2 missions, DCS,038 to Vung Tau to pick up HYL-3's, 1 hr. Got one set of banks working The SP wearing the hat and smoking a pipe worked in Training, I think. Avionics, Sunday, May 23, 1971 Long Thanh North The Army is reporting a 2% heroin addiction rate for soldiers leaving South Vietnam. 3 G.I. 366th AMS, Mystery SP, Bob Hope. Electric off in hanger all day (Letter Home) Saw 'How to commit marriage' (Letter Home) Beginning in May 1972, the forces of the USAF were drawn down at Da Nang. (Letter Home) Checked some more problems with racks 30 min. Went to parade practice by chopper 1 mission, 5 hours, Satellite 013, Thursday, April 1, 1971 Da Nang See a recent photo of Richard here. By 4 pm had two banks working secure, Friday, July 16, 1971 Vung Tau Claybough, Kadramas, Obrient, Cheney, Skoog went south on 009 and 061 Mission = flight on U-21 or chopper, may be DCA(I think this stood for Went to see 'Move' at MAFC (Letter Home) home. Put transponder in 836 today, Wednesday, May 19, 1971 Long Thanh North Headcount, Monday, December 13, 1971 Long Thanh North Friday, October 8, 1971 Long Thanh North Got mail, Friday, May 28, 1971 Long Thanh North 45 min. actually flew the first radio relay flight for a mission to Nui Ba Den on this Half day off Went to Long Binh to pick up TDY pay, $148.38, Thursday, April 15, 1971 Long Thanh North 009 up 1:30 am Duration: 1 min 20 sec. (Letter Home) North Hot, Pool closed, game of Monopoly this evening This is My, our hut maid. It was very heavily fortified and had a great air conditioning system which was a welcome luxury. Nui Ba Den = Mountain area club= enlisted man's club on base Beckman says they will mail TDY money, Sunday, September 26, 1971 Long Thanh North Mission on standby, Friday, October 15, 1971 Long Than North Quit 6 pm, Wednesday, September 22, 1971 Long Thanh North Photo #3 ( Nng AB): Me on the M60. Waiting, Saturday, December 25, 1971 Da Nang Paulson = radio relay operator Saw 'Makenzie Break' at RPI, Wednesday, September 15, 1971 Da Nang [ Rod Carbone photo ] OFF Got 2 banks working (Letter Home) Band at RPI off morning, Avionics afternoon Results of a rocket attack 5 July, 1971 next to the Chow Hall. (Letter Home) (Letter Home) (Letter Home) MAFC = Main air force compound at Da Nang doing his duty for his country, serving his year in Vietnam. All of them are unknown. Arrived Bien Hoa, Vietnam 10:30 pm, Wednesday, Jan 27, 1971 Long Binh Got batteries and mail, Thursday, July 29, 1971 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, https://www.nytimes.com/1967/07/15/archives/12-americans-die-in-rocket-attack-on-danang-base-40-wounded-and-6.html. Thursday, August 5, 1971 Long Thanh North Guard duty bunker 6, Saturday, October 16, 1971 Long Thanh North Information about your use of this site is shared with Google. A shot of me in our hut. Keyed guns = set codes on radio encryption devices She was a very kind and caring lady. live band at the Rice Paddy in at 6 PM, Saturday, February 6, 1971 Long Thanh North, Tuy Hoa The number of enemy attacks throughout the remainder of the conflict earned Da Nang Air Base its well-deserved nickname: During it's final months in Southeast Asia before returning to the United States the wing earned it's second, 352nd Tactical Fighter Squadron, F-100D/F, deployed from the 354th TFW (Tail Code: VM), 389th Tactical Fighter Squadron, F-4C, component of the 366th TFW, 614th Tactical Fighter Squadron, F-100D/F, deployed from the 401st TFW (Tail Code: VP), 615th Tactical Fighter Squadron, F-100D/F, deployed from the 401st TFW (Tail Code: VZ). 