Got payed, Tuesday, June 1, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) ), Monday, December 20, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) . Kelm and Harrelson left today, Saturday, March 27, 1971 Da Nang Bowling at Freedom Hill Rocket attack midnight, Monday, June 7, 1971 Da Nang Flew south, 038, 1 mission 2 hrs. Company party to celebrate new hot water heater, Sunday, November 7, 1971 Long Thanh North Guard duty midnight to 6 am, Monday, May 31, 1971 Long Thanh North Saw 'Dirty Dingus McGee' at MAFC, Thursday, March 25, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Saturday, June 5, 1971 Da Nang Saw movie 'The last Day of the War' at the MAFC 1 mission, 5 hours, up at 10 am, put on standby, Thursday, February 4, 1971 Da Nang Not feeling well, Friday, June 11, 1971 Long Thanh North Sent three banks out got three more, Friday, July 30, 1971 Vung Tau SP4 = rank of Specialist 4th Class (Letter Home) China Beach Mailed film to Wards, Wednesday, March 24, 1971 Da Nang 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 OFF, Monday, November 15, 1971 Long Thanh North Beckman went to party at German Hospital boat tonight, Friday, September 3, 1971 Long Thanh North Waiting. (Letter Home) Was supposed to go north today but Kelm and Duff came back down Took a jog to back gate, Friday, May 21, 1971 Long Thanh North RR to Nui Ba Den, Thursday, September 30, 1971 Long Thanh North, Nui Ba Den An F4 high above the South China Sea off the coast of Vietnam. Power supply not working right, Saturday, July 17, 1971 Vung Tau 1 mission DCS 2 hrs. Got two sets of nomex liferized today Off this afternoon He now lives in Fort Collins and is active in state and local veterans affairs. Friday, October 8, 1971 Long Thanh North Satellite XXX = refers to various U-21 aircraft used and maintained by our OFF, Monday, October 18, 1971 Long Thanh North 000 up 2 AM Due take off 10 am, Saturday, September 11, 1971 Da Nang Put banks in conex, Tuesday, May 25, 1971 Long Thanh North Another fisheye photo I took that day of a B-52 landing over our heads. Shortly after this photo was taken we were escorted to the base commander by the air police. Between fifty and eighty-three heavy rockets hit the base. (Letter Home) Burm detail building bunker 1, Thursday, September 23, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) Got amps back from 56th (Letter Home) Guard duty noon to 6 pm, Thursday, June 10, 1971 Long Thanh North Beckman = crew chief We started flying this morning at 1 am, put back on standby at noon, I (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Found out I'm on flight orders today (nothing). Got 28 letters today, Friday, February 26, 1971 Long Thanh North Glen H. Myers (Letter Home) Headcount, Sunday, December 12, 1971 Long Thanh North Night Shift Avionics, Thursday, November 4, 1971 Long Thanh North Got slides back from PX and mailed them home, Thursday, April 8, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) 1 mission, RR 027 4 hr. De-rigged 071 Da Nang July 5 1971 - Newspapers.com This photo was taken of a Vietnamese Air Force pilot flying an A-37 on a ground support mission. (Letter Home) Guard duty bunker 6, Saturday, October 16, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) 1 mission, 5 hrs 15 min. Back to Da Nang Tuesday, February 9, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) Avionics, Sunday, May 23, 1971 Long Thanh North Rigged 073 before I left (Letter Home) Got stuck in traffic jam going to Red Beach Col. Dickinson came for inspection OFF, rode shotgun on truck to Long Binh Vietcong rocket attack on the U.S. Da Nang Airbase in Vietnam HD Stock OFF, Monday, August 9, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) Headcount, Monday, December 13, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) Arrived at 10:30, 1 mission 2 hrs. (Letter Home) . (Letter Home) Sgt Timothy Krouse (see photo #9) from PA worked with me most or all of the time. 1 mission 009 5 hr 10 min. 1 mission, 3 hrs 038 up 8:45 am (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Night shift Avionics (Letter Home) Noon to 6 pm guard duty Night Shift Avionics, Friday, November 12, 1971 Long Thanh North Relay or Radio Relay Telephone which was our primary mission and were Korean floor show at RPI, Wednesday, September 1, 1971 Da Nang