| On March 20, 1971, the 2nd Battalion, 506th TOC at FSB Jack was closed out and moved north to FSB Khe Gio, where it remained till April 9, 1971, while the 2nd Battalion participated in Operation Lam Son 719. For complete details, check out the 2-506th Daily Staff Journals for March 1971 and April 1971 in the Official Documents section of this web site. |
| SSG Jay Wetherby on FSB Khe Gio overlooking
the vital Khe Gio Bridge on Highway 9, near the DMZ. Only a year earlier, on March 12, 1970, US Army troops from the 1/44th Field Artillery were overrun by North Vietnamese troops at this Bridge. |
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(L): COL David E. Grange, Jr. (CO, 3rd Bde, 101st Division) and unknown
staff members COL Grange, who assumed command of the 3rd Brigade on December
22, 1970, had |
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| COL David E. Grange, Jr. and others inspect enemy
weapons and supplies captured on March 28th by 1st Platoon, A Company, 2nd BN. The account of this capture is detailed in the SAPPERS GET ZAPPED article in an issue of The Currahee Free Press newsletter. |
| (L): SSG Jay Wetherby and
(R): A Company, 2nd BN FO (name
unknown) with enemy weapons captured by one of the 2nd Battalion squads. |
| (Center): 1SG John Ross (A Co, 2nd BN) and unknowns, inspecting
enemy supplies captured during area operations. 1SG Ross had been with A Company, 2nd BN during the Siege of FSB Ripcord in the summer of 1970. |
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