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My dad Capt. President Thieu reviews Montagnard troops. Was 51 years ago for me. 2 faves. Do you recollect direction you went to link up with Johns unit? Brings back memories. In effect I became Col Ridenbaughs gofer. No Ray I have not heard of him. Got wounded. Yes, I still have a couple of fatigue jackets with the Sat Cong emblem on them. FYI. Glad to hear you are doing well. newspaper that Tay Ninh West had been hit. At 1:00am on 5/18/1969 elements of the U.S. Army 54th Artillery Group at Husky Compound, a defensive position one mile east of Xuan Loc, Long Khanh Province, RVN, came under under assault. Are there any photos of Carroll in uniform? Please contact me at blackhorse4@verizon.net. 7th Battalion, 9th Artillery. This Maj. Turner was an older fellow. with the 2nd batt 43rd inf reg of the 18th in 1968 at about 1230 hrs do any of you men remember that action. Found that out the hard way when I went looking for Xuan Loc last year. I was there at the time. We are still hiking up invisible rucksacks and tripping around AO America lol, Retired wondering what happen to Second mass grave uncovered. Cheers I was MACV tdy to there. Last year I had my driver go up the big hill where I believe all the signal equipment was sited. I was the advisor to the Vietnamese Provincial Reconnaissance Unit (PRU) in Xuan Loc. My father served with the 10th. There were no other Captains on the team during my short tour. Would like to talk to you via email. Phil, my little health problem are dim compared to yours. Regimental SA was LTC Davis,a great guy. Fifty years. Im getting ready to sell out in Port Angeles and move to Wellton, Arizona. The another 5 for rehab at Brooke/San Antonio. Am doing research on where the Gia Ray camp exactly was located. in 1970. Dave went on to LtGen as Chief of Army Signal Corps, Pentagon. Bob Morse,, When were you with the 52nd? Lots of memories I thought would last forever have faded but lots remain. I was just browsing through the MACV Team 87 comments and came across you mentioning the 135th AHC out at Blackhorse Thanks much, Was there many times. The fighting continued until 6:00am. Hot Desert. He showed us pictures of his wife-a beautiful lady. I hope this information might be useful in some way. I DID NOT MEET YOU DAD..HOPE THIS IS HELPFUL. Refugees with belongings run as city is bombed. I think I remember Micka and the debate on the accident. Reason I asked about those Advisers to the 52nd. We are in Leaf city. Some VC penetrated the perimeter, but were driven back by the artillerymen. He was wounded in action and passed 20 Nov 69. What part of the country are you in? Took a jeep out to the crash site. Yes, I believe it was in August. Foun 2 or 3 of them dead the next morning about 100 meters out. Thank you for creating this site. The DEROS date was amended to Jul 66 to coincide with Col Ridenbaughs departure. David and LTC. During that time, I got to know both MAJ Bob Turner and SSG Green. Well Have heart failure and Diabetes. Hello Bill,Iwas Capt David Whites NCO signal advisor for a few months before he rotated.Great officer and just a good guy. English: Aerial view of Fire Support Base Xuan Loc, manned by members of Battery "A," 5th Battalion, 42nd Artillery, 54th Artillery Group, II Field Force. USA This Well Dedend My recollection: Sometime in 1969 myself and a E7 or 8 Tom Canfield and one other medic were sent to retrieve the body of Maj Turner from a designated area where the remains of a battle were accumulated. I hope that this clears it up and gives some closure to SGT GReens family. Sir, I am former CPT Zumwalt. Maybe we can help with names. After I left Vietnam, I did not any longer have contact with your dad. Souvenir weapons paperwork. John, I kept a diary while there and this is what I wrote on 7 and 8 May, 1969. Bill Stoner, hang in there. Richard. I am looking for a teammate John C. Lamar at 18 DIVISION in Phan Tri training center at Long Giao Base who worked there in 1971 then goong back to America. While being with HQ element. Bill Coleman. Weather here in Southern Arizona is turning perfect. around age 50 to 60. His wife died unexpectedly 16 months earlier and he never was the same. The ARVN regimental HQ was just over the horizon in August of 1968 and was mortared off the map at that time. However Have you heard of a Major Putnam who was also at Xuan Loc in 68. An element of the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment in tanks and armored personnel carriers moved in to engage the force. I remember Doc very well. Not just in distance but in time. There was a Vietnamese Special Forces camp there too and ARVN SF guys started beating up American soldiers so the supporting artillery unit dropped a short round off the SF encampments border to get their attention. 4/43rd This would be my third, a most likely last, return in past 4 years. 