{"id":4202,"date":"2024-12-16T18:29:13","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T18:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlinedemoserver10.com\/firesupportbasehill4-11\/?page_id=4202"},"modified":"2025-04-24T22:35:23","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T22:35:23","slug":"fsb-hill-4-11","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/onlinedemoserver10.com\/firesupportbasehill4-11\/fsb-hill-4-11\/","title":{"rendered":"FSB Hill 4-11"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Dr. Kenyon Kugler took these photos of FSB Hill 4-11 between March 1970 and December 1970.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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A view of Highway 1 from a chopper on the way to FSB 4-11.\u00a0\u00a0(August 70)<\/p>

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FSB 4-11 from the Northeast.\u00a0\u00a0(May 70)<\/p>

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A view of FSB 4-11 from the Northeast.\u00a0\u00a0(May 70)<\/p>

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An aerial view of FSB 4-11 from the west.\u00a0\u00a0(August 70)<\/p>

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A view of the VIP chopper pad from the air in a helicopter.\u00a0\u00a0(May 70)<\/p>

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Vietnamese kids peddling “everything” outside the main gate of FSB 4-11.\u00a0\u00a0(October 70)<\/p>

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Concertina wire around FSB 4-11.\u00a0\u00a0(May 70)<\/p>

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Howard Johnson’s, the battalion messhall on FSB 4-11.\u00a0\u00a0(September 70)<\/p>

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A cook grilling food outside of Howard Johnson’s, the battalion messhall on FSB 4-11.\u00a0\u00a0(July 70)<\/p>

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Grilling food outside of Howard Johnson’s.\u00a0\u00a0(July 70)<\/p>

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Grilling food outside of Howard Johnson’s.\u00a0\u00a0(July 70)<\/p>

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Grilling food outside of Howard Johnson’s.\u00a0\u00a0(July 70)<\/p>

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The serving line inside the messhall.\u00a0\u00a0(December 70)<\/p>

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Inside the messhall a plaque welcomes “Gen. Powell” to Howard Johnson’s.\u00a0\u00a0(July 70)<\/p>

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A view to the west over looking the TOC and the Aid Station.\u00a0\u00a0(May 70)<\/p>

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Another view from FSB 4-11 looking to the west.\u00a0\u00a0(July 70)<\/p>

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A view to the east with the flags over FSB 4-11.\u00a0\u00a0(March 70)<\/p>

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A view of the mountains taken from the west side of FSB 4-11.\u00a0\u00a0(July 70)<\/p>

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The center of FSB 4-11 just below the Tactical Operations Center (TOC).\u00a0\u00a0(April 70)<\/p>

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The new “over & under” weapon, a combination of an M-16 rifle and an M-79 grenade launcher.\u00a0\u00a0(October 70)<\/p>

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A 105mm artillery gun on FSB 4-11 just to the south of the Control Tower and the main resupply pad.\u00a0\u00a0(May 70)<\/p>

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A 40mm tank or “Duster” called the “Eve of Destruction.”\u00a0\u00a0(September 70)<\/p>

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A utility truck on FSB 4-11.\u00a0\u00a0(May 70)<\/p>

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A chopper leaving FSB 4-11 with a view of Tu My Village to the left.\u00a0\u00a0(September 70)<\/p>

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An airstrike on Pepper Ridge.\u00a0\u00a0(May 70)<\/p>

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Phantom jets dropping napalm on the other side of Tu My Village near the Song Tra Khuc River.\u00a0\u00a0(August 70)<\/p>

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Two soldiers (Dave Eckberg on the left?) touring FSB 4-11.\u00a0\u00a0(September 70)<\/p>

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A grunt on top of a bunker guarding the perimeter of FSB 4-11.\u00a0\u00a0(July 70)<\/p>

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A G.I. using binoculars to spot anything suspicous off in the distance from FSB 4-11.\u00a0\u00a0(September 70)<\/p>

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A water well drilling rig on FSB 4-11.\u00a0\u00a0(May 70)<\/p>

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Lucky (to be alive) the medic’s mascot dog.\u00a0\u00a0(September 70)<\/p>

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This looks like a “shower house” on FSB 4-11.\u00a0\u00a0(July 70)<\/p>

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A grunt on FSB 4-11 during wet weather.\u00a0\u00a0Observation Post 1 (OP 1) is in the background.\u00a0\u00a0(October 70)<\/p>

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Grunts on FSB 4-11 resting at the end of the day.\u00a0\u00a0(July 70)<\/p>

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A view of a cloudy mist between FSB 4-11 and Pepper Ridge.\u00a0\u00a0(July 70)<\/p>

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Clouds between FSB 4-11 and Pepper Ridge.\u00a0\u00a0Here a grunt makes his way up the hill.\u00a0\u00a0(May 70)<\/p>

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Sunset over Pepper Ridge with a view of the bunker line.\u00a0\u00a0(August 70)<\/p>

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Sunset over Pepper Ridge.\u00a0\u00a0(August 70)<\/p>

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A company of grunts preparing for a chopper airlift (CA) just outside the perimeter of FSB 4-11.\u00a0\u00a0(October 70)<\/p>

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Tracer rounds from a Quad 50 machinegun.\u00a0\u00a0(April 70)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dr. Kenyon Kugler took these photos of FSB Hill 4-11 between March 1970 and December 1970. A view of Highway 1 from a chopper on the way to FSB 4-11.\u00a0\u00a0(August 70) FSB 4-11 from the Northeast.\u00a0\u00a0(May 70) A view of FSB 4-11 from the Northeast.\u00a0\u00a0(May 70) An aerial view of FSB 4-11 from the west.\u00a0\u00a0(August […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4202","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlinedemoserver10.com\/firesupportbasehill4-11\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlinedemoserver10.com\/firesupportbasehill4-11\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlinedemoserver10.com\/firesupportbasehill4-11\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlinedemoserver10.com\/firesupportbasehill4-11\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlinedemoserver10.com\/firesupportbasehill4-11\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4202"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/onlinedemoserver10.com\/firesupportbasehill4-11\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4202\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlinedemoserver10.com\/firesupportbasehill4-11\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}