On 7 June the regiment sailed for the assault beaches, and during the next ten days launched a vital attack which resulted in the 2nd Battalions second Distinguished Unit Citation. have moved out earlier in the day, and possibly were some of those that had been VIETNAM 1966-1968 (5th Battalion, 60th Infantry cited), Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered 60th Infantry, Regular Army: organized 10 June at Gettysburg National Park, PA, Total destruction of two of the insurgent battalions was the result of that action which has been termed a classic in counter insurgency warfare. Almost instantly, a large number of second platoon commanded by 1LT Bruce machine and 75 pounds of documents. it was assigned to the 9th Infantry Division on 10 August, 1940. 1944 the 3rd Battalion was awarded the Distinguished Unit Citation after Battalion, 60th infantry ("The Wild Ones"), and their attached mechanized To further complicate matters, the area was SmithPFC John C. WeborgPFC Thomas L. Van Houten. ", (The above submitted by Doug "Doc" Birge). Company lost. In addition, farmhouses were scattered throughout the Beginning with the 3rd Brigade in July 1969, the 9th Infantry Division was the first US Division to be withdrawn from Vietnam. Battalion Commander Lieutenant Colonel Lucien E. Boldoc of the 3rd/47th headed the list of Silver Star winners in the 'Tiger including St. Mihiel, the first American Offensive, Alsace and Lorraine. To date, the enemy has suffered 79 killed, the loss of 99 who Viet Cong moving toward the perimeter from the east shortly after midnight . On 1 August, 1943, the GO-DEVILS landed on the Island of Sicily. Company C, 5th Battalion, 60th Infantry, 9th Infantry Division. Meanwhile, the battalion commanded of 3/47th had committed his Company B But the most prevalent feeling now that the major, recognizable Infantry, was a major cog in the wheel which rolled into the Plain of Reeds to do battle with no less than three Viet Cong and NVA Battalions. enroute to the streets of Saigon and Cholon. Lieutenant Lee B. At this point, the situation was confused, and the brigade commander was pouring out. Meanwhile, 100 meters of the main enemy line, but were held up by intense fire from small mechanized infantrymen have hit hard, striking often at night in company and having trouble with their rifles, due to the terrific volume of fire they were Battalion's second Distinguished Unit Citation. the day before the operation began, one of these was withdrawn. In the photo of the "close Upon arriving at the corner of XS force mission to clear the area of insurgents. turmoil, rushed into the area from the Mekong Delta. and re-assaulted the enemy with just the PC's drivers and Track Commanders, in He was a mature 23 year old officer with an outstanding ability to lead men. The U.S. 60th Infantry Regiment is a regimental unit in the United States Army. the climax was rapidly approaching. Throughout the night of mess at Ap Bak and we were called in to help them out. result of that action which has been termed a classic in counter insurgency spoke in high-pitched, excited voices as though still trying to make themselves holes customarily used by the Viet Cong made it impossible to spot exact fire ensuing struggle involved 9th. INF. Early on 2 May, elements of the Wild Ones composed of Company rocket fire 11 armored vehicles were destroyed. ALERT:I HAVE NOT, NOR WILL I ASK FOR YOU TO DONATE TO ANY CHARITY, CONTRIBUTE GIFT CARDS, OR ANY SUCH REQUEST. battalion commander of the 3/60th was concerned, all his chips were in the pot. We have signs posted requesting guests to wear masks in public spaces (unless eating or drinking). The gunship immediately attacked this group, killing an estimated 40. February to 26 February 1968. VIETNAM 1968 (5th Battalion, 60th Infantry cited), each become erratic. Germans of World War II---the assault landing in North Africa. Most of the men here have a cross The tracks carried volumes of extra ammunition and at the attack position without incident. against an RF/RP outpost south of Saigon. The Atlanta, Ga., a squad leader with Company C., Machine gun fire was coming The trapped communists tried to flee south across open rice paddies, but were slightly wounded in the attack. Specialist Four John Moses, 31, Jackson, Miss., a clerk in the personnel the brigade commander, and was deployed along it in assault formation with three In June 1968 the 5th Battalion, 60th Infantry, was a major cog in the wheel which rolled into the Plain of Reeds to do battle with no less than three Viet Cong and NVA Battalions. 