!!! Advance Base !!! RACH SOI PAGE 2

Girl in Sampan

Girl in Sampan

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This girl is one of 5 which hung around the base on the canal.

This is the advanced base Rach Soi near Rach Gia on the western coast of the Mekong Delta. The Brownwater Navy, the Seabees and Seals were stationed here in 1970. I cannot find Rach Soi on any the map. It is on a canal near an airfield no more that 5 miles South from Rach Gia by road. Seabees, Seals and PBR Sailors were stationed at this base.

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THE RACH SOI PHOTO ALBUM

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A view of the Canal showing Vietnamese Navy Costal Patrol Boats

A local store for Ice and Rice

A Hilocopter flys low beyond the canal banks

The Canal Banks lined with shacks and boats

Across the road is the town of Rach Soi

Another view of Rach Soi

The Rach Gia Airport at Rach Soi

First Person I met when I arrived.

The Rach Soi Crew Cleaning the Kitchen.

A Seagoing junk Parked on opposite bank.

Five young girls in sampans looking for handouts.

A Boat crew photographed by Corpman Bill Luppeti HM3 [1967-1970].
EMAIL: bacsi1970[ at ]hotmail.com

Another Boat crew photographed by Corpman Bill Luppeti HM3 1967-1970

Four local kids photographed by Corpman Bill Luppeti HM3 1967-1970
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*** HAWLEY'S WEB BOOK *** THE BROWNWATER NAVY IN THE MEKONG DELTA BROWSE THESE WEB PAGES TABLE OF CONTENTS A 120 PLUS PAGE TOUR OF THE BROWNWATER NAVY IN THE MEKONG DELTA from 1966 - 1971 "MAIN PAGE with CONTENTS, INDEX and LINKS" "What this Web book is about" MEMORIAL PAGE The YRBM 16 Memorial Page It recieved a National 1998 TOP GUN Bronze Award MEMORIAL PAGE PBR 750 Memorial Page YRBMS Cruise by the YRBM 16 in Chou Doc Dock at the YRBM 17 in Dong Tam Travel with the YRBM 18 in My Tho and Ben Tre Visit the YRBM 20 in Chou Doc Drop in on the YRBM 21 on the Mekong SEA FLOAT AND THE SOUTHERN TIP Fly down to SeaFloat Step on to the Solid Anchor Site Operations near the Song Cau Lon Gunboats on the Song Cua Lon Cruise into Song Ong Doc REMOTE LOCATIONS Travel the hazardous Vinh Te CANAL to Tien Bien Observe Operations on the Vinh Te CANAL View Cambodia from the Vinh Gia ATSB Last Stop west on the Vinh Te is Ha Tien Watch the Recovery of PBR 139 at Tra Cu RIVERS AND SAMPANS Tour the Banks of the Bassac River Tour the Riverbanks of the Mekong River Junks and Sampans The View from above VINH LONG See the YRBM 20 in Vinh Long 1968-69 Dock at the APL 46 in Vinh Long OR Dock at the YR 9 in Vinh Long Stroll the docks at Vinh Long BINH THUY, DONG TAM and MY THO Float Down to Binh Thuy Walk the Riverbanks of My Tho See the Heavy Assualt Boat Base at Dong Tam MAJOR BASES AND SAIGON Visit the docks at Nha Be Take Leave on Plantation Road in Saigon Patrol the Harbor at Vung Tau Visit the Naval Base at Cat Lo RACH GIA and RACH SOI Tour the advance base Rach Soi Drive through Downtown Rach Gia BOATS PBR Boats Swift Boats Alpha Boats Assualt Boats: Tangos Monitors CCB Zippos And Water Cannon Boats Other Combat and Utility Boats Death of PBR 750 Life on the River RIVER SHIPS Combat River Ships in Vietnam River Support Ships in vietnam River Craft in Vietnam Gunboats on the Song Cua Lon Dock at USS Satyr ARL-23 Tug Boats of the Mekong Delta The Final Naval Exodus NORTH OF THE MEKONG DELTA Go north to Denang and I Corps Go north to Denang and I Corps Page 2 MISC PAGES The ARMYs Brownwater Fleet NEW PAGES OR MAJOR CHANGES FROM OCTOBER 2003 TO -none- minor edits only [Over 2100 Guestbook Entries] cataloged by number, location, Unit or Vessel. LINKS TO OTHER VETERAN'S SITES

           

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