(Letter Home) Sunday, June 6, 1971 Da Nang standby at airfield 3 pm to 7 pm there. We started flying this morning at 1 am, put back on standby at noon, I OFF, Monday, November 15, 1971 Long Thanh North Drizzled all day (Letter Home) Hot at 5 AM, mission terminated at 11:30 am just before I was due to fly Their film cameras were 16 mm. Installed FM controller head, transponder and Live show at the club tonight, Monday, February 1, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) Yesterday United States B52 bombers struck North Vietnam ese infiltration routes just south of the demilitarized zone. Da Nang July 5 1971 The SP feeding ammo is unknown. Claybough, Kadramas, Obrient, Cheney, Skoog went south on 009 and 061 Rigged 027, Thursday, July 1, 1971 Long Thanh North, Long Binh 7 missions, 7 hr. (Letter Home) It was very heavily fortified and had a great air conditioning system which was a welcome luxury. up 7 am Rigged 027,038,061 for radio relay to Da Nang (Letter Home) A summary of these attacks can be found on the Web site of the 366th Tactical Fighter Wing. 12 civilians killed, 11 wounded in N Vietnamese rocket attack on Danang. 366th Security Police K-9. An army tank driver near the Cambodian border. Got magazines in mail today, Wednesday, March 10, 1971 Da Nang Had picture taken for flight record Give this article. Saw "Fools" at MAFC, Tuesday, August 24, 1971 Da Nang usually stayed at the 37th Signal Battalion compound Relay or Radio Relay Telephone which was our primary mission and were Waiting. Copyright 2003 Rick Holt. Put radar in 013 and 061, Sunday, August 1, 1971 Long Thanh North Saw movie 'The last Day of the War' at the MAFC 20 min.073, Monday, August 16, 1971 Da Nang Davis = Sgt. Worked on Satellite 679 and061 this morning, Monday, May 10, 1971 Long Thanh North Burm detail, Sunday, October 10.,1971 Long Thanh North Worked till 3 am Sunday on Satellite 038 and 000 Off morning (Letter Home) Photo #7 ( Nng AB): I was new to the Combat Documentation (ComDoc) team and my uniform shows it. Had rain all afternoon, Friday, September 24, 1971 Long Thanh North Cleared Dispensary, Re-up NCO, Supply, Sunday, December 19, 1971 Long Thanh North, ** The first two attacks on DaNang were by mortars. Wednesday, February 10, 1971 Da Nang Saw 'Alices Restaurant" at MC OFF, Wednesday, December 15, 1971 Long Thanh North Worked on Satellite 000 radios To Vung Tau, returned 7 pm, Friday, August 13, 1971 Long Thanh North, Vung Tau Put HF in 001, Monday, August 2, 1971 Long Thanh North, Can Tho, Binh Tuy, (Letter Home) (Letter Home) 013, Wednesday, August 18, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) Guard duty, Tuesday, June 29, 1971 Long Thanh North Nng AB 45 min 061 up 5:30 pm, Tuesday, August 17, 1971 Da Nang Bevins gave me a ride to 90th, Wednesday, December 22, 1971 Long Binh occasionally things get blown up. Night Shift Avionics, Wednesday, November 10, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) Saw 'A new leaf' at MAFC Davis mentioned E5 board, Friday, August 6, 1971 Long Thanh North Nng CSC in 1971. personnel on call. Band at RPI tonight 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. It was a dirty, wet, miserable job repairing the aluminum-plated runway under fire at the Khe Sanh marine base in northwestern Vietnam. me, but I share it here as an insight into the mind of a 20 year old draftee 1 mission DCS, 038, 2 hrs. (Letter Home) 1 mission, 3 hrs 038 up 8:45 am Sound: Yes. By truck to Aviation Detachment of 2nd Signal Group, Long Thanh Airbase, Night Shift Avionics, Friday, November 12, 1971 Long Thanh North Guard duty 6 pm to midnight (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Went to China Beach this afternoon, Friday, April 9, 1971 Da Nang, Long Thanh North Night shift Avionics and was home and mustered out of the Army within a few days. (Letter Home) (Letter Home) OFF Cleared Finance, Tuesday, December 21, 1971 Long Binh OFF (Though I didn't record it in this diary I Paulson = radio relay operator Photo was given to me. Spent most of day at 12 Grp. 1 mission 4 hrs. [ Rod Carbone photo ]. Deskin = not sure what he did but he bunked with me for a while. Worked evening in Avionics (Letter Home) Scary. Played a game of horse shoes and Monopoly this morning, Friday, April 23, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) (Letter Home) (Letter Home) 15. min Slept till 11 am, Sunday, June 13, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) Photo #8 ( Nng AB): (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 ] (Letter Home) He now lives in Fort Collins and is active in state and local veterans affairs. Movie at RPI, 'I love my wife', Tuesday, May 4, 1971 Da Nang off morning Off morning (Letter Home) The barracks next door had taken a direct hit from a V.C. This is a Kaman HH-43 Pedro. Night Shift Avionics, Saturday, November 6, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) Headcount 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. (Letter Home) The Flightline, Funny Money, Rocket shrapnel. All attacks from 02/27/67 forward were by rockets. (Letter Home) RR standby 30 min 073, Thursday, August 19, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) USAFI = US Armed Forces Institute, correspondence course. Photo #3 ( Nng AB): Me on the M60. Sunday morning. 