Qualla: Operation Wayne Grey https://qualla.com/operation-wayne-grey en-us © 2026 Bendyline Thu, 23 Jul 2026 20:34:16 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Operation Wayne Grey https://qualla.com/operation-wayne-grey Operation Wayne Grey: Introduction https://qualla.com/operation-wayne-grey/ D Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry, was not given its usual maps. Instead the soldiers received black and white topographic charts that required specialized training to read. They were airborne longer than the distance to their assigned landing zone should have required. When they touched down, the terrain did not match what their maps showed — the maps said they were on a hill; they were not. Lieutenant Nolan and Captain Yamashita, among others, drew a conclusion that they have maintained for decades: D Company was operating in Cambodia, not Vietnam, when it recaptured two M101 howitzers from the PAVN in early March 1969. Eight days later, US Strategic Air Command began its secret bombing campaign against Cambodia. The timing was not coincidental.

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]]> Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/6/s/d/operation-wayne-grey-wp/w6sd-operation-wayne-grey-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Operation Wayne Grey: Intelligence and the Chu-Mom-Ray https://qualla.com/operation-wayne-grey/ By late January 1969, captured documents and prisoner interrogations were telling a consistent story. The PAVN 66th Regiment, 24th Regiment, and elements of the 40th Artillery had moved north into the Chu-Mom-Ray mountain range and were constructing roads — roads deep enough into...

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]]> Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/6/s/d/operation-wayne-grey-wp/w6sd-operation-wayne-grey-landing-zone-brace.mp3 0:06 3 full Operation Wayne Grey: Task Force Alpha and the Road War https://qualla.com/operation-wayne-grey/ Phase II of the operation reorganized the surviving companies into Task Force Alpha, which established blocking positions along the Plei Trap road from Hill 467 to Firebase 20. The mission was methodical: identify supply convoys, call in fires, use cratering charges to render the...

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]]> Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/6/s/d/operation-wayne-grey-wp/w6sd-operation-wayne-grey-task-force-alpha-and-the-road-war.mp3 0:06 4 full Operation Wayne Grey: Cu-Don Mountain and the Missing https://qualla.com/operation-wayne-grey/ The hardest fighting of Phase II came at Cu-Don Mountain, a known PAVN base on a ridgeline south of LZ Brace. The 3/12th Infantry's mission was to block the PAVN 66th Infantry from withdrawing to this sanctuary. What followed was nearly two weeks of back-and-forth over a bunker c...

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