Battle for LZ BIRD information
for 2/20 ARA
GO GO
C/1/9 CAV
For date 661227
2/20 ARA was a US Army unit
GO GO was a US Army unit
C/1/9 CAV was a US Army unit
Primary service involved, US Army
Binh Dinh Province, II Corps, South Vietnam
Location, LZ BIRD
Description: Over BIRD from the start of the action was the one TOC ship with CPT Jack Sutton aboard. Initially he could not help much because the valley was pitch black. CPT Elmo Roberts, the pilot of a ? H-13, and CPT James J. Weber, the S-2 19th ARTY, arrived over BIRD at 0117H. The 'Request ARA to scramble' message arrived at LZ Hammond when the 2/20th ARA had only one ship up, so WO Long and LT Borgeson headed directly for BIRD while MAJ Ray Pollard got four others up. The ACH-47, Guns A GO GO, sent at least one ship into the battle.
Comments: CPT Sutton, Jack; liaison; ;
CPT Roberts, Elmo; H-13 pilot; ;
CPT Weber, James J.; 19th ARTY BN S-2; ;
WO Long; 2/20th ARA pilot; ;
LT Borgeson; 2/20th ARA pilot; ;
MAJ Pollard, Ray; 2/20th ARA CO; ;
The source for this information was Bird by SLA Marshall P:114
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