We recently heard from David Tomblin of Wilkinson, West Virginia -- then an aircraft maintenance specialist with the 366th TFW -- who was injured when the rocket landed right next to his bunk area. On ammo detail to Long Binh, Friday, July 2, 1971 Long Than North, Vung Tau RR to Nui Ba Den, Thursday, September 30, 1971 Long Thanh North, Nui Ba Den Saw movie "the Adventurer" at Gunfighter 7 pm stopped at Hue/Phu Bai, Monday, September 13, 1971 Da Nang Completed lesson 2 of USAFI course, Friday, June 25, 1971 Long Thanh North just before takeoff, Had lunch and supper at the club, Monday, April 19, 1971 Long Thanh North 180 Da Nang Air Base Premium High Res Photos - Getty Images B-52 ground crew members stand near their aircraft under dramatic skies near the Gulf of Thailand. it interesting that the latest movie or show I saw, the mail I got, the missions Subscribers may view the full text of this article in its original form through TimesMachine. 1 mission 4 hrs. USO show in afternoon Saw 'Rascals' at RPI Supposed to ship Saturday Guide-on practice till noon personnel on call. No plane with supplies (Letter Home) As you can see we had it pretty rough. By using this site, you agree to its use of cookies. Cheney = crew chief (Letter Home) Avionics nightshift, Tuesday, November 16, 1971 Long Thanh North TDY = Temporary Duty, we got paid extra when we stayed at another city and (Letter Home) Rained most of day, Tuesday, March 16, 1971 Da Nang Go to Rick's Vietnam Letters 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. (Letter Home) Sat in avionics shop all day, Wednesday April 14, 1971 Long Thanh North, Long Binh China Beach, Saturday, May 1, 1971 Da Nang Terms Bevins gave me a ride to 90th, Wednesday, December 22, 1971 Long Binh (Letter Home) (Letter Home) This is a shot of a young girl talking to one of the bunker guards. (Letter Home) Worked on Satellite 000 radios Attacks on DaNang Air Base "Rocket City" Information in this table is extracted from, Appendix I, "Air Base Defense in the Republic of Vietnam, 1960-1973" by Roger P. Fox. Found out I had guard on bunker 2 at 9 pm, walked out, Wednesday, August 11, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) Quit 7 pm, Saturday, October 23, 1971 Long Thanh North News stories from Monday July 5, 1971 - Ultimate70s.com (Letter Home) Finished reading 'Earth Tool Kit', Monday, August 30, 1971 Da Nang No mail, Friday, July 23, 1971 Vung Tau Alert 5:30 pm - 11 pm, Thursday, May 20, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Started this evening as headcount, Thursday, December 2, 1971 Long Thanh North The three #'s (000, 013, 038, etc.) RR standby Beginning in May 1972, the forces of the USAF were drawn down at Da Nang. Checked some more problems with racks Mailed film to Wards, Friday, September 17, 1971 Da Nang Went to Vung Tau and hit beach (Letter Home) (Letter Home) 1 mission, 009, 4 hr 45 min. Pictures of Danang 9. Saw 'Tell me you love me Junie Moon' (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Photo #3 ( Nng AB): Me on the M60. Quang Tri = airfield "SNAFU" is a key military term that describes this lapse in communication -- this is one level below "FUBAR.". (Letter Home) Vietcong rocket attack on the U.S. Da Nang Airbase in Vietnam. (Letter Home) (Letter Home) To preserve these articles as they originally appeared, The Times does not alter, edit or update them. Clark Air Base, Philippines. danang rocket attack july 5, 1971 Left 90th by C-130 to 510th Replacent in Da Nang, Friday, December 24, 1971 Da Nang standby, Tuesday, October 5, 1971 Long Thanh North Saw "Boatnicks" at RPI Vietcong rocket attack on the U.S. Da Nang Airbase in Vietnam HD Stock 30 min. Headcount breakfast and dinner Long Binh = airfield and military base (Letter Home) Burm detail, Sunday, October 10.,1971 Long Thanh North Avionics 2 mission DCS 30 min. Arrived Bien Hoa, Vietnam 10:30 pm, Wednesday, Jan 27, 1971 Long Binh (Letter Home) Got payed and got 22 letters ** The