Daily Staff Journal 07-Aug-66

Daily Staff Journals maintained by 1st Brigade
Thanks to Matt Vuolo for obtaining and sharing this report.

ITEM`	TIME	INCIDENTS, MESSAGES, ORDERS, ETC.
13	0706	Viking 3 - airstrike will be late on LZ instead of 0705 will probably around 0715
15	0715	Dragon 3: air strike started on LZ
16	0723	Lancer: Airstrike is over
17	0723	Lancer: Artillery started firing on LZ
19	0725	Lancer: one 500 lb dud between XT152452 and XT153454
20	0735	Dragon 33 - inform Bde that Artillery and Airstrike is complete also gave location of 3/4 Cav
21	0740	Dragon 3 - aircraft are still on station and have 20mm if needed
22	0743	Viking 6: Aircraft going back to home base, we don't have 20mm support
28	0817	Saber Bravo 65: Inform Virginia elements there are two trenches in road impossible to pass at XT431232
29	0826	Dragon B6: B Co below LZ found old tunnel and bunker, investigated and left
30	0835	Dragon A6: A Co found 7 frame houses with bomb shelter beside each one, one had cooking utensils inside it, looked recently used.
33	0920	Dragon B6 reports negative contact with sampan
35	0943	Dragon B6 found tunnel system at end of island also fresh digging XT161449
38	1023	Dragon A6 found trench at XT160464, runs west 30 meters knee deep to waist deep, has not been used for long time
39	1035	Dragon A6: trench system at XT160464 runs west 30 meters and B52 bomb crater breaks it up for 30 meters then runs for 100 meters, overgrown.
43	1150	Maj Shelton: Probably will be no operation day after tomorrow due to 2/14 commitment as Brigade Reaction Force and expansion of perimeter. Also probably will not receive Cav Platoon due to fact we have had it every time so far and other Bn/s have not used.
		Through 1400 hrs, the entries involve reporting the movements of the units, neg contact, and pickup LZs
55	1420	Dragon A6: A Co found 2 booby traps around treeline in pos BLUE, will blow after A Co loads
57	1425	Dragon A6: A co reports 2 booby traps at XT180468, two bottles with explosives inside with a trip wire leading from bottle. Will blow them before A Co is airlifted
60	1438	Dragon A6 reports that booby traps were disarmed and Dragon 2 will bring them in
71	1856	Bde: Special Forces have 2 personnel from the S-2 section that would like to go on tomorrows operation.
74	1806	Bde: Regarding your request for the use of the range, it will be OK to use the right and left corners of it and shooting in to the banks.
76	2015	Patrol 1 leaving; 2035 Patrol 3 leaving
77	2035	Patrol 1 had a small accident, one man fell in hole, has sprained ankle and can not proceed on it. Patrol is about 400 meters out in front of friendly front lines.
81	2130	Patrol 1 - have loaded patient in to aid vehicle, proceeding with mission.
82	2130	Patrol 2 in posn
84	2155	S-3 t o65th Engrs: Be advised that Patrol 1 is going back through the friendly front lines and continuing their mission. Pass the word to your elements in the line so that they know that our patrol is out there and don't shoot at them.
85	2200	Patrol 1 has redeparted friendly front lines

ITEM`	TIME	INCIDENTS, MESSAGES, ORDERS, ETC.
25	0720	2/14 informed of 500 lb dud on LZ between vic coord 080582
26	0730	Airstrike completed, Arty fire complete on Dragon LZ's. Sabre B 500 m N of psn BLUE
27	0745	1st lift of 2d elem of 2/14 in the air
31	0804	A/2/14 on ground at LA APPLE neg contact
33	0814	Aerial observer fm lookout 9 rpts 2 holes at XT231231 3 ft wide, 6 ft deep. Element fr Trang Bang dispatched to repair road
36	0835	A/2/14 loc 154456, loc 2 houses, frames, w/adjoining bomb shelters. 1 house w/cooking utensils, neg contact. Being destroyed.
41	0925	4/9 rpts no fire on LZ but trailing aircraft received undetermined nbr of SA rds over obj XRAY, 200 ft off coord at approx 40 knots
44	0950	B/2/14 reports tunnel system coord 161449. Checking out. Also fresh digging in area. Believed to be graves. Further checking.
46	1015	B/4/9 found 1250 kilos rice, 1000 kilos dumped in river, will bring out 250 kilo bag
47	1023	A/2/14 loc trench at coord XT160460, runs east to west 30 meters long 2 to 4 ft deep
48	1040	Road reopened at 1040
49	1050	A/2/14 south of GREEN. B Co still moving on S-R trench coord 160464, runs east to west 30 meters w/bomb crater in middle.
50	1055	4/9 Arty LNO fired on from coord XT084533. Arty called, results unknown.
51	1055	A C&C ship spotted a cache of some kind, B/4/9 on way to check it out, loc of cache XT063530
55	1140	Fm G2 3d Corps reports at 1040 hrs an F-100 accidentally dropped a 250 lb bomb at XT 056562. Bomb unarmed. Did not explode.
63	1252	4/9 gunship spotted a bunch of grass moving along ground which appeared to be a man camouflaged. Fired on it and it stopped moving. 1 KIA poss.
67	1327	4/9 C&C ship fired upon what appeared to be a tree moving in the stream at 071525. Tree made it across but observer feels that man pushing tree was KIA. 1 VC KIA poss.
70	1410	A/2/14 is securing pickup zone for the extraction of B Co, B Trp 3/4 Cav is helping
74	1421	A/2/14 loc 2 bottles of explosives at XT 180468. Being evacuated
99	2045	2/14 patrol 1 left at 2035, patrol 2 left at 2035, patrol 1 had accident 1 man fell in hole and sprained his ankle. The patrol is returning him to bunker line and going back out.
117	2305	2/14 patrol 1 in psn. Neg sitrep.

1st Brigade S2-S3	Daily Action reported to Brigade HQ
2/14 Bn S-3	Unit Action reported to 2/14 Battalion HQ