2/503d VIETNAM Newsletter - Mar-Apr 2016, Issue 66

March-April 2016, Issue 66 See all issues at the 503rd PRCT Heritage Battalion website: Contact: [email protected] http://corregidor.org/VN2-503/newsletter/issue_index.htm ~ 2/503d Photo of the Month ~ 50 YEARS AGO: On the afternoon of March 16, 1966, at LZ Zulu Zulu in the heart of the “D” Zone jungle following a ferocious 5-hour battle with enemy forces three-times their strength, wounded troopers of the 2/503 await Dust Off on the edge of the landing zone. During Operation Silver City our battalion alone would suffer 15 KIA and over 144 WIA, not counting allied forces, yet could stake claim to what was deemed to be a major victory during the Vietnam War and one which earned the 2/503d and attached units, the Presidential Unit Citation. (Photo by RTO Wayne Hoitt, HHC/2/503, ‘65/’66) 2/503d VIETNAM Newsletter / Mar-Apr. 2016 – Issue 66 Page 1 of 100