45 min. (Letter Home) Supposed to ship to Da Nang tomorrow morning By November 1971, the 366th was the only United States tactical fighter wing still stationed in Vietnam. (Letter Home) Guard duty, Sunday, July 4, 1971 Long Thanh North 1 mission, 3 hrs 038 up 8:45 am Burm detail, Sunday, October 10.,1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) Pictures of Danang 9. An F4 high above the South China Sea off the coast of Vietnam. Korean floor show at RPI, Wednesday, September 1, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) Got pictures back from Montgomery Wards, Friday, March 19, 1971 Da Nang Note the message above the gun and the helicopter reflected in his sunglasses. Sgt Timothy Krouse (see photo #9) from PA worked with me most or all of the time. up 2 pm To see images from a return visit to Vietnam in 2006 click here. (Letter Home) The attack almost wiped out the 390th TFS, which had 18 of its Phantoms destroyed or badly damaged. Still a lot of problems, Tuesday, July 20, 1971 Vung Tau Due take off 10 am, Saturday, September 11, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) China Beach for a while but too windy, Thursday, May 6, 1971 Da Nang Wednesday, March 3, 1971 Qui Nhon, Da Nang Vietcong rocket attack on the U.S. Da Nang Airbase in Vietnam. (Letter Home) 1 mission, 5 hrs. Open to all Vietnam Veterans that served at DA NANG Air Base of ROCKET CITY from 1971-1972. (Letter Home) (Letter Got pictures from Wards Reparied mike cord on 420 Radio Relay (Letter Home) no mail (Letter Home) I grabbed my camera and ran outside to document the attack. Three soldiers were killed and 37 wounded in a rocket attack on Danang. (Letter Home) 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. Saw ' Danger Diabolic" at RPI, Thursday, August 26, 1971 Da Nang 10,000 ft. above Nui Ba Den Mountain(Letter Home) (Letter Home) 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. (Letter Home) China Beach today (Letter Home) (Letter Home) (Letter Home) (Letter Home) 1 mission, 5 hrs 15 min. Supposed to go to Vung Tau tomorrow, Wednesday, September 8, 1971 Long Thanh North, Vung Tau (Letter Home) Signal Group Aviation Detachment Gunfighter Village = Air force compound in Da Nang . Pulled guard from Noon to 6 pm on conex, Saturday, May 29, 1971 Long Thanh North Harrelson = crew chief never took off, Friday, March 12, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) The camera was a new Nikon F2 and I was as green in combat photography as the camera. (Letter Home) (Letter Home) [CBS] Presidential adviser Henry Kissinger is in South Vietnam; Vice President Spiro Agnew is in Singapore. Pictures of Danang 8. Got HYl-3's and Ky's but didn't get mail Saw "Fools" at MAFC, Tuesday, August 24, 1971 Da Nang This was a 5-second time exposure with a remote flash from the side so as to not affect the pilot's night vision. Got payed, Tuesday, June 1, 1971 Long Thanh North 1 mission, 013, 3 hrs. (Letter Home) 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. OFF The names, logos, and other source identifying features of newspapers depicted in our database are the trademarks of their respective owners, and our use of newspaper content in the public domain or by private agreement does not imply any affiliation with, or endorsement from, the publishers of the newspaper titles that appear on our site. Avionics Need HYL-3 (Letter Home) Rigged 000, 013, 061 for Relay standby to Da Nang The gun pod innovation and the MiG kills that followed earned the wing the nickname it carries today, the Gunfighters. During this period, the wing earned a. on Satellite 000 De-rigged 061 Rained all day De-rigged 071 OFF, Monday, November 15, 1971 Long Thanh North Avionics = working in the Avionics shop at Long Thanh North and there was just a big X thru each date), Sunday, November 28, 1971 Long Thanh North, Cam Ran, Nha 1 mission 009, 45 min. 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. MACV club, Saturday, September 18, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) Sirens blare, and 1 mission, 2 hrs, Satellite 000 (Letter Home) 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. Headcount, Saturday, December 11, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) (Letter Home) As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. news but for some reason the entries in the diary stopped for this period Bevins gave me a ride to 90th, Wednesday, December 22, 1971 Long Binh Guard duty 6 am - Noon for Duff Put radar antenna in 061, Saturday, June 26, 1971 Long Thanh North Avionics West German . . 