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Battles
Operation Hawthorne
Screaming Eagles - Operation Hawthorne
101st Presidential Citation for Operation Hawthorne
Stars and Stripes article of June 13, 1966
After-Action report, with details and coordinates
Website dedicated to this battle - Angelfire.com
Mike Baldinger's description of the battle
Wikipedia description of Operation Hawthorne
Stemming the Tide - Combat Operations May 1965 to Oct. 1966 - Hawthorne page 275
David H. Hackworth - Citation and Obituary
Battle of the Slopes
November Action Hills 823 875
Action on Ngok Kom Leat and Hill 823
A Fight to Remember: The 4th Infantry Division at Dak To
Chaplain (Maj.) Charles Joseph Watters - Medal of Honor citation
Defenders of Dak To 1969
Special Forces Camps
Ben Het
The battle of Ben Het - May 1972
Dak Seang
Dak Pek
Photos
Airfield Attack Photo
Airfield Landmarks & Map
125 ATC
List-1
Arrival, June 1967
Airfield Attack 671115
ATC facilities
ATC Team Members
ATC Roster
Bartlett
Camacho
Saveski
Scott
Short
Other Team Members
Christmas 1967
Runway
Runway Ramp
Road
Shooting Range
List-2
Aircraft
Vehicles
Weapons
Soldiers
EOD - Explosive Ordinance Demolition
Fuel Fire
A1E Skyraider Emergency Landing
Rope Extraction
List-3
Air Strikes, Artillery
Arc Light Bombing Run
Around the Field
Local Folks
Outside Dak To Area
Nearby Countryside
Trip to Pleiku
Holloway Airfield, Pleiku
Around The Country
Vung Tao USO Show
Qui Nhon
4th ID - HQ
JamesCGilbert
JosephBMadden
4th ID - Norm Spaulding
Norm Spaulding
The Second Indochina War
Special Forces Camps
Ben Het
Dak Seang
Dak Pek
Dec. 1967
Jan. 1968
Mar. 1968
Apr. 1968
May 1968
June 1968
July 1968
Sept. 1968
Casper Aviation - Tony Bolivar
4th ID - Chris Ross
SwampFox's website - FSB 29 photos
Documents
Ivy Leaf - 4th Inf. newsletter
Nov. 19, 1967
Nov. 26, 1967
Dec. 17, 1967
Dec. 24, 2967
More Issues
Pacific Stars and Stripes
Nov. 11, 1967
Nov. 15, 1967
Nov. 16, 1967
Nov. 22, 1967
Nov. 24, 1967
Nov. 25, 1967
Nov. 26, 1967
Nov. 29, 1967
News Items
Leaflets
ATC Reports
30 November 1967
18 December 1967
29 February 1968
18 March 1968
Definitions of terms
Battle of the Slopes
Audio
AmmoDump 1 transcript
AmmoDump 2 transcript
Letter Home, October 1967, transcript
Tower Talk, transcript
Chopper Talk, transcript
Letter home after Tet (early February, 1968), transcript
Stories
Charles Schwiderski
Steve Barnes
G.W. Miller
Rick Smith
Ron Miller
Steve Greene
Dave Davis
John Lenti
OH23 Pilot dies at Dak To - Orrin Dyer
Neil Reed
Clarence Moore
Jack
Dale White
Robert Micalizzi
John Brooks
Keith Hale
Deanna Allen
Glen Olsen
Carl Davis
Merlin Koester
Ronald Carter
Thomas Koslowske
Batman - two stories of Helicopter Pilots in Action
Ernie Radar - a night-time resupply mission at Dak To
Ernie Norm - an email conversation, remembering Dak To
Ed Schein - a rope extraction story
Wayne Gallant - a letter home describing the Nov. 15 attack at Dak To
Doug Drury - "One Dark Night at Dak To" - a helicopter resupply story
CWO Snappy White - Wayward Rockets
Craig Tonjes - Escape from Firebase 6
Dave Moody
Facebook conversation about firebases around Dak To - January 2023 (primarily firebase 29)
Links
Contact
Comments
About Me
Site Map
Battles
Operation Hawthorne
Screaming Eagles - Operation Hawthorne
101st Presidential Citation for Operation Hawthorne
