(Letter Home) 3 G.I. Got HYl-3's and Ky's but didn't get mail Had day off till 6:30, worked till 10:30, Wednesday, October 27, 1971 Long Thanh North Night shift avionics, Tuesday, November 30, 1971 Long Thanh North Put on standby 9 pm, Friday, August 20, 1971 Da Nang Found out I had guard on bunker 2 at 9 pm, walked out, Wednesday, August 11, 1971 Long Thanh North it interesting that the latest movie or show I saw, the mail I got, the missions Long Thanh North = Army airbase of same name and home base of 2nd (Letter Home) (Letter Home) **** TET 1968 's Are Reported Killed By Enemy Shells at Danang, https://www.nytimes.com/1971/07/05/archives/3-gis-are-reported-killed-by-enemy-shells-at-danang.html. OFF, Saturday, December 18, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) A summary of these attacks can be found on the Web site of the 366th Tactical. Worked on Satellite 000 radios Saw 'How to commit marriage' (Letter Home) [ Rod Carbone photo ], Taken of me in a f-4 Danang 1971 [ Rod Carbone photo ], Took this one out on the flightline Dec. 1971 [ Rod Carbone photo ], Gunfighter PilotsDec.1971 (Letter Home) (Letter Home) PICTURES OF DANANG PAGE 11 ABC news covering the rocket attack July 5 1971 on Gunfighter Village [ Rod Carbone photo ] Bob Cummings 366th avionics maintenance squadron Danang 1971 [ Rod Carbone photo ] BX before the rocket attack [ Rod Carbone photo ] BX after the rocket attack [ Rod Carbone photo ] Rigged 027,038,061 for radio relay to Da Nang Finished reading 'Earth Tool Kit', Monday, August 30, 1971 Da Nang actually flew the first radio relay flight for a mission to Nui Ba Den on this 15. min Mailed film to Wards. News stories from Monday July 5, 1971 . On detail this morning moving timbers (Letter Home) Played a game of horse shoes and Monopoly this morning, Friday, April 23, 1971 Long Thanh North Supposed to fly radio check but didn't Supposed to go to Vung Tau tomorrow, Wednesday, September 8, 1971 Long Thanh North, Vung Tau Harrelson = crew chief (Letter Home) (Letter Home) (Letter Home) These rockets had a range of several miles and were deadly. (Letter Home) Photo #2B. At left is motion picture photographer Sgt. (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Went to Long Binh and put in for TDY to Nha Trang, Vung Tau and Da Nang, Sunday, September 5, 1971 Long Thanh North Avionics (Letter Home) 30 min. Kelm and I came back at 2 pm, left Da Nang, stopped at Marble Mountain, Saturday, May 8, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Keyed guns, put floor mike switch in 061, (Letter Home) Took radar out of 061, de-rigged 013 and 038 comings and goings of my fellow GI's all received equal and matter of fact The results of a typhoon that hit Nng in 1971. To see images from a return visit to Vietnam in 2006 click here. In February 1965, while at Holloman AFB, New Mexico, the wing began converting to the new F-4C Phantom II. 12 civilians killed, 11 wounded in N Vietnamese rocket attack on Danang. DaNang Air Base was known as "rocket city" for the number of attacks that occurred there between 1965 and 1973. (Letter Home) R&U detail building APO (post office) Got 2 banks working It was not until March 1966, HQ 366th Tactical Fighter Wing, the 389th TFS and various support units of the wing entered the conflict and were reassigned to, 366th FIGHTER ASSOCIATION AUDENTES FORTUNA JUVAT, Outstanding Unit Award w/Combat V Citation 1970-72, Colonel Thomas Moe: American POW in North Vietnam, 366th Fighter Group Memorial Dedication Ceremony NMUSAF, 366th Fighter Group Monument Photo NMUSAF, 366th Fighter Group Memorial and Tree Photo At The NMUSAF, A-1 Airfield Memorial Dedication - France, In the early days at Da Nang, pilots were frustrated that they were missing opportunities to shoot down enemy MiGs because the F-4C lacked a cannon and its missiles were ineffective at short ranges. Photo #8 ( Nng AB): (Letter Home) Guard duty, Sunday, July 11, 1971 Long Thanh North The Army is reporting a 2% heroin addiction rate for soldiers leaving South Vietnam. 15 min. (Letter Home) (Letter Home) 45 min 061 up 5:30 pm, Tuesday, August 17, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) (Letter Home) ABC news covering the rocket attack July 5 1971 on Gunfighter (Letter Home) considered combat assault) Anyone can read what you share. 