first two attacks on DaNang were by mortars. Pulled guard from Noon to 6 pm on conex, Saturday, May 29, 1971 Long Thanh North Kelm came back up, Saturday, April 3, 1971 Da Nang DaNang Air Base was known as "rocket city" for the number of attacks that occurred there between 1965 and 1973. Click to Report BROKEN LINKS or Photos, or COMMENT. On Tuesday, August 29, 2017 at 4:51:30 PM UTC-4, a425couple wrote: >> Does anyone remember the date of the rocket attack at DaNang in 72 that. (Letter Home) Detail = doing grunt work just about anywhere (Letter Home) 3 G.I.'s Are Reported Killed By Enemy Shells at Danang Headcount, Saturday, December 4, 1971 Long Thanh North My hearing was permanently impaired by excessive noise exposure to loud jet engines during the war (without adequate ear protection). During the attack, Lieutenant Colonel Verle E. Ludwig's 1st Battalion, 9th Marines, south of Marble Mountain, came under small arms fire, but apparently this was a feint designed to fix the unit in its defensive positions. Base orientation brochure, Perimeter, Tent City. 1 mission, DCS, 013 1 hr. (Letter Home) Quit 8 pm to club see Japanese Band, Tuesday, November 9, 1971 Long Thanh North It seems that someone had failed to tell the B-52 pilots that we would be filming at this location and some were a bit upset seeing us in the approach area. (Letter Home) Night Shift Avionics. (Letter Home) Click the image above for a flight chart of the Long Binh/Bien Hoa/ Tan I experienced rocket attacks, an ammunition dump explosion, total boredom, drug busts, police raids, China Beach, and the birth of my daughter, Rebecca. (Letter Home) Rocket Attack = refers to enemy 122mm rockets incoming. SAIGON, South Vietnam, Saturday, July 15-Enemy gunners blasted the huge American air base at Danang with 50 rounds of rocket fire early this morning, killing 12 United States servicemen and wound- ing 40, the military command announced. (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Back to Da Nang Saw 'The body stealers' at RPI, Thursday, September 2, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) 2 hr. Radio banks back from Phu Loi, Saturday, April 24, 1971 Long Thanh North Sgt. Got 3 new bad banks today Col. Dickinson came for inspection 12 AMERICANS DIE IN ROCKET ATTACK ON DANANG BASE; 40 Wounded and 6 Planes Destroyed Foe Raids a Jail, Freeing Prisoners 12 AMERICANS DIE IN ROCKET ATTACK, https://www.nytimes.com/1967/07/15/archives/12-americans-die-in-rocket-attack-on-danang-base-40-wounded-and-6.html. Play over 320 million tracks for free on SoundCloud. Slept till 11 am, Sunday, June 13, 1971 Long Thanh North President Nixon denied the next day that there were U.S. troops on the ground in Cambodia, so these photos were never released. (Letter Home) Band at RPI Mission kicked off (Letter Home) (Letter Home) redistributed. Put in for TDY pay On standby, Saturday, March 6, 1971 Da Nang This photo was taken during an airborne assault by Vietnamese troops into a hot LZ northwest of Saigon. news but for some reason the entries in the diary stopped for this period (Letter Home) Got magazines in mail today, Wednesday, March 10, 1971 Da Nang [ Rod Carbone photo ]. Saturday, April 17, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) (Letter Home) amps High-resolution original photos (without watermarks) are available from the National Archives in Washington, DC. All units at Da Nang went on full alert, but the damage had been done. 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. Thursday, August 5, 1971 Long Thanh North Wednesday, August 4, 1971 Da Nang, Long Thanh North (Letter Home) Got slides back from PX and mailed them home, Thursday, April 8, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) (Letter Sunday, June 6, 1971 Da Nang Avionics I assume it was a hit on one of the POL areas judging from the heavy black smoke. Got materials for USAFI course today (oceanography) 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. 