Stars and Stripes article of June 13, 1966
After-Action report, with details and coordinates
Website dedicated to this battle - Angelfire.com
Mike Baldinger's description of the battle
Wikipedia description of Operation Hawthorne
Stemming the Tide - Combat Operations May 1965 to Oct. 1966 - Hawthorne page 275
David H. Hackworth - Citation and Obituary
Battle of the Slopes
November Action Hills 823 875
Action on Ngok Kom Leat and Hill 823
A Fight to Remember: The 4th Infantry Division at Dak To
Chaplain (Maj.) Charles Joseph Watters - Medal of Honor citation
Defenders of Dak To 1969
Special Forces Camps
Ben Het
The battle of Ben Het - May 1972
Dak Seang
Dak Pek
Photos
Airfield Attack Photo
Airfield Landmarks & Map
125 ATC
List-1
Arrival, June 1967
Airfield Attack 671115
ATC facilities
ATC Team Members
ATC Roster
Bartlett
Camacho
Saveski
Scott
Short
Other Team Members
Christmas 1967
Runway
Runway Ramp
Road
Shooting Range
List-2
Aircraft
Vehicles
Weapons
Soldiers
EOD - Explosive Ordinance Demolition
Fuel Fire
A1E Skyraider Emergency Landing
Rope Extraction
List-3
Air Strikes, Artillery
Arc Light Bombing Run
Around the Field
Local Folks
Outside Dak To Area
Nearby Countryside
Trip to Pleiku
Holloway Airfield, Pleiku
Around The Country
Vung Tao USO Show
Qui Nhon
4th ID - HQ
JamesCGilbert
JosephBMadden
4th ID - Norm Spaulding
Norm Spaulding
The Second Indochina War
Special Forces Camps
Ben Het
Dak Seang
Dak Pek
Dec. 1967
Jan. 1968
Mar. 1968
Apr. 1968
May 1968
June 1968
July 1968
Sept. 1968
Casper Aviation - Tony Bolivar
4th ID - Chris Ross
SwampFox's website - FSB 29 photos
Documents
Ivy Leaf - 4th Inf. newsletter
Nov. 19, 1967
Nov. 26, 1967
Dec. 17, 1967
Dec. 24, 2967
More Issues
Pacific Stars and Stripes
Nov. 11, 1967
Nov. 15, 1967
Nov. 16, 1967
Nov. 22, 1967
Nov. 24, 1967
Nov. 25, 1967
Nov. 26, 1967
Nov. 29, 1967
News Items
Leaflets
ATC Reports
30 November 1967
18 December 1967
29 February 1968
18 March 1968
Definitions of terms
Battle of the Slopes
Audio
AmmoDump 1 transcript
AmmoDump 2 transcript
Letter Home, October 1967, transcript
Tower Talk, transcript
Chopper Talk, transcript
Letter home after Tet (early February, 1968), transcript
Stories
Charles Schwiderski
Steve Barnes
G.W. Miller
Rick Smith
Ron Miller
Steve Greene
Dave Davis
John Lenti
OH23 Pilot dies at Dak To - Orrin Dyer
Neil Reed
Clarence Moore
Jack
Dale White
Robert Micalizzi
John Brooks
Keith Hale
Deanna Allen
Glen Olsen
Carl Davis
Merlin Koester
Ronald Carter
Thomas Koslowske
Batman - two stories of Helicopter Pilots in Action
Ernie Radar - a night-time resupply mission at Dak To
Ernie Norm - an email conversation, remembering Dak To
Ed Schein - a rope extraction story
Wayne Gallant - a letter home describing the Nov. 15 attack at Dak To
Doug Drury - "One Dark Night at Dak To" - a helicopter resupply story
CWO Snappy White - Wayward Rockets
Craig Tonjes - Escape from Firebase 6
Dave Moody
Facebook conversation about firebases around Dak To - January 2023 (primarily firebase 29)
Links
Contact
Comments
About Me
Site Map
Website Updates
I've noticed that some folks have been checking in to see if there are any updates or changes to this website. Since I've been able to add stories and other details as they become available, I will log updates here so you can go right to the new stuff.
