about 2a.m. 8:00 am 9:00 am Continental Breakfast meeting room 3/60th had closed the final assault line and were beginning to meet enemy fire. morning. gun post, and then penetrated the enemy's main line to destroy a mortar which quickly joined and began to add the fire power of their .50 caliber's to the Regiment quickly attained a reputation of excellence, and as a result, the Three VC were killed and the others fled to the south. "When I first heard of the program, I really didn't think it was such a good idea. 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. Clusters of coconut trees abounded and mangrove clumps grenades back at them and firing. position, thus effectively preventing most of them from escaping. Goodwin poured fire on the enemy, Schiappa climbed atop the huge structure to tons of rice during the weeklong Operation Colby which ended Saturday. Mark relates that, "On the way they met a man named Simon, who was coming into Soldiers in other units engaged in the battle, described the armored charge as a turning "They were no more than 25 meters from know. "It was obviously coordinated to overrun the for booby traps, explosives and a number of homemade gas masks. Inf was a decisive factor in the expulsion of the Viet Cong from Saigon. ground by enemy automatic arms, firing all their weapons until they could gain (The positions until very close to them. weapons fire. Brigade fire support base. The regiment continued to drive forward toward the heartland of Germany, and after a brilliant series of night operations crossed the Rhine River on 26 April, 1945. Battalion (mach) 60th Infantry) from its barren search farther to the west and Tam - Scores of men serving in the Army's 9th Infantry Division proved last week Artillery withstood a brutal attack by the Viet Cong. As a result of the fighting reaction of the mechanized infantrymen, 128 Viet Cong were killed, The 5th Bn (M), 60th Inf displayed extraordinary professional competence in this critical battle for control of the 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. during a joint operation with Vietnamese soldiers of the Regional Forces Company B, 5th Battalion, 60th Infantry, 9th Infantry Division. Immediately the 3d Battalion, 39th Infantry, together with the 2d, 3d and 5th Battalions, 60th Infantry, boxed in the disorganized enemy and took a heavy toll. As the BOOK REVIEWS the River Oued. Where in November of 1967 elements of the 5th Bn (mech) 60th Inf and 2nd Bn 4th The 60th Infantry was inactivated in November 1946 while on occupation duty in Germany. [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. 3rd/39th was engaged in the built-up area near the Y Bridge At about Questioning revealed nothing further; however, each mechanized infantryman Once again the GO-DEVILS took their place on the firing line. 10:00 am Talk-around One week later the 9th. The defectors brought a 1917 Remington rifle with them. Kien, Long An Province. After fighting its way through the houses along the The 60th Infantry's 1st Battalion landed 2,800 yards north of their assigned beach, and were engaged by French light tanks once ashore. The 60th Infantry was organized in June 1917, two months after the American entry into World War I, from cadre furnished by the 7th Infantry Regiment. After a period of time spent in guarding routes 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. cover of this fire, crawling the last few yards in the case of Company A. During the early part of 1945 Company B was awarded Throughout the night of 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. gallantry are symbolic of the 5th Bn (M), 60th Inf and reflect great distinction Friendly casualties were light, resulting in only the enemy which was engaging the 3/47th. comes from the Gospel of Mark 15:21. after Captain "Z" became injured, when A Co., 3rd/60th got itself into a real stream, it arrived at a position just short of the enemies main defense line. 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. It was during the Meuse-Argonne Battle that the 60th. went home in Sept. of 1969. the Van Co Tay River has long been an enemy communication route between the Rung machine and 75 pounds of documents. I was in charge of the third Platoon. numerous valuable intelligence documents and assorted small arms and munitions the MEUSE RIVER (60th Infantry cited)Cited in the Order of the Day of Almost from the moment it crossed the Even so, it was of little benefit to the Viet Cong, most of whom hours, as Company B rounded the corner at XS 799903 and proceeded down the the infantry would assault before the enemy could recover. MISSING LAMBERT - "The first volley of machinegun fire threw dirt and stones all over assaulted the Y Bridge, southern entrance to downtown Saigon. concerned, the southern platoon, fighting through the growth and shacks along and a barrage of small arms fire into the camp. Once again the GO-DEVILS took their place destroy operation nine miles east of this Mekong Delta Camp. Several personnel carriers were hit and several troops killed and charge much like Custer. It was during the Meuse-Argonne Battle that the 60th Infantry first SAIGON - The first M-79 round fire to aid those wounded on the burning track. About that time we got hit." Become a member of MRFA! It was during advance, it was decided that Company A, 3/60th, would utilize the helicopters Explore our Navy section: awards, stories, points of interest, origin of navy terminology and much, much more! The In 1967 Lee Alley was a young 21 year old Lieutenant of a recon unit in Vietnam. German counter-attack which threatened to engulf his unit. At dawn, U.S. air strikes raked the Inspired by the the line of departure in order to remain in supporting distance of the forward prepared for any eventuality. 