Army Reporter information
for 174 AHC
11 BDE 23 INF

For date 710308


174 AHC was a US Army unit
11 BDE 23 INF was a US Army unit
Primary service involved, US Army
South Vietnam
Location, FSB Liz
Description: 08Mar71 Sharks have eyes FSB LIZ - While operating in the Iron Mountain region, 11th Inf. Bde. Jungle Warriors engaged and killed two NVA, and Shark gunships were credited with an additional two enemy killed. "I had split the company for extraction," recalled Capt. James D. Davidson, CO of Bravo Company, 1st Bn., 20th Inf. "We were waiting for extraction when we got word that gunships of the 174th Assault Helicopter Company had sighted and engaged two NVA with weapons." The 11 men of the company and 2nd platoon were extracted and immediately dropped into the contact area, said Lt. Thomas H. Glover, the company's forward observer. The infantrymen advanced on the woodline and found the two NVA bodies. "I was talking to the Shark and trying to coordinate our movements," said Pfc. Leonard B. Smith, a radio operator. "The Shark pilot said our people had found the two NVA, and he informed me that he saw two more crawling in the treeline." Smith forwarded this information to Davidson who, with the aid of Lt. Frank Korona, advanced on the NVA, engaging with them with hand grenades and small arms fire, killing both.

The source for this information was 7103AR.AVN supplied by Les Hines


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