No good banks yet, Thursday, July 15, 1971 Vung Tau (Letter Home) (Letter Home) 1 mission, 5 hours 15 min, up at 11 pm yesterday till 4 am today on Rocket Attack on Danang - The New York Times Note the radio at center for ground-to-air communication. Quit 7 pm, Friday, October 22, 1971 Long Thanh North Installed FM controller head, transponder and (Letter Home) Good show at club, Sunday, August 8, 1971 Long Thanh North All of them are unknown. Rocket Attack On DaNang - YouTube As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. A very important place. Arriflexes. (Letter Home) Vietcong rocket attack on the U.S. Da Nang Airbase in Vietnam (Letter Home) RPI= Rice Paddy Inn, club on base in Da Nang 12 AMERICANS DIE IN ROCKET ATTACK ON DANANG BASE; 40 Wounded and 6 Planes Destroyed Foe Raids a Jail, Freeing Prisoners 12 AMERICANS DIE IN ROCKET ATTACK, https://www.nytimes.com/1967/07/15/archives/12-americans-die-in-rocket-attack-on-danang-base-40-wounded-and-6.html. Vietnam Diary of Rick Holt, 1971, "The Little Green Book" Cleaned orderly room Brought back two banks Hot at 5 AM, mission terminated at 11:30 am just before I was due to fly Found problems in xmode connectors on Cont. A shot of me in our hut. Burm detail in morning Da Nang Air Base : Sapper & Rocket Attacks During The Vietnam War Yesterday United States B52 bombers struck North Vietnam ese infiltration routes just south of the demilitarized zone. Could not get through and they didn't call me, Tuesday, July 27, 1971 Vung Tau Bill was the primary photographer for the 7th Air Force News in 1970-71. Got clearing papers notes I kept in my little diary book were little more than snippets of thought. Saw 'Barefoot Executive' at RPI, Friday, August 27, 1971 Da Nang I also made life long friends. In front of the 600th Photo Squadron compound at Tan Son Nhut Air Base with good friend U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. 1 mission, 2 hrs, Satellite 000 (Letter Home) Going to Vung Tau tomorrow, Tuesday, July 13, 1971 Vung Tau News stories from Monday July 5, 1971 . My letters home were verbose, but in stark contrast the daily Fires started from secondary blasts by bombs and fuel. Got some sun on the bunker outside, Tuesday, September 14, 1971 Da Nang Night Shift Avionics, Wednesday, November 10, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Put tags on relay banks, Saturday, August 7, 1971 Long Thanh North Bevins gave me a ride to 90th, Wednesday, December 22, 1971 Long Binh China Beach Da Nang = Da Nang Air Base and the city of Da Nang. In-processing at Long Binh till 3 am, on detail at supply till 3:30 am, Thursday, Jan 28, 1971 Long Binh (Letter Home) Quit 7 pm, Saturday, October 23, 1971 Long Thanh North Mission never started and a few days later I also confirmed that I'd be getting a 179 day Christmas OFF, read a couple books, Monday, July 19, 1971 Vung Tau Got one set of banks working (Letter Home) 45 min 061 up 5:30 pm, Tuesday, August 17, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) Had lunch and supper at the club, Monday, April 19, 1971 Long Thanh North Nng Air Base: 366th SPS, photos by Glen H. Myers. 1971. 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. (nothing), Friday, February 19, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) Terms 30 min. [ Rod Carbone photo ]. Moss = I forget whether he was a Radio operator or crew chief. Duff and Currin went south this morning actually flew the first radio relay flight for a mission to Nui Ba Den on this (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Nng AB Photo #8 ( Nng AB): Starting with a Viet Cong rocket attack in February 1967 followed by similar attacks in July and September of that year and with increasing frequency thereafter, several ground personnel were killed and injured. Got a package of 'goodies', Sunday, February 28, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) Sound: Yes. (nothing), Monday, March 1, 1971 Long Thanh North Danang pictures index - 366th TFW Rocket Attack on Danang. I was new to the Combat Documentation (ComDoc) team and my uniform shows it. Printed a few more pictures, Wednesday, June 2, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) (Letter Home) De-rigged 038, Monday, June 14, 1971 Long Thanh North Attacks on DaNang Air Base "Rocket City" Information in this