West southwest of Nam Hoa and southwest of
Hue; due West of FSB Birmingham along north side of Hwy 547 in Thua Thien Province, I Corps. Located in the vicinity of
Chu Lai in the surrounding mountains of the Ashau Valley and built in Mar/Apr 68 during Operation Delaware, by 2d Bde,
101st Abn Div and 2d/502d Inf. North end of A Shau Valley was within 175 mm range of site. Was scene of heavy fighting and
overrun and occupied by NVA forces during both the 1972 Easter
Offensive and the 1975 Final Offensive.
Photo submitted by Bob Worrall
This was taken sometime in February 1970 from a bunker
on the east side of Bastogne looking east towards FSB Birmingham in the
distance. The road that you can make out is Highway 547--a two lane dirt
road built by Army Engineers from Hue to the Ah Shau Valley. Fields of fire
had been cleared by bulldozers, and you may be able to make out the stack of
sandbags in the lower right corner of the pic. The sandbags formed a cradle
for a 55-gallon drum of "fougasse"--basically napalm ignited by Claymore
mines and White Phosphorus grenades in the event of a sapper attack.
Photo submitted by Bob Worrall
This was taken December 22, 1969 looking up at FSB
Bastogne. I don't remember which direction this is taken from, but it gives
a good picture of this miserable little mud hill we got to call home when we
were not out humping the boonies.
Taken sometime between Sept 1969 and March 70 Sign lettered by Dennis Peterson
Photo submitted by Lloyd C Irland
Taken in 1969
Photo courtesy of Dan Albrecht
Another sign lettered for Bastogne by Dennis Peterson
"Folks,
I was visiting my local Italian grocery store when my eye fell on this small package.
The package states that Le Bastogne is France’s no. 1 biscuit brand.
The biscuit is named after the small Belgian town for which someone named FSB Bastogne.
Actually the things are pretty good!"
