Saw 'Rascals' at RPI worked through lunch so afternoon off. (Letter Home) Saw 'The body stealers' at RPI, Thursday, September 2, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) (Letter Home) These photos were taken from the back seat of another F-4. (Letter Home) Put tags on relay banks, Saturday, August 7, 1971 Long Thanh North Had rain all afternoon, Friday, September 24, 1971 Long Thanh North . Checked out radios in 027 Put radar in 013 and 061, Sunday, August 1, 1971 Long Thanh North Vietnam Rocket City 1971-1972 | Upper Grand Lagoon FL (Letter Home) it interesting that the latest movie or show I saw, the mail I got, the missions Not feeling well, Friday, June 11, 1971 Long Thanh North Cleaned weapon (nothing), Monday, March 1, 1971 Long Thanh North Rigged = installed radio relay equipment in aircraft in preparation for Attack on Da Nang Air Base, RVN, by Monty Moore Da Nang AB was nicknamed "Rocket City" due to the large number of attacks by 122mm and 140mm rockets. Avionics nightshift, Tuesday, November 16, 1971 Long Thanh North Da Nang Air Base : Sapper & Rocket Attacks During The Vietnam War Rocket attack, Monday, April 26, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) The same aircraft in the photo above releases two bombs on an NVA truck park on the Ho Chi Minh Trail in the jungle below. 1 hr. I recently heard from USAF veteran Pete Fontanilla who was the crew chief for this aircraft (tail number 346) while serving in Vietnam at that time. mission cancelled, keyed guns, Wednesday, March 31, 1971 Da Nang As you can see we had it pretty rough. Found out I'm on flight orders today (Letter Home) Quit 7 pm, Saturday, October 23, 1971 Long Thanh North Electric off in hanger all day (Letter Home) Nng CSC in 1971. redistributed. (Letter Home) Sgt. Off standby at 8 pm yesterday, scheduled for a 1 am flight but cancelled (Letter Home) Put radar in 001, took Loran? Half day off On ammo detail to Long Binh, Friday, July 2, 1971 Long Than North, Vung Tau Guard Duty, Saturday, June 19, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) Saturday, April 10, 1971 Long Thanh North each, Thursday, September 9, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) Direct Combat Assist and was basically a taxi flight), RR or RRT (Radio Davis mentioned E5 board, Friday, August 6, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) See the article in its original context from. (Letter Home) It was a dirty, wet, miserable job repairing the aluminum-plated runway under fire at the Khe Sanh marine base in northwestern Vietnam. 1 mission, 5 hours, up at 10 am, put on standby, Thursday, February 4, 1971 Da Nang Da Nang July 5 1971 - Newspapers.com Night Shift Avionics, Thursday, November 4, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) Village [ Rod Carbone photo ], Bob Cummings 366th avionics maintenance squadron Danang 1971 Avionics, Tuesday, May 18, 1971 Long Thanh North Rigged 073 and 009, Saturday, August 14, 1971 Long Thanh North 1 mission, 5 hours, up 3:30 am in Satellite 038 Son Nhut Airspace. (Letter Home) Burm detail, may try to get permanent tower guard, Tuesday, September 28, 1971 Long Thanh North Play over 320 million tracks for free on SoundCloud. 366th Security Police K-9. (Letter Home) 1971 (Letter Home) Anyone can read what you share. Worked morning, off afternoon, worked night. (nothing), Wednesday, April 28, 1971 Da Nang Saw 'How to Frame a figg' at MAFC (Letter Home) Started night shift today, Friday, September 10, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) (Letter Home) SAIGON, South Vietnam, Monday, July 5 (UPI)A mor tar barrage by enemy gunners struck a barracks filled with sleeping American soldiers at an air base in Danang at mid night and sent flames . (Letter Home) Stayed overnight at the 21st Signal Transient barracks, Tuesday, June 22, 1971 Long Thanh North Avionic and checking radio banks By November 1971, the 366th was the only United States tactical fighter wing still stationed in Vietnam. Fires started