1 mission 009, 4 hr. (Letter Home) Watching the M-79 (Blooper) being fired. An army tank driver near the Cambodian border. Richard Life. 20 min.073, Monday, August 16, 1971 Da Nang We lived underground in bunkers with rats for two days while photographing Air Force ground crews who unloaded the C-130 transports and maintained the runways. Keyed guns = set codes on radio encryption devices Had picture taken for flight record Asked for my mail today, Wednesday, July 21, 1971 Vung Tau Marble Mountain Air Facility - Wikipedia SoundCloud Rocket Attack In Danang, Vietnam - 8 April 1970 by shampoocell published on 2011-07-20T19:49 . (Letter Home) Headcount = Checking in GI's at meals at the mess hall, a gravy job for Go to Rick's Vietnam Letters and a few days later I also confirmed that I'd be getting a 179 day Christmas 1 mission DCS 1 hr. To purchase. 45 min 061 up 5:30 pm, Tuesday, August 17, 1971 Da Nang Monday, Jan 25, 1971 USA on detail cleaning M-16 magazines in afternoon Supposed to fly radio check but didn't (Letter Home) To Vung Tau, returned 7 pm, Friday, August 13, 1971 Long Thanh North, Vung Tau (Letter Home) Back to Da Nang Stopped Cam Ran, Nha Trang, Quin Nhon, Marble Mountain, Hue/Phu Bai, Monday, November 29, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Got magazines Night shift Avionics (Letter Home) 1 mission 061 returned to Long Thanh 2 hrs. Behind her is the area that we referred to as "Dog Patch.". Claybough, Kadramas, Obrient, Cheney, Skoog went south on 009 and 061 DANANG AIRBASE, REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM - william-liddell.com still didn't have power supply, Sunday, July 18, 1971 Vung Tau 1 mission 4 hrs. Another fisheye photo I took that day of a B-52 landing over our heads. Obrient = radio relay operator OFF, Saturday, December 18, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) 30 min. Asked Skaggs about permanent tower guard, Wednesday, September 29, 1971 Long Thanh North, Nui Ba Den Rigged 073 before I left Guard duty bunker 4, Saturday, September 25, 1971 Long Thanh North Got haircut, Friday, May 14, 1971 Long Thanh North Went to see 'Move' at MAFC TDY = Temporary Duty, we got paid extra when we stayed at another city and (Letter Home) Zip band in evening, Monday, October 11, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) Still on standby, Sunday, March 7, 1971 Da Nang Sylvester = radio relay operator (Letter Home) Duff = radio relay operator Saturday, October 2, 1971 Long Thanh North Saw "The Best House in London" at RPI, Monday, February 22, 1971 Da Nang . Got SP4 today Sunday, June 6, 1971 Da Nang 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. Headcount, Sunday, December 12, 1971 Long Thanh North Off rest of day, Tuesday, December 14, 1971 Long Thanh North Cheney = crew chief Saw 'A new leaf' at MAFC Add 1 mission, stopped at Phu Bai (Letter Home) 2 missions, DCS,038 to Vung Tau to pick up HYL-3's, 1 hr. Got payed today, Saturday, February 27, 1971 Long Thanh North 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 On the night of July 14, the new 122mm launchers were set up in six batteries, each with six launchers. Newspapers.com makes these newspapers available for the purpose of historical research, and is not responsible for the content of any newspapers archived at our site. Subscribers may view the full text of this article in its original form through TimesMachine. 009, down 5 pm, Wednesday, October 6, 1971 Long Thanh North + Casualty figures reflect all casualties, i.e., USAF, other military and civilians. (Letter Home) Took banks out of 000 This was a 5-second time exposure with a remote flash from the side so as to not affect the pilot's night vision. Signed out Quit 7:30 pm, Wednesday, November 3, 1971 Long Thanh North 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 (Letter Home) Korean floor show at RPI, Wednesday, September 1, 1971 Da Nang OFF (Letter Home) Headcount, Wednesday, December 8, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) Beckman says they will mail TDY money, Sunday, September 26, 1971 Long Thanh North 45 min. 1 mission 4 hrs. They took our M-16's away from us today, Thursday, May 13, 1971 Long Thanh North To preserve these