Ultradog MN
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Thanks Gary!
Go Navy!
Go Navy!
Anonymous-0
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...Never Forget... Tonkin Bay Yacht Club... sin loi...
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DUCK;
Just HAD to reply to this. Some memories I have of LONG past incidents.
Spent many hrs. in Tonkin Bay, on the "Ramblin Ghost of the Laos Coast"
Been so long ago I can't remember the dates.......
APA 248, USS Paul Revere!!!!!
Sin Loi....
Gary
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6869704x4
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Dan, cool, good to hear.
Their callsign became "Spooky".
It was cool taking the guship to airshows and having Viet Nam Vets come up,
shake my hand, and thank me for saving their lives.
Made me proud, even though I was too young to have been there.
I’ve had the pleasure of meeting Col (Ret) Ron Terry, the man who sold the Air Force on the idea
of the side firing gunship. Very smart guy.
GB, your welcome. Always good to hear positve customer feedback
old
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- Camdenton Missouri
6 years in the Navy as an E.T. 1974-1980
Bill No MN
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1yr 7mo Mn NG 4yrs Navy 1956-1960 God bless our service people. -Bill
Hobo,NC
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- Sanford, NC
To my Dad 1925 to 1990
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(quoted from post at 11:25:40 11/11/08)
Dan, cool, good to hear.
Their callsign became "Spooky".
It was cool taking the guship to airshows and having Viet Nam Vets come up,
shake my hand, and thank me for saving their lives.
Made me proud, even though I was too young to have been there.
I’ve had the pleasure of meeting Col (Ret) Ron Terry, the man who sold the Air Force on the idea
of the side firing gunship. Very smart guy.
GB, your welcome. Always good to hear positve customer feedback
Here is Puff:
Ed S.
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- Middle Tennessee
I just got back from a visit with my Dad, who served as a submariner during the Korean "conflict" on the Burrfish. Dad had invited us to the annual Submarine Memorial Service at Kings Bay, GA, and two of my three brothers, along with my sons and one nephew were able to make it.
The service was very moving, particularly as the names of the 52 subs lost during and since WWII (representing approximately 3,500 men) were read slowly, accompanied by the tolling of a ship's bell. We were able to visit with several submariners and hear their stories and thank them for their service.
From Kings Bay, we drove up to Charleston, SC to visit friends, and took all their kids to Patriot's Point, where I took them through the CV-15 Yorktown as well as the Clamagore, sharing what stories I remember from my Dad as we went through.
Thanks, guys, for your service and sacrifice!
es
The service was very moving, particularly as the names of the 52 subs lost during and since WWII (representing approximately 3,500 men) were read slowly, accompanied by the tolling of a ship's bell. We were able to visit with several submariners and hear their stories and thank them for their service.
From Kings Bay, we drove up to Charleston, SC to visit friends, and took all their kids to Patriot's Point, where I took them through the CV-15 Yorktown as well as the Clamagore, sharing what stories I remember from my Dad as we went through.
Thanks, guys, for your service and sacrifice!
es
Bruce (VA)
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The AF was using C-130's as gun ships by the time I got to VN in 1969. That was simply awesome.
As a grunt on the ground, any kind of air support was welcome, but what we loved the most were the Spads (A1-E Sky Raiders) The jets, which were always called "fastmovers" no matter what they were had a loiter time measured in minutes. Usually one or two passes & they were out of ordinance. Spads, on the other hand, would stay around most of the day! And, because they were so slow, "danger close" was a lot closer w/ them than it was w/ the fastmovers. That was nice, because the bad guys like to get up close & personal knowing that we couldn't fire them up when we were in contact.
I was an RTO (05B4S) w/ Special Forces. My old @ss is here today thanks to some great work by the 0V-10 FACs & those AF guys. We always gave them a ration of chit about never getting dirty, etc, but they never ever had to buy a drink in any SF club.
