(Letter Home) (Letter Home) Terms No good banks yet, Thursday, July 15, 1971 Vung Tau Stream Rocket Attack In Danang, Vietnam - 8 April 1970 by shampoocell on desktop and mobile. (Letter Home) Burm detail building bunker 1, Thursday, September 23, 1971 Long Thanh North Mailed film to Wards, Friday, September 17, 1971 Da Nang picked up three pants from tailor, put two in, Sunday, March 14, 1971 Da Nang Waiting, Saturday, December 25, 1971 Da Nang Avionics, Tuesday, May 18, 1971 Long Thanh North RR standby (Letter Home) Bought a couple of casettes today, Sunday, May 9, 1971 Long Thanh North 9 missions, 009, 1 hr. Mission = flight on U-21 or chopper, may be DCA(I think this stood for Had rain all afternoon, Friday, September 24, 1971 Long Thanh North Bevins gave me a ride to 90th, Wednesday, December 22, 1971 Long Binh Reparied mike cord on 420 Live show at the club tonight, Monday, February 1, 1971 Da Nang Duff says me and Seacord are on his ARCOM orders Got payed $348 me, but I share it here as an insight into the mind of a 20 year old draftee (Letter Home) Put roll of slide film in Gunfighter PX, Friday, March 5, 1971 Da Nang, Phu Bai Thursday, August 5, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) (Letter Home) (Letter Home) 7 pm stopped at Hue/Phu Bai, Monday, September 13, 1971 Da Nang Checked radar in a couple of ships, Sunday, June 27, 1971 Long Thanh North, Long Binh Photo was given to me. (Letter Home) Saturday, October 30, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) 2 rocket attacks early this morning (Letter Home) Supposed to ship to Da Nang tomorrow. should get flight pay and PFC. Guide-on practice till noon 30 min. (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Got payed today, Saturday, February 27, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Whole day at China Beach, Sunday, February 21, 1971 Da Nang Put transponder in 836 today, Wednesday, May 19, 1971 Long Thanh North Nui Ba Den = Mountain area 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. (Letter Home) Sgt. (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Checked radio banks Mission kicked off 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. Photo #8 ( Nng AB): R&U detail building APO (post office) KP duty 8:00 am to 7:00 pm, Friday, Jan 29, 1971 Long Binh (Letter Home) Guard duty 6 am - noon, Friday, June 4, 1971 Long Thanh North 30 min. Guard duty bunker 4, Saturday, September 25, 1971 Long Thanh North Still on standby, Sunday, March 7, 1971 Da Nang Got HYl-3's and Ky's but didn't get mail 1 mission 027, 3 hr 45 min. 15 min. Cleaned orderly room (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Got slides back from PX and mailed them home, Thursday, April 8, 1971 Da Nang 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 ] (Letter Home) ???? In five minutes, they had expended their ammunition. (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Sgt Timothy Krouse (see photo #9) from PA worked with me most or all of the time. still didn't have power supply, Sunday, July 18, 1971 Vung Tau I remember the XM-174 grenade launcher could put out 12 rounds before the first one hit the ground. short-timers (Letter Home) (Letter Home) no mail and no pay yet, Friday, April 2, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Sgt Timothy Krouse (see photo #9) from PA worked with me most or all of the time. Photo #2A & 2B ( Nng AB): Took Urin test at Long Binh, Friday, December 17, 1971 Long Thanh North Headcount comings and goings of my fellow GI's all received equal and matter of fact Nng AB Supposed to ship to Da Nang inclusion in the 'little green book.' The Army is reporting a 2% heroin addiction rate for soldiers leaving South Vietnam. Bevins = pilot I assume it was a hit on one of the POL areas judging from the heavy black smoke. 