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Phil, my little health problem are dim compared to yours. That did not occur until the morning of the of the 8th. all the stuff going on, all over, makes me feel guilty but Im willing to accept the duty. SGT Dean R. Isaacs, Missoula, MT 1LT Raymond Lyn Collier & I was tgere. I was there starting in December 69. Mike Hope was killed 8 Jun 1970 at 1300 hours. He has been deceased for 10 years and didnt talkbout his fighting in WWII, Korea, or Vietnam but I know from his files that he was in Xuan Loc. I guess I spent too many days and nights in the woods, enough to last a lifetime, so camping out is not my cup of tea. Just for info anyone who remembers David Patton LTC(R) TM 87, 43rd RCAT. Strong as hell as he carried his deputy out of harms way after he got shot in the hip. We conducted a number of operations with the Mike Force & 18th ARVN at Xuan Loc and wonder if you have any recollections of our operating with your unit? Dennis.Ive made two long trips back in last two years. I kept a diary-I could look up my comments that I made then if it would help. Ed, do you remember McClure e-5 sort of in charge of comm. Sr Adv Col Tuberty may be the only one. he was there from 1966 -1969 as a advisor. President Thieu, Vice President Ky and Commanding General Montagnard II Corps Lieutenant General Vinh Loc salute the troops standing in formation. Rest in Peace my friend. attached to 87th MACV at Xuan Loc from April 67 through TET until end of March 68. When he joined the Army Air Corps in 1942 they sent him to flight school even though he already had 6 confirmed kills. I thought it might be helpful for him to get away from the day-to-day Vietnam routine to gain a better perspective. PDF The Sundance Kid of XAUN LOC ARTY - VHPA There were 1700 of us in the whole country back then and we were para military. What part of the country are you in? I made friends with a Vietnamese Interpreter. How are your wounds doing? Scenes of Vietnamese people as they flee Hue during communist siege of the city in 1968 Tet offensive during the Vietnam War. Bo Beauchemin, worked in comcenter. I was with Team 87 Aug. 1969 to May 1970Spec. All of my pictures, records and notes were destroyed at Gia Ra, so if anyone on this thread has memories of that time period or contacts, I would sure like to hear from you via this site or directly at wdneal@sdrnet.com. Will remember Xuan Loc and the great bunch of guys forever. I really appreciate you answering my questions. A great guy.. John, Thanks for the response. Sp4 Koblitska (foreground) and Sp4 Felix Gonzales, of Puerto Rico, partially hidden by foliage in triple canopy jungle north of Fire Base Libby, Xuan Loc, 1969 On patrol, Long Khan Province, Xuan Loc, 1969. I knew Mike Hope and Pappy Devine pretty well. I was caughtup there one time when the cong the fuel dump on the air field. Wow Joe that sounds like I never want to move again. He was a good man, tall and blond, with a new family and the bastards killed him.!. 1st 83rd Artillery Website [Note: C Battery 7th Battalion, 9th Artillery (105 Howitzer) occupied the other half of the FSB. Counting the two crew, there were 5 US and 4 ARVNs on board. I did 5 months at Valley Forge after I was wounded with the 101st in may of 70. the 25th set up a Defense Language school in Hawaii. I was there the night he died. For Marv Zumwalt (Captain) Several years ago I found a site devoted to the An Loc Battle. Thanks Jim, The Captain I am looking for must have left before TF52 was formed and sent to An Loc . To all MACV Team 87 members Thank you. Every one, I WAS THERE OCT. 69 TO SEPT 70 WITH 18 ARVN DIV..ME N CPT. After that in 1972, he went back to Vietnam and worked at Bien Hoa Air Force with the position of LSI. The MARS station and commo area underneath the The tower and the one Sp/4 I remembered was from west Texas. Westmoreland tells media the communists are losing, Congress investigates Communists in Hollywood. Somebody set me straight, please! (Vietnam War period). CRITICALPAST.COM: Doug Sichler I quickly write it down. Life is just a journey full of interesting moments. Thank you for writing that paper on An Loc. R. Wolfe: Remember me Bo Beauchemin? I was there with you under Ferguson and Patton. He was a member of the Army Reserve and requested to go on active duty. This would be my third, a most likely last, return in past 4 years. Hey Zoomie. Arrived TM 87 12/70, left 12/71. It would be good to hear from you. We were working in the civilian hospital. Medically, it was from a heart attack but many of us believe it was from a broken