a brotherhood. Was at Quan Loi for about 4 months which was plenty long enough form me.
The remainder of his tour was at the Saigon Hospital. Thank you. The US-Vietnam Dialogue Group on Agent Orange/Dioxin, composed of members of the Aspen Institute, Vietnam National University, and Vietnam Veterans Association, is the most notable example of this civic response. Long-term programs and continued check-ups on the state of current plans to address Agent Orange are heavily monitored. That stuff has an amazing shelf life. I logged 205 hours in Flight Training. I found one person I kinda knew in my unit, Bill Coulter, comment # 171. LBJ was Long Binh Jail to me. I was in Long Binh Jan 1969 til Jan 1970. Very Interesting.. read all names, twice but only One I worked in the communication center located by the Gate. LBJ was the major jail facility in Vietnam for military prisoners convicted or waiting for trial. SAL DA more. If you know of anyone that has Peripheral Neuropathy and is getting help from the VA I would be interested to hear from you. We were telephone line men. Sorry to hear of the Prostate businesshope you got timely and excellent treatment. I made specialist five pretty quickly and the night I was promoted we went to E-5 club to celebrate. There was bound to be some cross contamination just from that act alone. medic E-4 169th Company C KEPT A WATCH ON MY CALENDER D DAY.. etc. All staff nursing and OR techs were superb. I rembember the B52s dumping their loads many nights. We were in Charlies town up there.His brother the NVA were always near by.Sprayed with agent orange every morning as we lined up to leave camp. There are plenty of attorneys out there that specialize in compensation for military related health issues that you only pay a percentage to, if they win your case. It exploded on a guard tower and killed 1 or 2 G.I.s. Got out as a Sp/5.. mos 71H30. We lost one O-1 bird dog to a rocket, although not sure it was during TET or not. They were our taxis to base camps. It was TC hill . We did live in the relative lap of luxury. Always had a Warrant Officer with me to do the talking. In the 1969 ,Tet attack I was in A co.of 92nd engineers and was at the scene of the main attack which was in the area of the fuel storage tanks.
Served in Ling Bing from March 70 til April of 71. We werent limited to Long Bihn, we worked in Dihn Quan (rock city) Tay Nihn, Phu Loi well you get it we got around I do remember showers and clubs. We land at Hilo, Hawaii. It was 50 years ago today, April 1,1971 at approximately 1:12 pm that I left Viet Nam. Our company area was located down the hill from USARV. 22 got hit that night. When we werent fixing forklifts we were pulling guard duty. Infantry. Was on the fligh line at Ton Son Nhut when it was over run and in Cholon also. Thats mine. The swimming pool was great, run by two soldiers who were formerly life guards. 70-71 assigned to 169th eng as a heavy vehicle mechanic A co. silver city (fence coverings) some would throw cigarettes or park lanes over fence if prisoners were out in the yard. That was the first and last of a real breakfast while I was there. I always wondered what happened to him. There are shots of many wooden structures, men even erecting a building together, a Huey landing, a dog handler making his rounds, a terrible night fight with flares and tracer bullets, my father with men he served with, a nosed downed Cessna, a downed Loach, Huey in formation, tiny Vietnamese women carrying tremendous loads of sticks on yokes on their shoulders, the showers of L&B Section TF Moroz 26 GP 1st Log, cement bunkers, possible a temple, an anti aircraft truck wrecked in a ditch, Vietnamese working the rice fields including a pedal powered irrigation bike, an unknown little town, China Beach itself and China Beach shower and USO. c co. convoy escort and pow duty. I remember two things from the appearance 1- how rough and tumble Cash looked (would not liked to run into him in a bar room brawl)2- Remember when he was singing an American Indian song, a Indian soldier in the audiance got up from his chair holding his hands in the air. Written for all who drove trucks in the war. I worked in the map depot. Generals. also special bath areas. taken in November 1967. I was in D Co. 92nd Engr, 20th Brigade. I have his flag and medals and I take flowers to his grave on Veterans Day and Memorial Day. The mountain yards going to Song Be. Does anyone remember our time building a artillery base camp northwest of Tay Ninh? Our unit worked side by side with the South Vietnam Quan Sats ( their military police ). I suppose it was as safe there as you could get in Nam. I missed TET thank goodness. Was in 557 Engineer, 31 Batt, 159 Group. was 94B20 a cook. Thanks to all my brothers and sisters who served and gave the ultimate sacrifice. When I arrived back in viey nam I went back to my company c area were I was told the me and 25 others had been transfered to a company 716 mp in Saigon where I spent 4 months.before being sent back to the states because I was braking out with several boils on the left side of my face then transfered to the 523 mp company in Aberdeen Maryland and was discharged June 12th 1971 four months after leaving viet nam. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); These blogs are governed by the general rules of respectful civil discourse. First and foremost to any and all who served and read this my profound Thank You. As we drove past the jail walls, some of us, on top of the deuce and a half, gazed over the jail wall. I was there in Feb 69 to Feb 70 and returned to civilian life.