1 mission, practice, 061 5 hrs. Beckman says they will mail TDY money, Sunday, September 26, 1971 Long Thanh North On March 27, 1967, DaNang came under another 120mm rocket attack. Went HOT 9 am, on station 10:30 am Checked relay banks all day, Friday, April 16, 1971 Long Thanh North 1 talking about this. Shows a night time Vietcong rocket attack, just after midnight, July 15, 1967, on the United States Air Force flight line and barracks areas at the Da Nang Airbase in Vietnam. marks the name of Airman First Class Frederick R. Neef, 600th Photo Squadron photographer killed in Vietnam. Davis put us in for E-4 today, Wednesday, April 21, 1971 Long Thanh North Stayed overnight at the 21st Signal Transient barracks, Tuesday, June 22, 1971 Long Thanh North Here are general views of wrecked C 130s, on July 25th, following a Viet Cong rocket attack of Danang air base. Still a lot of problems, Tuesday, July 20, 1971 Vung Tau Open to all Vietnam Veterans that served at DA NANG Air Base of ROCKET CITY from 1971-1972. Nui Ba Den = Mountain area Sat in Avionics shop today 1 mission CA 4 hr. Scary. Supposed to ship to Da Nang tomorrow morning Headcount, Tuesday, December 7, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) A Vietnamese Air Force (VNAF) A-37 drops a bomb on a position near Bien Hoa in 1971. Direct Combat Assist and was basically a taxi flight), RR or RRT (Radio Back on standby at noon, Thursday, Februaryb 11, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) Standby OFF (Though I didn't record it in this diary I OFF, read a couple books, Monday, July 19, 1971 Vung Tau (Letter Home) Currin = crew chief # Not in AF records, submitted by members, # Not in AF records, submitted by members, Air Base Defense in the Republic of Vietnam, 1960-1973. 366th AMS, Rocket attack BX, Gunfighter Pilots. Wednesday, June 9, 1971 Long Thanh North Jeff Mitton. 000, Monday, June 21, 1971 Nha Trang Sunday, June 6, 1971 Da Nang Headcount, Monday, December 13, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) OFF, Thursday, December 16, 1971 Long Thanh North, Long Binh Home / / danang rocket attack july 5, 1971. danang rocket attack july 5, 1971 (Letter Home) De-rigged 038, Monday, June 14, 1971 Long Thanh North (nothing). Either email addresses are anonymous for this group or you need the view member email addresses permission to view the original message, Rocket attack 72 redhorse compound DaNang, You do not have permission to delete messages in this group. (Letter Home) Saw 'A new leaf' at MAFC Night Shift Avionics Checked radio banks all day Got payed today, Saturday, February 27, 1971 Long Thanh North All of them are unknown. Full text is unavailable for this digitized archive article. Departed Pleiku, returned to Long Thanh, Tuesday, October 26, 1971 Long Thanh North Practice alert 9:30 pm, Monday, July 12, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) 1 mission, 2 hrs, Satellite 000 1 mission, 5 hours 15 min, up at 11 pm yesterday till 4 am today on associated electronics that functioned as a relay unit. (Letter Home) 000 up 2 AM I flew, the special assignments, the rocket attacks, the red alerts and the (Letter Home) MACV club, Sunday, September 19, 1971 Da Nang, Hue and AO, Long Thanh just before takeoff, 2009. (Letter Home) (Letter Home) I took this photo of an army paratrooper while documenting the invasion of Cambodia by the Vietnamese army --with the assistance of U.S. troops. Sunday, April 11, 1971, Long Thanh North Put radios in Satellite 027 this morning, Put in for TDY pay (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Arrived at Da Nang this evening, stopped at Qui Nhon on the way up. Guard duty bunker 6, Saturday, October 16, 1971 Long Thanh North Got 3 banks working Stayed at shop till 10:30, left (Letter Home) Arrived Da Nang 2 pm Beginning in May 1972, the forces of the USAF were drawn down at Da Nang. In five minutes, they had expended their ammunition. The barracks burned to the ground after the rocket attack. To purchase. Worked till 3 am Sunday on Satellite 038 and 000 mission cancelled, keyed guns, Wednesday, March 31, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Saw "Airport" at main compound, Thursday, March 18, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) RR standby Preparing to fly an air-to-air photo assignment in a F-100 Super Sabre with the 35th Tactical Fighter Wing at Phan Rang Air Base in Vietnam in 1970. Keyed crypto guns this morning Note the radio at center for ground-to-air communication. Cleared Dispensary, Re-up NCO, Supply, Sunday, December 19, 1971 Long Thanh North, Fred was one week away from his 19th birthday when his plane went down on November 27, 1970. Will start flying one radio check mission a day, Tuesday, March 23, 1971 Da Nang Keyed guns, played pool and pingpong Saw band "Nitwits" at RPI, Monday, March 15, 1971 Da Nang By November 1971, the 366th was the only United States tactical fighter wing still stationed in Vietnam. Got magazines in mail today, Wednesday, March 10, 1971 Da Nang I also made life long friends. 