dong tam/viet nam,operation seafloat/solid anchor/nam can/viet nam.
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there is a library/hall of records in DC. check back in a cpl of days i'll get the address for you
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You might find this web site useful: "The Vietnam Conflict: Coming Home, by Bill Hunt."
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HHC 1st BN 35th Inf RCN PLT 3rd (Bastard) BDE 25 Inf 19 July 1966-2Feb 1968........I apologize for not being a Marine son....but I'll try to answer your question. I actually staid beyond my tour, I started to like it.....no explanation. I got there early on in that mess, which was a good thing, I &II CORP set up a hasty RECONDO school near NhaTrang, nine(9) weeks, our instructors were mostly the advisors that the Kennedy Admin. had sent there in 64-65. The only qualifacations, were at least five jumps, they wern't real big on PT, we had a lot to learn about the gooks, what the hell, they only had 120 years on us......they tryed to teach us 120 years of combat skills in nine weeks and three days. To give us an idea of what we were up against, they took us to this place called Quang Yang pass,it's a route out of the mountains to the port in Qui Nhon. I'll try to make it short. It was in the early fifties, the French had just surrendered, to, at that time, was the Viet-Minh. It was a narrow, twisting, two sidewalk size road, cut into the side of that mountain. Over the edge was strait down. It was the only way out of the country,for the French to get to ships. Remember, they had surrendered, the gooks ambushed them, stopped the lead vehicles, blocked the retreat......it was a turkey shoot. Just like when we were there, they didn't have much for weapons, old French stuff, British Enfields, not a lot of automatics, they pushed big boulders on them, hot oil, burning coals, they damm near wiped out three(3) Divisions of French soldiers. The trees still don't grow there, that has to be one of the scary places on the planet. Needless to say, these guys we had for instructors were ex-spooks, SOG, I payed attention to everything.....I wouldn't be surprised, if some of the stuff we got, added new chapters to the Recon Handbook. So, in the beginning, we only had one mission..........hunt gooks. Early in 67, we started doing our real job, we were undermanned, but who wasn't, we had twenty(20) guys in the platoon, we didn't go out full strenght as much. We'd operate squad size, some time, five(5) guys, we had stuff though, two(2) M-60's, everyone had ammo to carry, two(2) M-79's, that was before they had that fancy stuff underneath the 16, I carried a Steven-Savage 12 Ga. pump, every other time we would get This Black kid....Jefferson.....had one of the last M14- E2, that guy could put out some lead, I didn't mind carring four(4) or five(5) magazines for him. Well, there you go, maybe I've given you some idea, as you can see......sometime we were sent just to start fights, so the brass could see what you're up against.......that's Recon..........DON'T MEAN NOTHIN....WHHOOO....AAAHHHHH
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Shhhhh...  It happened on Johnson's watch.  Can't have bad things happen on a Democrats watch.  I'm sorry you had to go through that.  When war gets mixed with POLITICS, the only looser is the guy in the trench.  We had stuff almost as bad happen in Viet Nam. \n\nSigned:  Another Guy in the Trench
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As salaam au alaikum. Okay, so this year at ISNA, one of my missions is to drive the macking into total remission. The way I, or shall I say we, will do this is by creating ISNA secret forces: the anti-mack. We will flog those who mack with wet noodles. J/K. No violence. But EXTREME embarrasment will be our form of torture for the mackers. Mackers watch out: those who desire to be of aid, post :)
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Yes, currently the chinese govt manages a port on the West coast. Apprently its run quite efficiently.
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How about an old SEXY soldier VIET-NAM era?
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In lovely Afghanistan they run mounted patrols. Pull security on convoys. They have a tough job.
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1/NATO\n2/Cuban missiles\n3/gulf of Tomkin
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I'm a Viet Nam vet.  I might talk with you, depends on what you want to know.  Check my profile.
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Have worked with a few differnt countries spec ops groups over the years. Would have to say that the Thai Spec Ops (these happen to be Thai marines) were tops on my list. The Malay were a close second. For anywhere in the world (desert, jungle, sea, mountain..) I would still have to go with the SEALS.
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I have heard smth about sea wead.
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If you find something please let me know, feel free to E-mail me, I'm in Vietnam for 19 Years, my Dad was in the war but do not know much about him, I do want to find some but do not know where to start.\nmailt4@yahoo.com
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Colonel Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller in Korea 1950.  be well.
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my guy came back alive and for that i am thankful.  he is set to redeploy again.  they planted trees on his base for the fallen soldiers from their platoon and it was sad to see the kids out there not wanting to leave those trees because they wanted to be with their parents.  my guy cried like a baby.  yes it is time to pull out and bring them home, for moral reasons not for political.
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YES, I was stationed in South Vietnam when I saw it. I was with ACC, Long Binh,RVN From 25 December 1970 - 3 December\n1971!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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True,true.\n\nGood Point.Only dont expect a bunch of overweight rednecks to actually learn anything from Vietnam.