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The 3rd Battalion, 506th Infantry was based here from February 1968 to December 1969 giving the base its alternative name of Currahee Base Camp. [2]: 159 The 1st Battalion, 50th Infantry was based here from October 1969 to December 1970. [2]: 151 Other U.S. Army units based here included: 2nd Squadron, 1st Cavalry (May 1969) [2]: 125
After two days of intense fighting by the 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division and the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN)1st Division, 900 PAVN and Vietcong soldiers were killed in and around Quảng Trị City and LZ Betty. However, across South Vietnam, 1,000 Americans, 2,100 ARVNs, 14,000 civilians, and 32,000 NVA and Vietcong lay dead.
From 14 October 1970 the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing deployed a force of six CH-46Ds, 4 AH-1Gs and one UH-1E command ship to Baldy on a daily basis from Marble Mountain Air Facility to support 5th Marine quick reaction force (QRF) operations. [4]: 106 In late November the Korean 2nd Marine Brigade also stationed a QRF platoon at Baldy. [4]: 113
On 12 March 1970, the 3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne under the command of Colonel Ben Harrison, began rebuilding abandoned Fire Support Base Ripcord which relied, as the most remote bases at the time, on a helicopter lifeline to get supplies and personnel in and out.
Sally Sheffield (born June 17, 1941, in Brooklyn, New York) was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the May 1969 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Pompeo Posar, who later remarked, "Sally was an interesting lady, so smart". A younger sister, Anita Sheffield, also did some nude modeling.
An image of Columbia Pictures' famous Miss Liberty logo as seen on a wall in Jane Bartholomew's home in 2001. The actress helped inspire the look for the famous logo, one of several actresses ...
Betty A. Bridges, a veteran guest actress in series like Good Times and Hill Street Blues and the mother of Diff'rent Strokes star Todd Bridges, has died at 83. Todd shared two posts on Instagram ...
That day Company C 1/7 Marines returned to LZ Baldy, while Company H, 2/7 Marines joined the operation. Four howitzers and the artillery command group at Firebase Defiant moved to Firebase Ross and the remaining two howitzers moved to Hill 110 forming a provisional artillery batter with the mortars there. [1]: 74–5