1 mission, RR 027 4 hr. OFF, Monday, November 1, 1971 Long Thanh North Got amps back from 56th Friday, February 12, 1971 Da Nang plumbing[ Rod Carbone photo ], A Gunfighter Phantom landing on the runway at Danang 1972 (Letter Home) Vietcong rocket attack on the U.S. Da Nang Airbase in Vietnam HD Stock Footage CriticalPast 310K subscribers Subscribe 194 56K views 8 years ago CriticalPast is an archive of historic. (Letter Home) mission Got shots at dispensary (Letter Home) Stopped Cam Ran, Nha Trang, Quin Nhon, Marble Mountain, Hue/Phu Bai, Monday, November 29, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) (Letter Home) 140 mm rocket. Long Binh = airfield and military base + Casualty figures reflect all casualties, i.e., USAF, other military and civilians. Got payed today, Saturday, February 27, 1971 Long Thanh North I was new to the Combat Documentation (ComDoc) team and my uniform shows it. Attempted repair (Letter Home) standby at airfield 3 pm to 7 pm Saw 'Dirty Dingus McGee' at MAFC, Thursday, March 25, 1971 Da Nang It was not until March 1966, HQ 366th Tactical Fighter Wing, the 389th TFS and various support units of the wing entered the conflict and were reassigned to, 366th FIGHTER ASSOCIATION AUDENTES FORTUNA JUVAT, Outstanding Unit Award w/Combat V Citation 1970-72, Colonel Thomas Moe: American POW in North Vietnam, 366th Fighter Group Memorial Dedication Ceremony NMUSAF, 366th Fighter Group Monument Photo NMUSAF, 366th Fighter Group Memorial and Tree Photo At The NMUSAF, A-1 Airfield Memorial Dedication - France, In the early days at Da Nang, pilots were frustrated that they were missing opportunities to shoot down enemy MiGs because the F-4C lacked a cannon and its missiles were ineffective at short ranges. De-rigged 038, Monday, June 14, 1971 Long Thanh North To purchase. Burm detail building bunker 46 A Vietnamese Air Force (VNAF) A-37 drops a bomb on a position near Bien Hoa in 1971. Got soaked working after 5 pm, Wednesday, June 30, 1971 Long Thanh North Beckman went to party at German Hospital boat tonight, Friday, September 3, 1971 Long Thanh North 000 up 2 AM Photo #1 ( Nng AB): USO show in afternoon Night Shift Avionics, Saturday, November 6, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) (Letter Home) May have practice mission tomorrow, Sunday, October 3, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) Avionics Rained most of day, Tuesday, March 16, 1971 Da Nang A high number of casualties were Vietnamese civilians living in a village just east of DaNang Air Base. Put HF in 001, Monday, August 2, 1971 Long Thanh North, Can Tho, Binh Tuy, (Letter Home) Home) (Letter Home) Da Nang Air Base : Sapper & Rocket Attacks During The Vietnam War militaryvideocom 40.7K subscribers Subscribe 586 124K views 10 years ago This is a preview of our 78-minute video. (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Found good set of banks by using by using three rear banks plus parts, Wednesday, July 7, 1971 Long Thanh North 000, Monday, June 21, 1971 Nha Trang Stopped Bien Hoa for fuel (Letter Home) (Letter Home) (Letter Home) * The first attack was made by both mortars and sappers. Glen H. Myers An army tank driver near the Cambodian border. During the attack, Lieutenant Colonel Verle E. Ludwig's 1st Battalion, 9th Marines, south of Marble Mountain, came under small arms fire, but apparently this was a feint designed to fix the unit in its defensive positions. Just after midnight on July 5, 1971, I was literally knocked out of my bunk in DaNang by a huge explosion. Off morning ), Monday, December 20, 1971 Long Thanh North Avionics, Saturday, October 9, 1971 Long Thanh North 30 min. Will open in a new window. 