articles as they originally appeared, The Times does not alter, edit or update them. Radio banks back from Phu Loi, Saturday, April 24, 1971 Long Thanh North Checked radio banks all day 30 min. (Letter Home) Da Nang July 5 1971 (Letter Home) 1971 Long Thanh North Didn't fly, standby, Sunday, May 16, 1971 Long Thanh North These photos were taken from the back seat of another F-4. Checked relay banks all day, Friday, April 16, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) Rocket Attack on Danang - The New York Times Quit 7 pm, Saturday, October 23, 1971 Long Thanh North 7 pm stopped at Hue/Phu Bai, Monday, September 13, 1971 Da Nang no mail Supply detail till 11:30 am (Letter Home) All of them are unknown. To preserve these articles as they originally appeared, The Times does not alter, edit or update them. Avionics = working in the Avionics shop at Long Thanh North I was getting a 30 day drop and would be leaving Vietnam around Christmas Day, (Letter Home) Saturday, October 30, 1971 Long Thanh North Sgt. (Letter Home) News stories from Monday July 5, 1971 - Ultimate70s.com An F4 high above the South China Sea off the coast of Vietnam. Home / / danang rocket attack july 5, 1971. danang rocket attack july 5, 1971 Not feeling well, Friday, June 11, 1971 Long Thanh North The results of one of the rocket attacks in 1971. As you can see we had it pretty rough. See the article in its original context from. occasionally things get blown up. Night Shift Avionics, Thursday, November 4, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) Harrelson = crew chief to work in radio relay on planes, Sunday, Jan 31, 1971 Long Thanh North Click the image above for a flight chart of the Long Binh/Bien Hoa/ Tan By truck to Aviation Detachment of 2nd Signal Group, Long Thanh Airbase, (Letter Home) (Letter Fixed Wing Losses Due to Air Base Attacks - Vietnam Air Losses 027 sabotaged Avionics nightshift, Tuesday, November 16, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) (Letter Home) 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. Duff says me and Seacord are on his ARCOM orders No plane with supplies (Letter Home) night shift cancelled, Tuesday, September 21, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Tragically, five airmen died in the attack that night and 38 were wounded. Coming back from chow. Avionic and checking radio banks 2 hr. 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) 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. Tuesday, February 9, 1971 Da Nang it interesting that the latest movie or show I saw, the mail I got, the missions On standby, Saturday, March 6, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) 30 min. (Letter Home) As I recall I finally left Vietnam on the day after Christmas Saw movie "Norwood" at RPI, Thursday, April 29, 1971 Da Nang 000, Wednesday, June 23, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Photo was given to me. It was a dirty, wet, miserable job repairing the aluminum-plated runway under fire at the Khe Sanh marine base in northwestern Vietnam. Lots of work on 061, Thursday, October 21, 1971 Long Thanh North DaNang Gunfighters - 366th Fighter Association Worked evening in Avionics China Beach today (Letter Home) Took apart CO's air conditioner Off morning, Col. Dickerson to come inspect tomorrow Avionics, Sunday, May 23, 1971 Long Thanh North Got 2 packages today 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. Davis Always wear ANSI approved safety goggles when reading posts by, http://www.redhorseassociation.org/forum/index.php?topic=3722.0. De-rigged 061, Thursday, June 24, 1971 Long Thanh North I experienced rocket attacks, an ammunition dump explosion, total boredom, drug busts, police raids, China Beach, and the birth of my daughter, Rebecca. 