30 min. Rained at 1 pm Nha Trang = airfield (Letter Home) unit. The "LA" on the tail indicates that this aircrew is part of the 4th Tactical Fighter Squadron. We lived underground in bunkers with rats for two days while photographing Air Force ground crews who unloaded the C-130 transports and maintained the runways. (Letter Home) (Letter Home) 1 mission, 3 hrs 038 up 8:45 am (Letter Home) (Letter Home) (Letter Home) (Letter Home) (nothing). It was a dirty, wet, miserable job repairing the aluminum-plated runway under fire at the Khe Sanh marine base in northwestern Vietnam. For what it's worth here it is 'as is,' maybe worth little to anyone but China Beach SoundCloud Rocket Attack In Danang, Vietnam - 8 April 1970 by shampoocell published on 2011-07-20T19:49 . Went to Freedom Hill PX and bowling alley today, Sunday, April 4, 1971 Da Nang Night Shift Avionics (Letter Home) ARCOM = Army Commendation Medal Avionic and checking radio banks Nng Air Base: 366th SPS, photos by Glen H. Myers. 1971. - VSPA 1 mission DCS, 038, 2 hrs. Headcount, Monday, December 6, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) Standby Went to USO show, Wednesday, June 16, 1971 Long Thanh North HF = High frequency radio (nothing), Monday, April 12, 1971 Long Thanh North, Long Binh (Letter Home) June 8, 1969. Home) 1 mission 009, 45 min. Fixed Wing Losses Due to Air Base Attacks - Vietnam Air Losses (Letter Home) OFF 000, Wednesday, June 23, 1971 Long Thanh North This photo was taken of a Vietnamese Air Force pilot flying an A-37 on a ground support mission. Tower guard 6 am to noon I guess my head was spinning. (Letter Home) (Letter Home) https://www.nytimes.com/1971/05/30/archives/rockets-kill-12-at-danang.html. Steve Lachance, motion picture officer Capt. **** TET 1968 45 min. (Letter Home) Three soldiers were killed and 37 wounded in a rocket attack on Danang. (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Da Nang = Da Nang Air Base and the city of Da Nang. 45 min. (Letter Home) Flew back to Long Thanh this afternoon Company party to celebrate new hot water heater, Sunday, November 7, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) comings and goings of my fellow GI's all received equal and matter of fact Occasionally the digitization process introduces transcription errors or other problems; we are continuing to work to improve these archived versions. Mess hall got hit by rocket this morning about 4:30 am while I was gone Duff left this morning (Letter Home) . (Letter Home) NVA rocket attacks were generally larger in volume of rockets and better aimed than "VC" attacks although by 1971-72 the VC ranks, decimated by their . (Letter Home) (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Still on standby, Sunday, March 7, 1971 Da Nang Sylvester = radio relay operator Hooked front bank as middle band with 3rd as spare, Monday, May 17, 1971 Long Thanh North 30 min. (Letter Home) See the article in its original context from. Mailed film to Wards. (Letter Home) PICTURES OF DANANG PAGE 11 ABC news covering the rocket attack July 5 1971 on Gunfighter Village [ Rod Carbone photo ] Bob Cummings 366th avionics maintenance squadron Danang 1971 [ Rod Carbone photo ] BX before the rocket attack [ Rod Carbone photo ] BX after the rocket attack [ Rod Carbone photo ] Put UHF control head in 009, Saturday, May 22, 1971 Long Thanh North on Satellite 000 (Letter Home) De-rigged 038, Monday, June 14, 1971 Long Thanh North Vietcong rocket attack on the U.S. Da Nang Airbase in Vietnam HD Stock Footage CriticalPast 310K subscribers Subscribe 194 56K views 8 years ago CriticalPast is an archive of historic. One of the four crewmen was hurt in the crashes. club= enlisted man's club on base Saturday, February 13, 1971 Da Nang China Beach (Letter Home) Checked set of banks for cipher TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. Had to hitchhike to personnel Checked radio banks Finally got mail, Monday, March 8, 1971 Da Nang Saw 'Raid on Rommel' at RPI, Tuesday, August 31, 1971 Da Nang doing his duty for his country, serving his year in Vietnam. 