Would like to hear from someone who was there at the same time. but rejected. For above, the location in Saigon was Cholon. A correction in the article.left arm (I was left handed..) my only daughter lost both ovaries LBJ was the Long Binh Jail. Worked with some great MPs no morale problems with the MPs. I looked them all up on the internet, unfortunately time keeps passing by and most of them are now dead. Later, I got a call from the guard position saying that the OD from the engineers across the tracks wanted to talk to me. Capt. Many thanks. Same deal but more hooches. Vietnam was a crazy place and most of the time there I was just bored. Bn. To Byron T. Yes, I was there at the same time. Paired up with SP5 Larry Kempner and pitched our shelter halfs just as monsoon season started. Clerk class 1 supplies from Oct 67 Ran convoys in support of ARVN north of Saigon.
During the TET Offence January 31TH,1968 early morning I was the driver for Capt James Roberts 212TH Commander. Since it was a little windy that particular night, I reminded the guard position to allow for windage so as not to drop any flares near the fuel tankers in the engineers staging area directly across the RR tracks, and as luck would have it, flares were dropped within 50-feet of a loaded tanker truck. to allWelcome Home. I wasnt ready for college so I joined the Army rather than get drafted so that I could choose my MOS. No goveners on the engine like the 10 Ton tractor trailers had. Whenever we choppered to Saigon I was supposed to draw a weapon, but I felt it would violate the spirit of my c.o. I worked in the ammo dump and pulled guard duty at nights. Others in advanced training were aware of the tactic. We were close to USARV Headquarters. There is not anything line it. Hired a driver and after a few wrong turns we were able to get close to the old HQ building. Their were so busy. The whole story is in my true story book Vietnam Convoy Trucker. It took 5 vehicles to get my truck upright. After a couple of drinks at the EM Club with him, we were checked in to the company and we shared a double bunk. April 1969-July 1969 I was assigned to a Special Troops Inf unit that had members (11Bs) with two Purple Hearts and more than 60:days left in Country. However, the American command relocated them to Long Binh Post in order to centralize security, logistics, and communications. Attended Bob Hope show Christmas 1971. Agent Orange was in the food and water supply so if you were there you didnt have to be near any spraying to have the chemical in your body. I was there Nov.69 to Nov.70. Our night duty bunker was in the marsh between the 90th Replacement Battlion and II Field Forces on Plantation. I knew nothing, just filled in until a young man with the correct MOS came in and took over. That EM club was about 1/4 mile down the road from the dump. of Replacement Operations. I am in contact with a few of the 147th guys. Most of the later development of the base had not been built yet. I worked in the Crypto vault in the back of the com center. Thanks to everyone who served in Vietnam and never forget. When checking in I was assigned barracks, work location, messhall etc. Reuben George, we may have seen each other as the 720th MP Co regularly escorted my 319th TC from Long Binh Sep 68-Aug 69. also about Vietnamese ladies who spoke English who helped the American army with their laundry and housework, Was at Long Binh May-Dec 68. Took about 50 years to get my head around the basic lessons of Namthat Nam was USAs last clear chance to create an honest MORALITY, based on all men are created equal, the gold standard of which would always begin with an equal sharing of the risk of the defense of the general groupas opposed to the monstrous exemptions favoring the fortunate sons. Great group of men, Terry Judkins, Burbank, Martin, 49 years. TSN was closed on our day to leave After a short bus ride, we got to the processing center at Long Binh. I was a Sentry dog handler and psyroled the ammunition dump at night. More than likely Frustrated that we have been unable to find anyone who has ever spoke about the 30 40Ton Kenworth trucks that the Army leased from Vinnell Corp. 1st Signal Brigade HHC SSA Long Binh was home base 1969 1971,31j20 / 36g20. Would love to hear from anyone still around from my unit. I have searched for days and found absolutely nothing. I worked at several areas including the telephone switch center as the Ops OIC and at the 580th Co. Eventually became a good typist. I was asked if I could type I said yes and was assigned as supply sgt in the cable yard.. Remember Tet 1968 like it was yesterday. We were located directly next to the Evac Hospital there. We met in Oakland, shipped out in May 1970.We were an island unto ourselves so I ended up volunteering to do a 9 month tour, leaving in March 1971. huddled together in a smelly canvas army issue tent. I served from Oct 1969 to Oct 1971 44th signal brigade which became the 106th.Company B. A few months later the three survey guys were called back to the Infantry and on to the A Shau Valley. Three weeks later I was ordered to surrender my weapon to the armory. I just cant believe how much it changed after I passed through. Bob had a golf club with him, but he was not going to play golfhe was at Long Binh to entertain the troops. Verso | Library of Congress (loc.gov), Long Binh Post Records at the National Archives, https://www.facebook.com/groups/2569885683300490/, https://www.facebook.com/groups/398400204322163/permalink/662800181215496/. Vietnam (Provisional) My wife and I took a tour back to Vietnam in January 2018. I was a utility player, Jack of all duties, master of none. Interesting time to say the least. The unit formed & trained at Ft. Carson. i was a captain assigned to defend u s army members charged with general court martial offenses. I was at the one near the main entrance off of hwy 1 by the evac hospital and 624th S&S Co. My buddy and I use to drive there in a duce and a half to pick up supplies and also in Saigon. 