1 mission, 1 hr., Satellite 073 Night Shift Avionics The "LA" on the tail indicates that this aircrew is part of the 4th Tactical Fighter Squadron. Davis = Sgt. An RF-4C Phantom of the 460th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing prepares to take off at sunset from Tan Son Nhut Air Base in Saigon in 1970. Army grunts load into a C-7 Caribou transport at Tan Son Nhut Air Base for an airlift to fighting in the Central Highlands of Vietnam. Saw "Support your Local Sheriff" at main compound, Wednesday, March 17, 1971 Da Nang OFF, read a couple books, Monday, July 19, 1971 Vung Tau This mundane little book has an entry for just about every day I was in-country (Letter Home) (Letter Home) 1 mission, 2 hrs, Satellite 000 Saw 'Rascals' at RPI (Letter Home) 15 min. (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. Saw 'How to Frame a figg' at MAFC The Army is reporting a 2% heroin addiction rate for soldiers leaving South Vietnam. (Letter Home) Wednesday, March 3, 1971 Qui Nhon, Da Nang Note the radio at center for ground-to-air communication. (Letter Home) The temple is a key tourist attraction in the area today. Quit 6 pm, Wednesday, September 22, 1971 Long Thanh North Nng Air Base: 366th SPS, photos by Glen H. Myers. 1971. De-rigged 071 Night Shift Avionics Cleared Finance, Tuesday, December 21, 1971 Long Binh (Letter Home) (Letter Home) CO = commanding officer, the big cheese Left 90th at 10:30 to 2nd Signal Group headquarters, Saturday, Jan 30, 1971 Long Thanh North identified the aircraft and were Went to China Beach, used roll of film coming back through the villages, Sunday, February 14, 1971 Da Nang Stream Rocket Attack In Danang, Vietnam - SoundCloud 45 min. Movie at RPI, 'I love my wife', Tuesday, May 4, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) (Letter Home) (Letter Home) 7 missions, 7 hr. Guard duty 6 pm to midnight Saturday, April 10, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) View Full Article in Timesmachine , See the article in its original context from. (Letter Home) Put transponder in 836 today, Wednesday, May 19, 1971 Long Thanh North Arrived at 10:30, 1 mission 2 hrs. Wednesday, February 10, 1971 Da Nang Band at club, Sunday, May 30, 1971 Long Thanh North Headcount, Tuesday, December 7, 1971 Long Thanh North Anyone can read what you share. (Letter Home) By using this site, you agree to its use of cookies. Note the message above the gun and the helicopter reflected in his sunglasses. High-resolution original photos (without watermarks) are available from the National Archives in Washington, DC. Going to Vung Tau tomorrow, Tuesday, July 13, 1971 Vung Tau Spent whole day at China Beach, Saturday, February 20, 1971 Da Nang 12 civilians killed, 11 wounded in N Vietnamese rocket attack on Danang. Rigged 000, 013, 061 for Relay standby to Da Nang Saw 'Bob Whites' at RPI, Saturday, March 20, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) Burm detail in morning One of the four crewmen was hurt in the crashes. A formation of F-100s of the 35th Tactical Fighter Wing fly over the ancient Cham temple south of their base at Phan Rang. I assume it was a hit on one of the POL areas judging from the heavy black smoke. Checked radar in a couple of ships, Sunday, June 27, 1971 Long Thanh North, Long Binh Waiting. OFF (Though I didn't record it in this diary I 1971 Long Thanh North Re-rigged 038, 013. Night shift avionics, Tuesday, November 30, 1971 Long Thanh North It's the Douglas C-133. I grabbed my camera and ran outside to document the attack. Got payed and got 22 letters Photo #5 ( Nng AB): Me on an APC. OFF (Letter Home) Kelm = radio relay operator China Beach start flying tomorrow night, Tuesday, March 30, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) Fires started from secondary blasts by bombs and fuel. Standby My letters home were verbose, but in stark contrast the daily (Letter Home) Put HF in 001, Monday, June 28, 1971 Long Thanh North Saw 'The body stealers' at RPI, Thursday, September 2, 1971 Da Nang [CBS] Presidential adviser Henry Kissinger is in South Vietnam; Vice President Spiro Agnew is in Singapore. up 7 pm Cleared Dispensary, Re-up NCO, Supply, Sunday, December 19, 1971 Long Thanh North, (Letter Home) Waiting, Saturday, December 25, 1971 Da Nang Sent three banks out got three more, Friday, July 30, 1971 Vung Tau (Letter Home) Night Shift Avionics Detail = doing grunt work just about anywhere Got shots at dispensary Beckman went to party at German Hospital boat tonight, Friday, September 3, 1971 Long Thanh North Got some sun on the bunker outside, Tuesday, September 14, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Fred was one week away from his 19th birthday when his plane went down on November 27, 1970. Deskin drunkerrrrr! Went to Vung Tau and hit beach 1 mission 4 hrs. APC = Armored personnel carrier (Letter Home) and switch in chopper control stick. (Letter Home) OFF, Monday, November 1, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) Naval Academy, and made a career in naval intelligence. 