Qualla: Battle of Suoi Tre https://qualla.com/battle-of-suoi-tre en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:36 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/w/6/5/9/battle-of-suoi-tre-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Battle of Suoi Tre https://qualla.com/battle-of-suoi-tre Battle of Suoi Tre: Introduction https://qualla.com/battle-of-suoi-tre/ Photo credit Original uploader was user:RM Gillespie at en.wikipedia, Public domain. The howitzers at Fire Support Base Gold were designed to lob shells in high arcs over distant targets. On the morning of March 21, 1967, their crews cranked the barrels down to nearly zero elevation and fired directly into the tree line at point-blank range. The ammunition they loaded was beehive rounds -- anti-personnel shells packed with 8,000 finned steel flechettes. When those ran out, they switched to high-explosive rounds, still at point-blank. This was not how artillery was supposed to work. But by 08:40 that morning, the eastern perimeter of the base had collapsed inward, Viet Cong soldiers were within five meters of the battalion aid station, and the textbook had become irrelevant.

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]]> Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/6/5/9/battle-of-suoi-tre-wp/w659-battle-of-suoi-tre-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Battle of Suoi Tre: Building a Base in Indian Country https://qualla.com/battle-of-suoi-tre/ Photo credit Original uploader was user:RM Gillespie at en.wikipedia, Public domain. Two days before the battle, on March 19, American helicopters landed the 3rd Battalion, 22nd Infantry and the 2nd Battalion, 77th Artillery into an elliptical clearing near Suoi Tre in War Zone C, about 90 kilometers northwest of Saigon. Their mission was to establish Fire Suppor...

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]]> Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/6/5/9/battle-of-suoi-tre-wp/w659-battle-of-suoi-tre-building-a-base-in-indian-country.mp3 0:06 2 full Battle of Suoi Tre: Six-Thirty in the Morning https://qualla.com/battle-of-suoi-tre/ Photo credit Original uploader was user:RM Gillespie at en.wikipedia, Public domain. At 04:30 on March 21, a night patrol from Company B reported movement near its ambush site outside the perimeter. Two hours of silence followed. At 06:30, as the patrol prepared to return to camp, the world exploded. Mortar rounds -- 60-millimeter and 82-millimeter -- began falli...

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