(Letter Home) Capt. Off morning Sunday, April 18, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) ran our missions from there. A formation of F-100s of the 35th Tactical Fighter Wing fly over the ancient Cham temple south of their base at Phan Rang. 1 mission CA 4 hr. Avionics, Saturday, October 9, 1971 Long Thanh North Tower guard 6 am to noon Always wear ANSI approved safety goggles when reading posts by, http://www.redhorseassociation.org/forum/index.php?topic=3722.0. (Letter Home) Date: 1967, July 15. Skoog = crew chief No mail SAIGON, South Vietnam, Monday, July 5 (UPI)A mor tar barrage by enemy gunners struck a barracks filled with sleeping American soldiers at an air base in Danang at mid night and sent flames . Got 2 banks working Behind her is the area that we referred to as "Dog Patch.". Went to parade practice by chopper 000, Monday, June 21, 1971 Nha Trang (Letter Home) Night Shift Avionics, Thursday, November 11, 1971 Long Thanh North Photo #3 ( Nng AB): (Letter Home) (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Saw 'How to commit marriage' 9 missions, 009, 1 hr. 20 min. "Early Out" which meant not only that I'd be leaving Vietnam, but getting out of night shift cancelled, Tuesday, September 21, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Guard duty bunker 4, Saturday, September 25, 1971 Long Thanh North 1 mission, 013, 3 hrs. (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Subscribers may view the full text of this article in its original form through TimesMachine. In five minutes, they had expended their ammunition. (Letter Home) Arrived Da Nang 2 pm DANANG AIRBASE, REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM - william-liddell.com Duff and Kelm went to Da Nang this morning, Tuesday, April 20, 1971 Long Thanh North Took radar out of 061, de-rigged 013 and 038 The barracks burned to the ground after the rocket attack. Didn't fly, standby, Sunday, May 16, 1971 Long Thanh North Relay or Radio Relay Telephone which was our primary mission and were Saw movie 'the Great Bank Robbery' at main compound, Sunday, March 21, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) Left 90th by C-130 to 510th Replacent in Da Nang, Friday, December 24, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) Off rest of day, Tuesday, December 14, 1971 Long Thanh North Saw 'the Statue' at RPI, Thursday, September 16, 1971 Da Nang Rockets Kill 12 at Danang - The New York Times (Letter Home) Later that year, the wing sent its first squadron to the Republic of Vietnam. nightshift avionics (Letter Home) Scary. Saw 'How to Frame a figg' at MAFC Headcount = Checking in GI's at meals at the mess hall, a gravy job for Rigged 009, Sunday, October 24, 1971 Long Thanh North, Pleiku Sylvester = radio relay operator I remember the XM-174 grenade launcher could put out 12 rounds before the first one hit the ground. 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. standby, Tuesday, October 5, 1971 Long Thanh North Bevins gave me a ride to 90th, Wednesday, December 22, 1971 Long Binh Due take off 10 am, Saturday, September 11, 1971 Da Nang For what it's worth here it is 'as is,' maybe worth little to anyone but These rockets had a range of several miles and were deadly. Off morning I was new to the Combat Documentation (ComDoc) team and my uniform shows it. Departed Pleiku, returned to Long Thanh, Tuesday, October 26, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) Guard duty midnight to 6 am, Monday, May 31, 1971 Long Thanh North 10,000 ft. above Nui Ba Den Mountain(Letter Home) I grabbed my camera and ran outside to document the attack. live band at the Rice Paddy in at 6 PM, Saturday, February 6, 1971 Long Thanh North, Tuy Hoa (Letter Home) I experienced rocket attacks, an ammunition dump explosion, total boredom, drug busts, police raids, China Beach, and the birth of my daughter, Rebecca. (Letter Home) Picked up TDY to Vung Tau and Nha Trang This is a shot of a young girl talking to one of the bunker guards. (Letter Home) Supposed to go to Vung Tau tomorrow, Wednesday, September 8, 1971 Long Thanh North, Vung Tau (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Full text is unavailable for this digitized archive article. (Letter Home) CA = Combat assault mission (radio relay) 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. Didn't get payed 000, Wednesday, June 23, 1971 Long Thanh North A summary of these attacks can be found on the Web site of the 366th Tactical Fighter Wing. Got pictures back from Montgomery Wards, Friday, March 19, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) Went to Freedom Hill PX and bowling alley today, Sunday, April 4, 1971 Da Nang Rocket Attack on Danang - The New York Times Put radar antenna in 061, Saturday, June 26, 1971 Long Thanh North Keyed guns, put floor mike switch in 061, Worked on Satellite 679 and061 this morning, Monday, May 10, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) Arrived Pleiku, Monday, October 25, 1971 Pleiku Wednesday, June 9, 1971 Long Thanh North 30 min 073, Thursday, August 19, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) The SP wearing the hat and smoking a pipe worked in Training, I think. Jeff Mitton. Had lunch and supper at the club, Monday, April 19, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) They took our M-16's away from us today, Thursday, May 13, 1971 Long Thanh North An army tank driver near the Cambodian border. (Letter Home) Tay Ninh (Letter Home) since it was also my way of knowing just how many days left I had to spend Saw 'Graduate' at main compound, Monday, March 22, 1971 Da Nang each, Thursday, September 9, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) We were flying inverted to take this photo. Saw 'Joe' at MAFC 1 mission, DCS, 013 1 hr. Anyone can read what you share. Please email if you can provide additional information about these photos and the people in them. (Letter Home) Took flight physical, Tuesday, March 2, 1971 Long Than North (Letter Home) (Letter Home) (Letter Home) marks the name of Airman First Class Frederick R. Neef, 600th Photo Squadron photographer killed in Vietnam. (Letter Home) (Letter Home) (Letter Home) The Internet is a wonderful thing for us Vietnam vets. (Letter Home) Slept all day, Sunday, June 20, 1971 Nha Trang Expecting typhoon tonight, Sunday, May 2, 1971 Da Nang It's the Douglas C-133. (Letter Home) Avionics Got SP4 today Davis mentioned E5 board, Friday, August 6, 1971 Long Thanh North Supposed to be on burm detail but cancelled Photo #5 ( Nng AB): Me on an APC. Seacord = radio relay operator Checked radio banks [ Rod Carbone photo ], Taken of me in a f-4 Danang 1971 [ Rod Carbone photo ], Took this one out on the flightline Dec. 1971 [ Rod Carbone photo ], Gunfighter PilotsDec.1971 short-timers (Letter Home) 366th Security Police Squadron DA NANG A.B. Keyed guns = set codes on radio encryption devices Got materials for USAFI course today (oceanography) Saw "Love Bug" at the RPI tonight, Thursday, February 18, 1971 Da Nang Saturday, April 10, 1971 Long Thanh North A 460th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing RF-4C Phantom is preflighted for a night mission in 1970. Asked Skaggs about permanent tower guard, Wednesday, September 29, 1971 Long Thanh North, Nui Ba Den . 009, down 5 pm, Wednesday, October 6, 1971 Long Thanh North Night shift Avionics OFF, Sunday, October 31, 1971 Long Thanh North actually flew the first radio relay flight for a mission to Nui Ba Den on this Burm detail in morning Rocket Attack = refers to enemy 122mm rockets incoming. (Letter Home) The attack almost wiped out the 390th TFS, which had 18 of its Phantoms destroyed or badly damaged. unit. (Letter Home) Select from premium Da Nang Air Base of the highest quality. Sgt. Got haircut, Friday, May 14, 1971 Long Thanh North Keyed guns, played pool and pingpong I assume it was a hit on one of the POL areas judging from the heavy black smoke. Pictures of Danang 9. It was a dirty, wet, miserable job repairing the aluminum-plated runway under fire at the Khe Sanh marine base in northwestern Vietnam. If the resized images on this page are used in other locations, please credit as watermarked. (Letter Home) Checked relay banks all day, Friday, April 16, 1971 Long Thanh North Got mail, Friday, May 28, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) Davis put us in for E-4 today, Wednesday, April 21, 1971 Long Thanh North Davis = Sgt. (Letter Home) June 8, 1969. DaNang Air Base was known as "rocket city" for the number of attacks that occurred there between 1965 and 1973. (Letter Home) Put in for TDY pay Burm detail cutting grass, Friday, July 9, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) 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 Home) finished roll of slide film, Sunday, March 28, 1971 Da Nang danang rocket attack july 5, 1971 Friday, October 8, 1971 Long Thanh North Kelm and I came back at 2 pm, left Da Nang, stopped at Marble Mountain, Saturday, May 8, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) Monday, Jan 25, 1971 USA At the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial in Washington in 2007, my son P.J. 027 sabotaged Supposed to ship to Da Nang tomorrow. APC = Armored personnel carrier PFC = Private First Class rank By 4 pm had two banks working secure, Friday, July 16, 1971 Vung Tau (Letter Home) B-52 ground crew members stand near their aircraft under dramatic skies near the Gulf of Thailand. Sent two fixed ones back Avionics afternoon (Letter Home) Anyone can read what you share. Nui Ba Den. Was honored as. Kelm = radio relay operator Night shift Avionics Night Shift Avionics Repaired two amps (pin pulling out - blue wire), Wednesday, July 28, 1971 Vung Tau
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