As a grunt on the ground, any kind of air support was welcome, but what we loved the most were the Spads (A1-E Sky Raiders) The jets, which were always called "fastmovers" no matter what they were had a loiter time measured in minutes. Usually one or two passes & they were out of ordinance. Spads, on the other hand, would stay around most of the day! And, because they were so slow, "danger close" was a lot closer w/ them than it was w/ the fastmovers. That was nice, because the bad guys like to get up close & personal knowing that we couldn't fire them up when we were in contact.
I was an RTO (05B4S) w/ Special Forces. My old @ss is here today thanks to some great work by the 0V-10 FACs & those AF guys. We always gave them a ration of chit about never getting dirty, etc, but they never ever had to buy a drink in any SF club.
Ed S.
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- Middle Tennessee
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The boats always had direct radio com. with those guys, due to us having to make sure we were not in the flight pattern/incoming.
Deisel fuel and Napalm does NOT mix well.!!!!!!
Can ya say BBQ????? LOL
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The boats always had direct radio com. with those guys, due to us having to make sure we were not in the flight pattern/incoming.
Deisel fuel and Napalm does NOT mix well.!!!!!!
Can ya say BBQ????? LOL
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Anonymous-0
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USMC 18March1968 to 19March1972; Viet Nam DaNang July 1969 to July 1970.
My thanks to all fellow veterans!!!
My thanks to all fellow veterans!!!
Joe T (CO)
Member
Thank you Veterans !!!
The kid that was the cashier at home depot today was a recently discharged Marine.
He did two tours in Iraq, I shook his hand and thanked him. It is hard to think they are sending them second and third times.
Joe
Joe T (CO)
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(quoted from post at 11:07:47 11/11/08) To my Dad 1925 to 1990
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Thats a great picture. I have a bunch of my Dad's stuff as well. I should get it scanned. I have a diary of all of his port stops that he kept.
Bruce (VA)
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Tnx! I'll get it.
Hobo,NC
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Out house burnt down in 1960 and we lost all of our pix,,, I have a few I got from his sister thats it,,, I use to git a call every now and again from some of his navy buddies,,, I also have a few pix of his girl friends he had in France,,, he would tell me one of'em almost was yer mother :lol:
Bruce Covey
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USAF & Ga ANG 84 - 93
Bruce (VA)
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You remined me of a pic I scanned a few weeks ago.
That's my Dad on the far right; pic was taken in Reciefe Brazil, sometime in 1945.
The motorcycle belonged to an Army MP in Bayonne NJ. He made the mistake of parking it on the dock & leaving it unattended while the ship my Dad was on was loading cargo. A word to the boom operator & the motorcycle was in the forward hole. By the end of the day, it was painted Navy gray & had all the required Navy numbers.
It stayed on the ship until Dad got off in the fall of 1945. I asked him what happened to the bike. He said he left it parked in front of the base PX in Norfolk. I asked him why he didn't bring it home; he said that would be stealing!
That's my Dad on the far right; pic was taken in Reciefe Brazil, sometime in 1945.
The motorcycle belonged to an Army MP in Bayonne NJ. He made the mistake of parking it on the dock & leaving it unattended while the ship my Dad was on was loading cargo. A word to the boom operator & the motorcycle was in the forward hole. By the end of the day, it was painted Navy gray & had all the required Navy numbers.
It stayed on the ship until Dad got off in the fall of 1945. I asked him what happened to the bike. He said he left it parked in front of the base PX in Norfolk. I asked him why he didn't bring it home; he said that would be stealing!
My Dad was in WWII.
He was in the signal corps, he ran communications all over the Phillipine islands and other places around there with mortor fire over head, by the enemy.
He was up one pole, in a swamp, and thank goodness, and the mortor fell beside him, and didn't go off because of the mud.
I sure do miss him!!!
He was in the signal corps, he ran communications all over the Phillipine islands and other places around there with mortor fire over head, by the enemy.
He was up one pole, in a swamp, and thank goodness, and the mortor fell beside him, and didn't go off because of the mud.
I sure do miss him!!!
Hobo,NC
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i have a motorsickle/dad pix I need to scan,,, mite make for a good topic come fathers day :wink: ,,, glad y'all guy liked it,,, I shore do and like to c old pix of any thang
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