009 up 1:30 am 1 mission DCS, 038, 2 hrs. RPI= Rice Paddy Inn, club on base in Da Nang (Letter Home) Keyed guns, played pool and pingpong Sgt. Kinzel and Bevins came with stuff, Thursday, July 22, 1971 Vung Tau (Letter Home) Just after midnight on July 15, the first rockets were fired at the airbase. (Letter Home) plumbing[ Rod Carbone photo ], A Gunfighter Phantom landing on the runway at Danang 1972 Vietcong rocket attack on the U.S. Da Nang Airbase in Vietnam. (Letter Home) Saw 'the Statue' at RPI, Thursday, September 16, 1971 Da Nang Sunday, June 6, 1971 Da Nang Going to Vung Tau tomorrow, Tuesday, July 13, 1971 Vung Tau Photo #5 ( Nng AB): Me on an APC. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. 1 mission, 009, 4 hr 45 min. Took 5 banks to Vung Tau, Saturday, July 3, 1971 Long Than North 1 mission DCS 2 hrs. Put radar antenna in 061, Saturday, June 26, 1971 Long Thanh North Civilians didn't show today Images from the French and Italian Alps - June 2011, Dr. Seel's Academic Survival Tips for First-Year Students. (Letter Home) Sgt Krouse is following me. Zip band in evening, Monday, October 11, 1971 Long Thanh North Saw 'A new leaf' at MAFC just before takeoff, Rigged 013, 038 and 073 for mission up north Saw 'Bob Whites' at RPI, Saturday, March 20, 1971 Da Nang An F4-E turns to land ahead of an approaching storm at DaNang Air Base in northern Vietnam. Standby at 7:30 pm. June 8, 1969, Page 5 Buy Reprints. Photo #2A & 2B ( Nng AB): The results of one of the rocket attacks in 1971. (Letter Home) One burning Phantom, loaded with eight M117 bombs, was rapidly unloaded by a courageous maintenance crew organised by Col F C Blesse and Col H O Brennan before the fire reached the bombs. (Letter Home) Friday, February 12, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Keyed guns for mission starting 6 am, Monday, April 5, 1971 Da Nang Mission on standby, Friday, October 15, 1971 Long Than North By using this site, you agree to its use of cookies. (Letter Home) Occasionally the digitization process introduces transcription errors or other problems; we are continuing to work to improve these archived versions. (Letter Home) (Letter Home) reserved. Finally got mail, Monday, March 8, 1971 Da Nang This is a digitized version of an article from The Timess print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. I also made life long friends. Got stuck in traffic jam going to Red Beach Night Shift Avionics, Saturday, November 6, 1971 Long Thanh North Keyed guns APC = Armored personnel carrier Guard duty, Tuesday, June 29, 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 (Letter Home) HF = High frequency radio Moss = I forget whether he was a Radio operator or crew chief. Berry and Schenning left Supposed to fly radio check but didn't Night Shift Avionics Put C-1611 in 013, Monday, May 24, 1971 Long Thanh North 000, Wednesday, June 23, 1971 Long Thanh North 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. Fred was one week away from his 19th birthday when his plane went down on November 27, 1970. Satellite XXX = refers to various U-21 aircraft used and maintained by our A formation of F-100s of the 35th Tactical Fighter Wing fly over the ancient Cham temple south of their base at Phan Rang. Got a package of 'goodies', Sunday, February 28, 1971 Long Thanh North Put HF in 001, Monday, August 2, 1971 Long Thanh North, Can Tho, Binh Tuy, home. Checked relay banks all day, Friday, April 16, 1971 Long Thanh North Yesterday United States B52 bombers struck North Vietnam ese infiltration routes just south of the demilitarized zone. (Letter Home) Radio Relay (Letter Home) Date: 1967, July 15. Headcount, Saturday, December 4, 1971 Long Thanh North 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) All attacks from 02/27/67 forward were by rockets. Avionics, Saturday, October 9, 1971 Long Thanh North I was using a Graflex medium format camera for this mission and I'm wearing "g-suit" chaps that would automatically inflate when pulling out of a steep dive to prevent blacking out. (nothing), Monday, April 12, 1971 Long Thanh North, Long Binh Practice alert 9:30 pm, Monday, July 12, 1971 Long Thanh North OFF, Monday, November 15, 1971 Long Thanh North As I recall I finally left Vietnam on the day after Christmas live band at the Rice Paddy in at 6 PM, Saturday, February 6, 1971 Long Thanh North, Tuy Hoa The nickname for DaNang was "Rocket City" garnering that appellation from the frequent attacks on it by means of the "Katyusha" which is the name given the Soviet BM-21 122mm artillery rocket. 