1 mission DCS 1 hr 000 Need HYL-3 1 mission 4 hrs. Sgt Timothy Krouse (see photo #9) from PA worked with me most or all of the time. Date: 1967, July 15. (Letter Home) (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Night Shift Avionics, Thursday, November 4, 1971 Long Thanh North wrote: On Tue, 6 Nov 2018 09:16:08 -0800, "Colonel Edmund J. Burke" <, Warning! Supposed to go to NaTrang but turned back, Monday, May 3, 1971 Da Nang 1 mission, 3 hrs 038 up 8:45 am Saw 'Raid on Rommel' at RPI, Tuesday, August 31, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) 1971 Long Thanh North Burm detail building bunker 46 Pay day, $387, Wednesday, December 1, 1971 Long Thanh North KP duty 8:00 am to 7:00 pm, Friday, Jan 29, 1971 Long Binh (Letter Home) Avionics Saturday, April 17, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) Saw movie "the Adventurer" at Gunfighter 10 min. (Letter Home) Sgt Timothy Krouse (see photo #9) from PA worked with me most or all of the time. Night shift Avionics, Thursday, October 28, 1971 Long Thanh North Burm detail, may try to get permanent tower guard, Tuesday, September 28, 1971 Long Thanh North SAIGON, South Vietnam, Saturday, July 15-Enemy gunners blasted the huge American air base at Danang with 50 rounds of rocket fire early this morning, killing 12 United States servicemen and wound- ing 40, the military command announced. (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Information about your use of this site is shared with Google. (Letter Home) Guard duty on Tower 45, Tuesday, September 7, 1971 Long Thanh North Turned in TDY orders at Long Binh, Tuesday, April 13, 1971 Long Thanh North Guard duty noon to 6 pm, Thursday, June 10, 1971 Long Thanh North worked through lunch so afternoon off. Friday, February 12, 1971 Da Nang On 11/6/2018 8:54 AM, Sir Gregory Hall, Esq. (Letter Home) personnel on call. (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Anyone can read what you share. If we went a week without a few rockets coming we knew something was in the works. reserved. Duff says me and Seacord are on his ARCOM orders Took Urin test at Long Binh, Friday, December 17, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) Avionics till 9 then on detail picking up pre-fab bunker at Long Binh, Tuesday, August 10, 1971 Long Thanh North I was new to the Combat Documentation (ComDoc) team and my uniform shows it. Flew CE on 000 (Letter Home) We recently heard from David Tomblin of Wilkinson, West Virginia -- then an aircraft maintenance specialist with the 366th TFW -- who was injured when the rocket landed right next to his bunk area. (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Keyed guns = set codes on radio encryption devices Live band at the R.P.I. Put C-1611 in 013, Monday, May 24, 1971 Long Thanh North Shortly after this photo was taken we were escorted to the base commander by the air police. Night shift Avionics Company party to celebrate new hot water heater, Sunday, November 7, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) Return to Rick's Home Page. President Nixon denied the next day that there were U.S. troops on the ground in Cambodia, so these photos were never released. still didn't have power supply, Sunday, July 18, 1971 Vung Tau (Letter Home) Seacord = radio relay operator . (Letter Home) Got papers for drivers license Got haircut, Friday, May 14, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) Saturday, June 5, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Flew back to Long Thanh this afternoon, didn't log it. (Letter Home) Beckman came, Murphy left, Sunday, August 29, 1971 Da Nang 1 mission - 5 hours, up at 6 pm, Tuesday, February 2, 1971 Da Nang Unbelievable since I had already started processing out. Band at club, Sunday, May 30, 1971 Long Thanh North An aircraft mechanic takes a smoke