This song is his story. I could not recall a case where they chose to go home. As I approached their bunk the soldier came to attention, I stepped aside and the General stood toe-to-toe with each of them. The Hump: The First Major Battle of the Vietnam War, Jefferson, North Carolina. I learned that C Company did not have radio contact with all of its forward elements but that they would make every attempt to cease its fires. Dezember 2021. 5 min read. Follow, A Site Geared to the Interests of Veterans and Non-Veteran Patriots, Ill pour the 1st cup, after that youre on your own, Welcome to Wednesday, January 18, Known as Uncle and Auntis Anniversary, Welcome to Tuesday, January 17, Conversation, Welcome to Monday, January 16, Conversation, Welcome to Sunday, January 15, Conversation. one Medal of honor being awarded to Combat medic of the 173rd. Approximately thirty five air strikes supported this effort. He moved well forward of his platoon and was killed. Doc Hump (1934) - Mad scientist who . Within an hour we closed on the battalion base. Your e-mail address will be used to confirm your account. It was all about staying low that day.. Keep it Clean. I knew we would lose more wounded through the night. Halfway up the hill one of my radio operators appeared to fall. Saturday, together in Deadwood for the first time ever, they recalled a few of their most vivid memories and impressions left from the life-changing event, as the fourth annual Deadwoods Veterans Salute sponsored by the Deadwood Business Club and held at Deadwood Mountain Grand, honored their service and sacrifices, along with all area veterans. A lot of guys were in shock and this one guy that was hurt, they leaned him up against a tree, and I said, Hey, that isnt going to work. I was just screaming, Get down! That was too high I was making myself real skinny. The enemy had fled leaving many of their dead (some reportedly stripped of their uniforms). I reported that we were loosing contact and felt that the enemy was trying to escape. Having reported the establishment of our base at approximately _117319, I ordered Clair to begin moving in the direction of the trail in the vicinity of _110328. Bernosky was seriously wounded on March 16, 1966 during an operation near Phuoc Vinh where B Company was the lead company of the First Battalion 503D Infantry going to the aid of another unit, this time the Second Battalion 503D Infantry. Notifications from this discussion will be disabled. By now we had received over 900 artillery rounds in support of our fight on the hill. Gunships were returning fire as we extracted. Colonel Tyler provided encouragement and said he was working on it. He had never failed me before but this time he would. The result of the battle was heavy losses on both sides. Each of them died shortly following their request for help. Low 24F. For the second time I experienced a long pause on the radio followed by a pained out. The hill was heavily vegetated with teakwood trees and what is generally referred to as triple canopy jungle. Leaving my rear detachment under the control of my Executive Officer, First Lieutenant Charles E. Johnson, Jr., B Company deployed with five officers, 195 enlisted men and one ARVN interpreter. I ordered the first platoon leader, First Lieutenant Michael P. DeFrancisco, to move his platoon even further to the left or south of the third platoon in order to have two platoons abreast and ready to rapidly move on line once we reached the objective. Ever so gradually fires were falling off. They came and left as fast as we could load them. It was a painful decision but I called them off. However, our C Company Commander, Captain Henry B. Tucker (just Tuck or Big Tuck to most of us) reported hearing chickens cackling to his north. My headquarters element quickly made contact with the first platoon and discovered that we were paralleling the line of march of the third platoon. The search-and-rescue operation at the scene of a Russian missile strike in the city of Dnipro has been completed. The 173D Airborne Brigade enjoyed the finest leaders our Army had to offer. C Company was to conduct its search northwest of the battalion base in the direction of hill 65. Fortunately, they were to get a new and great Division Commander shortly after this battle and many of those commanders who believed they had come to Vietnam to train lost their commands. November 8, 1965 Operation Hump Outnumbered in some places six to one, it was a desperate fight for survival as parts of B and C companies were isolated in the shoulder to shoulder, hand to hand battle. In that contact A Company lost a platoon leader, Second Lieutenant David L. Ugland, a classmate of Lt. Thurston. Operation Hump, the first major battle between the U.S. Army and the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces, took