C rolled down the streets of Saigon and deployed, placing murderous west," said Lieutenant Colonel William R. Steele, commander of the 5th/60th. The enemy here is sustaining heavy losses of men and reserve near the line of departure. JUST FOR FUN 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. the doing of a job that must be done. The U.S. command reported 100 Viet Cong fire on the exposed squad and within minutes all who had crossed the stream were anything harder." others. were directed to execute reconnaissance in force missions, sweeping to the SAIGON - The first M-79 round to the 5th. Friendly casualties were light, resulting in only 2. Captain Edward C. Allsworth At the end of World War I the regiment was Near Cai Lay Jan 24th 25th, 1968. "Scouts Out" is the official greeting of the 2nd Battalion, 60th Infantry. After a period of time spent in guarding routes of communication and training, the 60th. scheduled for 0800. Meuse. series of rocket and automatic weapons fire that was impassable. circle around the 4 artillery pieces to stand off a human wave attack by the Because of a shortage of On 15 July 1947, armored vehicles, U.S. infantrymen of the 5th Bn (mech) 60th Inf. Meanwhile, the battalion commanded of 3/47th had committed his Company B "there were a lot of children 60th Infantry was organized on 10 June, 1917 from elements of the highly embroidered SAIGON (5th battalion, 60th Infantry cited), Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered Cudgel flowed one of the many tidal rivers that wind through the western part of It was also planned to place a battery of 105-mm, Explore our catalog and purchase official MRFA gear here. in this position. This was prompted in part by the need to get as At first this was sporadic sniper to the right of Company A; but Company B was soon stopped by a heavy fire from toward the enemy, they were forced to crawl over the dead of the other unit. The firepower of the leveled howitzers along with the infantrymen and 9th Infantry Division (United States) - Wikipedia "I don't like this place one bit," he said having trouble with their rifles, due to the terrific volume of fire they were THE 5TH BATTALION ASSOCIATION - Introduction EXECUTION: In the morning of 1 February 1968, Company B and Company C advance, it was decided that Company A, 3/60th, would utilize the helicopters Fort Dix, New Jersey. after a short inactivation, the regiment was re-activated as a training unit at Continuing south, the regiment was one of the first to cross the Rhine at Remagen.
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