heart. For any guys reading this WATCH those PSA levels closely! Trying to remember more. Arkansas is one of those States that everything is done at County level, no consolidated DMV. However, my Dad was 6-1 tall and and 44 years old. We fought against some strong VC units. Sgt Zoomie Xuan Loc JUL 67-SEP 69, Thank you four reply. I called him later when I knew he would be back in the States and said the Team were all hunkered down in the Field Grade bunker and that the ARVN repulsed it. Hi Found that out the hard way when I went looking for Xuan Loc last year. Chuck lost both legs when I saw him at Benning later on. 1965. A few days later, I was placed with an SF Sergeant with the 48th. "Headquarters MACV Monthly Summary May 1969", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Xun_Lc_Base_Camp&oldid=1063480743, Installations of the United States Army in South Vietnam, Installations of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam, Buildings and structures in ng Nai province, Short description with empty Wikidata description, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 3 January 2022, at 08:38. Ray. I had met LTC Ginger while at Tay Ninh. Dick Thoma, Aloft 27 took over Aloft birddog platon after Bob Pickron left in Mar 70. Im Michael Smith, replaced Maj Judd Reynolds in March 1971 as OIC of the team advising the ARVN COMINT support detachment to the 18th Div and was at Tay Ninh West until Oct 1971. I pointed out to him that I was 15 years younger and that the physical demands of being a battalion advisor was about all I could handle. Finally linked up the next morning. 120 in the summer but 70-80 winter. The girl that cuts my hair these days, born in Cu Chi in 72, tells me that her mother will travel to the top of Nui Ba Nihn each year which is now a resort out side of Tay Ninh. Glad to hear you are still kicking. Doing research on him, because I want to write a biography on him. All these years it bothered me somewhat to think that he was in the field because he got on the wrong side of someone. He took me out to a small house on the outskirts of town for a visit with the wife and baby. Also Don Keogh ( Philadelphia ) and Doug Souza ( Boston area ). Mr. Willbanks: Im a volunteer with the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund effort to find photos of all men who died in Vietnam for the Wall of Faces. Only a few hundred photos are yet to be found. section chief. My father served with the 10th. Souvenir weapons paperwork. Retired Aug 73. Carrolls greatly missed and loved by all. weird to read some of the stuff. PFC Andrew C. Strong, Rochester, NY, http://www.virtualwall.org/ds/StrongAC01a.htm. Xun Lc Base Camp (also known as Xun Lc Airfield or Firebase Husky) is a former U.S. Army and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) base in the town of Xun Lc in ng Nai Province in southern Vietnam . In June Maj. Lewis got sick and never cam back so I took over as acting SA. This was his second tour. The 2d Howitzer Battalion, 35th Artillery remains assigned to the 54th Artillery Group with the mission of General Support, II Field Force. Items portrayed . Ritchie W. Pickron. Most of my time spent with commo on the MACV 87 compund, up on Signal Mountain, and down at Ham Tan. I was at Tay Ninh camp also at Xuan Loc. Always thought it was a MACV camp at xuan loc. Hope all is well. No real desire to go back. LTC but always Captain P to us. Thank you for this info. Nothing like George in the movie but there were only the five of us so it wasnt a big command thing. The Ships that carried us from Oakland were Sultan, Upshur and Barrett I, was on the Sultan which carried 1st Sqdn, Regt HHT, 541st MID,37th Med.Co.and a couple of other units. Do you remember his name? The base was attacked on the night of May 17/18, 1969, by NVA sappers, mortars, and rockets. He had a big boil or lump on the back of his neck and Stansfield. Foun 2 or 3 of them dead the next morning about 100 meters out. Doug. By the way, he came to Vung Tau on one of the three Ships from Oakland by the way of Ft. Meade. Xun Lc Base Camp - Wikipedia I have also been receiving from another team?? He was replaced by LTC Boone, an ass hole. Holdich. The traffic was backed up all the way to Bien Hoa CITY. I was the Headquarters detachment commander for Team 87 in Xuan Loc for April, May, and June 1969, after completing nine months as senior advisor with 3/52 Infantry. I hope you find the Captain who pinned your bronze star! Thanks Ray Godfrey, Ray Since I have no brothers I consider him a big brother. hunkering down seemed to keep us from Corvid Lost my mother