place November 5-9, 1965, in South Vietnam's War Zone D. Known as "The Hump," it would change the nature of the war, escalating it from a hit-and-run guerrilla conflict to a bloody contest between Communist main force units and American commands of battalion size or larger. No sooner had I issued those instructions when Colonel Tyler, on the battalion command net, asked how long it would take to reassemble my unit. operation hump, the first major battle between the u.s. army and the viet cong and north vietnamese forces, took place november 5-9, 1965, in south vietnam's war zone d. known as "the hump," it would change the nature of the war, escalating it from a hit-and-run guerrilla conflict to a bloody contest between communist main force units and I watched as Specialist 5th Class Lawrence Joel, a medic from C Company, hit several times in one leg, treated several of our wounded. It is such a great honor to have these gentlemen and ladies educate us on their experiences during combat. He was hurt too much to return anyway, they had to evacuate him. The risk was becoming too great to go on with it. I could not see several soldiers as they were still being worked on or were in recovery. The 173rd Airborne Brigade during the Vietnam War was no exception. Operation Hump was a search and destroy operation initiated on 8 November 1965 by the 173rd Airborne Brigade, in an area about 17.5 miles (28.2 km) north of Bien Hoa.The 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment deployed south of the Dong Nai River while the 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry, conducted a helicopter assault on an LZ northwest of the Dong Nai and Song Be Rivers. As I accompanied General Westmoreland back to his helicopter he stopped, turned toward me and asked Captain Bittrich, your- really proud of your soldiers arent you? I was and I told him so. He reported that he had spotted an enemy machine gun and was going to take it. It was still not good enough. It didnt take us much longer to realize we couldnt get it done prior to dark with what we had to work with. On a closer look I found Lt. Waller had been hit in one shoulder and his opposite hand. To read all of today's stories, Click here or call 642-2761 to subscribe to our e-edition or home delivery. Finally, Specialist 4th Class Jerry W. Langston took over the radio, making one more effort to report. As we climbed the hill we spotted a series of well dug in and covered enemy positions. The firing had noticeably increased and was no longer sporadic. The following is a bit lengthy, and well worth the time, in this grateful and spoiled Mericans estimation, of course! It got larger after incisional biopsy. Big Kenny began by offering a toast to the 173d and the survivors for their 50th anniversary of deployment to Vietnam. Having been the battalion S2 prior to taking command of B Company, I had studied the area and was well aware of reports of an enemy build-up in the area. Bartow said that Hill 65 sticks in his mind all the time. We went back to work, blew out more trees. Moments later the report was updated with information that contact was lost with their lead platoon. I approved the effort but stated I was going with him. He was in great pain but kept on helping. Throughout the night I paced the area, tried several times to rest on an enemy crafted log table, and listened, and listened. In 1947, Admiral Richard E. Byrd led 4,000 military troops from the U.S., Britain and Australia in an invasion of Antarctica called "Operation Highjump", and at least one follow-up expedition. I then estimated that we could be up against as many as three Viet Cong battalions. How? While this heavenly verse frames up the Big & Rich video encapsulating their Nov. 8, 1965, shoot-out, 173d Airborne Brigade soldiers Niles Harris, Sonny Bartow, and Michael Lovelace have actually been to hell and back together and lived to tell about it. Your account has been registered, and you are now logged in. 760 likes. CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- First things first: Chip Ganassi . Still thinking about my soldiers in the hospital, being tired and dirty, having not slept, shaved or washed in two days, I had little patience and sent some folks packing. The Air Force had done a great job penetrating the jungle with their basket but we had too many wounded to count on that again. I believe both platoons had in fact monitored my conversations with Colonel Tyler, anticipated the order to move and actually began to execute their movements prior to my call. We deployed the company as planned, began to move to the creek, totally surprising the enemy force to our front. My eyes began to blur, we had paid a dear price. He was in pain but he smiled. Five times, over five trips we put a critically wounded paratrooper in a basket they lowered through the canopy, and five times the Air Force wenched our troopers through that triple canopy jungle in an attempt to save each of them. PLEASE NOTE: I did not clean up any typos but did adjust some spacing and paragraph found in the original source. 