![]() ![]() Using 5 inch guns, the bombardment was both accurate and abundant. In the late afternoon, the Navy sent the guided missile cruiser USS Boston off shore to provide naval bombardment of the trapped NVA battalion. When the C 1/5 Cav was moving forward, we had to stay in our foxholes to avoid the massive firepower that was coming our way. It reminded me of the WWII movies I had seen of the Marines storming the beach in the South Pacific. One had to yell right in someone's ear to be heard. 50 caliber machine guns roaring, the noise was tremendous. With everyone firing their M-16s, and the tank's cannon and. An occasional RPG (rocket propelled grenade) would also fly by. Through out the afternoon one, either C 1/5 Cav or C 2/5 Cav would move forward in a line in a sweep towards the village across the open beach. The 1/5 Cav was placed on the north side and we were placed on the south side. This was a classic example of the mobility and quick response capability of the 1st Cavalry division. Within 2 hours, Company C, 1/5 Cav and Tall Comanche were airlifted to the battle area via helicopter. The 3/5 Cav commander put in a request for infantry to fill in the gaps between the tanks. They quickly moved their vehicles around three sides of the village with one side open to the sea. (Webmaster Note: During much of October and November, 1968, C 2/5 Cav was under the operational control of the 3rd Squadron, 5th Cavalry, working out of LZ Hard Core in northern Quang Tri Province.) Early on June 27th, elements of the 3/5 Cav came in contact with the K14 Battalion of the 812th Regiment of the People's Army of Vietnam, known to Americans as the North Vietnamese Army, or NVA. The 3rd Squadron, 5th Cavalry (a mechanized, battalion sized unit with tanks and armored personnel carriers) was attached to the 1st Cavalry Division. It is approximately 13 kilometers north of the provincial capital of Quang Tri City, and approximately 20 kilometers south of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). Comanche was part of a major battle at Binh An, a seacoast village in the northern part of Quang Tri, the northernmost province in the Republic of Vietnam. PArmor Magazine article PArmor Magazine article The following narration has been taken from the website of C 2/5th Cavalry the Tall Comanche. PArmor Magazine article PArmor Magazine article See Battle of La Hue for additional information. 233 NVA KIA and 44 POW against 3 US KIA and 35 US wounded. Contact was established between Wunder Beach and the Qua Viet River, Quang Tri Province - A, B, C & HHT Troops received Valorous Unit Awards – The 3rd/5th Cavalry annihilated the 814th NVA Battalion. – Tri Thieu Province, I Corps – OPCON 1st Cavalry Division. June 27-28 1968 –“THE BATTLE OF BINH AN”. As C Troop was on there way back to Wunder Beach, the lead tank C-17 recived the first round fired an RPG that missed its mark. June 27-28th 1968 The Battle of Ban An -a small vilage north of Wunder Beach.
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