Landing Zone Two Bits Explained

Landing Zone Two Bits
Type:	Army
Built:	1967
Used:	1967-9
Occupants:	1st Cavalry Division 4th Infantry Division
Battles:	Vietnam War

Airfield information

Landing Zone Two Bits (also known as FSB Two Bits) was a U.S. Army and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) base located in the Bồng Sơn region northeast of An Khe, Bình Định Province in central Vietnam.

The base was located near the intersection of Highway 1 and Highway 514, approximately 50 km northeast of An Khe.^[1]

Establishment

Two Bits was established in July 1967 as the forward command post of the 1st Cavalry Division and together with Landing Zone English, remained in use by the division until they moved into I Corps in January 1968.^[2]

The 3rd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, comprising:

• 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry^[2]
• 1st Battalion, 35th Infantry^[2]
• 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry^[2]
• 1st Battalion, 50th Infantry^[2]

was based here from March-April 1968.

Other units based here included:

• 7th Battalion, 13th Artillery (1967-October 1969)^[2]
• 1st Battalion, 30th Artillery (April 1967-February 1968)^[2]
• 5th Maintenance Battalion^[2]
• 534th Signal Company^[2]

Notes and References

1. Book: Kelley, Michael. Where we were in Vietnam. Hellgate Press. 2002. 978-1555716257. 509.
2. Book: Stanton, Shelby. Vietnam Order of Battle. Stackpole Books. 2003. 9780811700719. 73.