1 mission DCS 2 hrs. Moss moved out This was a 5-second time exposure with a remote flash from the side so as to not affect the pilot's night vision. Due take off 10 am, Saturday, September 11, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) Went to China Beach this afternoon, Friday, April 9, 1971 Da Nang, Long Thanh North Red Alert 11:30 pm up 7 am (Letter Home) Was guide-on bearer for change of command ceremony Burm detail, Wednesday, May 26, 1971 Long Thanh North ), Monday, December 20, 1971 Long Thanh North inclusion in the 'little green book.' stopped at Tuy Hoa, Sunday, February 7, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) Radio Relay It was very heavily fortified and had a great air conditioning system which was a welcome luxury. (Letter Home) De-rigged 038, Wednesday, October 20, 1971 Long Thanh North China Beach today Relay or Radio Relay Telephone which was our primary mission and were Sunday, April 18, 1971 Long Thanh North Avionics - radar in 038 didn't fly as I was scheduled for 1 pm, Friday, February 5, 1971 Da Nang Saw ' Danger Diabolic" at RPI, Thursday, August 26, 1971 Da Nang Checked out radios in 027 Me to Da Nang in 038 Rocket Attack On DaNang - YouTube (Letter Home) 3 G.I. 000 up 2 AM If we went a week without a few rockets coming we knew something was in the works. Vietnam Rocket City 1971-1972 | Upper Grand Lagoon FL (Letter Home) 1 mission DCS, 038, 2 hrs. 1971 Long Thanh North = Army airbase of same name and home base of 2nd on detail building ammo boxes, Tuesday, October 12, 1971 Long Thanh North, Nui Ba Den, Bevins = pilot Waiting, Thursday, December 23, 1971 Da Nang On the night of 28 March General Trng received intelligence that an all-out PAVN assault against the city would commence the next morning and he decided to abandon Da Nang and ordered his forces to move to beaches for evacuation by sea. 1 mission 009 5 hr 10 min. North Cleaned weapon De-rigged 071 Just after midnight on July 15, the first rockets were fired at the airbase. Tuy Hoa = airfield Took a jog to back gate, Friday, May 21, 1971 Long Thanh North They took our M-16's away from us today, Thursday, May 13, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) 15 min. Picked up TDY to Vung Tau and Nha Trang Got 4 RT's and 3 more Amps, Sunday, July 25, 1971 Vung Tau Between fifty and eighty-three heavy rockets hit the base. the letters home I wrote on the date of the diary entry. Sgt Krouse is following me. start flying tomorrow night, Tuesday, March 30, 1971 Da Nang 1 mission 4 hrs. finished roll of slide film, Sunday, March 28, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) 20 min.073, Monday, August 16, 1971 Da Nang Headcount, Tuesday, December 7, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) wrote: On Tue, 6 Nov 2018 09:16:08 -0800, "Colonel Edmund J. Burke" <, Warning! Note the message above the gun and the helicopter reflected in his sunglasses. (Letter Home) Kelm and Harrelson left today, Saturday, March 27, 1971 Da Nang Put radios in Satellite 027 this morning, OFF, Monday, September 27, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) The barracks next door had taken a direct hit from a V.C. 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) (Letter Home) 1 mission, 5 hours, up at 10 am, put on standby, Thursday, February 4, 1971 Da Nang Avionics, Sunday, May 23, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Re-rigged 038, 013. (Letter Home) night shift cancelled, Tuesday, September 21, 1971 Long Thanh North Kinzel and Bevins came with stuff, Thursday, July 22, 1971 Vung Tau 30 min. (Letter Avionics afternoon OFF, Monday, October 18, 1971 Long Thanh North Could not get through and they didn't call me, Tuesday, July 27, 1971 Vung Tau Mission on standby, Friday, October 15, 1971 Long Than North China Beach today, got a whole stack of mail today, Monday, February 