break outside the revetments at Tan Son Nhut Air base in 1970. Avionic and checking radio banks (Letter Home) MAFC = Main air force compound at Da Nang (Letter Home) (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Rained all day Kadramas flew 009 test flight, unsuccessful, bad pushes, Monday, October 4, 1971, Long Thanh North (Letter Home) The SP feeding ammo is unknown. Spent whole day at China Beach, Saturday, February 20, 1971 Da Nang Reparied mike cord on 420 OFF (Letter Home) nightshift avionics 30 min. Guard duty 6 am - Noon for Duff (Letter Home) (Letter Home) picked up three pants from tailor, put two in, Sunday, March 14, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) (Letter Home) TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. Pictures of Danang 10. Moss moved out Got pictures from Wards Saw 'Dirty Dingus McGee' at MAFC, Thursday, March 25, 1971 Da Nang Brought back two banks Sunday, April 18, 1971 Long Thanh North Another fisheye photo I took that day of a B-52 landing over our heads. (Letter Home) Marble Mountain (Letter Home) Anyone can read what you share. At the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial in Washington in 2007, my son P.J. Got amps back from 56th Night Shift Avionics, Friday, November 12, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) Standby Would not release us to go south These photos were taken from the back seat of another F-4. 2 mission DCS 30 min. (Letter Home) doing his duty for his country, serving his year in Vietnam. My hearing was permanently impaired by excessive noise exposure to loud jet engines during the war (without adequate ear protection). (Letter Home) Headcount, Monday, December 6, 1971 Long Thanh North Send any friend a story. (Letter Home) Need batteries Vung Tau = town near the coast Live show at the club tonight, Monday, February 1, 1971 Da Nang The attack almost wiped out the 390th TFS, which had 18 of its Phantoms destroyed or badly damaged. (Letter Home) 1 mission 061 returned to Long Thanh 2 hrs. Checked set of banks for cipher Headcount, Friday, December 10, 1971 Long Thanh North Took a roll of slide film to Gunfighter PX, Wednesday, February 17, 1971 Da Nang Burm detail laying concertina wire, Saturday, July 10, 1971 Long Thanh North Got payed $348 Sgt. Heavy explosions and fires on the base. Yesterday United States B52 bombers struck North Vietnam ese infiltration routes just south of the demilitarized zone. [CBS] Presidential adviser Henry Kissinger is in South Vietnam; Vice President Spiro Agnew is in Singapore. page Home) Arrived Long Thanh 3:30 pm via Tuy Hoa Paulson and Duff flew to Quangtri for briefing Got slides back from PX and mailed them home, Thursday, April 8, 1971 Da Nang Rocket attack, Tuesday, April 27, 1971 Da Nang Phu Bai = airfield China Beach = Rest and relaxation center on coast near Da Nang, Personnel mentioned (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Got 3 new bad banks today (Letter Home) Photo #2A & 2B ( Nng AB): Results of a rocket attack 5 July, 1971 next to the Chow Hall. There were 4 personnel KIA with these 26 attacks on DaNang AB You can see why it was called "Rocket City." That year the BDRT responded 15 times before I departed for Thailand. Saw 'How to Frame a figg' at MAFC 1 mission 4 hrs. Fires started from secondary blasts by bombs and fuel. OFF, Monday, July 26, 1971 Vung Tau (Letter Home) 10,000 ft. above Nui Ba Den Mountain(Letter Home) (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Rocket Attack on Danang. (Letter Home) Wednesday, August 4, 1971 Da Nang, Long Thanh North We were flying inverted to take this photo. (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Avionics nightshift, Tuesday, November 16, 1971 Long Thanh North I remember the XM-174 grenade launcher could put out 12 rounds before the first one hit the ground. Left Ft. Dix 8:00, Tuesday, Jan 26, 1971 Bien Hoa 1 mission, 5 hrs 15 min. 1 mission DCS, 038, 2 hrs. Rocket attack just before landing Photo was given to me. B-52 ground crew members stand near their aircraft under dramatic skies near the Gulf of Thailand. Saturday, February 13, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) Went to China Beach, used roll of film coming back through the villages Sunday, February 14, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) China Beach today, got a whole stack of mail today Monday, February 15, 1971 Da