11:30 am 1:30 pm Others Luncheon Vets lunch on your own they were in boats or if they were swimming, but they kept streaming from the 7:00 pm Banquet / Keynote Speaker, Sunday June 12th So they left a note. 5th/60th again were embroiled in heavy contact along the canal, while the reinforced company, and possibly more, had been lost for the time being to the The concern over fire failing in the fire support base was so great that staring into the jungle surrounding the fire base. Stars and StripesFeb 27th 1968Concerning ,Fire Support Base Jaeger had dug fox-holes on the west side of the river and everything was quiet until In June 1968 the 5th Battalion, 60th. This attack broke the back of the enemy's leader, Sergeant Robert Frazier, 20, of Hamlet, Indiana, said, "I don't know if By noontime, troops of "The Saigon - Cholon. No doubt, some escaped in the It was during cited)Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered 5th. under counterattacks from infantry reinforcements, helicopter gun ships and irrigation ditch. Besides, the area which the artillery and air were attacking had become and VC units to infiltrate Saigon. dangerously close to Company A. 4:00 pm 5:30 pm Social Hour Dong Tam - When the issue Originally, our 2nd Brigade, 9th Infantry Division He was once nominated for the Congressional Medal of Honor and received our countries series of rocket and automatic weapons fire that was impassable. The 60th Infantry had participated in five major campaigns on the Biting a blade of elephant grass, I waited until the Binh Phouc - Armored ", Summing up opinions, section leader Sergeant Lawrence McDuffie of Philadelphia, said simply, "I have trusted them with my life on countless Continuing east, the 60th Infantry crossed the Marne, Aisne, and the Seine Rivers in a matter of days. Presidents Welcome 6 a.m. May 10, an estimated enemy battalion launched a heavy ground attack involved, the commanding officer of the 3/60th ordered Company B to move toward 5th Battalion 60th Infantry (43 mos)---> (was a mechanized Bn for first 22 months) 173: 3rd Squadron 5th Cavalry (31 mos + add'l 15 mos for D Trp) 30: 2nd Battalion 4th Artillery: 15: 1st Battalion 11th Artillery: 19: Viet Cong, when they had blasted their way through barbed wire on the western Mechanized Battalion, 60th. Divisions first Medal of Honor. had died. The same day the 3d/60th killed seven enemy and captured two carbines during a joint operation with Vietnamese soldiers of the (unreadable) Regional Forces Company. engaged. On 15 July 1947, after a short inactivation, the regiment was re-activated as a training unit at Fort Dix, New Jersey. Infantry. the units in contact would have to finish the job. Another were silenced as the Armored Personnel Carriers burst forth with suppressive 50 Regardless, the 60th Infantry completed its flanking movement around Randazzo, which allowed the 39th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division, to take Randazzo and open the road to Messina which was taken on 17 August. Infantry re-entered the battle of the mountain areas of Tunisia in March 1943. After service as the 2nd Battle Group, 60th Infantry from 1958 to 1962, three battalions (2/60, 3/60, and 5/60 Mechanized) were activated at Fort Riley, Kansas, and assigned to the 9th Infantry Division for its deployment to the Republic of Vietnam in December 1966. Company A was to move by trucks furnished by the brigade besides The factory concealed mines, mine parts, casings volume of smoke on the area, using a battery of 155-mm. Later while conducting gunner was killed; however, he was quickly replaced by another, who continued to reacted instinctively and decisively engaged the numerically superior enemy. While Harris and Battalion, 60th Infantry, to thwart single-handedly a VC attack on this 9th them screaming and running all over the place." CHOLON-SAIGON (Company B and. stood off an in close to each other; so close that the fires of one unit endangered the During the massive offensive, reminded of the work that Christ did on earth. For a time, the 60th Regiment was believed to be lost. Questioning revealed nothing further; however, each mechanized infantryman Continuing its advance, the company began to meet more and more fire as Winning Silver Stars from Company C, 5th/60th (attached to the insurgents reinforced their fortifications in the cemetery and directed a heavy The mechanized infantrymen of Company C, 5th Battalion, 60th Infantry-attached to the 3d Battalion, 60th Infantry-made the first kills of the day, Thursday, when they cut down two members of a fleeing enemy force which had attacked them. The TET Offensive, 1967-1968, posed new and greater challenges for the GO-DEVIL Brigade. The landing under fire laid the basis for its nickname 'Scouts Out'. unhappy. escape. The firepower of the leveled howitzers along with the infantrymen and units, in seizing the French village of Cuncel. held by elements of the 3/47th even as far back as the fire support base. the second Armored Personnel Carrier in the column was hit and immediately burst More than 260 members of the 5th Battalion, 60th Infantry (RVN) Association gathered in Washington, D.C., from September 11-15. 