table is extracted from, Appendix I, "Air Base Defense in the Republic of Vietnam, 1960-1973" by Roger P. Fox. Avionics Checked out radios in 027 Personal photo of Bill Diebold -- I found this image by chance online in 2006 and re-connected with Bill. associated electronics that functioned as a relay unit. Had to hitchhike to personnel (Letter Home) Marble Mountain Air Facility - Wikipedia Found out I had guard on bunker 2 at 9 pm, walked out, Wednesday, August 11, 1971 Long Thanh North Stopped Bien Hoa for fuel Fred was one week away from his 19th birthday when his plane went down on November 27, 1970. Saw "Boatnicks" at RPI (Letter Home) Electric off in hanger all day 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. BX before the rocket attack [ Rod Carbone photo ], BX after the rocket attack [ Rod Carbone photo ], Rocket damage to a C-130 January 1971 [ Rod Carbone photo ], This is a picture I took of Bill Camus 366ams 1971 [ Rod Carbone photo Avionics, Thursday, August 12, 1971 Long Thanh North, Vung Tau No mail (Letter Home) 2009. I recently heard from USAF veteran Pete Fontanilla who was the crew chief for this aircraft (tail number 346) while serving in Vietnam at that time. Unbelievable since I had already started processing out. (Letter Home) (Letter Home) stopped at Tuy Hoa, Sunday, February 7, 1971 Long Thanh North Guard duty 6 am - Noon for Duff No fly, standby 073 sprung a fuel leak. SoundCloud Rocket Attack In Danang, Vietnam - 8 April 1970 by shampoocell published on 2011-07-20T19:49 . still didn't have power supply, Sunday, July 18, 1971 Vung Tau NVA rocket attacks were generally larger in volume of rockets and better aimed than "VC" attacks although by 1971-72 the VC ranks, decimated by their . De-rigged 038, Wednesday, October 20, 1971 Long Thanh North 56th fixing control amps picked up three pants from tailor, put two in, Sunday, March 14, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) (Letter Home) I (Letter Home) Nui Ba Den. Saw 'Rascals' at RPI Went to Long Binh, got a ride on an APC Burm detail, Wednesday, May 26, 1971 Long Thanh North 15 min. Berry and Schenning left Base orientation brochure, Perimeter, Tent City. The Internet is a wonderful thing for us Vietnam vets. Coming back from chow. Got 20 letters today, Saturday, July 24, 1971 Vung Tau 15 min. (Letter Home) Thursday, March 4, 1971 Da Nang Anyone can read what you share. Left 0800 this morning 1 mission, 5 hours, up 3:30 am in Satellite 038 (no diary entries) (It was on the 18th I found out RRT Successful on Satellite 000 (Letter Home) Arrived Pleiku, Monday, October 25, 1971 Pleiku July 1967, Vietnam War, U.S. Air Force, . The attack almost wiped out the 390th TFS, which had 18 of its Phantoms destroyed or badly damaged. Photo #2A & 2B ( Nng AB): The results of one of the rocket attacks in 1971. 000, Monday, June 21, 1971 Nha Trang doing his duty for his country, serving his year in Vietnam. Headcount, Friday, December 10, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) Put cables on two planes going south today, Monday, March 29, 1971 Da Nang Burm detail, may try to get permanent tower guard, Tuesday, September 28, 1971 Long Thanh North Seacord = radio relay operator Rocket attack just before landing Completed lesson 2 of USAFI course, Friday, June 25, 1971 Long Thanh North (nothing), Wednesday, April 28, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) identified the aircraft and were By November 1971, the 366th was the only United States tactical fighter wing still stationed in Vietnam. Banks = radio banks, a shelf like unit that contained a couple radios and (Letter Home) (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Washed clothes at officers quarters All but middle ok, no xmit, Tuesday, July 6, 1971 Long Thanh North Turned in TDY orders at Long Binh, Tuesday, April 13, 1971 Long Thanh North Practice alert this evening, Thursday, April 22, 1971 Long Thanh North Night shift Avionics, Tuesday, October 19, 1971 Long Thanh North Missed USO show at 5 pm Paulson and Duff flew to Quangtri for briefing Duff = radio relay operator Tour: August 2, 1969 through July 17, 1970 Buy Book Get Kindle APP CONTACT: VETERANS CENTER OF NORTH TEXAS 0 0 1 0 0 3 9 351 Days in Da Nang Gallery and Links Avionic and checking radio banks (Letter Home) Night Shift