Landing Zone Two Bits Explained

Landing Zone Two Bits
Type:Army
Built:1967
Used:1967-9
Occupants:1st Cavalry Division
4th Infantry Division
Battles:
Vietnam War
Airfield information

Landing Zone Two Bits (also known as FSB Two Bits) was a U.S. Army and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) base located in the Bồng Sơn region northeast of An Khe, Bình Định Province in central Vietnam.

The base was located near the intersection of Highway 1 and Highway 514, approximately 50 km northeast of An Khe.[1]

History

Two Bits was established in July 1967 as the forward command post of the 1st Cavalry Division and together with Landing Zone English, remained in use by the division until they moved into I Corps in January 1968.[2]

The 3rd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, comprising:

was based here from March-April 1968.

Other units based here included:

In Operation Pershing, troops of the 1st Cavalry Division repelled an attack by the 22nd Regiment of the PAVN 3rd Division at the base on 25 August 1967, after repelling another attack by the 22nd Regiment at the neighboring LZ English three days earlier.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Kelley, Michael. Where we were in Vietnam. Hellgate Press. 2002. 978-1555716257. 509.
  2. Book: Stanton, Shelby. Vietnam Order of Battle. Stackpole Books. 2003. 9780811700719. 73.
  3. Book: MacGarrigle, George. Combat Operations: Taking the Offensive, October 1966 to October 1967. United States Army Center of Military History. 1998. 9780160495403.