2009. (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Saw "Airport" at main compound, Thursday, March 18, 1971 Da Nang Shortly after this photo was taken we were escorted to the base commander by the air police. Saw band "Nitwits" at RPI, Monday, March 15, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) 1 mission, 4 hrs. Worked on Satellite 000 radios Put 2 mike cords in choppers, Tuesday, May 11, 1971 Long Thanh North, Long Binh (Letter Home) Avionics All units at Da Nang went on full alert, but the damage had been done. (Letter Home) Quit 7:30 pm, Wednesday, November 18, 1971 to Saturday, November 27, (Letter Home) RR to Nui Ba Den, Thursday, September 30, 1971 Long Thanh North, Nui Ba Den 10 min. Sunday, April 11, 1971, Long Thanh North and there was just a big X thru each date), Sunday, November 28, 1971 Long Thanh North, Cam Ran, Nha No mail In-processing at Long Binh till 3 am, on detail at supply till 3:30 am, Thursday, Jan 28, 1971 Long Binh 3 missions 061 to Hue and Ao and Hue to Da Nang 2 pm Checked the rest of the relay banks this morning Sgt Timothy Krouse (see photo #9) from PA worked with me most or all of the time. Mission on standby, Friday, October 15, 1971 Long Than North Return to Rick's Vietnam Page (Letter Home) Satellite XXX = refers to various U-21 aircraft used and maintained by our (Letter Home) Got pictures back from PX and mailed them home, Tuesday, February 16, 1971 Da Nang Tuesday, June 8, 1971 Da Nang, Long Thanh North Went to Long Binh took rack to have pictures taken Attempted repair Took flight physical, Tuesday, March 2, 1971 Long Than North On ammo detail to Long Binh, Friday, July 2, 1971 Long Than North, Vung Tau 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 July 15, 1967 The New York Times. Direct Combat Assist and was basically a taxi flight), RR or RRT (Radio All but middle ok, no xmit, Tuesday, July 6, 1971 Long Thanh North The SP wearing the hat and smoking a pipe worked in Training, I think. This is me processing out for emergency leave after getting word that my mother had died. Open to all Vietnam Veterans that served at DA NANG Air Base of ROCKET CITY from 1971-1972. Live show at the club tonight, Monday, February 1, 1971 Da Nang Saw 'Joe' at MAFC (Letter Home) DA NANG A.B. Vietnam Rocket City 1971-1972 West German . Rocket Attack on Danang. (Letter Home) (Letter Home) (Letter Home) (Letter Home) 1 mission, 3 hrs 038 up 8:45 am Skoog = crew chief Got 20 letters today, Saturday, July 24, 1971 Vung Tau OFF, Thursday, December 16, 1971 Long Thanh North, Long Binh By 4 pm had two banks working secure, Friday, July 16, 1971 Vung Tau (Letter Home) Got soaked working after 5 pm, Wednesday, June 30, 1971 Long Thanh North RPI= Rice Paddy Inn, club on base in Da Nang (Letter Home) (Letter Home) (Letter Home) 1 mission, 013, 3 hrs. The 362 TEWS Latrine. Send any friend a story. Could not get through and they didn't call me, Tuesday, July 27, 1971 Vung Tau Quit 7 pm, Friday, October 22, 1971 Long Thanh North Installed FM controller head, transponder and Checked banks, need new KY-28, Wednesday, July 14, 1971 Vung Tau (Letter Home) Night shift Avionics, Tuesday, October 19, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) ABC news covering the rocket attack July 5 1971 on Gunfighter Each day if there was something worth recording it made into the little Danang Images Page 11 (Letter Home) Photo #9 ( Nng AB): Did PM on CO's air conditioner, Saturday, June 12, 1971 Long Thanh North Standby at 7:30 pm. (Letter Home) Left 0800 this morning Sgt Krouse is following me. (Letter Home) Me on the M60. [ Rod Carbone photo ]. *** The first time that rockets were used in RVN by the Viet Cong/North Vietnamese Army. Played a game of horse shoes and Monopoly this morning, Friday, April 23, 1971 Long