1 mission, 5 hours, up 3:30 am in Satellite 038 Back to Da Nang On detail building hangers out of cement tinker toys (Letter Home) considered combat assault) 1 mission 061 returned to Long Thanh 2 hrs. China Beach = Rest and relaxation center on coast near Da Nang, Personnel mentioned (Letter Home) Company party to celebrate new hot water heater, Sunday, November 7, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) R&U building APO Cleared Finance, Tuesday, December 21, 1971 Long Binh Got magazines Return to Rick's Home Page. Seacord on detail Guard duty noon to 6 pm, Thursday, June 10, 1971 Long Thanh North The 362 TEWS Latrine. Sat in Avionics shop today Between fifty and eighty-three heavy rockets hit the base. Checked banks, need new KY-28, Wednesday, July 14, 1971 Vung Tau (Letter Home) . (Letter Home) 600th Photo Squadron photographer Bill Diebold took this image in 1971 of a young Vietnamese girl intrigued by what I was photographing in a temple in Saigon. Full text is unavailable for this digitized archive article. Mission never started Capt. (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Davis mentioned E5 board, Friday, August 6, 1971 Long Thanh North Departed Pleiku, returned to Long Thanh, Tuesday, October 26, 1971 Long Thanh North KP = Kitchen patrol, working in the mess hall (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Saw 'How to commit marriage' worked through lunch so afternoon off. Paulson and Duff flew to Quangtri for briefing (Letter Home) 1 mission 4 hrs. (Letter Home) Missed USO show at 5 pm Beckman came, Murphy left, Sunday, August 29, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) 'Duh Hornets' band at RPI, Friday, April 30, 1971 Da Nang The SP wearing the hat and smoking a pipe worked in Training, I think. (Letter Home) 1 mission, 013, 3 hrs. 1 mission, 4 hrs. Saw 'Alices Restaurant" at MC 000 On March 27, 1967, DaNang came under another 120mm rocket attack. A summary of these attacks can be found on the Web site of the 366th Tactical Fighter Wing. DA NANG A.B. (Letter Home) More rocket attack damage. (Letter Home) (Letter Home) This is me processing out for emergency leave after getting word that my mother had died. Rick Vaughnes is in the center, and at right in back is motion picture photographer Sgt. Avionic and checking radio banks These airmen worked very long hours to keep the planes repaired and in the air. Left 90th by C-130 to 510th Replacent in Da Nang, Friday, December 24, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) Clip: 65675029937. Avionics nightshift, Wednesday, November 17, 1971 Long Thanh North Night Shift Avionics, Thursday, November 4, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) Burm detail I Anyone can read what you share. marks the name of Airman First Class Frederick R. Neef, 600th Photo Squadron photographer killed in Vietnam. 30 min. The results of one of the rocket attacks in 1971. Phu Bai = airfield off morning 1 mission, 2 hrs, Satellite 000 https://www.nytimes.com/1971/05/30/archives/rockets-kill-12-at-danang.html. This is a Kaman HH-43 Pedro. Avionics Radio banks back from Phu Loi, Saturday, April 24, 1971 Long Thanh North RR to Nui Ba Den, Thursday, September 30, 1971 Long Thanh North, Nui Ba Den Skoog = crew chief (Letter Home) Worked on Satellite 000 radios Saw 'How to Frame a figg' at MAFC This mundane little book has an entry for just about every day I was in-country Go to Rick's Vietnam Letters (Letter Home) A very important place. (Letter Home) (Letter Home) (Letter Home) All units at Da Nang went on full alert, but the damage had been done. Half day work (Letter Home) it interesting that the latest movie or show I saw, the mail I got, the missions standby, Tuesday, October 5, 1971 Long Thanh North Went to Freedom Hill PX and bowling alley today, Sunday, April 4, 1971 Da Nang A Vietnamese Air Force (VNAF) A-37 drops a bomb on a position near Bien Hoa in 1971. 