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Record 782 Was on Tappahannock AO43 from March 68 til it was decomissioned Then went to USS Cree ATF84 was in R division on both Ships. Was off the coast of Nam a long time went in to do some welding more than once.
NAME = Philip D. Doss <EMAIL = ZigZagusn[ at ]aol.com> UNITs SHIPs BOATs = USS Tappahannock AO43 USS Cree ATF84 BASEs or LOCATIONS= All Over West Pac YEARs in VIETNAM = 4 west pacs FROM WHERE = Avinger, Tx
- Thursday, August 23, 2001 at 12:54:08 (PDT)
Record 769 I made my First Wes-Pac in Jan. 67 aboard the USS Princeton LPH5. Lost alot of our marines on that cruise, God bless them. Got orders and went to PBR Mobile Base One in about May of 68. Served with a great bunch of officers and enlisted men.Went up to Cua Viet to work on boats once and the rest of the time either on base or patrol.Mostly did fiberglass repair on the PBRs.Made another WES - Pac on the USS CREE ATF 84 chasing a Russian trawler up and down the coast of Nam.Hope any MB1 sailors or 521 sailors that see this have joined the MB1 site.
NAME = Richard Mckelvey <EMAIL = riverrat1969[ at ]aol.com> UNITs SHIPs BOATs = Naval Support Activity Da Nang BASEs or LOCATIONS= PBR Mobile Base One Tan My YEARs in VIETNAM = 67-68-69 FROM WHERE = Kiefer, OK REFFERED By = surfed in
- Friday, August 17, 2001 at 22:23:37 (PDT)
Record 755 Outstanding website! Five of us at a remote site (rocket and bombing range in Kitty Hawk, NC) volunteered for Operation Game Warden in 1965. However, they had no one to fill our billets at Duck Target and all our orders were changed to various other locations. So, I ended up on the flight deck of the Yorktown instead. You guys did a great job on the delta!
NAME = Bob Tryka UNITs SHIPs BOATs = USS Yorktown CVS 10 BASEs or LOCATIONS= Tonkin Gulf YEARs in VIETNAM = '66 FROM WHERE = Bronx, NY
- Friday, August 10, 2001 at 11:33:04 (PDT)
Record 734 We are trying to build a Veitnam War Museum have direct like from my website. Sign my guessbook and god bless you all. www.texas-hunt-fish-camp.com Tex
NAME = T Shaw WEB SITE = http://www.texas-hunt-fish-camp.com
<EMAIL = hunter24[ at ]airmail.net> UNITs SHIPs BOATs = USS Ranger CVA-61 4th Div YEARs in VIETNAM = 3 tours 65 to 68 FROM WHERE = Palo Pinto , TX REFFERED By = another vet.
- Friday, July 27, 2001 at 08:53:15 (PDT)
Record 856 Just a Amphib sailor, doing a 9 month WesPac cruise, we supported the FMF with landing crafts assault operation and ship to shore gunfire.
NAME = C. Quinnell <EMAIL = Locazul51[ at ]Yahoo.Com> UNITs SHIPs BOATs = USS Ogden LPD-5 BASEs or LOCATIONS= Da Nang , Cua Viet and DMZ YEARs in VIETNAM = 1969-1970 FROM WHERE = N.Central, Mt
- Monday, October 22, 2001 at 07:13:39 (PDT)
Record 881 I was a quartermaster on YFU-18, YFU-55, and LCU-1614. Made many trips to Hue, Dong Ha, Chu Lai, and a few to Sa Huynh. We also got involved in pulling the Third Marines out of Quang Tri back in November and December of 69. The last month of two of my tour was spent on LCU-1475, getting it fixed up to turn over to the RVN Navy. The RVN's needed a boat in much better condition than we Americans required. I have lots of photos, but have to dig them out.
NAME = Ron Mathis <EMAIL = rpmathis[ at ]email.com> UNITs SHIPs BOATs = USS Kitty Hawk CVA-63, YFU-18, YFU-55, LCU-1614, USS Pawcatuck, AO-108 BASEs or LOCATIONS= Yankee Station, NSA Danang, Mayport FL YEARs in VIETNAM = 4/69-4/70 FROM WHERE = Martinez, GA
- Monday, November 12, 2001 at 00:43:50 (PST)
Record 938 We were the first group from Minron 11 to go to Nha Be. I was 19 yrs. old and the first trip down the Long Tau was pretty scary, but before long we even went water skiing out there. Watched the Eastern Mariner sink at Nha Be after being exploded by the V.C. Our boat, MSB 16, was one of the first on scene at the Baton Rouge Victory after it was mined and beached.Heintz(not sure of spelling) and Underwood paid with their lives; close friend Rod Rickley paid with his life after I was stateside.
Spent 2 yrs. on the Epping Forest 67-68, made a few trips down to Vietnam. Because of the lack of rated boatswains mates they let me run an MSL for a while as a seaman. Epping Forest went through a typhoon on the way to Yokosuka that nearly did her in. An African American boatswain mate named White led a crew of volunteers into after steering, a potential death trap, and drained water away from steering telemotors saving the day. Hats off to you Mr. White. If any of this information sounds familiar get in touch.
NAME = Rick Tingley <EMAIL = rickandcarol[ at ]zianet.com> UNITs SHIPs BOATs = MSB 16 and USS Epping Forest BASEs or LOCATIONS= Nha Be and Sasebo YEARs in VIETNAM = 6 months 1966 FROM WHERE = Roswell, NM REFFERED By = surfing
- Saturday, December 15, 2001 at 11:41:19 (PST)
Record 954 I served in the Rigger shop at Binh Thuy (was a PR-3 at the time) from June, 1969 to June, 1970. I did a one month TDY to Cam Rahn Bay. I would love to hear from anyone else who was in that shop at that time. I've lost touch with all of them. I did a second tour off the coast of Vietnam on the Kitty Hawk (CVA-63) with VA-52 (an A-6 Intruder squadron). This was the WestPac of 1970-71.
NAME = Al Maxey WEB SITE = http://www.zianet.com/maxey
<EMAIL = maxey[ at ]zianet.com> UNITs SHIPs BOATs = FASU BASEs or LOCATIONS= Binh Thuy YEARs in VIETNAM = 6/69 - 6/70 FROM WHERE = Alamogordo, NM REFFERED By = Surfed In
- Friday, December 28, 2001 at 06:52:39 (PST)
Record 978 All I'm trying to do is find somebody that served aboard the "Ogden" from 1969 to 1973 and converse any information that we have in common to share with each other. I love each and everyone of the personnel I served with in the engine room of the LPD-5!!!!! I was a Boiler Technician .
NAME = Paul Smith <EMAIL = Psmith429[ at ]juno.com> UNITs SHIPs BOATs = U.S.S. Ogden LPD-5 YEARs in VIETNAM = 4
- Friday, January 11, 2002 at 14:37:06 (PST)