Thanh North Headcount, Friday, December 10, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) Anyone can read what you share. Night Shift Avionics, Friday, November 5, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) Checked banks, Friday, June 18, 1971 Long Thanh North Home) Gunfighter Village = Air force compound in Da Nang Supposed to be on burm detail but cancelled Photo #2A & 2B ( 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. (Letter Home) The three #'s (000, 013, 038, etc.) Pleiku = airfield Full text is unavailable for this digitized archive article. Berry and Schenning left (Letter Home) ARCOM = Army Commendation Medal To see images from a return visit to Vietnam in 2006 click here. A shot of me in our hut. 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) 366th Security Police Squadron 30 min. (Letter Home) 1 mission, DCS, 013 1 hr. On March 27, 1967, DaNang came under another 120mm rocket attack. Mailed film to Wards. A United States spokesman also reported that two helicop ters were shot down by ground fire while on reconnaissance missions in northern Thuathiert Province, about two miles east of the Laotian border. Photo #6A, 6b, and 6c ( Nng AB): At the firing range. (Letter Home) I was new to the Combat Documentation (ComDoc) team and my uniform shows it. (Letter Home) (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Rained all day Took off morning, avionics afternoon Friday, October 1, 1971 Long Thanh North, Nui Ba Den (Letter Home) Information about your use of this site is shared with Google. (Letter Home) Was supposed to go north today but Kelm and Duff came back down (Letter Home) May have practice mission tomorrow, Sunday, October 3, 1971 Long Thanh North Off Night Shift Avionics. (Letter Home) (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Bought a couple of casettes today, Sunday, May 9, 1971 Long Thanh North A summary of these attacks can be found on the Web site of the 366th Tactical. (Letter Home) 1 mission 009, 45 min. MACV club, Sunday, September 19, 1971 Da Nang, Hue and AO, Long Thanh Saturday, February 13, 1971 Da Nang July 1967, Vietnam War, U.S. Air Force, . Supposed to ship to Da Nang Got magazines in mail today, Wednesday, March 10, 1971 Da Nang Stream Rocket Attack In Danang, Vietnam - 8 April 1970 by shampoocell on desktop and mobile. (Letter Home) (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Got materials for USAFI course today (oceanography) The New York Times Archives. The barracks next door had taken a direct hit from a V.C. Wasted time Beckman came, Murphy left, Sunday, August 29, 1971 Da Nang could be installed side by side in the plane. Rocket attack, Monday, April 26, 1971 Da Nang Photo #2B. Got slides back from PX and mailed them home, Thursday, April 8, 1971 Da Nang Got two sets of nomex liferized today Kadremas = radio relay operator RRT Successful (Letter Home) Photo #5 ( Nng AB): Me on an APC. It was used as an aerial firetruck by using an underslung pod. Alert 5:30 pm - 11 pm, Thursday, May 20, 1971 Long Thanh North 366th AMS, Rocket attack BX, Gunfighter Pilots. (Letter Home) Red Alert 11:30 pm Friday, February 12, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) Live band at the R.P.I. 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. 'Duh Hornets' band at RPI, Friday, April 30, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) 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. Duff and Currin went south this morning Personal photo of Bill Diebold -- I found this image by chance online in 2006 and re-connected with Bill. Left Ft. Dix 8:00, Tuesday, Jan 26, 1971 Bien Hoa (Letter Home) (Letter Home) stopped at Tuy Hoa, Sunday, February 7, 1971 Long Thanh North Base orientation brochure, Perimeter, Tent City. https://www.nytimes.com/1971/05/30/archives/rockets-kill-12-at-danang.html. My hearing was permanently impaired by excessive noise exposure to loud jet engines during the war (without adequate ear protection). Night shift Avionics, Thursday, October 28, 1971 Long Thanh North Copyright 2003 Rick Holt. An F4-E turns to land ahead of an approaching storm at DaNang Air Base in northern Vietnam.
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