from secondary blasts by bombs and fuel. (Letter Home) Mission = flight on U-21 or chopper, may be DCA(I think this stood for (Letter Home) China Beach Shortly after this photo was taken we were escorted to the base commander by the air police. Got pictures back from Montgomery Wards, Friday, March 19, 1971 Da Nang Quit 8 pm to club see Japanese Band, Tuesday, November 9, 1971 Long Thanh North Burm detail I took this photo of an army paratrooper while documenting the invasion of Cambodia by the Vietnamese army --with the assistance of U.S. troops. Put radios in plane that came up Bill was the primary photographer for the 7th Air Force News in 1970-71. Pictures of Danang 8. Skoog = crew chief 30 min. 1 mission, 009, 4 hr 45 min. (Letter Home) 1 mission 009 5 hr 10 min. 10 min. Pictures of Danang 11. Shipped to Da Nang De-rigged 061, Thursday, June 24, 1971 Long Thanh North 3 missions 061 to Hue and Ao and Hue to Da Nang 2 pm 30 min. 000 (Letter Home) Mission put off till tomorrow, Tuesday, April 6, 1971 Da Nang Checked banks in 027, ok (Letter Home) (Letter Home) 30 min. Went to Freedom Hill PX and bowling alley today, Sunday, April 4, 1971 Da Nang Went to Long Binh to pick up TDY pay, $148.38, Thursday, April 15, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) Rocket Attack On DaNang - YouTube (Letter Home) Saw 'Dirty Dingus McGee' at MAFC, Thursday, March 25, 1971 Da Nang Left 0800 this morning club= enlisted man's club on base (Letter Home) Red Alert 11:30 pm Davis = Sgt. 600th Photo Squadron photographer Bill Diebold took this image in 1971 of a young Vietnamese girl intrigued by what I was photographing in a temple in Saigon. Checked set of banks for cipher (Letter Home) just before takeoff, Had to hitchhike to personnel 2 missions 027, up 3 pm, 6 hr. (Letter Home) (Letter Home) (Letter Home) A shot of me in our hut. (Letter Home) De-rigged 038, Wednesday, October 20, 1971 Long Thanh North We gained a new appreciation for these airmen who spent months working under fire at Khe Sanh. If the resized images on this page are used in other locations, please credit as watermarked. Band at Club To purchase. 2 rocket attacks early this morning By truck to Aviation Detachment of 2nd Signal Group, Long Thanh Airbase, Shipped to Da Nang (Letter Home) Repaired two amps (pin pulling out - blue wire), Wednesday, July 28, 1971 Vung Tau Avionics 1 mission 4 hrs. Starting with a Viet Cong rocket attack in February 1967 followed by similar attacks in July and September of that year and with increasing frequency thereafter, several ground personnel were killed and injured. Company party All girl zip band at 8 pm (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Saw 'the Statue' at RPI, Thursday, September 16, 1971 Da Nang To see images from a return visit to Vietnam in 2006 click here. 15 min. Kelm = radio relay operator There were 4 personnel KIA with these 26 attacks on DaNang AB You can see why it was called "Rocket City." That year the BDRT responded 15 times before I departed for Thailand. Got soaked working after 5 pm, Wednesday, June 30, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) This is a shot of a young girl talking to one of the bunker guards. (Letter Home) Saw "The Best House in London" at RPI, Monday, February 22, 1971 Da Nang Got SP4 today (Letter PDF Attack on Da Nang Air Base, RVN, by Monty Moore 073 sprung a fuel leak. (Letter Home) (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Jeff Mitton. Took a jog to back gate, Friday, May 21, 1971 Long Thanh North Flew to Da Nang The results of a typhoon that hit Nng in 1971. Put transponder in 836 today, Wednesday, May 19, 1971 Long Thanh North By using this site, you agree to its use of cookies. (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Band at RPI Moss moved out The New York Times Archives. Standby at 7:30 pm. Pulled guard from Noon to 6 pm on conex, Saturday, May 29, 1971 Long Thanh North Return to Rick's Vietnam Page (Letter Home) Due take off 10 am, Saturday, September 11, 