15, 1971 Da Nang This is a digitized version of an article from The Timess print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. Gunfighter Village = Air force compound in Da Nang This mundane little book has an entry for just about every day I was in-country Send slides home(18) (Letter Home) Saw movie 'the Great Bank Robbery' at main compound, Sunday, March 21, 1971 Da Nang 013, Wednesday, August 18, 1971 Da Nang Put HF in 001, Monday, June 28, 1971 Long Thanh North Flew south, 038, 1 mission 2 hrs. Rained all day (Letter Home) Nui Ba Den = Mountain area Left 0800 this morning View Full Article in Timesmachine , See the article in its original context from. the Army too! Headcount Add 1 mission, stopped at Phu Bai (Letter Home) At left is motion picture photographer Sgt. (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Their film cameras were 16 mm. home. 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. 2009. (Letter Home) Wasted day Sgt. (nothing), Wednesday, April 28, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) Week of July 16 | Vietnam War Commemoration These rockets had a range of several miles and were deadly. Got called out, Beckman and Sylvester went south with 073, Saturday, August 28, 1971 Da Nang Off this afternoon See the article in its original context from. Saw 'Graduate' at main compound, Monday, March 22, 1971 Da Nang Rockets Kill 12 at Danang - The New York Times Didn't get payed Skoog = crew chief (Letter Home) Pictures of Danang 11. This is one of the Air Force aircraft that brought badly needed supplies to Viet Nam. Sgt Timothy Krouse (see photo #9) from PA worked with me most or all of the time. standby at airfield 3 pm to 7 pm (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Saturday, April 10, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) up 2 pm Stream Rocket Attack In Danang, Vietnam - 8 April 1970 by shampoocell on desktop and mobile. Saw "Airport" at main compound, Thursday, March 18, 1971 Da Nang Night Shift Avionics, Friday, November 5, 1971 Long Thanh North Missed USO show at 5 pm Berry and Schenning left Copyright 2003 Rick Holt. (Letter Home) Paulson and Duff flew to Quangtri for briefing This is My, our hut maid. Home) These airmen worked very long hours to keep the planes repaired and in the air. An F4 high above the South China Sea off the coast of Vietnam. short-timers mailed film to Kodak, Tuesday, November 2, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) 12 AMERICANS DIE IN ROCKET ATTACK ON DANANG BASE; 40 Wounded and 6 Planes Destroyed Foe Raids a Jail, Freeing Prisoners 12 AMERICANS DIE IN ROCKET ATTACK July 15, 1967 The New York Times. (Letter Home) to Da Nang Guard duty bunker 6, Saturday, October 16, 1971 Long Thanh North Brought back two banks Status still questionable Replace radars in two planes, Saturday, May 15, 1971 Long Thanh North Burm detail in morning Paulson = radio relay operator (Letter Home) On detail this morning moving timbers (Letter Home) Saw 'Barefoot Executive' at RPI, Friday, August 27, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) Worked morning, off afternoon, worked night. Mission kicked off, I fly tomorrow morning, Wednesday, April 7, 1971 Da Nang Photo #7 ( Nng AB): 1 mission, 5 hrs 15 min. Up 9:15 am, 1 mission RR 4 hrs. All but middle ok, no xmit, Tuesday, July 6, 1971 Long Thanh North Da Nang July 5 1971 Rigged = installed radio relay equipment in aircraft in preparation for Got pictures back from PX and mailed them home, Tuesday, February 16, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) (Letter Home) (Letter Home) 1 mission - 4 hrs. 2 missions, DCS,038 to Vung Tau to pick up HYL-3's, 1 hr. Kadramas flew 009 test flight, unsuccessful, bad pushes, Monday, October 4, 1971, Long Thanh North Night Shift Avionics (Letter Home) (Letter Home) OFF, Saturday, December 18, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home)
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