Had rain all afternoon, Friday, September 24, 1971 Long Thanh North 7 pm stopped at Hue/Phu Bai, Monday, September 13, 1971 Da Nang We were flying inverted to take this photo. Select from premium Da Nang Air Base of the highest quality. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or (Letter Home) Later that year, the wing sent its first squadron to the Republic of Vietnam. All of them are unknown. Nui Ba Den = Mountain area I worked as complotter on Cobra Flight for about half my time at Nng. (no diary entries) (It was on the 18th I found out (Letter Home) (Letter Home) plumbing[ Rod Carbone photo ], A Gunfighter Phantom landing on the runway at Danang 1972 So wing maintainers and aircrews modified the mounting of an external 20-millimeter Gatling gun pod on the F-4Cs used for ground attack for use in air-to-air combat, and in less than a month, starting on May 14, 1967, the wings pilots had scored four MiG kills. (Letter Home) News stories from Monday July 5, 1971 . (Letter Home) Satellite XXX = refers to various U-21 aircraft used and maintained by our Shipped to Nha Trang notes I kept in my little diary book were little more than snippets of thought. (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Checked set of banks for cipher 1 mission 061 returned to Long Thanh 2 hrs. Sgt Timothy Krouse (see photo #9) from PA worked with me most or all of the time. It was used as an aerial firetruck by using an underslung pod. DA NANG A.B. An aircraft mechanic takes a smoke break outside the revetments at Tan Son Nhut Air base in 1970. Night Shift Avionics Supposed to ship to Da Nang Fires started from secondary blasts by bombs and fuel. CO = commanding officer, the big cheese (Letter Home) OFF, Monday, July 26, 1971 Vung Tau Sent two fixed ones back (Letter Home) By truck to Aviation Detachment of 2nd Signal Group, Long Thanh Airbase, (Letter Home) Supposed to go to NaTrang but turned back, Monday, May 3, 1971 Da Nang The "LA" on the tail indicates that this aircrew is part of the 4th Tactical Fighter Squadron. Pictures of Danang 11. OFF Night Shift Avionics, Wednesday, November 10, 1971 Long Thanh North Attack on Da Nang Air Base, RVN, by Monty Moore Da Nang AB was nicknamed "Rocket City" due to the large number of attacks by 122mm and 140mm rockets. Standby till Monday Went to Vung Tau by way of Can Tho and Binh Tuy to pick up 3 radio racks, Tuesday, August 3, 1971 Da Nang Harrelson = crew chief (Letter Home) Mission on standby, Friday, October 15, 1971 Long Than North June 8, 1969, Page 5 Buy Reprints. Sent three banks out got three more, Friday, July 30, 1971 Vung Tau Got clearing papers Stream Rocket Attack In Danang, Vietnam - 8 April 1970 by shampoocell on desktop and mobile. (Letter Home) The barracks burned to the ground after the rocket attack. Supposed to go back to Long Thanh tomorrow, Wednesday, February 24, 1971 Tuy Hoa, Long Thanh North (Letter Home) Did PM on CO's air conditioner, Saturday, June 12, 1971 Long Thanh North up 7 am (Letter Home) 's were killed and 36 wounded in the shelling. Avionics Standby at 7:30 pm. Took Urin test at Long Binh, Friday, December 17, 1971 Long Thanh North Sat in Avionics shop today (Letter Home) 600th Photo Squadron photographer Bill Diebold took this image in 1971 of a young Vietnamese girl intrigued by what I was photographing in a temple in Saigon. TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. 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. TDY = Temporary Duty, we got paid extra when we stayed at another city and Wednesday, August 4, 1971 Da Nang, Long Thanh North Rigged 000, 013, 061 for Relay standby to Da Nang (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Friday, October 8, 1971 Long Thanh North Guard duty, Tuesday, June 29, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) It was very heavily fortified and had a great air conditioning system which was a welcome luxury. Waiting. This is a digitized version of an article from The Timess print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Marble Mountain (Letter Home) Off morning To Vung Tau, returned 7 pm, Friday, August 13, 1971 Long Thanh North, Vung Tau Avionics, Tuesday, May 18, 1971 Long Thanh North 013, Wednesday, August 18, 1971 Da Nang Photo was given to me. Me on the M60. Avionics Saturday, April 17, 1971 Long Thanh North I was new to the Combat Documentation (ComDoc) team and my uniform shows it. 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. (Letter Home) Thursday, March 4, 1971 Da Nang Tuy Hoa = airfield (Letter Home) Return to Rick's Home Page. the letters home I wrote on the date of the diary entry. Back on standby just before I was to take off, Saturday, August 21, 1971 Da Nang could be installed side by side in the plane. Could not get through and they didn't call me, Tuesday, July 27, 1971 Vung Tau 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. 