{"id":5546,"date":"2024-12-20T20:24:27","date_gmt":"2024-12-20T20:24:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlinedemoserver10.com\/firesupportbasehill4-11\/?page_id=5546"},"modified":"2026-02-02T20:59:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T20:59:22","slug":"charlie-company-3rd-1st-1969","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/onlinedemoserver10.com\/firesupportbasehill4-11\/charlie-company-3rd-1st-1969\/","title":{"rendered":"Charlie Company, 3rd\/1st &#8211; 1969"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"5546\" class=\"elementor elementor-5546\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8cefca3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8cefca3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9140640 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9140640\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-da4fa73 elementor-hidden-widescreen elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-laptop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"da4fa73\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"\/photos\/\">Charlie Company, 3rd\/1st - 1969<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c42d4c elementor-hidden-widescreen elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-laptop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1c42d4c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Dr. Kenyon Kugler&#8217;s photos of the Aid Station area on FSB Hill 4-11 were taken 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<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4cad711 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4cad711\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hill4-11.org\/photos\/c-3-1-1968.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/center><p>This picture was taken on April 18, 1969, the day following the capture of the two Chi-Com .51 cal machine guns.\u00a0\u00a0On the previous day, April 17, CPT Boots Blanks had led Charlie Company on an air assault on an NVA position that had shot down a supply helicopter\u00a0southwest of LZ Bronco.\u00a0\u00a0The assault, supported by two Cobra gunships, was successfull in capturing both machine guns, which were equipped with anti-aircraft sights.\u00a0\u00a0The cost of the assault was several wounded and three KIAs from Charlie Company:\u00a0\u00a0Tommy Calvin Heaton, Fred Karaman, and Albert Allen Ladd.<\/p><p>The captured machine guns were transported to LZ Bronco where this Charlie Company picture was taken.<\/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":"<p>Charlie Company, 3rd\/1st &#8211; 1969 Dr. Kenyon Kugler&#8217;s photos of the Aid Station area on FSB Hill 4-11 were taken between March 1970 and December 1970. 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