10/26/2021: Updated Orrin Dyer's story "OH23 pilot dies at Dak To" to include his passenger/observer's story.
11/15/2021: Added Doug Drury's story
11/18/2021: Added Snappy White's story
11/26/2021: Added Craig Tonjes story
11/28/2021: Updated Dak To Area Topo Map with info. from Robert Quinn's "The Battle of Dak-To". Also updated Google Earth files in Links page.
12/03/2021: Updated Dak To Area Topo Map with info. from Sgt. Snuffy Smith. Also updated Google Earth files in Links page.
12/04/2021: Added a list of Dak To locations, taken from Snuffy Smith's complete list, to the Airfield Landmarks and Map page in the photo section.
01/05/2022: Added photos from Chris Ross to his story. Photos are from hill 1089.
02/01/2022: Updated the Dak To Area Topo Map with more info from Snuffy Smith. Snuffy's list also edited/updated.
02/01/2022: Changed name of "Airfield Landmarks" page to "Airfield Landmarks and Map".
02/02/2022: Updated Google Earth Placemark files, at bottom of Links page, to include updated area map and more hill and FSB placemarks.
02/04/2022: Added a list of Dak To locations, taken from Bill Kindred's complete list, to the Airfield Landmarks and Map page in the photo section.
02/06/2022: Added a page for the Battle of the Slopes, under the Documents heading.
02/07/2022: Updated Area Topo Map and Google Earth placemark files. Added a few more hills.
02/14/2022: Added a page for the November action near Ngok Kom Leat and hill 875, under the Documents heading.
02/21/2022: Added a page for the 4th ID Headquarters
03/23/2022: Added Dave Moody's story to the story page. Added Norm Spaulding's descriptions of officers on the 4th ID HQ photo page.
03/28/2022: Added a page describing CSM James Gilbert's actions on 12 March 1969, under the 4th ID HQ page.
03/30/2022: Added a page describing Air Force Major Joseph Madden's Forward Air Controller actions.
05/31/2022: Added photos of the airfield attack to the "Airfield Photo" page.
05/31/2022: Added photos of action on hill 875 to the "November Action" page.
06/10/2022: Added a link to the web resources section of the "links" page.
10/17/2022: Added a link to a Youtube video, at the bottom of the video section of the Links page.
01/07/2023: Added a page for the 1969 battle at Dak To with the 299th Engineers. Re-arranged the menu and pages so "Battles" is a top menu option.
01/08/2023: Added stories to Operation Hawthorne page, under Battles.
01/10/2023: Added more to the Operation Hawthorne page, photos, maps, Google Earth images.
01/13/2023: Updated the Google Earth .kmz placemark file to include Operation Hawthorne. Go to Links page bottom to find it.
01/15/2023: Added article from Life Magazine to 299th Engineers page.
01/17/2023: Added a Facebook conversation about firebase 29 to the Stories page
01/28/2023: Added a link to a novel by Christopher Upham, loosely based on the 299th Engineers battle in 1969
01/30/2023: Added information given by Ron Shaw to 299th Engineers page. Added link to 4th inf. report to November action page.
01/31/2023: Added link to pdf file: After Action report - 1st Brigade 101st Airborne Division - on Operation Hawthorne page.
02/02/2023: Added text to 125th ATC Arrival page. Added text to Battles page. Added links to Battle of the Slopes page.
02/04/2023: Added two sub-pages to November Action page: Ngok Kom Leat ridge and Hill 823, and Chaplain Watters MOH citation
02/05/2023: Added a number of photos to various pages, after doing some Facebook searches.
02/05/2023: Added a story about James Loesch and his helicopter to the Stories page.
02/05/2023: Added a Misc. Photos page under Photos, and a Firebases page under Battles.
02/05/2023: Added a sub-page to November Action page. This is a Vietnam Magazine article. "The 4th Infantry Division at Dak To"
04/27/2023: Added a sub-page to Dak Pek. Mark Truhan describes the Battle of Ben Het in May, 1972
I've noticed that some folks have been checking in to see if there are any updates or changes to this website. Since I've been able to add stories and other details as they become available, I will log updates here so you can go right to the new stuff.