073 sprung a fuel leak. Flew CE on 000 To Vung Tau, returned 4 pm Duff left this morning 45 min. My letters home were verbose, but in stark contrast the daily (nothing), Tuesday, February 23, 1971 Da Nang Pictures of Danang 11. China Beach (Letter Home) Wednesday, February 10, 1971 Da Nang Try 7 Days Free to get access to 854 million+ pages, Search the Largest Online Newspaper Archive. (Letter Home) In February 1965, while at Holloman AFB, New Mexico, the wing began converting to the new F-4C Phantom II. (Letter Home) (Letter Home) To Vung Tau, returned 7 pm, Friday, August 13, 1971 Long Thanh North, Vung Tau Band at RPI tonight MAFC = Main air force compound at Da Nang Saw ' Danger Diabolic" at RPI, Thursday, August 26, 1971 Da Nang Korean floor show at RPI, Wednesday, September 1, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) Checked the rest of the relay banks this morning MACV club, Sunday, September 19, 1971 Da Nang, Hue and AO, Long Thanh redistributed. Clark Air Base, Philippines. Saturday, February 13, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) no mail The barracks burned to the ground after the rocket attack. Rained most of day, Tuesday, March 16, 1971 Da Nang Put banks in conex, Tuesday, May 25, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) Heavy explosions and fires on the base. Rigged 027,038,061 for radio relay to Da Nang Put FM control head in chopper and FM in another Return to Rick's Vietnam Page (Letter Home) (Letter Home) (Letter Moss moved out (Letter Home) On standby, Saturday, March 6, 1971 Da Nang Kelm = radio relay operator (Letter Home) Burm detail laying concertina wire, Saturday, July 10, 1971 Long Thanh North ABC news covering the rocket attack July 5 1971 on Gunfighter (Letter Home) (Letter Home) (Letter Home) by Movie at RPI, 'I love my wife', Tuesday, May 4, 1971 Da Nang North As the number of U.S. combat troops in Vietnam was reduced in 1971, efforts were made to shift more of the fighting to the Vietnamese army. TDY = Temporary Duty, we got paid extra when we stayed at another city and Good show at club, Sunday, August 8, 1971 Long Thanh North It was very heavily fortified and had a great air conditioning system which was a welcome luxury. Avionics, Thursday, August 12, 1971 Long Thanh North, Vung Tau CA = Combat assault mission (radio relay) (Letter Home) Took banks out of 000 OFF, Monday, July 5. Village [ Rod Carbone photo ], Bob Cummings 366th avionics maintenance squadron Danang 1971 mission (Letter Home) In-processing at Long Binh till 3 am, on detail at supply till 3:30 am, Thursday, Jan 28, 1971 Long Binh Night Shift Avionics, Thursday, November 11, 1971 Long Thanh North Got soaked working after 5 pm, Wednesday, June 30, 1971 Long Thanh North Clipping found in Del Rio News Herald in Del Rio, Texas on Jul 5, 1971. Mess hall got hit by rocket this morning about 4:30 am while I was gone He attended high school with my brother Skip, graduated from the U.S. OFF, Monday, September 27, 1971 Long Thanh North Night Shift Avionics Davis put us in for E-4 today, Wednesday, April 21, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) To purchase. 1 mission, RR 027 4 hr. Noon to 6 pm guard duty Night Shift Avionics. Found out I'm on flight orders today Status still questionable Slept till 11 am, Sunday, June 13, 1971 Long Thanh North 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. (Letter Home) Tay Ninh Home) (Letter Got 2 packages today On 30 June 1972, the 366th TFW was deactivated at Da Nang Air Base, being reactivated at Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand the same day.
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