Category: Vietnam

Ugly Angels in Vietnam

I served three tours in Nam, first tour 67 to 68. I have attached a picture of some ugly angels. These came in to drop off some Marines from the Float. They took out dead and wounded. This is on the beach about two klicks north of the mouth of the Cua Viet river where it meets the Tonking Gulf. The water you see behind it is the Gulf of Tonkin. I was with the 3rd Mar div. 1st Amphibious Tractor Bn. B Co. 2nd Plt. My track is B-24. I am taking these pictures from it. We were operating out of Camp Kistler. We are called Amgrunts. We did it all. Grunt, Trac, Artillery. The DMZ is about 4 more Klicks North of this picture. After they left we returned there. A Company of , I believe 3/1 had been hit and we were in support.
Art Johnson
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DaNang R&R

Hi Larry
Thanks for getting back to me. I have a funny story to tell you about an experience in Da Nang. While you were at the in-country R&R center at China Beach I was also in Da Nang visiting the Navy Hospital. After my hospital visit, which was only to control a severe acne condition, I sought out the China Beach R&R center to visit you. We did meet and hung out together for a few hours. The weather was dismal as it was the rainy season with cold and misty crud. I have photos taken on the beach looking north towards Monkey Mountain. They are at home and will send them to you later. read more

Milt on Watch

(Former) Sgt E5 Milton Hoch AKA “Spider” 1966-70

Don’t Need No Stinking Armor

SARGE: WE NO NEED NO STINKIN ARMOR. WE DROVE NIGHT AND DAY AND WHEN WE WERE AFOOT LOOKIN FOR THOSE STUPID ENOUGH TO BE LOOKIN FER US, WE STILL HAD NO ARMOR.
SF
Geo

Dong Ha 1968

Sgt. Grit,
Attached are some pictures i came across recently. The first 2 were taken in June 1968 while i was assigned to the FLSB in Dong Ha. The third picture is of my Basic Electronics class during 1966 I was a 2841 Ground Radio Repair.
Cpl. Ken Kurkowski
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The Walking Dead, 1975

This is the 9th Marines
The Walking Dead
Taken Camp Swab, Okinawa 1975
Days of Glory. We saved many lifes during EVAC, Saigon, Vietnam.
Semper Fi,
Cpl Birdsong
1973-1975

Gore’s Military Service or Bush?
Submitted by: Loyde P. “Snake” Arender

Gore or Bush?

Gore …. I think that I might have seen “Gore” ALL over Nam, especially “In the Bush” because I vividly Remember A Lot of Marines saying: ” There sure is a bunch of Blood, Guts, and GORE in the BUSH”. (Or was that spelled Goar ? ) Hell, I don’t know …. I was a PFC “grunt” …. WE didn’t know shit until it had already happened. read more

Vietnam Veterans
by Dr. D. N. Christensen, WW II Vet

(Reprinted with permission of Military magazine, 2122 28th St., Sacramento, CA 95818. A sample copy of Military may be obtained by writing to the above address)

The Democratic convention brought to memory their meeting in Chicago in 1968 which was totally disrupted by the Viet-Nam War protesters. Several of those people (Tom and Jane Fonda Hayden) were professional protesters appearing at numerous rallies. Protests were orchestrated in part by the American Communist Party and allegedly financed through secret connections with the Russian Communists. The purpose of the Viet-Nam War was never forcefully explained to the American public, and the communist inspired protests led many uninformed Americans to act in a most disgraceful way toward Viet-Nam veterans who served with great honor when our nation called. Perhaps some of your readers will recall Viet-Nam and 40 years of the Cold War. read more