1971 Da Nang Steve Lachance, motion picture officer Capt. At the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial in Washington in 2007, my son P.J. Week of July 16 | Vietnam War Commemoration Re-rigged 038, 013. Go to Rick's Vietnam Letters (Letter Home) Keyed guns, put floor mike switch in 061, China Beach today, got a whole stack of mail today, Monday, February 15, 1971 Da Nang The barracks next door had taken a direct hit from a V.C. Night Shift Avionics, Saturday, November 6, 1971 Long Thanh North Satellite XXX = refers to various U-21 aircraft used and maintained by our Saw band "Nitwits" at RPI, Monday, March 15, 1971 Da Nang Headcount, Friday, December 10, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) High-resolution original photos (without watermarks) are available from the National Archives in Washington, DC. Click the image above for a flight chart of the Long Binh/Bien Hoa/ Tan (Letter Home) Quit 7:30 pm, Wednesday, November 18, 1971 to Saturday, November 27, SP4 = rank of Specialist 4th Class It was used as an aerial firetruck by using an underslung pod. Checked banks, need new KY-28, Wednesday, July 14, 1971 Vung Tau (Letter Home) Night Shift Avionics. Took off morning, avionics afternoon Saw 'Alices Restaurant" at MC (nothing), Monday, February 8, 1971 Long Thanh North Kadremas = radio relay operator (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Zip band in evening, Monday, October 11, 1971 Long Thanh North In-processing at Long Binh till 3 am, on detail at supply till 3:30 am, Thursday, Jan 28, 1971 Long Binh 9 missions, 009, 1 hr. Da Nang Air Base - Wikipedia (Letter Home) The SP feeding ammo is unknown. Took 5 banks to Vung Tau, Saturday, July 3, 1971 Long Than North (Letter Home) It was very heavily fortified and had a great air conditioning system which was a welcome luxury. (Letter Home) (Letter Home) OFF, Monday, November 15, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) These rockets had a range of several miles and were deadly. (Letter Home) Rocket attack midnight, Monday, June 7, 1971 Da Nang Flew back to Long Thanh this afternoon, didn't log it. Returned to Long Thanh, 1 mission DCS, 038, 2 hrs, Saturday, September 4, 1971 Long Thanh North, Long Binh This is one of our huts directly accrosed from the Armory. (Letter Home) Looking back I find (Letter Home) I was getting a 30 day drop and would be leaving Vietnam around Christmas Day, "Early Out" which meant not only that I'd be leaving Vietnam, but getting out of (Letter Home) Carlson and Krieder came Rockets Kill 12 at Danang - The New York Times No fly, standby Between fifty and eighty-three heavy rockets hit the base. (Letter Home) USO show in afternoon Off Rocket Attack = refers to enemy 122mm rockets incoming. Special services show twice at club, Monday, November 8, 1971 Long Thanh North Home) 2 missions, DCS,038 to Vung Tau to pick up HYL-3's, 1 hr. (Letter Home) (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Send letter to gran (Letter Home) 1 mission 4 hrs. (Letter Home) Saw movie 'The last Day of the War' at the MAFC 1 mission DCS 2 hrs. Got shots at dispensary Avionics (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Saw 'Raid on Rommel' at RPI, Tuesday, August 31, 1971 Da Nang Standby till Monday Saw "Support your Local Sheriff" at main compound, Wednesday, March 17, 1971 Da Nang and was home and mustered out of the Army within a few days. (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Three soldiers were killed and 37 wounded in a rocket attack on Danang. Would not release us to go south USAFI = US Armed Forces Institute, correspondence course. This is a Kaman HH-43 Pedro. We started flying this morning at 1 am, put back on standby at noon, I (Letter Home) 45 min. (Letter Home) Pictures of Danang 10. Home / / danang rocket attack july 5, 1971. danang rocket attack july 5, 1971 Shows a night time Vietcong rocket attack, just after midnight, July 15, 1967, on the United States Air Force flight line and barracks areas at