2/503d VIETNAM Newsletter - Mar-Apr 2018, Issue 79

March-April 2018, Issue 79 See all issues to date at 503rd Heritage Battalion website: Contact: [email protected] http://corregidor.org/VN2-503/newsletter/issue_index.htm ~ 2/503d Photo of the Month ~ March 15, 1966: Sky Soldiers of the 2/503d arrive LZ Zulu Zulu in the “D” Zone jungle during Operation Silver City. In the early morning of 16 Mar 66, our battalion was surrounded and attacked by what was reported to be an enemy force three times our size. The enemy was fanatically committed to overrunning the entire unit, yet our battalion would stake claim to what was deemed to be a major victory during the Vietnam War and one which earned the 2/503d and attached and supporting units the Presidential Unit Citation for their valorous defeat of the attacking enemy force that day. See PUC text on Page 43. (Photo by RTO Wayne Hoitt, HHC/2/503, ‘65/’66, and one of over 160 Sky Soldiers reported wounded or killed during Operation Silver City). 2/503d VIETNAM Newsletter / Mar.-Apr. 2018 – Issue 79 Page 1 of 86