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. Hi Chief alls well with me. Thank you all for your service, Respectfully, Gail. I was in Xuan Loc during this time frame. Were they on maneuvers or was this a fixed position battle? I interacted with the 52nd periodically, but primarily with the Arty Battalion. Some had blue and grey uniforms and some just in brown and grey. Jim, I remember all of you guys. (LogOut/ I was in Bien Hoa before that. Lots of walking in jungle, through villages, and rubber plantations searching for a pretty elusive foe. Start prep classes for dialysis next week. Hi Don.sorry for the extremely late reply. At the time I was there mostly there were big tent cover with wood sides and floors. I was a radio operator at Xuan Loc from Sept. 1967 to late Aug. 68. The Col expanded the perimeter and got wooden hooch with canvas tent covering and parachute ceiling. Got some ulcers on my left foot. I was a radio teletype operator. I was there in 65and 66. Hi, Dr Snyder was in charge of the unit I was with, but I left Vietnam October 1968. He was shot up pretty good in his Jeep headed back to his RFPF unit as I remember. i was a xuan loc, 31st engr. Just letting everyone know that Dennis Diekman aka:Zoomie, also passed from cancer last year. My meds get adjusted to often. 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? Sgt. Pappy and Miss Dolly came to visit me at Ft. Jackson in 1971. Hi Ray Godfrey 1969: Page Count: 16: Abstract: The 2d Battalion, 35th Artillery remained assigned to the 54th Artillery Group with the mission of General Support, II Field Force. My Lightboxes | I am interested in your recollections of working with the 11th Cav. As I recall Patton was pretty much despised when he commanded the 11th ACR. We were under a French house that was built off the ground. https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Xuan_Loc_Base_Camp,_May_1969.jpg&oldid=720644912, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, NARA photo 111-CCV-41-CC58193 by SP5 Dennis Connell, Uploaded a work by NARA photo 111-CCV-41-CC58193 by SP5 Dennis Connell from https://www.fold3.com/image/245208041 with UploadWizard. The base is abandoned and turned over to housing and farmland. He told me his main reason for wanting to come to Vietnam was to get the Combat Infantryman Badge. we were working in the civilian hospital, army captain Snyder was our boss. He was at Tay Ninh with the rest of us. We originally were at Bear Cat, Nui Dat and Xuan Loc in 1966-68. Was shot up then transported to a Japan where he died. I also have a picture of him awarding me a medal which I dont remember which medal. I was a RTO with 39th Sig. They put me in Admin. Bill Stoner, When I was the advisor to the Div Recon (I&R) Co we were attached quite a few times to a 11th Cav troop but I cant remember which one, F troop rings a bell. Hi Joe.well, the situation was bad enough that I had a prostatectomy in early October. Hello. Hope is in my thoughts to this day. Alternated Tay Ninh and Xuan Loc every other month with Major Whiteside.Doesnt anyone remember the 5th Cav SA? I think it was Watts ? Aloft. I have a personal copy of most of it and I sent the entire report to the Infantry School. I ended up on recruiting duty for three years then switched to Combat Engineers. Stay healthy. My email is lucasholt99@icloud.com. I sometimes wonder even today if there was something else I could have done to convince him to give up on his idea. He was wounded and died of wounds late in 1969. I believe he was awarded the Silver I pray that After 2 failed MEDEVACS, TF52 moved south to An Loc, but we were ordered to remain in place until a rescue could be organized. CH-54 Skycrane in flight in Vietnam,1969. My sincere condolences.I have often thought about him through the past 50 years. Living in Jennings Florida just south of the Ga line on I 75. and Micheline Plantations. I had purchase it in Toledo Ohio in 1965. I loved those concrete Poles, they were easy to climb. Take Care, Anyone serve with a man with last name Simon ? You might remember I met you and your wife about 1974 on Ft Myer. Im with you Dai Hui (Robert Morse). Email is majikman1yahoo.com I also, remember that the 25th lost all the ground in Cambodia and the NVA was headed toward Tay Ninh. Hope all had a Blessed Christmas and a Blessed New Year to you. 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. Doug Sichler. Doug Sichler 312-810-8345 Never drove by vehicle. My first SA was LTC Ferguson I think. I served at MACV 87 in Xuan Loc(???) I was in contact with the Division Senior Advisor, whose callsign was Buffalo 6 (mine was Hawkeye 27). Richard. I lived down the road from the Team compound with 43rd RCAT near the officers (Viet) club. If you share your Email account I would be happy to TRY and get them sent to you. Ritchie W. Pickron. RHOURN GOT HIT ON DEC. 19 1969 SSG. Thanks for the reply but a bit before our time . On about the 5th of February, 1968 I took over as SA of 3/52nd ARVN after they lost most of their advisory team in an ambush near Ba Ria (sp?? Thank you for your service Sir. Army of Republic of Vietnam Lieutenant General Xuan Lam, Colonel Roberts and staff. He awarded me the Bronze Star. Who had time for the PX> Always in the bush, lmao, From 1965-66 the 18th ARVN Div was the 10th ARVN Div. The Army was sending replacements to Vietnam based on Korean war KIA/WIA data. Was the Pappy Devine you refered to the WO helicopter driver that flew P-47s in WWII and also flew missions in Korea? I wonder if you knew him. No-I dont know anything about that. I was a radio teletype operator. 