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Fire support base Crook, Vietnam, 1969. A fire support base (FSB, firebase or FB) is a temporary military facility used to provide fire support (often in the form of artillery) to infantry operating in areas beyond the normal range of fire support from their own base camps.
Camp Carroll (also known as Artillery Plateau, Firebase Tan Lam and Hill 241) was a United States Marine Corps and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) artillery base during the Vietnam War. It was located 8 km southwest of Cam Lộ , Quang Tri Province .
The base was established in late 1966 by the 5th Special Forces Detachment AB-31.The camp was located in Xuân Lộc and 28 km north of Nui Dat. [1]On 18 May 1969 at 01:00 the 7th Battalion, 9th Artillery Regiment and the 2nd Battalion, 35th Artillery Regiment, 54th Artillery Group at the base were attacked by elements of the Viet Cong (VC) 5th Division.
Tây Ninh Combat Base was established approximately 5 km west of the city of Tây Ninh and 12 km from the Vietnam-Cambodia border. [1] Tây Ninh served as the base for the 196th Light Infantry Brigade from April 1966 until August 1967. [2] Other units stationed at Tây Ninh included: 7th Battalion, 9th Artillery (August 1969 – April 1970) [2]: 98
On 27 February, the PAVN attacked Gio Linh with mortars, rocket and artillery fire. [3]: 10 On 20 March the base was subjected to another rocket and artillery attack and on 21 March a supply convoy was ambushed just 300m from the base. The PAVN claimed to have killed over 1,000 enemy troops and destroyed 17 artillery pieces, 57 vehicles and ...
C-124 offloads engineering equipment at Sông Bé, 4 April 1967 Artillery pad construction, 23 September 1967. The base was originally established in April 1965 as a 5th Special Forces Detachment B-34 base and was located approximately 2 km southwest of Phước Bình in Phước Long Province.
On 10 March the base was hit by PAVN artillery, destroying 150 tons of ammunition, damaging numerous buildings and killing 1 American. [4]: 232 On 11 April PAVN artillery hit the base's fuel farm destroying 40,000 gallons of petroleum. [4]: 593 On 13 June PAVN artillery destroyed 104,000 gallons of petroleum at the base.
The ARVN took over the base and at the start of the Battle of An Lộc in April 1972 it was defended by a battalion of the 7th Regiment, 5th Division [4] and was also the base for the 9th Regiment. [4]: 55 A combined 105mm and 155mm artillery battery was also based at Quản Lợi.