cau Lau RiYer - Ly Ly River - fill··

31 percent, base-16 percent, asphalt - none; (3) Ly Ly River - Tu My -

fill-27 percent, base-9 percent, asphalt - none. The Hai Van pass also

received extensive repair work and maintenance continued on routes

ML-l}C, ML-:2~, Ml-12W, ML-E, ani ML-ID. In the northern I CTZ,

repairs to OL-l between Don~ Ha and ~lang Tri were completed along

' .... ith the Don,; Ha city route.

'dork on the ajcraft shelters continued during the month with

eight shelters under construction, nine shelters complete except for

concrete covers, and 95 shelters fully completed. There were eight

shelters for the Fleet Air Support Unit at the Danang Air Base under

procurement and not yet schedul ad for construction. All shelters not

presently under construction are on hold pending III MAF evaluation

of continuing requirements.

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At Phu Bai a.irfield pal-chi'lg and overlay of tdXi;;ays continued

wi tr runl;ay overlay scr.eduled to begin on 1 April. The construction

of .:;~ thi rd of four secondary bridges north of Hue was 23 percent.

comnlete with comoletion scheduled for the middle of March. Con3truc- • ti811 of t.he fourth bridge ·.ill commence wr.en bridge three is completed.

'ii te I;rading and compaction for the Hue detention facility was begun

dllrinf the last. week in February. COiWS approved the revised

building layout plan pennitting verticql work to proceed. The (Yler-

all project is scheduled for completion in early May. l'iork on the

ACTClV bases in the IV CTZ continued at Ha Tien, An Thoi, Nam Can, am

Hach Soi. The faei lity at An Thoi was 99 percent complete, and work

at Ha Tien was 83 percent complete. Rach S"i construction was 28

oerc€nt complete while extensive fill work continued at Nam Can.

Sufficient fill has been received to permit construction to commence

of tLe Advance Tactical Support Base. M~terials and equipment were

beinl' staged for shipment to Long Phu and Kien An.

Naval Construction Forces have a projected backlog amounting to

35.' weeks of horizontal work and 21 weeks of vertical work. The

program:ned backlog amounts to an additional 3.9 weeks of horizontal

and 3 weeks of vertical work.

The following was the lor.istics status during the month:

In-count ry shipments: ::lelta

Phu Bai S;hu Lai Dong H~ Project Total

Material (S/T) 776 38 o 1,049

178

Material (M/T) 1,1il6 392 88 o 1,666

Equipment (Pieces) 1 112 o o 113

Material ~tatus:

Issues Total

Receipts Inventory

Project Material ($000) 2,907 1,209

Tactical Support Functional 2,722 Components (TFSC) ($000)

2,333

Repair Parts,

Issues

Dollar Value ($000) 207

Line Items 1,927

Equipment deadlin .. :

NHCB organic

Third NCB augment

Total Equipment

1,535

7'19

Equipment retrograde shipments:

Number of pieces shipped: 105

!l,eceipts

102

1,080

Number Deadline

77

55

10,351

8,37}

Total Inventory

1,701

20,751

5.0

6.9

Number of pieces scheduled for shipment: 16

The following was the personnel status at month's end:

Hili tal"'J:

Ceilinr; On Board

Officer 133 142

Enlisted J,707 ),739

Total 3,840 3,881

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179 'f i it I : ,~~ ,

Ci vili"n:

Brigade headquarters - 154 (63 TCN, 91 Viet.namese) . , NMCB - 573

• The following awards were presented to Third Naval Construction

Brigade personnel during February:

Legion of Merit 1

Bronze Star 1

Navy Commendation 1

Navy Achievement 3

Combat Action Ribbon 314

Purple Heart 12

Good Conduct 5

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APP 'C'ID IX ;r GLOSSARY ·'iF ABBREVIATIO"S

The following abbreviations and terms are commonly used in the

, combat zone by ~ll agencies and are listed here in amplification of

those used in the text:

ABF Attack by fire

A.'f1I PO'ITorn A multi-purpose barge, standard size is twenty-

eight feet by ninety feet

AO Area of operations

ARV'I Army of the Republic of Vietnal,l

ASPB Assault Support Patrol Boat

ATC Armored Troop Carrier

ATSB Advance Tactical Support Base

Autorna fc,ic weapons

BLACK PO}rY/BRO'TCn OV-10 Twin Ehgine Turboprop Counterinsurgency

,'.ircl"aft

GC3 Command and Communications fuat

CG Coastal Group

S~ICOM Chinese Communist

Civilian Irregular Defense Group- mercenaries

of V<.etnamese, Laotian, Cambodian descent who

fight primarily around their awn villages

CMD Capital Militcry District

CONUS Continental United states

CRIP Civilian Reconnaissance Intelligence Platoon

I-1

CS Tear gas grenades

80rps Tactical Zone ;

cz Coastal Zone

DELTA HAWK Mohawk OV-1C aircraft •

1USTOFF ;1edical evacuation by helicopter

ENID' Enemy initiated firefight

Forward Observation Base

FS3 Fire Support Base

FWMAF Free World Military Assistance Forces

GDA Gun Damage Assesment

GVN Governuent of Vietnam

HAFT Helicopter Attack Fire Team

WtI Harassment and Interdiction Fire Support

JGS Joi~t General Staff (Vietnamese)

KIT CARSO'< SCOUTS Former Viet Cong who have come over to the side

of the Saigon government and serve with allied

milit9ry units

LAFT Light Attack Fire Team (OV-10's)

LAW Light Anti-tank Weapon

LCPL landing Craft, Personnel, Large

LDNN Vietnamese equivalent of USN Underwater Demoli-

tion Team t

LHF'T Light Helo Fire Team

WH OH-6 Light Observation Helicopter

LRRP Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol

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UNCLASSIFJED

MACV Military Assistance Command, Vietnam

Mobile Advance Tactical Support Base

MEDeAP ;iedical Civic Action Program

,'!:I 'I ITOR Heavily armored LCM-6 (4Omm cannon or lOS;m"

Horltzer)

Mobile Riverine Base

HRF Mobile Riverine Force

MSB Hinesweeper, Boat

Minesweeper, Drone

Mobile Strike Force - mercenaries who deploy and

go anywrere

NGFS Naval Gunfire Support

'JILO Naval Intelligence Liaioon Officer

NIOTC Naval Inshore Operations Training Center

Night Observation Device

WA North VietnaJlese Army-

ODIC Officer in Charg9

OJ[ On the Job Training

PBR Patrol Boat, River

pr;F Patrol Craft, P'ast (Swift Boat)

POW Prisoner of War

PRU Provincial Reconnaissance unit

PSA Province Sector Advisor

Psyops Psychological Operations

RAD River Assault Division

RAG River Assault. Group (VNN) UNCLASSIElED. 1-3 r 5; .. ----....... ~ ..... ~.----__

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RAID

RAS

RF/PF

RPG

RSSZ

RVNAF

SAR

SEAWOLF

SHADOW

SKIMMER

SLICK

SPOOKY

SSB

STAB

SCAT1'0R

SHOTGUN 49

START

TAO'l

USARV

VNMC

VNr;

ZIPPO

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Rher Assault and Interdiction Division (Vim)

River A,~sault Squadron

Regional Forces/Popular Forces

Rocket Propellerl Grenade or River Patrol Group

Rung Sat Special Zone

Republic of Vietnam Air Force (or Arm~j Forces)

Search and Rescue

UH-1 B Helo, heavily amart, USN operated

8-119 aircraft

20' fiber~~ass motor boat

UH-1B Helo, USA operated

C-47 l'.ircraft

Swimmer Support Boat (skinmter)

Strike Assault Boat

Small Craft Aaetet, Training, and Turnover

Call sign for Army 01 A .aircraft

Swift Training and Rapid Turnover

Tactical Area of Responsibility

United States Army, Vietnam

Vietnamese Marine Corps

Viutnruues e Nlny

Flame thr,,"er equ:'.pped ATC or l'bnitor Waterborne

Guardposts

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