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. I had ridden it back from that border Fire Base to the chopper pad. I went back there in 70, as a pilot, flew into the airstrip. I eas TDY to Bien Hoa and stayed in a french villa with some other guys. Patton is gone now. One of the units of the 18th ARVN took the village back. I was a senior advisor to the 52d Ranger Bn 67-68 in Xuan Loc. Contact me at edward.haylett@earthlink.net. Gia Ray was the rock crusher site.was not Xuan Loc. A radio operator lying on ground places the phone of the radio to his ear, then speaks and looks out. I was with the 1st Sig Brigade in the MACV compound in Xuan Loc Dec 69, in Bien Hoa for the friendly fire incident 17 & 18 Feb. 70. Thank you. He later settled in Falls Church, Virginia where I met him once. Slow healing so I go to a wound clinic every Friday. He died in 04 but he always spoke of his time there. With our support, Xuan Loc would have never happened. Per the official records, he was KIA, body recovered May 8, 1969, in Long Khanh. A question for Robert Morse. I was in Xuan Loc at the MACV compound 67 until June 68. We were childhood friends in East Tennessee, and I would like to know more about his tour in the Nam. Didnt get to the compound much except when they showed Patton. Not so much mud there. The outdoor theater was built in early 1966. Martha Raye came there when I was there. Hope this helps you. After five hours of intense fighting, the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces were driven off. Hi Doug Lee [2] Other units stationed at Blackhorse included: 1st Battalion 83rd Artillery. Always liked you when we served together. I had heart failure. I was at Xuan Loc June 65-September Thank you for your timely reply. I also am a cancer survivor. Drove past Black Horse base ~10 km south of MACV compound a few time. Just as two soldiers who see each other occasionally. Built Cu chi Base and worked HObo, Iron triangle, War zone 3, Friliho?? Paul Norris. I kept a diary so I got it out and read what I wrote on 23/24 May. I was the only Native American who was in TOC and was with SP/4 Michaud , also with I&R. Now it looks like quarterly monitoring, plus Lupron injection 2X annually. Branch of Service: Army; Unit of Service: 11th Armored Calvary, 2nd Squadron; Location of Service: Fort Benning, Georgia; Blackhorse Base Camp, Xuan Loc, Vietnam. along the Song Tra Khuc River south and west to Song Re River, Joint US/Vietnamese attempt to inject an allied presence into, 105 US and Vietnamese riverine craft were concentrated to protect against enemy threats to, USAF dry season area interdiction campaign in Laos, This page was last edited on 28 January 2023, at 06:14. Forgotten the Deputys name. Didnt take enough pictures along the way. R. Wolfe. You never said if you were the Captain I worked with that night at Black Horse in September 1971. Major Tarno was there too. Merry Christmas and great Holidays to you all. I ended up next to SSG Cobbs body. If I ever make it back Im sure I couldnt even recognize anything. Ever hear from Dai Hui Stansfield? Stayed at An Loc until 9 July when I wounded a second time. Never went on r&r. Depicting Operations near Xuan Loc . He also arranged for me to take the FAST (flight school) test in Saigon, and arranged help flight to take me down and back to XuanLoc. SGT Dean R. Isaacs, Missoula, MT Terms & Conditions | They adjusted all my meds and I am doing well again. Got on the post, but w/in 5 minutes the political officer white shirt and black trousers showed up and threw me out. It always seemed that the III Corps people wanted more and more and the stress was obvious. Dont remember very many names from that time. Dennis Zoomie Diekman passed away due to complications of cancer. Capt. and Stansfield// 71/72 Transferred from 196th LIB Americal. We did Civic Action duty in Bien Hoc Province, Nhon Trach District. Would like to hear from others who were in Xuan Loc. I believe it was around 320 feet. Lee and SSGT Bang who are interpreter for LTC. Rusty, have had a stroke, but have good memories of Xuan Loc and AB8AO He drove back and forth to Saigon where his family was. We built the bar and the stage there. I was a radioteletype operator. We first met in Oakland awaiting out flights to Nam. Just stumbled onto this site. Joe. I am on 87. By the way, he came to Vung Tau on one of the three Ships from Oakland by the way of Ft. Meade. Got tired of the cold, I lived in what they call the Banana Belt. I was the Sgt Maj transferred from Duc My (Ranger Tng Center). Adopted by Gen Pattons sister. One marine holds a phone radio to his ear and walks