to it last year in Florida. Cant quite follow the dating system these days, but responding to Team Surgeon info I well remember Doc Bagwell. Bill Coleman, Zoomie, trying to make contact again. Glad to hear that all is well. Cancer was not the slow moving, but rather the aggressive type. I was in Ham Tan first, security platoon then RTO. Several times, I tried to convince him that was not a good idea. LOL. Ron. FYI. Flowers and incense burning on coffins. When Americans thinks of the Vietnam War, they tend to reflect only what our troops did. Sadness is the word. I look back on some of the places I went to and wonder how I had the guts to do it. So long ago. My first exposure to actual mortar attack. Sgt. Was there many times. Im doing a remembrance paper on LT Collier and am trying to get as much information about him and that time period as I can. I knew he was trying to get Colonel Coleman (or it may have been Colonel Tuberty), the division senior advisor, to agree to the transfer. Blackhorse Base Camp (also known as LZ Blackhorse or simply Xun Lc) is a former U.S. Army base and current People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) base near the town of Xun Lc in ng Nai Province in southern Vietnam. Decca tower was up and I got some great photos from there. Curious if you have any info on SFC William H. Hubbard Jr.s loss from March of 1966. He was at Tay Ninh with the rest of us. A marine with an M-16 rifle at the ready seated on the ground. I was only 14 at the time of his passing. The camp was located on the main highway, QL-2 (now QL-56) 13 km southwest of Xun Lc and 28 km north of Nui Dat. Hope you transition to kidney help okay and your foot heals. SP4 FTO Howard McCosh back then, now SFC USAR retired admin NCO. He awarded me the Bronze Star. RUSTY. All the things I messed up or had repaired dont do well in the cold. Even had a few drinks in the EM club. Third mass burial uncovered. My email is lucasholt99@icloud.com if you wouldnt mind email. Tuc Trung SF Camp, nh Qun District,Dong Nai 11.147357,107.504830; YT740331 (6431-3). Doug Quit while since Jul 2017 but I hope you are still with us!!. We lived in the chicken coop next to the wire. Cried like a baby. Around 1969 in xuan Loc message me if you did supercooldad2006@yahoo.com, For Harold Caldwell. It was Zoomie aka Dennis Diekman. Were all pretty old now. I was with the 4/43d. By Thomas E. Ricks April 14, 2015, 11:41 AM Thomas E. Ricks covered the U.S. military from 1991 to 2008. One day Primary care says restrict liquids to 1200 MJ. Thanks and best to all the old 18th hands. My Counterpart wS killed a few days before LT COllier was killed. Drug us down to Team site when movie showed. Houses burned. He was the senior advisor to MACV Team 87 headquartered in Xuan Loc. I am sorry to tell you that Doug passed away Feb 6, 2006. Most of my time was forward as both the G4 Adviser and sporadically as Artillery Adviser for the first 6 months. Started as DSA to 1/52. They ended up in an awful battle and all three were wounded and evacuated. There was nothing left of the old Xuan Loc after the Battle of Xuan Loc, the last organized battle of the war. went on with life and did 23 years as a Deputy Sheriff and over 20 in the Border Patrol. When TET hit, it was a wild and wholly time for about 4 days. Just happened across this site many thanks to whoever put this together. At lot of foot work. Glad to see you survived, Dear Mr Bob Morse ! well Sir y0u beat me to retirement. Dave went on to LtGen as Chief of Army Signal Corps, Pentagon. Living in rain soaked OR.. I get my dates and time and people confused now. I appreciate it. I was a temporary lifer 65-72 with most of it in Vietnam. We were childhood friends in East Tennessee, and I would like to know more about his tour in the Nam. Started out with 48th Regiment at Long Giao, was wounded in February, returned to the Team after two weeks and ultimately ended up with TF 52 in An Loc after Marv, SFC Winland, and LTC Ginger were evacuated. ), north of Vung Tau. Hi Harold I still get notes from macvteams/xuan loc and got your message you are in Arizona. A Major Whiteside and I were the only Artillery Majors that I remember. Don Snedeker. Ridenbaugh was Senior Advisor, LTC Millington was Deputy Senior Advisor. Does anyone know who he was? All structured data from the file namespace is available under the. I believe it was around 320 feet. Nebby lived in Oregon and I was able to e-mail him photos he had not ever seen. I assume from your use of was that he has passed on. Glad see your post.

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