By truck to Aviation Detachment of 2nd Signal Group, Long Thanh Airbase, Put C-1611 in 013, Monday, May 24, 1971 Long Thanh North The barracks next door had taken a direct hit from a V.C. Wednesday, August 4, 1971 Da Nang, Long Thanh North 1 mission DCS, 038, 2 hrs. It was very heavily fortified and had a great air conditioning system which was a welcome luxury. Me to Da Nang in 038 (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Off standby at 8 pm yesterday, scheduled for a 1 am flight but cancelled Put banks in conex, Tuesday, May 25, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) Saw "Fools" at MAFC, Tuesday, August 24, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) Paulson went back to get payed Sunday, June 6, 1971 Da Nang Mailed film to Wards, Wednesday, March 24, 1971 Da Nang 2 missions 027, up 3 pm, 6 hr. (Letter Home) These photos were taken from the back seat of another F-4. (Letter Home) MACV club, Sunday, September 19, 1971 Da Nang, Hue and AO, Long Thanh (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Photo #2A & 2B ( Nng AB): The results of one of the rocket attacks in 1971. To Vung Tau, returned 7 pm, Friday, August 13, 1971 Long Thanh North, Vung Tau Relay or Radio Relay Telephone which was our primary mission and were Returned to Long Thanh to get payed, Saturday, July 31, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) Click the image above for a flight chart of the Long Binh/Bien Hoa/ Tan Wasted day . Package due today, didn't come Had day off till 6:30, worked till 10:30, Wednesday, October 27, 1971 Long Thanh North If the resized images on this page are used in other locations, please credit as watermarked. Got payed $348 OFF (Though I didn't record it in this diary I Cleaned weapon (Letter Home) Shipped to Da Nang (Letter Home) Saw 'How to Frame a figg' at MAFC Checked banks in 027, ok (Letter Home) OFF, Thursday, December 16, 1971 Long Thanh North, Long Binh 1 mission 061 returned to Long Thanh 2 hrs. Left Ft. Dix 8:00, Tuesday, Jan 26, 1971 Bien Hoa All of them are unknown. Finally got mail, Monday, March 8, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) Burm detail RR to Nui Ba Den, Thursday, September 30, 1971 Long Thanh North, Nui Ba Den (Letter Home) (Letter Home) On ammo detail to Long Binh, Friday, July 2, 1971 Long Than North, Vung Tau As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. should get flight pay and PFC. (Letter Home) 2 hr. Headcount, Tuesday, December 7, 1971 Long Thanh North At the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial in Washington in 2007, my son P.J. amps (Letter Home) Washed clothes at officers quarters Full text is unavailable for this digitized archive article. (Letter Home) (Letter Home) (Letter Home) since it was also my way of knowing just how many days left I had to spend May have practice mission tomorrow, Sunday, October 3, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) Nng CSC in 1971. OFF Saw band "Nitwits" at RPI, Monday, March 15, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) Back to Da Nang Due take off 10 am, Saturday, September 11, 1971 Da Nang Checked some more problems with racks (Letter Home) Just after midnight on July 15, the first rockets were fired at the airbase. Three of these Shipped to Nha Trang Company party to celebrate new hot water heater, Sunday, November 7, 1971 Long Thanh North The same aircraft in the photo above releases two bombs on an NVA truck park on the Ho Chi Minh Trail in the jungle below. Long Binh = airfield and military base (Letter Home) Caught some rays on the bunker, OFF, Monday, September 6, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) Rocket Attack on Danang. Davis put us in for E-4 today, Wednesday, April 21, 1971 Long Thanh North (nothing), Monday, February 8, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) Worked on Satellite 679 and061 this morning, Monday, May 10, 1971 Long Thanh North Worked morning, off afternoon, worked night. Quit 7:30 pm, Wednesday, November 3, 1971 Long Thanh North Avionics nightshift, Tuesday, November 16, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) Put HF in 001, Monday, August 2, 1971 Long Thanh North, Can Tho, Binh Tuy, (Letter Home) 20 min. Marble Mountain mission cancelled, keyed guns, Wednesday, March 31, 1971 Da Nang This is a digitized version of an article from The Timess print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. there. Off morning Nng AB Got soaked working after 5 pm, Wednesday, June 30, 1971 Long Thanh North start flying tomorrow night, Tuesday, March 30, 1971 Da Nang comings and goings of my fellow GI's all received equal and matter of fact (Letter Home) Printed a few more pictures, Wednesday, June 2, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) Wasted time Had lunch and supper at the club, Monday, April 19, 1971 Long Thanh North Sat in avionics shop all day, Wednesday April 14, 1971 Long Thanh North, Long Binh 1 mission CA 4 hr. 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. Satellite XXX = refers to various U-21 aircraft used and maintained by our (Letter Home) 009, down 5 pm, Wednesday, October 6, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) (Letter Home) DaNang Air Base was known as "rocket city" for the number of attacks that occurred there between 1965 and 1973. Avionics - radar in 038 Yesterday United States B52 bombers struck North Vietnam ese infiltration routes just south of the demilitarized zone. (Letter Home) Supposed to ship to Da Nang Phu Bai = airfield Standby till Monday (Letter Home) Saturday, June 5, 1971 Da Nang Night Shift Avionics. Went to China Beach, used roll of film coming back through the villages, Sunday, February 14, 1971 Da Nang An F4-E Phantom of the 366th Tactical Fighter Wing in DaNang heads for a bombing mission on the Ho Chi Minh Trail in northwest Vietnam. (Letter Home) (Letter Home) KP = Kitchen patrol, working in the mess hall occasionally things get blown up. (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. Put radar in 013 and 061, Sunday, August 1, 1971 Long Thanh North 1 mission, practice, 061 5 hrs. Images from the French and Italian Alps - June 2011, Dr. Seel's Academic Survival Tips for First-Year Students. 