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In the early morning darkness of 6 May, the NVA retaliated with an intensive rocket and mortar barrage, followed by a massive 95th Regiment pincer grand assault against 2 sides of the base an hour later. LZ Carolyn's garrison was reduced by the absence of several line companies on patrol, and the withering defensive fires of the battalion's COMPANY C and E were unable to prevent the onrushing battalions from storming through the wire and into the LZ from both directions.
Note: by Tom Lane 7684 Reads
From our compound south of Danang a company is detached for security duty north of Danang at the Esso Plant and bridge. One platoon is south of the river and two north at the Esso Plant. Grunts are on the bridge. I'm a radio operator attached for air control to the company from the battalion radio platoon. 3Bn/27th Marines, 1968, I Corps.
Note: by Bruce Dillingham 6974 Reads
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1812: American General William Hull surrenders Detroit without resistance to a smaller British force under General Issac Brock. 1861: Union and Confederate forces clash near Fredericktown and Kirkville, Missouri. 1863: Union General William S. Rosecrans moves his army south from Tullahoma, Tennessee to attack Confederate forces in Chattanooga. 1914: Liege, Belgium, falls to the German army. 1914: Austrian troops capture Shabatz, but Serbian troops check the Austrian advance between Loznitsa and Shabats. 1915: The Russian army is withdrawn to the Brest-Osovyets-Kovna line. 1915: Russians troops enter Van. 1915: Cumberland coast towns are shelled by German submarines. 1916: French troops take a system of German trenches near Belloy-en-Santerre on a front of 1,300 yards, capturing 1,300 prisoners. |