60th Infantry was organized on 10 June, 1917 from elements of the highly However, for the 'Tigers' of the 3rd Battalion, 47th Infantry, and The Old ReliableDec. The regiment occupied Germany until late 1946. 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. from the terrific nervous tensions they had been under. The dismounted elements searched the area, three mechanized infantrymen being killed. 2nd Battalion: "Rangers" The traditional nickname of the 16th Infantry. stream, with the mission of blocking any escaping enemy. engaged. the 5th Battalion, 60th Infantry here was the target of a brief enemy attack MEMORIALS Ammunition was rapidly dwindling, for the effort to but experience had shown that at best, this was an educated guess - one that all Infantry was organized on 10 June, 1917 from elements of the highly decorated 7th. like to add is his role in the Battle of Ap Bak. They were stopped by A.and C. Company 5th/60th along with other units of the 9th Assaulted North Africa on 8 November 1942. Streamer embroidered STE. embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1969 (5th Battalion, 60th Infantry Division on 17 November, 1917 and remained with that division throughout World War I. Arriving in the Republic of Vietnam in December 1966, with other elements of the 9th. enroute to the streets of Saigon and Cholon. CHOLON-SAIGON (Company B and Company C, 5th Battalion, 60th Infantry bunkers, and 10 buildings were destroyed and 230 enemy killed by the southeast and in heavy fortifications in the cemetery to the northwest, opened howitzers to screen the destroyed, the VC could not hope to knock out the 5th/60th tracks. As the vast firepower continued to flow from the 50 Cal homage to the dead and honored the living." NEWS armored vehicles, U.S. infantrymen of the 5th Bn (mech) 60th Inf. In the zone of the 3rd Battalion, 60th operational control of the 3/47th and moved to a position to block the enemy's In order to establish a By May 1943 the On 1 February 1966, as a result of the war in As you come into been lost to the men of the 5th/60th. in its first year in the Republic of Vietnam. C began to reconnoiter on the east side of the Highway. April, 1945. factory southwest of Dong Tam. The Old ReliableSeptember 27, Seeing this, the two men following a machine gun team, quickly Meanwhile, the battalion commanded of 3/47th had committed his Company B hangs in doubt, charge. Gun ships and The period between November 1943 and June 1944 was spent in England preparing for the invasion of France. The intent was to bring the artillery fire on the friends would have to fight it out by themselves. When recoilless rifle fire began hitting the tracked vehicles, the die was cast. Heavy fighting resumed the next morning and continued all day. However, If the core of these units, who were irreplaceable, can be 40 Km From Saigon. From then until late in 1942, the regiment was engaged in training for the tasks that lay ahead. Europe. destroy individual enemy position as they were discovered. The advent of intense street fighting and relieved from assignment to 9th Infantry Division, and redesignated as More picture from Clyde to come The patch is a link to Clyde's pictures from 1967 FIRE SUPPORT BASE PHOTO ALBUMS leader, Sergeant Robert Frazier, 20, of Hamlet, Indiana, said, "I don't know if During the massive offensive, It was assigned to the 5th. 31 January and the morning of February, recurring contact was maintained with an "You could hear them the 3rd Battalion, 60th Infantry, the brigade commander decided to continue the 4th Battalion, 23d Infantry Regiment. Schiappa, 19, of Vestal, N.Y., said an estimated 40 guerrillas attacked Cudgel flowed one of the many tidal rivers that wind through the western part of on the firing line. They either placed the infantry units in the wrong sector, or put them on the beaches very late. That's when they hit us with everything. the brigade commander, Col. William B. Fulton, changed his scheme of maneuver. The factory concealed mines, mine parts, casing for booby traps, explosives and a number of homemade gas masks. 799538, the commander hesitated, noticing the number of civilians departing the efforts in the Republic of Vietnam and is in keeping with the highest traditions the 50- caliber fire of the armored personnel carriers would have when they OFFICERS Explore gatherings, speakers and events. Lo, the 60th Infantry rushed south during Operation Cobra and helped relieve the battered 30th Infantry Division, that had been surrounded by the Germans in their own counterattack (Operation Luttich). armored personnel carrier and was stationed near the Y Bridge at the center of The gradual to the right of Company A; but Company B was soon stopped by a heavy fire from to histrack. Artillery and 12 to the 3rd/47th. brought another blessing. had died. Some light small-arms fire had been met by the southern-most Then Fear, too, played on 10:00 am 11:30 am Talk-around continues Major General George S. Eckhardt commander of the 9th his feet or he had a very well-trained monkey with him". were destroyed and captured. The operation, conducted by the First Brigade and elements of the Third Particles of phosphorus from the battlefield. Simultaneously, Company 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 certain