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ARMY YFU on the Song Cua Viet

ARMY YFU on the Song Cua Viet

ARMY YFU 81 on the Song Cua Viet in I Corps.





This photo courtesy of Robert Garcia
EMAIL: Beau[ at ]2Die4.com
He is sitting by his 50 cal. at the mouth of the Cua Viet on the YFU 81, 329th Transportation Co. HvBt, 5th Transportation Command, Army --
[damn, still remember that stuff]

One YFU of only about 9 YFU boats in 1971


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Stingray View
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View of Mobile Riverine Forces from a Stingray Huey

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The ARMY on Water
The ARMY on Water
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The ARMY on Water 2
A Howitzer on a Barge
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A Howitzer on a Barge
3 Floating Artillery Platforms
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3 Floating Artillery Platforms
A Floating 105 Artilley Boat
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A Floating 105 Artilley Boat
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THEY FLEW IN SUPPORT OF NAVY OPS

THE FOLLOWING PHOTOS ARE THE COURTESY OF JEFF NOBLE, LTC (RET)

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We The Stingrays, were the gunship company of the divisional aviation unit for the 9th Inf. We flew counter mortar and contact only (however, I remember boring a lot of wholes in the sky covering Riverine insertions all over the Delta. We had aircraft that landed on your ships from time to time. And more than once, we saved the some Seawolf tail!
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The Hog
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The Hog
The best mechanic on the line is holding our Hog in his hands.
TheCrew
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The Stingray Crew
Notice how our trusted crew chief and gunner stand inboard of the mini-guns that they're supposed ot have saftied!
The Frog
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The Frog - 40 mm Nose Gun

The nastiest nose in the business. It'll drip 250 40MM rounds per minute. That's why we don't let it catch cold." This aircraft was the Riverines best friend. We had two of them in the unit. The 40MM could be placed right along a shore line to keep the bad guys heads down while you made passage. In addition, the 40MM would explode in the water with tremendous concussion. I remember using it several times when they thought Chuck was either sending some swimmers to do a bridge or when they thought he had submerged some explosives, like a mine, and set them to float down stream toward the boats.
The Loach
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The Loach
We did not have these in B Co. They were in our DivArty and some in HHC for use as LNO ships. However, they did spend a lot of time flying on and off your ships."
The Snake
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The Snake
We never really appreciated our Charlie Models until we got these. They were almost useless at night when we flew most of our missions because of glare on the Plexiglass canopy and because we only had two sets of eyes instead of four.

VIEW FROM ARMY YFU 81
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VIEW FROM ARMY YFU 81 at Hue
Was only about 9 YFU boats in 1971.
I gather we inherited them from the Navy ---
In 1971 the amenities on board didn't work very good.
But, we carried on for you earlier "boaties" of both branches because the Viets did next to nothing.

This photo courtesy of Robert Garcia
EMAIL: Beau[ at ]2Die4.com





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