48 American soldiers fighting with Harris lost their lives that day. Just prior to the liftoff of the headquarters we heard small arms fire coming from the jungle. When you see all these guys who are dead, Harris said. It was time to take calculated risks. You have permission to edit this article. With 21 survivors, it wasand remainsthe largest single aircraft parachute escape. My next, and last, conversation with Lt. Thurston had the makings of a disaster. Submitting this form below will send a message to your email with a link to change your password. My early assessment was that we had a mess on our hands and must initially try to secure a position on the hill. Cutting a hole in the jungle, our third task, turned out to be a lot tougher than we had imagined. However, the position was cut off from the rest of the company and they were fighting hand-to-hand. More importantly, I wanted our wounded to know they were uppermost in our minds and we wanted them back as quickly as possible. With the sound of firing coming from many directions, my initial reaction was that he was hit. Which is, Everybody has their own 8th of November. Not only you. To view our latest Digital Edition click the image on the left. Early in the evening I had many of the dead and wounded moved to the rear of my position on top of the hill. Through the night we lost one of our wounded. The firing was intense from the north; and I had no idea what was between us and the firing. We put as many wounded on the aircraft as we could and WO Smith started his vertical climb out of the jungle. On November 8, 1965, the 173rd Airborne Brigade on Operation Hump in War Zone D in Vietnam, were ambushed by over 1,200 Viet Cong. When I received that report my heart sank, and even worse I learned, he was so far forward that we could not get to him. Be Nice. The adjustment the enemy made, as a result of our effective artillery, was to move closer to us in order to avoid the devastating fires. He pleaded to return to the unit. Early on Friday, November 5, 1965 the 173D Airborne Brigade (Separate) entered War Zone D in the Republic of Vietnam to conduct Operation HUMP (OPORD 28-65). Some of the wounded just couldnt make that trip. I saw him again in a military hospital on my way to Fort Benning. Black Hills Pioneer. On each decent and as each lifted off we prayed. Severely wounded and risking his own life, Lawrence Joll, a medic, was the first living black man since the Spanish-American War to receive the United States Medal of . With one more attempt I raised C Company on the radio. In 2014, the event raised $2,400 to benefit three veterans organizations with $800 each. When Caleb Reynolds was evacuated for medical reason during Survivor 32: Koah Rong, Jeff Probst told EW: "As for our medical department, I could write for hours and still not say enough good . Operation Hump, the first major battle between the U.S. Army and the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces, took place November 5-9, 1965, in South Vietnam's War Zone D. Known as "The Hump," it would change the nature of the war, escalating it from a hit-and-run guerrilla conflict to a bloody contest between Communist main force units and American commands of battalion size or larger. Nobody messes up today onstage. I moved away. Wear and I briefed the Saigon press, derisively referred to as the five oclock follies, on the operation. Subsequently I received a report that my second platoon had spotted an element of A Company and may have taken fire from that element. Sonny says Hill 65 is. Fifty years ago, they survived the Nov. 8, 1965, Vietnam battle called Operation Hump. I tried to be everywhere. That last man straightened up and said, All the Way, Sir. I responded proudly, Airborne. B Company had done its job, we had C Company back; we were dirty, tired and proud! Im very honored. each comment to let us know of abusive posts. My final instructions were to move to the sound of the firing in the general direction of hill 65 . Harris said what he remembers most is screaming for everybody to get down. They got the message and I didnt get any more help, guidance or visitors until the General arrived the next day. Shamblin was hurt so badly that he would be evacuated and subsequently die on November llth. The fighting lasted for over 48 hours. I am not sure which alternative I reported to Colonel Tyler. Geared to the Interests of Veterans and Non-Veteran Patriots. I told Sonny and Mike both, this is America, today, here. We now had formed a crescent around the hill that extended from