out. Thanks, We had some wounded from sniper/ claymores at night they would plant and one killed from a mine they planted when we were moving out after a week or so. Remember a few Aussie Arty guys from my 2nd tour, they were down between Long Binh and Vung Tau. Not personally. hightForP2 = 330 email me at davidpasco@att.net also with a mailing address. Doug Quit while since Jul 2017 but I hope you are still with us!!. Enjoy. Was with 4/48 Inf. After serving in airborne units, U.S. Army Special Forces, and completing his last tour in Vietnam, he then served as a Senior Drill Sergeant at Fort Ord. Thank you for sharing. Severely wounded during the Easter Offensive (April 72) and spent a year in the hospital. Wont be attending the reunion. For Marv Zumwalt (Captain) Several years ago I found a site devoted to the An Loc Battle. Yes, I met a lady in 09 and we married in 10, but she could not handle the dry of Nevada and needed humidity. Did you get the AO screening physical from VA a year or so ago. IT WAS THE 1ST BATTALION-43RD REGIMENT OF THE 18TH ARVN DIVISION. We have beat the bushes in Binghamton, but no one remembers him, much less has a photo. If you can help, Id appreciate it. I have read the story about your close call while with the 52nd in March (Captain). A Vietnamese band plays music at Pleiku airport. We were used, one forward and one rear. At lot of foot work. results. I am sorry to hear that he is deceased. My wife has Fibro, asthma and gurd, so we are paying a lot of attention to each other. lol, Hi Joe.many thanks for your kind reply. I have an aerial pic of the Fire Base. I was tickled to death to see your post! Total Immersion but I got thru it and had an extension on my MOS. I worked for your father from September 68 through March 69. It wasnt long after that we received word that he was KIA. Never left the compound much except to catch a ride to saigon every once in awhile. I do remember being sprayed a few times but mostly Up north when I was with the C, 1/327th Inf 101st near Laos or central highlands with A 3/21st Inf 23rd Inf. Would the name of the E5 who had a wife and child be Dean Issacs or Andrew Strong? When I came to 4/48 in late June of 1968 there was a Captain who was Senior Battalion Advisor, who had been with 4/48 during Tet 1968 and left the Battalion about the 3rd week of July. Have some pictures of us at TM87 Compound. I think his last name was Williams. 2023 CriticalPast LLC. Dan, I was TDY to team 87 from 39th Sig Bat. If it helps he was also at Tet Offensive 2/19/68. I am sorry to tell you that Doug passed away Feb 6, 2006. I retired from the Border Patrol and now regret I didnt take more pictures of the Old Patrol. She deals with everything.VA has been pretty good. just wondering? He3 was nephew of Shopping, Medical, Marine Air Station, and VA Clinic in Yuma. Like to see the movie, Patton. I would appreciate any pictures from the area. 18th Div take over..Earned my pay as the Div Recon Platoon adviser. They built a little hut for a bar after i was there for a while. Locals try to identify dead. I can't tell from the listing on Amazon.com exactly when or where Starr served; probably 1968-69. I was with the 87th from Aug 65 to Feb 66 when i was trfrd to Team 97 in Bein Hoa. A cute nurse came in and he got a rise over it and was very happy that it still worked. Am still in contact with Dave White (LTG Ret), who was 18th Division Signal Offcer; and with Lt Mark Scully my #2 in 4/48th. Nothing like George in the movie but there were only the five of us so it wasnt a big command thing. I was there starting in December 69. Westmoreland tells media the communists are losing, Congress investigates Communists in Hollywood. Bill Coleman. Moneypenny was my immediate superior when I arrived. The base remains in use by the PAVN as a base for the 302nd Infantry Division, a component of the 7th Military Region (Vietnam People's Army). Thanks Ray. Also Maj. Perkins was his superior.. Also at that time there was a E7 or 8 sgt. Hope was lost when his 0-1 went down just outside of town. I was on the top when Husky let lose with their 175s it shook the crap out of the the Com-Tower. Never met the man. Infected the bone so lost my big toe, little toe and the bones on the side of my foot. Star but I do not know the details. We had to travel over there to see it. 69-70 I was with 1/327 Infantry 101st Airborne out of (shit I cant remember where our base camp was. Stay in touch, enjoy communicating with you. Had a friend in Ham Tan named John Fritz who served the same time period, anyone know his whereabouts today? Glad to hear you are still kicking. Is there anyone here Team 87 Xuan Loc, from august 1965 to April 1966? I was fortunate to have a former SF Sergeant with me on each operation. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you all. His mother died in 1976, and there were no relatives in the United States. I remember Pickron but I cant place you. I also have Kidney failure. Maj (R) Dick Thoma, Aloft 27.

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