10/26/2021: Updated Orrin Dyer's story "OH23 pilot dies at Dak To" to include his passenger/observer's story.
11/15/2021: Added Doug Drury's story
11/18/2021: Added Snappy White's story
11/26/2021: Added Craig Tonjes story
11/28/2021: Updated Dak To Area Topo Map with info. from Robert Quinn's "The Battle of Dak-To". Also updated Google Earth files in Links page.
12/03/2021: Updated Dak To Area Topo Map with info. from Sgt. Snuffy Smith. Also updated Google Earth files in Links page.
12/04/2021: Added a list of Dak To locations, taken from Snuffy Smith's complete list, to the Airfield Landmarks and Map page in the photo section.
01/05/2022: Added photos from Chris Ross to his story. Photos are from hill 1089.
02/01/2022: Updated the Dak To Area Topo Map with more info from Snuffy Smith. Snuffy's list also edited/updated.
02/01/2022: Changed name of "Airfield Landmarks" page to "Airfield Landmarks and Map".
02/02/2022: Updated Google Earth Placemark files, at bottom of Links page, to include updated area map and more hill and FSB placemarks.
02/04/2022: Added a list of Dak To locations, taken from Bill Kindred's complete list, to the Airfield Landmarks and Map page in the photo section.
02/06/2022: Added a page for the Battle of the Slopes, under the Documents heading.
02/07/2022: Updated Area Topo Map and Google Earth placemark files. Added a few more hills.
02/14/2022: Added a page for the November action near Ngok Kom Leat and hill 875, under the Documents heading.
02/21/2022: Added a page for the 4th ID Headquarters
03/23/2022: Added Dave Moody's story to the story page. Added Norm Spaulding's descriptions of officers on the 4th ID HQ photo page.
03/28/2022: Added a page describing CSM James Gilbert's actions on 12 March 1969, under the 4th ID HQ page.
03/30/2022: Added a page describing Air Force Major Joseph Madden's Forward Air Controller actions.
05/31/2022: Added photos of the airfield attack to the "Airfield Photo" page.
05/31/2022: Added photos of action on hill 875 to the "November Action" page.
06/10/2022: Added a link to the web resources section of the "links" page.
10/17/2022: Added a link to a Youtube video, at the bottom of the video section of the Links page.
01/07/2023: Added a page for the 1969 battle at Dak To with the 299th Engineers. Re-arranged the menu and pages so "Battles" is a top menu option.
01/08/2023: Added stories to Operation Hawthorne page, under Battles.
01/10/2023: Added more to the Operation Hawthorne page, photos, maps, Google Earth images.
01/13/2023: Updated the Google Earth .kmz placemark file to include Operation Hawthorne. Go to Links page bottom to find it.
01/15/2023: Added article from Life Magazine to 299th Engineers page.
01/17/2023: Added a Facebook conversation about firebase 29 to the Stories page
01/28/2023: Added a link to a novel by Christopher Upham, loosely based on the 299th Engineers battle in 1969
01/30/2023: Added information given by Ron Shaw to 299th Engineers page. Added link to 4th inf. report to November action page.
01/31/2023: Added link to pdf file: After Action report - 1st Brigade 101st Airborne Division - on Operation Hawthorne page.
02/02/2023: Added text to 125th ATC Arrival page. Added text to Battles page. Added links to Battle of the Slopes page.
02/04/2023: Added two sub-pages to November Action page: Ngok Kom Leat ridge and Hill 823, and Chaplain Watters MOH citation
02/05/2023: Added a number of photos to various pages, after doing some Facebook searches.
02/05/2023: Added a story about James Loesch and his helicopter to the Stories page.
02/05/2023: Added a Misc. Photos page under Photos, and a Firebases page under Battles.
02/05/2023: Added a sub-page to November Action page. This is a Vietnam Magazine article. "The 4th Infantry Division at Dak To"
04/27/2023: Added a sub-page to Dak Pek. Mark Truhan describes the Battle of Ben Het in May, 1972