Historical
Accounts
Updated 7 August 2021
This gallery’s purpose is to record the
actions of the men who served in Alpha Company, 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, during
the Viet-Nam War. It will be used to document patrols by records from the war
and current memories of those events by those who were involved. If you would
like to place a patrol/operation on this page please
contact George Neville
Quoted below is this notation
found in both of the July and August 1966 Operations Of
U.S. Marine Forces Vietnam, Fleet Marine Force Pacific. It was a report for the
Commanding General, Fleet Marine Force, Pacific and passed on through the chain
of command to the Commandant, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Defense Secretary, and on
to the White House. It was an ongoing monthly report.
This was written and became
policy, as a result of the tremendous success the recon teams had during
Operation Hastings that took place in July 1966.
“Of increasing
significance in the field of small unit tactics are the “Sting Ray”
operations. This technique encompasses insertion of small reconnaissance
detachments at remote locations, carefully selected to permit observation of
areas of probable enemy activity. Artillery and air are pre-positioned and
employed in direct support of these small outposts with the objective of
causing heavy losses to the enemy at little cost to ourselves.”
Wall of Honor and
MIA’s updated 7 August 2021
3rd Reconnaissance Order of Battle
History of The 3rd Recon Association, RVN
Reasoner Patrol : 12 July 1965
Ronald Lee Longanecker: 08
July 1966
Hoovers Hunters:
Fall 1966 Dong Ha, Teams Surf - Breaker- High Tide - Wave
High Tide:
23 -24 September 1966
Hawk Platoon: Khe Sanh March 1967
Breaker: 9-10 May
1967
Britt
Friery meets Ron Zaczek
(Farewell Darkness) November 2002
Sgt. Di Reyes Ibanez, POW 05 June 1967
Striker: 30
June 1967 & Excavation of the crash location 2002
HM Gary R.
Wilson - 14 September 1967 -MIA Remains Returned
“At Little Cost To Ourselves” 3rd Recon Patrol Statistics for 1967
NVA Tanks
- Dong Ha Backyard and Laos Border Area
American Beauty: 8-9 June 1969
This Web Site is maintained by the Alpha
Recon Association, a combat Viet-Nam Veterans group that served in Alpha
Company 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, USMC 1965-69. Any
comments, corrections, additions should be directed to the webmaster.
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