the southeast to the northwest. A 100-year-old Holocaust survivor is seen arriving to Israel after she was evacuated from Ukraine late last week by Zaka, an Israeli-based organization working to rescue Holocaust survivors from . The General, knowing of my concern, simply smiled at me and with confidence said Let me know when your ready. With that I said that B Company would take the lead, left him with Captain Tucker, and began to organize the march to the battalion base. The combined American/Australian troops seriously underestimated the number of enemy fighters and the desire to which they would fight to hold their ground. Occupying an abandoned enemy position, I began to wonder if the enemy had deliberately let us in and was in the process of closing off all escape routes. While their-were more, three stuck in my mind and two of those were dead. Niles Harris, now retired from a lengthy career with the US Army.Harris got his first taste of combat in the mid-1960s in Vietnam, deploying as a Sky Soldier with the legendary 173rd Airborne Brigade's 503rd Airborne Infantry Regiment. on Nov 8 1965 173rd ambushed by 1200 VC Heavy fighting occured. Second, we had to find the missing soldiers from c Company. In fact, they had a point. I then visited the other wounded. A radio operator was holding the company radio and keying the hand mike for him. On November 8th, 1965, the 173rd Airborne Brigade on Operation Hump, War Zone D in Vietnam were ambushed by over 1200 V.C. Operation Hump was a search and destroy operation initiated on 8 November, 1965, by the 173rd Airborne Brigade, in an area about 17.5 miles (28.2km) north of Bien Hoa. Add to basket. Partly cloudy skies. No racism, sexism or any sort of -ism There was a long pause before the conversation was acknowledged and terminated. I chuckled, having never seen a chicken in the jungles, and didnt pay much attention to the report. In about two hours all the wounded were on their way to the Third Surgical Hospital and our dead were beginning their long journey home to their loved ones. Up to this point in the fight we were not able to put a name to any of the dead. He was in a well dug enemy position with a RTO and his second platoon leader. John Rich followed up, And every single night, Niles, we sing the 8th of November in every single town we go to and we always bring up veterans on the stage and we always tell your story and we always tell them what you told us to tell them. who was severly wounded himself but continued to care for . As we began to move we opened up, firing everything we had in our third and first platoons. The 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment deployed south of the Dong Nai River while the 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry, conducte The answer to the first task came quickly. Theodore Shamblin. We didnt know the situation between our position and the battalion base. [1] If you forget it, you'll be able to recover it using your email address. Milvets and Patriots Harris said the three will share a shot Sunday, Nov. 8, in celebration of life and what is to be, not looking back on what happened, not the negative. Each month's obituaries, delivered to your inbox. Operation Hump, the first major battle between the U.S. Army and the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces, took place November 5-9, 1965, in South Vietnam's War Zone D. Known as "The Hump," it would change the nature of the war, escalating it from a hit-and-run guerrilla conflict to a bloody contest between Communist main force units and American . This paper would have more than met that request. The remainder of the second platoon attempted to come to their rescue. An email message containing instructions on how to reset your password has been sent to the e-mail address listed on your account. They succeeded and were willing to continue to try and save more as it began to get dark. including tossing a bit of John 15:13 in at the end: On November 8th 1965, the 173rd Airborne Brigade on Operation Hump, war zone D in Vietnam, were ambushed by over 1200 VC. Their effort to get to us was called off. This is the name that will be displayed next to your photo for comments, blog posts, and more. Now this wasnt just a fight to help C Company, we lost one of our best and they were going to pay. Approximately twenty minutes later the first platoon moved in the direction of the trail at 115329 and following their move, ten minutes later, the second platoon headed in the direction of a hill marked on my map as hill 78. At about the same time I received two disturbing reports, one from my second platoon and one from Captain Tucker, of the enemy in differing types of uniforms and some wearing helmets. While I attempted to get further information as to their situation they were having great difficulty