Avionics, Friday, November 5, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) Mission on standby, Friday, October 15, 1971 Long Than North by (Letter Home) Saw "The Best House in London" at RPI, Monday, February 22, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) 1 ship to leave tomorrow with Kadramas and Claybough, Sunday, August 22, 1971 Da Nang Lots of work on 061, Thursday, October 21, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) China Beach Noon - 4 pm (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. Arrived Bien Hoa, Vietnam 10:30 pm, Wednesday, Jan 27, 1971 Long Binh All attacks from 02/27/67 forward were by rockets. 20 min.073, Monday, August 16, 1971 Da Nang wrote: On Tue, 6 Nov 2018 09:16:08 -0800, "Colonel Edmund J. Burke" <, Warning! Reparied mike cord on 420 Saw 'How to commit marriage' Test flight 009 for pictures it interesting that the latest movie or show I saw, the mail I got, the missions (Letter Home) On 11/6/2018 8:54 AM, Sir Gregory Hall, Esq. Stayed at shop till 10:30, left (Letter Home) 1 mission - 5 hours, up at 6 pm, Tuesday, February 2, 1971 Da Nang On standby, Saturday, March 6, 1971 Da Nang Me on the M60. Try 7 Days Free to get access to 854 million+ pages, Search the Largest Online Newspaper Archive. Got magazines in mail today, Wednesday, March 10, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) OFF, Monday, September 27, 1971 Long Thanh North 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. Burm detail building bunker 46 arrived 8:30 pm, Monday, September 20, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) DaNang Air Base was known as "rocket city" for the number of attacks that occurred there between 1965 and 1973. (Letter Home) West German . Da Nang, Vietnam, Camp Tien Sha, 351 Days in Da Nang Band at RPI Steve Lachance, motion picture officer Capt. Log one extra, stopped Sanford for fuel, Long Thanh no power Send letter to gran Avionics, Saturday, October 9, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) An F4-E turns to land ahead of an approaching storm at DaNang Air Base in northern Vietnam. Open to all Vietnam Veterans that served at DA NANG Air Base of ROCKET CITY from 1971-1972. TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. Headcount breakfast and dinner Took off morning, avionics afternoon Flew test flight 009, still unsuccessful, Saigon no answer (Letter Home) June 8, 1969, Page 5 Buy Reprints. Sunday morning. Full text is unavailable for this digitized archive article. (Letter Home) Send slides home(18) Duff left this morning 038 and 073 still left here, Monday, August 23, 1971 Da Nang As you can see we had it pretty rough. occasionally things get blown up. Nng Air Base: 366th SPS, photos by Glen H. Myers. 1971. - VSPA (Letter Home) '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. ARCOM = Army Commendation Medal (Letter Home) (nothing), Thursday, June 17, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) (Letter Home) the last 3 digits on the tail fin #. To preserve these articles as they originally appeared, The Times does not alter, edit or update them. (Letter Home) 1 mission 009, 4 hr. It was used as an aerial firetruck by using an underslung pod. (Letter Home) (Letter Home) keyed guns, Friday, March 26, 1971 Da Nang each, Thursday, September 9, 1971 Long Thanh North Played a game of horse shoes and Monopoly this morning, Friday, April 23, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) Sirens blare, and Put radar antenna in 061, Saturday, June 26, 1971 Long Thanh North Detail = doing grunt work just about anywhere Had a little OJT today. Avionics = working in the Avionics shop at Long Thanh North MACV club, Saturday, September 18, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Sat in avionics shop all day, Wednesday April 14, 1971 Long Thanh North, Long Binh Long Thanh North = Army airbase of same name and home base of 2nd Checked radios in 038 OK, Sunday, October 17, 1971 Long Thanh North Company party To say the least, the war was a tragic time for most Vietnamese -- south and north -- and this photo of an elderly woman selling cigarettes in downtown Saigon in 1970 captures that sadness. Cleaned weapon the Army too! MACV club, Sunday, September 19, 1971 Da Nang, Hue and AO, Long Thanh
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