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. 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. Saw "Grasshopper" at main compound, Saturday, March 13, 1971 Da Nang Thursday, October 7, 1971 Long Thanh North Duff left this morning Coming back from chow. Got materials for USAFI course today (oceanography) Beginning in May 1972, the forces of the USAF were drawn down at Da Nang. 45 min. Photo #3 ( Nng AB): Me on the M60. 038 and 073 still left here, Monday, August 23, 1971 Da Nang (nothing), Wednesday, April 28, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) Burm detail building bunker 46 Got soaked working after 5 pm, Wednesday, June 30, 1971 Long Thanh North Started night shift today, Friday, September 10, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Deskin drunkerrrrr! Asked Skaggs about permanent tower guard, Wednesday, September 29, 1971 Long Thanh North, Nui Ba Den I took this photo of an army paratrooper while documenting the invasion of Cambodia by the Vietnamese army --with the assistance of U.S. troops. Got 2 banks working Photo #2A & 2B ( Nng AB): The results of one of the rocket attacks in 1971. In-processing at Long Binh till 3 am, on detail at supply till 3:30 am, Thursday, Jan 28, 1971 Long Binh (Letter Home) No good banks yet, Thursday, July 15, 1971 Vung Tau (Letter Home) Photo #7 ( Nng AB): (Letter Home) (Letter Home) (nothing), Monday, March 1, 1971 Long Thanh North As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Col. Dickinson came for inspection (Letter Home) HF = High frequency radio (Letter Home) (Letter Home) (Letter Home) (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Got batteries and mail, Thursday, July 29, 1971 Vung Tau (Letter Home) 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. Full text is unavailable for this digitized archive article. Davis put us in for E-4 today, Wednesday, April 21, 1971 Long Thanh North Worked Afternoon and till 11:30 pm, Sunday, November 14, 1971 Long Thanh North Got magazines (Letter Home) Behind her is the area that we referred to as "Dog Patch.". (Letter Home) Wednesday, February 10, 1971 Da Nang Burm detail (Letter Home) Will open in a new window. Mission never started MAFC = Main air force compound at Da Nang Saw movie "Norwood" at RPI, Thursday, April 29, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) Checked banks, Friday, June 18, 1971 Long Thanh North China Beach Rocket Attack on Danang. This is a digitized version of an article from The Timess print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. Saw band "Nitwits" at RPI, Monday, March 15, 1971 Da Nang All rights OFF, Monday, July 5. by Radio banks back from Phu Loi, Saturday, April 24, 1971 Long Thanh North Bought a couple of casettes today, Sunday, May 9, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) (Letter Home) 15 min. 1 mission 009 5 hr 10 min. **** TET 1968 Supposed to ship to Da Nang tomorrow. (Letter Home) 1 mission, 5.5 hours, up at 10 am, Wednesday, February 3, 1971 Da Nang Went to Long Binh and put in for TDY to Nha Trang, Vung Tau and Da Nang, Sunday, September 5, 1971 Long Thanh North PICTURES OF DANANG PAGE 11 ABC news covering the rocket attack July 5 1971 on Gunfighter Village [ Rod Carbone photo ] Bob Cummings 366th avionics maintenance squadron Danang 1971 [ Rod Carbone photo ] BX before the rocket attack [ Rod Carbone photo ] BX after the rocket attack [ Rod Carbone photo ] Direct Combat Assist and was basically a taxi flight), RR or RRT (Radio (Letter Home) Give this article. Headcount breakfast and dinner Headcount, Friday, December 3, 1971 Long Thanh North The Internet is a wonderful thing for us Vietnam vets. (Letter Home) China Beach for a while but too windy, Thursday, May 6, 1971 Da Nang My letters home were verbose, but in stark contrast the daily Supply detail till 11:30 am (Letter Home) Kinzel = pilot Got 3 new bad banks today Da Nang July 5 1971 (Letter Home) Hot at 5 AM, mission terminated at 11:30 am just before I was due to fly Put banks in conex, Tuesday, May 25, 1971 Long Thanh North Keyed guns + Casualty figures reflect all casualties, i.e., USAF, other military and civilians. I flew, the special assignments, the rocket attacks, the red alerts and the Play over 320 million tracks for free on SoundCloud. Got two sets of nomex liferized today CA = Combat assault mission (radio relay) (Letter Home) Need batteries Duff and Currin went south this morning A shot of me in our hut. (Letter Home) Avionics, Thursday, August 12, 1971 Long Thanh North, Vung Tau Left 0800 this morning On Tuesday, August 29, 2017 at 4:51:30 PM UTC-4, a425couple wrote: >> Does anyone remember the date of the rocket attack at DaNang in 72 that. (Letter Home) (Letter Home) (Letter Home) and was home and mustered out of the Army within a few days. Sgt Timothy Krouse (see photo #9) from PA worked with me most or all of the time.