the Da Nang Airbase in Vietnam. (Letter Home) (Letter Home) BX before the rocket attack [ Rod Carbone photo ], BX after the rocket attack [ Rod Carbone photo ], Rocket damage to a C-130 January 1971 [ Rod Carbone photo ], This is a picture I took of Bill Camus 366ams 1971 [ Rod Carbone photo (Letter Home) CO = commanding officer, the big cheese News stories from Monday July 5, 1971 . (Letter Home) ???? *** The first time that rockets were used in RVN by the Viet Cong/North Vietnamese Army. Went to Long Binh took rack to have pictures taken (Letter Home) Found out I had guard on bunker 2 at 9 pm, walked out, Wednesday, August 11, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) danang rocket attack july 5, 19717ds grand cross banner schedule7ds grand cross banner schedule (Letter Home) ], Remember the fine restroom facilities? Got materials for USAFI course today (oceanography) The "LA" on the tail indicates that this aircrew is part of the 4th Tactical Fighter Squadron. (Letter Home) Trang, Quin Nhon, Marble Mountain, Hue/Phu Bai Beginning in May 1972, the forces of the USAF were drawn down at Da Nang. Saw 'Some Kind of a nut' at MAFC, Wednesday, August 25, 1971 Da Nang Saw 'Makenzie Break' at RPI, Wednesday, September 15, 1971 Da Nang Personal photo of Bill Diebold -- I found this image by chance online in 2006 and re-connected with Bill. Clipping found in Del Rio News Herald in Del Rio, Texas on Jul 5, 1971. These two American Airmen were killed during that attack: Gary Leroy Fuller - The Plai. wrote: On Tue, 6 Nov 2018 09:16:08 -0800, "Colonel Edmund J. Burke" <, Warning! Quit 7:30 pm, Wednesday, November 3, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) considered combat assault) All attacks from 02/27/67 forward were by rockets. May have practice mission tomorrow, Sunday, October 3, 1971 Long Thanh North They took our M-16's away from us today, Thursday, May 13, 1971 Long Thanh North 30 min 073, Thursday, August 19, 1971 Da Nang 56th fixing control amps This site uses cookies from Google to deliver its services and to analyze traffic. TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. Army grunts load into a C-7 Caribou transport at Tan Son Nhut Air Base for an airlift to fighting in the Central Highlands of Vietnam. View Full Article in Timesmachine , See the article in its original context from. Avionics afternoon (Letter Home) 12 AMERICANS DIE IN ROCKET ATTACK ON DANANG BASE; 40 Wounded and 6 Either email addresses are anonymous for this group or you need the view member email addresses permission to view the original message, Rocket attack 72 redhorse compound DaNang, You do not have permission to delete messages in this group. (Letter Home) Night Shift Avionics, Friday, November 5, 1971 Long Thanh North Saturday, April 17, 1971 Long Thanh North Friday, October 29, 1971 Long Thanh North China Beach today Put HF in 001, Monday, August 2, 1971 Long Thanh North, Can Tho, Binh Tuy, Sat in avionics shop all day, Wednesday April 14, 1971 Long Thanh North, Long Binh Good show at club, Sunday, August 8, 1971 Long Thanh North Seacord to Da Nang in 013 (Letter Home) Saturday, October 2, 1971 Long Thanh North Each day if there was something worth recording it made into the little Up 9:15 am, 1 mission RR 4 hrs. page Occasionally the digitization process introduces transcription errors or other problems; we are continuing to work to improve these archived versions. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or An RF-4C Phantom of the 460th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing prepares to take off at sunset from Tan Son Nhut Air Base in Saigon in 1970. (Letter Home) Waiting. Clip: 65675029937. Night Shift Avionics (Letter Home) Saw 'Tell me you love me Junie Moon' Replaced fuel cell in 027 Headcount Put HF in 001, Monday, June 28, 1971 Long Thanh North One of the four crewmen was hurt in the crashes. Worked till 3 am Sunday on Satellite 038 and 000 Band at RPI tonight Slept till 11 am, Sunday, June 13, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) amps (Letter Home) Photo #6A, 6b, and 6c ( Nng AB): At the firing range. China Beach OFF, Monday, July 26, 1971 Vung Tau marks the name of Airman First Class Frederick R. Neef, 600th Photo Squadron photographer killed in Vietnam. (Letter Home) Kelm came back up, Saturday, April 3, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) standby, Tuesday, October 5, 1971 Long Thanh North reserved. 