Nang China Beach, Saturday, May 1, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) Worked Afternoon and till 11:30 pm, Sunday, November 14, 1971 Long Thanh North Beckman went to party at German Hospital boat tonight, Friday, September 3, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Left 90th at 10:30 to 2nd Signal Group headquarters, Saturday, Jan 30, 1971 Long Thanh North This is a shot of a young girl talking to one of the bunker guards. never took off, Friday, March 12, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) China Beach 45 min. Saw 'The body stealers' at RPI, Thursday, September 2, 1971 Da Nang Hot at 5 AM, mission terminated at 11:30 am just before I was due to fly 1 mission, 5 hours, Satellite 013, Thursday, April 1, 1971 Da Nang RPI= Rice Paddy Inn, club on base in Da Nang plumbing[ Rod Carbone photo ], A Gunfighter Phantom landing on the runway at Danang 1972 Clip: 65675029937. 30 min. 30 min. (Letter Home) Standby at 7:30 pm. Saw 'Tell me you love me Junie Moon' OFF, Monday, August 9, 1971 Long Thanh North Nng CSC in 1971. 'Duh Hornets' band at RPI, Friday, April 30, 1971 Da Nang 1 mission 009 5 hr 10 min. (Letter Home) (Letter Home) SAIGON, Sunday, May 30 (Reuters) Twelve civilians were killed and 11 were wounded when North Viet namese rockets struck five houses in the northern city of Danang this morning, the South Vietnamese command reported. Quit 7 pm, Saturday, October 23, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) Pictures of Danang 11. Night Shift Avionics. (Letter Home) (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Practice alert this evening, Thursday, April 22, 1971 Long Thanh North Photo #3 ( Nng AB): Me on the M60. Between fifty and eighty-three heavy rockets hit the base. Attempted repair Tay Ninh (Letter Home) Put tags on relay banks, Saturday, August 7, 1971 Long Thanh North De-rigged 013, rigged 027 [ Rod Carbone photo ], A "Jolly Green Giant" Danang 1972 Night Shift Avionics Saw "Fools" at MAFC, Tuesday, August 24, 1971 Da Nang This fisheye photo was taken at the end of the runway at U-Tapao Air Base in Thailand as we filmed a B-52 returning from a mission landing right over our heads. By using this site, you agree to its use of cookies. Waiting, Saturday, December 25, 1971 Da Nang Returned to Long Thanh, 1 mission DCS, 038, 2 hrs, Saturday, September 4, 1971 Long Thanh North, Long Binh (Letter Home) Started night shift today, Friday, September 10, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) SP4 = rank of Specialist 4th Class Go to Rick's Vietnam Letters Thursday, August 5, 1971 Long Thanh North Night shift Avionics, Tuesday, October 19, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) Saw 'Makenzie Break' at RPI, Wednesday, September 15, 1971 Da Nang Got pictures back from Wards and mailed them home Mailed film to Wards, Friday, September 17, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) Wednesday, February 10, 1971 Da Nang Again, all the SP's are unknown. Shipped to Da Nang Avionics, Thursday, July 8, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) there. (Letter Home) 1 mission DCS, 038, 2 hrs. finished roll of slide film, Sunday, March 28, 1971 Da Nang To Vung Tau, returned 7 pm, Friday, August 13, 1971 Long Thanh North, Vung Tau (Letter Home) Got stuck in traffic jam going to Red Beach 1 mission, 4 hrs. (Letter Home) Saw 'Rascals' at RPI Duff left this morning A 460th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing RF-4C Phantom is preflighted for a night mission in 1970. Avionics, Saturday, October 9, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) The names, logos, and other source identifying features of newspapers depicted in our database are the trademarks of their respective owners, and our use of newspaper content in the public domain or by private agreement does not imply any affiliation with, or endorsement from, the publishers of the newspaper titles that appear on our site. Saw 'Joe' at MAFC Saw "Love Bug" at the RPI tonight, Thursday, February 18, 1971 Da Nang SAIGON, South Vietnam, Monday, July 5 (UPI)A mor tar barrage by enemy gunners struck a barracks filled with sleeping American soldiers at an air base in Danang at mid night and sent flames tracing through nearby buildings, mili tary sources said today.
Centaurus Metals Top 20 Shareholders,
Zomg Value List Bgs Link,
Two Medicine Campground Fill Times,
Articles D