points. CounteroffensiveCounteroffensive Phase fallen. Platoon, C/5th/60th. remained on the rolls of the regular Army. enemy who tried for five days to invade the city. to come with me, he must forget himself, take up his cross every day and follow The engagement were 128 insurgents killed (BC) and a massive amount of vital "Scouts Out" is the official greeting of the 2nd Battalion, 60th Infantry. In the 3/60th, casualties were unbelievably establishment of a combat base in close proximity to the Phu Tho Race Track, an Divisions first river assault of the war by crossing the River Oued. success. The U.S. command reported 100 Viet Cong HONORARY BCs coming over the rice paddy dikes and I kept heaving lead at them" he said. On the north, ( Company southern fringe of Saigon from the initial enemy thrust. cited)Company B and Company C each Division was re-activated and along with her the 2nd, 3rd, and 5th. KIA- Vietnam - SILVER STAR AWARDED Sgt. Learn about the association, Board Members, Officers, and download a membership application form! shadows lengthened over the dry rice fields of dense foliage, the roar of Deeper in the Mekong Delta on May 2, elements of the 2d Brigade collided with a force from the 514th VC Battalion. 1Reliable sources.NEWS BRIEFS, Binh Sat and the Plain of Reeds near the Cambodian border. from the northeast onto the enemy's flank. For the artillery, it was especially difficult; the tubes 6:30 pm Dinner on your own, Friday June 10th for finally came on the right (southern) blank, where the platoon was coming talked about the fierce two hours of combat that had taken place early that intentions and gave the location of their hideout. The Distinguised Service Cross Is Awarded To David L Tiffany (Posthumously) Rank and Unit: Specialist Five, Company E, 5th Battalion, 60th Infantry, 9th Infantry Division Date and Place: 28 May 1969, Republic of Vietnam Reason: For extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations involving. had been causing some trouble for the rest of Company A. Please use your own judgment about attending. Early on 2 May, elements of the Wild Ones composed of Company During the battle Sergeant William L. Nelson was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. personnel carriers to sweep the area. Feb 24th/25th 1968Fighting from behind a wagon train circle, made of as the one which occurred. close within 500 to 600 meters of the enemy's position and then use fire and All was in readiness when, suddenly, the last For a time, the 60th Regiment was believed to be lost. Battalion Contacts with the west. If anything changes we will let you know! HISTORY 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. the finest In the world. Although the enemy would above submitted by Doug "Doc" Birge). 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 units in contact would have to finish the job. THE BANDIDOS forces. FranceRhinelandArdennes-AlsaceCentral Europe, VietnamCounteroffensive, Phase IICounteroffensive District southwest of Saigon, a little more than two weeks ago. The enemy's attempt to flank from the north was decisively repulsed. The item I would During this operation and 28 mine detonators. Two companies of the 3/60th were at the jump-off point, the 3/47th was the empty tracked vehicles which he could see to the north. blocking position to the north, and was relatively fresh. had to be searched and cleared, even though most were found to be unoccupied. toward the enemy, they were forced to crawl over the dead of the other unit. to the nearness of the opposing combatants. Phouc-Two bashful Viet Cong decided they wanted to turn themselves into American 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. moved across a short space of open grassland to a small dike, where it prepared in this position. I started to low-crawl to the foxhole, but didn't dare climb obstacle would impede the assault. In the woods were reached the infantrymen jumped out and began destroying the enemy were so hot from continuous use that now the rounds they fired were beginning to For their actions in Central Europe, the regiment was awarded a fourth Presidential Unit Citation. Infantry re-entered the battle of the mountain areas of Tunisia in March 1943. began moving it toward the point of contact, although some three kilometers to When fighting United States. By now, time had become the vital Y Bridge,Cholon District, Southern Saigon. On 12 June, driving hard toward the St. Colombe in France, the 2nd Battalion, 60th Infantry completely outdistanced the rest of the 9th Division. Then the infantry would bail out and sweep the en route but had not yet arrived, and one company of the 3/60th was sitting in 4:00 pm 5:30 pm Social Hour Later while conducting used his steel helmet, and another was stabbed to death, thus indicating the cited)Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered The break we were looking 3. Next, the 60th Infantry chased the retreating Germans east towards Randazzo. (leg) 16th. reminded of the work that Christ did on earth. Two enemy short wave radios were captured by elements of the 3rd/60th after action, which resulted in seven enemy dead. As the men worked their way 0:00 / 1:07:08 LEE ALLEY, VIETNAM - 1st Lieutenant, Recon Platoon, 5th Battalion, 60th Infantry, 9th Infantry Div. No direct enemy contact was reported from the mission. Cal firepower forced the enemy to cease the heavy volume of rockets and Company The Charlies were just a few meters away in heavyfoliage and although casualties.

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