| 词条 | Landing Zone Kate |
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|name=Landing Zone Kate |partof= |location= |coordinates={{Coord|12.238|N|107.363|E|display=inline|name=Landing Zone Kate}} |image= |caption= |type=Army |code= |built= 1969 |builder= |materials= |height= |used= 1969 |demolished= |condition= |ownership= |controlledby= |garrison= |commanders= |occupants= 5th Special Forces |battles= Vietnam War |events= }}Landing Zone Kate (also known as Firebase Kate, LZ Kate or Firebase White) is a former U.S. Army base northwest of Quang Duc Province in southern Vietnam near the Cambodian border.[1] HistoryThe base was defended by men from 5th Special Forces Detachments A-233 and A-236 and their Montagnard forces and elements of the 5th Battalion, 22nd Artillery and 1st Battalion, 92nd Artillery when it was subjected to a siege by the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) 66th Regiment from 27 October to 1 November 1969.[2] On the morning of 30 October a PAVN force attacked the base but was beaten back with artillery and air support. A Bell UH-1B Iroquois helicopter gunship #63-08587 was shot down with the loss of 4 U.S. killed.[3] By 31 October 2 of the 3 artillery pieces at the base had been disabled and the artillerymen were fighting as infantry and 1LT Ronald A Ross of 5/22 Artillery was killed by a B-40 rocket.[4] The base was abandoned on the night of 1 November and the US and Montagnard forces evacuated towards the nearby Bu Prang Camp. PFC Michael Norton disappeared during the escape and evasion and was listed as missing in action.[5] The base was bombed on 2 November to destroy any materiel that had been left behind. Current useThe base has reverted to jungle. See also
References1. ^{{cite book|last=Kelley|first=Michael|title=Where we were in Vietnam|publisher=Hellgate Press|year=2002|isbn=978-1555716257|pages=5–270}} 2. ^{{cite book|last=Sharp|first=Arthur|title=The Siege of LZ Kate: The Battle for an American Firebase in Vietnam|publisher=Stackpole Books|year=2014|isbn=9780811713863|page=213}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.vhpa.org/KIA/incident/69103099KIA.HTM|title=Helicopter UH-1B 63-08587|publisher=Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association|accessdate=18 January 2015}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.virtualwall.org/dr/RossRA02a.htm|title=CPT Ronald Alan Ross|publisher=The Virtual Wall|accessdate=18 January 2015}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.virtualwall.org/dn/NortonMR01a.htm |title=SFC Michael Robert Norton |work=The Virtual Wall|accessdate=18 January 2015}} External linksEscape from Fire Base Kate, a 2015 documentary{{Vietnam-war-stub}} 2 : Installations of the United States Army in South Vietnam|Battles and operations of the Vietnam War |
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