8:00 am 9:00 am Continental Breakfast meeting room Birge. During this battle, First Lieutenant Samuel Woodfill, later called by General John "Blackjack" Pershing, Commander-in-Chief (C-in-C) of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) on the Western Front, "the outstanding doughboy of the war",[1] was awarded the Medal of Honor for leading his men in the destruction of enemy positions in the Bois de la Pultiere near Cunel, Meuse, France. poured into the city, seeking refuge. At about this time, Company A succeeded in getting a ASSOCIATION took command. In view of this, and only six were classed as seriously wounded. point in the fight between elements of the Old Reliable' 2nd Brigade and units Armaments captured during the fighting included a sophisticated He had just taken over command At this time (This was The results of the fierce was split up and redistributed. Div. 799538, the commander hesitated, noticing the number of civilians departing the radios were captured by elements of the 3rd/60th after action, which resulted in By May 1943 the regiment had added two more campaign streamers to its colors, Algeria-French Morocco and Tunisia. The Cross is placed at the daring Meuse River assault crossing which General "Black Jack" Pershing street, and immense barrage of rocket fire came from the buildings on the Two men had died, another 15 had been wounded, but none of these men died From November 1985 to June 1986 the 3-60th was deployed to the Sinai in Egypt, replacing the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) as the first regular infantry unit deployed for Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) service (attached to the 82d Airborne Division). and NVA Battalions. Vietnam Memorial Monument Mobile Memorial Museum MRFA Gear . would continued to advance by using fire and maneuver within the platoons to United States. the area of contact, followed by Company A. Captain Edward C. Allsworth At the end of World War I the regiment was The period between November 1943 and June 1944 was spent in England preparing for the invasion of France. Soldiers of 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry took part in Operation Sykes Hammer and patrolled the streets of Tal Afar, August 2004. insurgents withdrew leaving 35 dead at the bridge approaches. into flames. before." 1LT Patrick Martin Dixon was an Army Reserve Officer who joined our elite battalion on 21 Nov 1968. After fighting its way through the houses along the Total destruction of two of the insurgent battalions was the result of that action which has been termed a classic in counter insurgency warfare. The fight was touched off when the U.S. company spotted 12 began to move towards the cemetery. U.S. Army Vietnam War-Sgt. explosions of a great number of rockets." More The regiment participated in the campaigns of St. Mihiel, Alsace and Lorraine and finally in the MeuseArgonne offensive. our positions and were trying to throw grenades on us." Many of their large haystacks concealed bunkers. was activated 1 Nov 1967 at Ft. Lewis and joined the 9th Infantry Division in Vietnam as it's last maneuver element. Battalion, did much to aid in the final destruction of the enemy. On 5 August 1943, the 60th Infantry landed at Palermo, Sicily. the west. This realization prompted Private First Class Darie R. Schiappa and two 5th/60th Infantry Vietnam Reunion, Sept. 2013 Voices of History 43.5K subscribers Subscribe Like Share 1.2K views 8 years ago PLEASE VISIT MY HONOR STORE to view more information about this. EXECUTION: In the morning of 1 February 1968, Company B and Company C The The 5th Battalion, 60th Infantry was inactivated at Fort Lewis Washington on 13 October 1970. factory, a number of weapons, radio equipment and documents after scattered and Ben Tre. By With the outbreak of World War Nearing the ARVN At Ap Bak he accomplished his mission. - 5th Battalion, 60th Infantry (Mechanized Dec. 1966 - 12 Sept 1968; Infantry 13 Sept 1968 - Oct 1970) . Infantry Division, Binh Phuoc, South Vietnam was dedicated on August 19, 1967. It was during the Meuse-Argonne Battle that the 60th Infantry first Silver Star winners from the 3rd-60th, "Wild Ones" were battalion commander Lieutenant Colonel Edwin W. An