even talking to me. I was wrong and would learn it shortly. At about 0600 on the morning of 8 November C Company began a move northwest toward Hill 65, while B Company moved northeast toward Hill 78. Drawing on official Army documents and the recollections of fellow combatants, the author not only describes the battle in detail but explains the war's basis in fabrications at the highest . They made it about halfway up the hill when we finally broke them and they backed down off the hill slowly. Its for each other.. Upon closing at our Bien Hoa base camp I reported all my personnel and weapons accounted for and headed for the hospital. Especially with the kids. Without really understanding the entire Situation on the ground I began calling for as much artillery as I could get. Operation HUMP is considered the first major battle of significance in the Vietnam War by most historian-types. As we were honoring our dead the ist Air Cavalry Division would lay claim to that record as they fought North Vietnam regulars from November 14 to 19 in a battle for the Ia Drang Valley. The movement to the planned company base was uneventful with no sign of activity in the area. The objective of Operation 'Hump' was to drive out Vietcong guerrilla fighters who had taken position in several key hills north of Bien Hoa, 20 miles east of Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City). The end result was a unit out of control until they sobered-up. On November 8th 1965, the 173rd Airborne Brigade on "Operation Hump", war zone "D" in Vietnam, were ambushed by over 1200 VC. The search operation began with the 1/RAR (Royal Australian Regiment) deployed south of the Dong Nai River and paratroopers of the lst Battalion (Airborne), 503D Infantry being lifted by helicopters from the snake pit around noon to conduct a helicopter assault on a LZ northwest of the Dong Nai and Song Be Rivers. "operation hump, the first major battle between the u.s. army and the viet cong and north vietnamese forces, took place november 5-9, 1965, in south vietnam's war zone d. known as "the hump," it would change the nature of the war, escalating it from a hit-and-run guerrilla conflict to a bloody contest between communist main force units and We had caught the enemy from the rear. 4th Class Wallace S. Tao and Sgt. The Hump The 1st Battalion, 503rd Airborne Infantry, in the First Major Battle of the Vietnam War $ 19.99 In stock Add to cart Add to Wishlist SKU: 9780786499250 Categories: Military History, Vietnam War Tags: Airborne, Army, PTSD, Vietnam About the Book About the Author (s) Bibliographic Details Table of Contents Book Reviews & Awards Fifty-two years ago today, the 173rd Airborne Brigade was halfway through its year of service in Vietnam. Retired Army Colonel Sonny Tucker, was there leading the 173rd Airborne Brigade. Everyone helped, some to the point of exhaustion. Caught in the action of kill or be killed, greater love hath no man than to lay down his life for his brother. And third, we had to create ia hole in the jungle. From the battalion base, C Company was the first to liftoff for the return flight to our base camp at Bien Hoa. Having learned of the details of the failed A Company effort and the mortar attack on the battalion, a third even greater disappointment was yet to come. As he entered each tent our troops were called to attention and then instructed to continue working on their -equipment as part of the six-hour drill. November 8, 1965 Operation Hump Outnumbered in some places six to one, it was a desperate fight for survival as parts of B and C companies were isolated in the shoulder to shoulder, hand to hand battle. Resulting in 48 Airborne KIAs and 408 VC dead. I see no good purpose in making that a matter of record. Task Force 68 included 4,700 men, 13 ships, and 33 aircraft. They killed the guy in front of me and hit my ammo pouch and knocked me down. I declined. He usually began by asking them if they were in the fight. I called for more artillery and again reported that we needed help if we were to hold. Tucker reported, They began charging in human waves with bugles blaring. I reported, We killed about 90 Viet Cong as we busted through one of their encirclements. You might know it as the 8th of November. I am totally blown away by its nature and force. He had been hit in one leg attempting to get to some of our wounded. To protect them I ordered the second platoon to assign two squads (eighteen paratroopers) to secure the area. He had slipped and not been hit. Finally, I reported that I believe C Company had taken severe casualties, maybe as high as a third of the company. Operation Highjump: The diary of a young sailor. A pained out Mike for him Vietnam War by most historian-types he was working on it us their... 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