Courage under fire

feeds@yuku.com (nighthawksh) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 07:48:54 GMT

I just finished this book (from 1996, about Desert Storm)

Anyway, in it the main character points out that every person reacts to danger differently at different times. His opinion was that a person can be brave in one instance and cowardly in another.

This got me to thinking and remembering.

We had a guy in our defense force (guard duty) that proved this theory. In the first event we got hit with a small mortar attack. This man (I'll call him SGT Johnson,...

Fire Fight

feeds@yuku.com (don jakovac) — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 11:23:39 GMT

Somewhere in the hills/mountains of Khe Sahn, we were running a patrol. We actually had a little fun, sliding down one steep hill where it was almost impossible to maintain your footing. We finally called it a day and were prepared to dig in for the evening. Sometime earlier, a spotter round had ignited a fire, but it didn't seem all that close. But somehow it jump-started into a real burner, cutting through the elephant grass rapidly.Soon the platoon next to us started yelling. Marines...

Ghost Warriors

feeds@yuku.com (Skinny Cat) — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 07:43:18 GMT

Ghost Warriors

I would have sworn there for a minute or two that I was...

A few missions from 39 years ago

feeds@yuku.com (dstoff23) — Wed, 20 May 2009 19:32:34 GMT

I enlisted in the Army in August, 1968. After receiving my Warrant and graduating from flight school in August 1969, I was assigned to the 60th...

Agnew in Vietnam

feeds@yuku.com (dstoff23) — Sun, 17 May 2009 17:14:14 GMT

Sometime around August of 1970, Vice President Agnew and a delegation of congressmen visited the Saigon area on a fact finding tour to see how the "Vietnamization of the war" was going. All but one of the 45th Air Ambulance aircraft were ordered back from their field sites and AO's (Area of Operations) to reposition and shut down in Saigon as standby in case of mass casualty emergency during Agnew's visit. My aircraft was the only one remaining in the field to cover an AO...

Cambodia

feeds@yuku.com (dstoff23) — Tue, 12 May 2009 18:52:42 GMT

I participated in both invasions of Cambodia. The first was the U.S. Invasion in the Spring of 1970. The second was in early 1971 when the South Vietnamese alone invaded Cambodia supported by U.S. Gunship and medevac. I never saw Cambodia during the day, all of my medevac border crossings came at or after sunset. One night when we were deep in Cambodia (North of Phnom Penh) we were hijacked by ARVN's who were losing a battle. Because of the large number of casualties, the mission called...

Danang 70 72

feeds@yuku.com (jimgrms) — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 07:26:44 GMT

My second tour to Nam was at the camp tien sha annex in Danang as a advisor , but for some reason only saw my counterpart a couple of times .i was the leading Chief of the synchro Lift at the small craft repair base ,
this base had proably the best em and cpo club in I corp and was always crowded . at the lift part of our equip was a 16 ton rough terrain fork lift, and it seemed the folks who worked for me were stealing jeeps from the club ,guys would drive to the club park and spend a...

Jo Jo Visits Bad Kissingen

feeds@yuku.com (LoneStar77) — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 00:18:59 GMT

In the late 1970s and early 1980s I was stationed in Schweinfurt Germany; Bad Kissingen was about 25 km from Schweinfurt if I remember correctly. One of the members of our unit was a SSG whose nickname was "Jo Jo." Jo Jo was an affable fellow and well-liked by everyone in our unit.

He also had somewhat of a reputation as being a ladies man.

I don't remember the exact month when Jo Jo ran into trouble in Bad Kissingen, but I do know that there was snow on...

Watch your back

feeds@yuku.com (ARTiber) — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 16:57:37 GMT

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

I got the below e-mail from an old soldier from 1966 Fort Gordon GA where we were part of a Civil Affairs company formed at Ft Gordon and inserted into the Republic Of Vietnam with HQ at Long Binh and a bunch of teams (19) out...

I was interviewed by Agnetha Faltskog shortly after returning home from Vietnam

feeds@yuku.com (ABBAsFernando) — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 00:57:11 GMT

Yes, ABBA's song is about my experiences in VIETNAM!

You see Agnetha calls me FERNANDO!

Borrowed stuff

feeds@yuku.com (masher2oscar) — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 13:29:36 GMT

Hope Rainvet doesn't mind me borrying his stuff from another board. This is what I'm talking about.

Mo stuff from the fun bar

feeds@yuku.com (masher2oscar) — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:21:27 GMT
Don't know if this one will be printed yet but recently submitted it for inspection to see it it would make the grade. Bout my jeep in Nam. You just had to be there. Getting your jeep shot at ain't sposed to be this much fun,

The Most Famous Jeep In Vietnam

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Video of Vietnam

feeds@yuku.com (nighthawksh) — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 07:38:27 GMT
I usually don't do YouTube, but this guy has a lot of video of Vietnam, some from back in the day, and some more current.

The one about Tan Son Nhut shows my old barracks (Dodge City) in the HQ MACV annex. It is one of the few remaining buildings from back then.

If you want a video trip down memory lane, check these out

Bad Kissingen, Germany. Christmas time 1960

feeds@yuku.com (ARTiber) — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 22:54:34 GMT

Monday, December 15, 2008, Hawaiian

Bad Kissingen, Germany. Christmas time 1960 ... or 61 not sure anymore.

I was working the Military Police Desk, Curfew (0001), had come and gone Bars were...

Almost a Grunt

feeds@yuku.com (masher2oscar) — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 08:21:44 GMT
Recently wrote a article for the MRFA newspaper called River Currents and it will be out in a week or so. Recently got an advance copy and everything was fine except that I forgot to mention that it was the unit that did all the stuff that the man who recieved an MOH for was awarded. Will try to post the string when the paper comes out.

Mobile Riverine Force

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In the This one comes under the catagory of funny LATER. Our units were on an operation in the Go Cong Province and there was a lot of activity going on at the local soccer field, which was being used as a helo pad to pick up at lot of POWs from the recent operation. Anyway, myself , and a # of GIs from the 9th were there along with a smattering of S Viets and civilians. Was passing by a ARVN soldier who had his M1 rifle under his arm with an unshealthed...

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