Combat Communications 2

Combat
Communications

Submitted by: Ted Zoutis, CAP Delta 6

Theodore C. Zoutis
May 13, 1997
Tim Duffie
Managing Editor
CAP VETERANS' WEBSITE

Tim,

I am going through some of my personal logs and diaries that I managed to save. Some of these items may be of interest to place on the website or file under a miscellaneous section.

Are you familiar with "Thrush Points"? These were code names for certain coordinates on the map.

Example:

River was coordinate 0059.

To use - you would say "Mississippi" right or left how many clicks. Then you would use another "Thrush Point" i.e.

Rank, which was 1158 and go either up or down so many clicks.

These were used to prevent the enemy from determining our positions if they were monitoring our frequencies.

Here are a list of "Thrush Points" used on 2/24/67:

RIVER 0059 APPLIANCE 0866 RANK 1158 782 GEAR 0361 AIRPLANE 0565 MAGAZINE 0468 WEAPON 0169 PLANET 0064 VEGETABLE 1063 CAMERA 1559 RADIO 0758

Here is one sample of a radio message to me:

DELTA 6 from CIRCUMFERENCE 3"
021800HRS
Do not activate DSP5. Do not allow DSP5 to travel east of 07 grid line or north of 68 grid line. VC company spotted with motars and rockets. Hold position as blocking force.

We will move toward enemy contact and push them to your location. I say again, hold position, do not activate. Enemy will be pushed into your sector. How copy over?

Roger that Circumfrence 3, D-6 out.

RADIO FREQUENCIES:

Are you familiar with BLUE MONDAY? There are ten letters and each letter represents a number; for example one day you'll receive a code "DN", that means letter D represents the number 1, and the letter N represents the number 0.

Another code is given; example, FKLBOTA - the new radio frequency is 49.2 For more clarity

D A Y B L U E M O N 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0

The only letters in FKLBOTA that corresponds with BLUE MONDAY are the letters BOA = 49.2

LIST OF FREQUENCIES AS OF FEBRUARY 25, 1967

Battalion Tac		66.20	M-621

Call sign:  
ANDREW			54.50	M-147 & M-180
ARTILLERY		39.9	M-72		     

Call sign: HEAD COLD BRAVO
CROW'S NEST		37.9	M-72                    

Call sign:  CROW'S NEST
TACTICAL AIR 		40.6	M-72		       

Call sign:  BLACK RAVEN
CONTROL
MEDAVAC
BUTTON YELLOW		43.5
BUTTON VERMILLION	35.5	M-177
GOLF HQ'S		53.80
51TH ARVN'S		44.60		

Call sign:   LUSH PEARL DELTA
CAG			49.2		

Call sign:   OLDFIELD
FOB4 (forward observer)	38.6		

Call sign :   KOKOMO
F BATTERY CHARLIE 5	66.75		

Call sign:    HAMBONE FOXTROT
SIDEBELL KILO (K3/1)	59.55	M-184  
SIDEBELL (BATTALION)	57.10	M-725     

Call sign:  CIRCUMFERENCE 
SIDEBELL MIKE (M 3/1)	45.65	M-431
SIDEBELL INDIA (I 3/1)	62.75	M-216
SIDEBELL LIMA (L 3/1)	68.05	M-355

ARTILLERY PREPLOTS:  Effective  Feb 21,1967
SIERRA SIERRA (SS)
		Coordinates		Azimuth
SS025		06356772		3900
SS026		06046789		4200
SS027		06786790		3200
SS043		07286790		1600
SS048		06276816		3400
SS049		06856852		1000
SS049		07146787		2400

ILLUMINATION
SIERRA BRAVO
SB1019Z		06606800		3800

SPOT REPORTS
Civilian Casualties

Three villagers, 2 children and 1 woman were traveling from Binh Ky to Tho San by boat. They were reported killed by small arms from crowsnest . People shot out of boat and boat sank. The bodies are at bottom of river. Village chief requests person to retrieve the bodies from bottom of river.

Review; 3 civilian KIA's , fired allegely fired upon by crowsnest location, west side of river, at appx 1715hrs at 063707.

Calling COC Circumfrence for persmission to retrieve victims from river for the people of Tho San.

Called COC, explained situation.

Permission granted for recovery at first light tommorrow.

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