45 min 061 up 5:30 pm, Tuesday, August 17, 1971 Da Nang news but for some reason the entries in the diary stopped for this period On the night of July 14, the new 122mm launchers were set up in six batteries, each with six launchers. Arrived Vung Tau Paulson and Duff flew to Quangtri for briefing Got 2 packages today Sound: Yes. (Letter Home) This was a 5-second time exposure with a remote flash from the side so as to not affect the pilot's night vision. (Letter Home) Saw ' Danger Diabolic" at RPI, Thursday, August 26, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) Seacord = radio relay operator The barracks burned to the ground after the rocket attack. Sgt Krouse is following me. Went to China Beach this afternoon, Friday, April 9, 1971 Da Nang, Long Thanh North 1 mission, 1 hr., Satellite 073 (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Status still questionable (Letter Home) Supposed to fly radio check but didn't Arrived Da Nang 2 pm Company party to celebrate new hot water heater, Sunday, November 7, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) 1 mission, 5 hours, Satellite 013, Thursday, April 1, 1971 Da Nang OFF, Monday, September 27, 1971 Long Thanh North Supposed to have a mission tomorrow AM to Da Nang or Binh Tuy, Sunday, August 15, 1971 Da Nang [ Rod Carbone photo ], A "Jolly Green Giant" Danang 1972 DA NANG A.B. Still a lot of problems, Tuesday, July 20, 1971 Vung Tau Live band at the R.P.I. up 7 pm, Thursday, October 14, 1971 Long Thanh North, Bien Hoa Fixed 3 banks myself (Letter Home) (Letter Home) This is a digitized version of an article from The Timess print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. At left is motion picture photographer Sgt. Brought back two banks Photo #1 ( Nng AB): 1 mission, 3 hrs 038 up 8:45 am Will start flying one radio check mission a day, Tuesday, March 23, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Mission on standby, Friday, October 15, 1971 Long Than North Put radar antenna in 061, Saturday, June 26, 1971 Long Thanh North 1 mission, 5 hrs 15 min. Sgt. As official USAF photographs they are in the public domain and as such are also in the Creative Commons. Rigged 013, 038 and 073 for mission up north (Letter Home) Got package today, Thursday, February 25, 1971 Long Thanh North (no diary entries) (It was on the 18th I found out (nothing), Monday, April 12, 1971 Long Thanh North, Long Binh Sent three banks out got three more, Friday, July 30, 1971 Vung Tau Got slides back from PX and mailed them home, Thursday, April 8, 1971 Da Nang Wednesday, June 9, 1971 Long Thanh North Left Ft. Dix 8:00, Tuesday, Jan 26, 1971 Bien Hoa Off morning short-timers A summary of these attacks can be found on the Web site of the 366th Tactical Fighter Wing. OFF, Monday, November 1, 1971 Long Thanh North Just after midnight on July 5, 1971, I was literally knocked out of my bunk in DaNang by a huge explosion. Claybough, Kadramas, Obrient, Cheney, Skoog went south on 009 and 061 (Letter Home) Waiting, Saturday, December 25, 1971 Da Nang On standby supposed to standby at Quang Tri during day, Sunday, September 12, 1971 Da Nang, Quang Tri, Hue/Phu Bai Took banks out of 000 Tour: August 2, 1969 through July 17, 1970 Buy Book Get Kindle APP CONTACT: VETERANS CENTER OF NORTH TEXAS 0 0 1 0 0 3 9 351 Days in Da Nang Gallery and Links Guard duty 6 pm to midnight The images on this page were taken when I was a U.S. Air Force combat photographer in Southeast Asia between April 1970 and December 1971. SAIGON, Sunday, May 30 (Reuters) Twelve civilians were killed and 11 were