009, down 5 pm, Wednesday, October 6, 1971 Long Thanh North 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 . Nui Ba Den. Send letter to gran (Letter Home) He now lives in Fort Collins and is active in state and local veterans affairs. (Letter Home) Seacord to Da Nang in 013 ABC news covering the rocket attack July 5 1971 on Gunfighter Checked banks, need new KY-28, Wednesday, July 14, 1971 Vung Tau Steve Lachance, motion picture officer Capt. (Letter Home) considered combat assault) HF = High frequency radio 30 min. Avionics nightshift, Tuesday, November 16, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) Rigged 073 before I left (Letter Home) R&U detail building APO (post office) Rocket Attack = refers to enemy 122mm rockets incoming. Standby at 7:30 pm. (Letter Home) The SP feeding ammo is unknown. Headcount, Sunday, December 12, 1971 Long Thanh North Off Checked out radios in 027 Back to Da Nang Arrived Da Nang Photo #5 ( Nng AB): Me on an APC. 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) Date: 1967, July 15. Sent two fixed ones back Checked the rest of the relay banks this morning RPI= Rice Paddy Inn, club on base in Da Nang (Letter Home) . (Letter Home) (Letter Home) usually stayed at the 37th Signal Battalion compound 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) Need batteries (Letter Home) (Letter Home) On detail building hangers out of cement tinker toys Put roll of slide film in Gunfighter PX, Friday, March 5, 1971 Da Nang, Phu Bai My hearing was permanently impaired by excessive noise exposure to loud jet engines during the war (without adequate ear protection). Photo #9 ( Nng AB): RRT Successful Rocket Attack on Danang. Saw 'the Statue' at RPI, Thursday, September 16, 1971 Da Nang Left 90th by C-130 to 510th Replacent in Da Nang, Friday, December 24, 1971 Da Nang page Burm detail cutting grass, Friday, July 9, 1971 Long Thanh North At the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial in Washington in 2007, my son P.J. (Letter Home) Portrait of the photographer as a young man in a Huey in 1970. Mission kicked off, I fly tomorrow morning, Wednesday, April 7, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) One of the four crewmen was hurt in the crashes. Avionics afternoon Vietnam Rocket City 1971-1972 | Upper Grand Lagoon FL Spent most of day at 12 Grp. This is one of our huts directly accrosed from the Armory. Burm detail [ Rod Carbone photo ]. (Letter Home) Home) nightshift avionics Put UHF control head in 009, Saturday, May 22, 1971 Long Thanh North 1971 As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Rigged = installed radio relay equipment in aircraft in preparation for Had rain all afternoon, Friday, September 24, 1971 Long Thanh North China Beach Saw 'the Undefeated' at M AFC, Wednesday, May 5, 1971 Da Nang Berry and Schenning left Keyed guns, put floor mike switch in 061, Mailed film to Wards, Friday, September 17, 1971 Da Nang We were flying inverted to take this photo. Those two banks didn't work this morning, blew fuses in 6 RT's (Letter Home) Sent $500 home (Letter Home) 013, Wednesday, August 18, 1971 Da Nang Shortly after this photo was taken we were escorted to the base commander by the air police. up 7 am 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. (Letter Home) 'Duh Hornets' band at RPI, Friday, April 30, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) Photo #6A, 6b, and 6c ( Nng AB): At the firing range. Put HF in 001, Monday, June 28, 1971 Long Thanh North Got magazines in mail today, Wednesday, March 10, 1971 Da Nang 30 min. (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Band at RPI tonight As you can see we had it pretty rough. On standby, Saturday, March 6, 1971 Da Nang Fires started from secondary blasts by bombs and fuel. Off this afternoon 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. Son Nhut Airspace. since it was also my way of knowing just how many days left I had to spend

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