Daily Staff Journal  01-Jun-68

ITEM

TIME

INCIDENTS, MESSAGES, ORDERS, ETC.

1

0001

Log Opened

2

0050

From S3 to Bde SITREP Neg

3

0150

From S3 to Bde SITREP Neg

4

0250

From S3 to Bde SITREP Neg

5

0350

From S3 to Bde SITREP Neg

6

0450

From S3 to Bde SITREP Neg

7

0515

DP's 1, 2, 3 closed NDP (night defensive perimeter)

8

0550

From S3 to Bde SITREP Neg

9

0605

Mine sweep team departed NDP

10

0620

TPT departed NDP

11

0702

Valentine departed Cu Chi

12

0704

13

0710

B Co entering NDP

14

0750

Mine sweep team -Subar- and Valentine closed NDP

15

0856

Convoy departing NDP

16

0920

Convoy closing Cu Chi

17

1021

Departing Dragon area for CP1

18

1043

Valentine now departing Cu Chi

19

1130

Valentine at CP2 waiting for Bobcat for further escort

20

1220

Check Point 2

21

1237

Check Point 3

22

1250

Check Point 4

23

1340

Closed Duc Hoa

24

1346

Changed form Viking to Flexible push

25

1407

A Co airborne, 1st lift

26

1409

B Co airborne, 2nd lift

27

1422

A & B Co's on LZ, hot.  XS543853

28

1447

Issue 24 on station.  Requesting CS ship (CS - tear gas)

29

1518

Air Strike at XS550857

30

1526

Air Strike complete

31

1540

CS ship on station, Little Bear 630

32

1607

Air Strike vic XS550857

33

1610

Rat Pack replacing Stinger 85

34

1617

Air Strike complete, Issue 24 replaced by Issue 31

35

1637

Air Strike vic XS550857

36

1645

Air Strike complete

37

1648

Stinger 85 replacing Rat Pack 39

38

1730

From S3 to Bde SITREP:  D-6 down refueling, Little Bear 630 (CS ship) on station, Stinger 85 capping for D-6

39

1750

Dustoff 159, eta 15 min

40

1751

3rd lift, A, B, & C Co's airborne

41

1815

3rd lift, A, B, & C Co's down LZ, green

42

1816

Dustoff complete:  2 KIA, 4 WIA

43

1830

Total casualty:  5 KIA, 4 WIA

44

1856

4th lift, Co airborne

45

1857

5th lift, C & D Co's airborne

46

1905

4th lift, C Co down LZ, green

47

1906

5th lift, C & D Co's down LZ, green

48

1920

6th lift, D & TOC airborne

49

1930

6th lift, D & TOC down LZ

50

2024

NDP location XT559846

51

2120

B Co found 6 RPG-2 & boosters

52

2215

Received from Bde:  Tomorrow's ballgame calls for sweep of today's area of contact.  After the completion of sweep, the elements are to move down canal from XS558856 to XS569854, down stream line form XS557852 to XS569851

53

2220

N/L to be at the end of either stream line or canal line

54

2225

Move out time tomorrow:  0730H, D Co on the left, C Co on the right, A Co following D Co, B Co following C Co.  Request C&C ship at 0800H, air strikes at 0830H & 0900H

55

2255

From S3 to Bde SITREP Neg

56

2256

Informed by Bde:  Air strikes may not be on requested time

57

2315

A Co reported approximately 12 VC moving from West to East

58

2355

From S3 to Bde SITREP neg

59

2400

Log Closed