wounded when North Viet namese rockets struck five houses in the northern city of Danang this morning, the South Vietnamese command reported. Package due today, didn't come Sent two fixed ones back Night shift Avionics Got 3 banks working on Satellite 000 It was very heavily fortified and had a great air conditioning system which was a welcome luxury. Got batteries and mail, Thursday, July 29, 1971 Vung Tau (Letter Home) Long Thanh North = Army airbase of same name and home base of 2nd Got two sets of nomex liferized today Checked the rest of the relay banks this morning (Letter Home) APC = Armored personnel carrier Saw 'How to commit marriage' (Letter Home) Need HYL-3 Photo was given to me. Nui Ba Den = Mountain area (Letter Home) Danang Images Page 11 Guard duty bunker 6, Saturday, October 16, 1971 Long Thanh North Guard duty, Sunday, July 11, 1971 Long Thanh North Da Nang Air Base ( Vietnamese: Cn c khng qun Nng) (1930s-1975) (also known as Da Nang Airfield, Tourane Airfield or Tourane Air Base) was a French Air Force and later Republic of Vietnam Air Force (RVNAF) facility located in the city of Da Nang, Vietnam. Power supply not working right, Saturday, July 17, 1971 Vung Tau + Casualty figures reflect all casualties, i.e., USAF, other military and civilians. me, but I share it here as an insight into the mind of a 20 year old draftee 'Duh Hornets' band at RPI, Friday, April 30, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) Got pictures back from PX and mailed them home, Tuesday, February 16, 1971 Da Nang Photo #5 ( Nng AB): Me on an APC. danang rocket attack july 5, 1971 (Letter Home) Had a little OJT today. (Letter Home) The 390th Fighter Squadron was deployed to Da Nang Air Base (6252d Tactical Wing) in October 1965, and the 391st went to Cam Ranh Bay Air Base (12th Tactical Fighter Wing) in January 1966. Photo #2A & 2B ( Nng AB): The results of one of the rocket attacks in 1971. (Letter Home) Headcount, Wednesday, December 8, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) 013, Wednesday, August 18, 1971 Da Nang 's were killed and 36 wounded in the shelling. (Letter Home) Mission kicked off up 7 pm (Letter Home) I was using a Graflex medium format camera for this mission and I'm wearing "g-suit" chaps that would automatically inflate when pulling out of a steep dive to prevent blacking out. (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Got papers for drivers license (Letter Home) Headcount, Monday, December 13, 1971 Long Thanh North OFF, Sunday, October 31, 1971 Long Thanh North Half day work OFF, Wednesday, December 15, 1971 Long Thanh North No good banks yet, Thursday, July 15, 1971 Vung Tau (Letter Home) Test flight 009 for pictures (Letter Home) One of the guys in our hut was pretty clever when it came to "finding" items of comfort, provided we gave up some of our rationed items. (Letter Home) Burm detail cutting grass, Friday, July 9, 1971 Long Thanh North Those two banks didn't work this morning, blew fuses in 6 RT's 1 mission, 013, 3 hrs. Picked up TDY to Vung Tau and Nha Trang (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Avionics Installed FM controller head, transponder and no mail and no pay yet, Friday, April 2, 1971 Da Nang 366th AMS, Rocket attack BX, Gunfighter Pilots. Give this article. finished roll of slide film, Sunday, March 28, 1971 Da Nang Information about your use of this site is shared with Google. At least we had indoor Got a package of 'goodies', Sunday, February 28, 1971 Long Thanh North I assume it was a hit on one of the POL areas judging from the heavy black smoke. The three #'s (000, 013, 038, etc.) Naval Academy, and made a career in naval intelligence. 1 mission - 4 hrs. The 362 TEWS Latrine. (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Cleared Dispensary, Re-up NCO, Supply, Sunday, December 19, 1971 Long Thanh North, Went to Long Binh for TDY pay, got two pair of nomex and gloves, Wednesday, May 12, 1971 Long Thanh North
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