1 mission, 013, 3 hrs. (Letter Home) (Letter Home) More rocket attack damage. The SP wearing the hat and smoking a pipe worked in Training, I think. [ Rod Carbone photo ]. The three #'s (000, 013, 038, etc.) (Letter Home) Checked banks, Friday, June 18, 1971 Long Thanh North Information about your use of this site is shared with Google. Mailed film to Wards. (Letter Home) Korean floor show at RPI, Wednesday, September 1, 1971 Da Nang See the article in its original context from. It was very heavily fortified and had a great air conditioning system which was a welcome luxury. (Letter Home) These airmen worked very long hours to keep the planes repaired and in the air. 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. Rained at 1 pm Kadremas = radio relay operator (Letter Home) Fires started from secondary blasts by bombs and fuel. Got SP4 today *** The first time that rockets were used in RVN by the Viet Cong/North Vietnamese Army. Pictures of Danang 11. short-timers (Letter Home) President Nixon denied the next day that there were U.S. troops on the ground in Cambodia, so these photos were never released. China Beach Thursday, October 7, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) Arrived at 10:30, 1 mission 2 hrs. Found out I had guard on bunker 2 at 9 pm, walked out, Wednesday, August 11, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) 15 min. (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Whole day at China Beach, Sunday, February 21, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Standby Radio Relay Standby at 7:30 pm. 1 mission 009, 45 min. Got payed, Tuesday, June 1, 1971 Long Thanh North One of the four crewmen was hurt in the crashes. Installed FM controller head, transponder and PATC and ATC = info on the Appalachian trail Burm detail building bunker 46 Quit 7:30 pm, Wednesday, November 18, 1971 to Saturday, November 27, Pay day, $387, Wednesday, December 1, 1971 Long Thanh North RRT Successful Arrived Da Nang Mission never started (Letter Home) Anyone can read what you share. Photo #3 ( Nng AB): 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. Checked radio banks 1 mission, 5 hrs. Finished reading 'Earth Tool Kit', Monday, August 30, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) picked up three pants from tailor, put two in, Sunday, March 14, 1971 Da Nang notes I kept in my little diary book were little more than snippets of thought. Anyone can read what you share. By 4 pm had two banks working secure, Friday, July 16, 1971 Vung Tau My hearing was permanently impaired by excessive noise exposure to loud jet engines during the war (without adequate ear protection). (Letter Home) Cheney = crew chief (Letter Home) (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Mess hall got hit by rocket this morning about 4:30 am while I was gone (Letter Home) OFF, read a couple books, Monday, July 19, 1971 Vung Tau Vietnam Rocket City 1971-1972 | Upper Grand Lagoon FL 1 mission 4 hrs. Deskin drunkerrrrr! The temple is a key tourist attraction in the area today. 15 min. We started flying this morning at 1 am, put back on standby at noon, I (Letter Home) (nothing), Monday, April 12, 1971 Long Thanh North, Long Binh Friday, February 12, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) Took banks out of 000 Me on my bunk. Kinzel = pilot Completed lesson 2 of USAFI course, Friday, June 25, 1971 Long Thanh North Off (Letter Home) Saw 'Paint your wagon' at MAFC Just after midnight on July 5, 1971, I was literally knocked out of my bunk in DaNang by a huge explosion. Started night shift today, Friday, September 10, 1971 Long Thanh North Put on standby 9 pm, Friday, August 20, 1971 Da Nang Got HYl-3's and Ky's but didn't get mail Steve Lachance, motion picture officer Capt. (Letter Home) Pleiku = airfield Preparing to fly an air-to-air photo assignment in a F-100 Super Sabre with the 35th Tactical Fighter Wing at Phan Rang Air Base in Vietnam in 1970. Supposed to go back to Long Thanh tomorrow, Wednesday, February 24, 1971 Tuy Hoa, Long Thanh North identified the aircraft and were Going to Vung Tau tomorrow, Tuesday, July 13, 1971 Vung Tau Keyed guns for mission starting 6 am, Monday, April 5, 1971 Da Nang Burm detail 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 tracing through nearby buildings, mili tary sources said today. TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. See the article in its original context from. Beckman came, Murphy left, Sunday, August 29, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) Those two banks didn't work this morning, blew fuses in 6 RT's TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. Night Shift Avionics Hooked front bank as middle band with 3rd as spare, Monday, May 17, 1971 Long Thanh North worked through lunch so afternoon off. SAIGON, South Vietnam, Saturday, July 15-Enemy gunners blasted the huge American air base at Danang with 50 rounds of rocket fire early this morning, killing 12 United States servicemen and wound- ing 40, the military command announced. Got pictures back from Montgomery Wards, Friday, March 19, 1971 Da Nang An aircraft mechanic takes a smoke break outside the revetments at Tan Son Nhut Air base in 1970. considered combat assault) (Letter Home) stopped at Tuy Hoa, Sunday, February 7, 1971 Long Thanh North Night shift avionics, Tuesday, November 30, 1971 Long Thanh North

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