15 min. Davis took them to Phu Loi this afternoon. mailed film to Kodak, Tuesday, November 2, 1971 Long Thanh North Status still questionable Saw 'Bob Whites' at RPI, Saturday, March 20, 1971 Da Nang Power supply not working right, Saturday, July 17, 1971 Vung Tau https://www.nytimes.com/1971/05/30/archives/rockets-kill-12-at-danang.html. the last 3 digits on the tail fin #. (Letter Home) Saw 'Barefoot Executive' at RPI, Friday, August 27, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) Headcount, Wednesday, December 8, 1971 Long Thanh North I also made life long friends. Took radar out of 061, de-rigged 013 and 038 Got 220 line, also got rectifier from Long Thanh All girl zip band at 8 pm (Letter Home) (nothing). Put in for TDY pay 's were killed and 36 wounded in the shelling. Put radar in 001, took Loran? Saturday, October 2, 1971 Long Thanh North A formation of F-100s of the 35th Tactical Fighter Wing fly over the ancient Cham temple south of their base at Phan Rang. DaNang Air Base was known as "rocket city" for the number of attacks that occurred there between 1965 and 1973. June 8, 1969. He attended high school with my brother Skip, graduated from the U.S. Kelm and Harrelson left today, Saturday, March 27, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) 15 min. (Letter Home) Off today Mailed film to Wards. Burm detail building bunker 1, Thursday, September 23, 1971 Long Thanh North Washed clothes at officers quarters These photos were taken from the back seat of another F-4. (Letter Home) + Casualty figures reflect all casualties, i.e., USAF, other military and civilians. out of 027, Thursday, May 27, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) Claybough = radio relay operator night shift cancelled, Tuesday, September 21, 1971 Long Thanh North I flew, the special assignments, the rocket attacks, the red alerts and the Davis I grabbed my camera and ran outside to document the attack. (Letter Home) Long Thanh North = Army airbase of same name and home base of 2nd Davis put us in for E-4 today, Wednesday, April 21, 1971 Long Thanh North 1971 Long Thanh North KP duty 8:00 am to 7:00 pm, Friday, Jan 29, 1971 Long Binh Avionics, Sunday, May 23, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Will open in a new window. Guard duty, Sunday, July 4, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) marks the name of Airman First Class Frederick R. Neef, 600th Photo Squadron photographer killed in Vietnam. **** TET 1968 Saw band "Nitwits" at RPI, Monday, March 15, 1971 Da Nang 1 mission DCS 2 hrs. KP = Kitchen patrol, working in the mess hall Guard duty bunker 6, Saturday, October 16, 1971 Long Thanh North No mail (Letter Home) Rigged 000, 013, 061 for Relay standby to Da Nang (Letter Home) (Letter Home) 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) (Letter The nickname for DaNang was "Rocket City" garnering that appellation from the frequent attacks on it by means of the "Katyusha" which is the name given the Soviet BM-21 122mm artillery rocket. (Letter Home) (Letter Home) As official USAF photographs they are in the public domain and as such are also in the Creative Commons. (Letter Home) up 7 pm, Thursday, October 14, 1971 Long Thanh North, Bien Hoa notes I kept in my little diary book were little more than snippets of thought. Rained all day Log one extra, stopped Sanford for fuel, Long Thanh no power (Letter Home) We gained a new appreciation for these airmen who spent months working under fire at Khe Sanh. (Letter Home) (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Put transponder in 836 today, Wednesday, May 19, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) Night Shift Avionics, Thursday, November 4, 1971 Long Thanh North never took off, Friday, March 12, 1971 Da Nang Saw 'Joe' at MAFC (Letter Home) (Letter Home) (Letter Home) 038 and 073 still left here, Monday, August 23, 1971 Da Nang Band at club, Sunday, May 30, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) TDY = Temporary Duty, we got paid extra when we stayed at another city and Took Urin test at Long Binh, Friday, December 17, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) President Nixon denied the next day that there were U.S. troops on the ground in Cambodia, so these photos were never released. Again, all the SP's are unknown. Supposed to go back to Long Thanh tomorrow, Wednesday, February 24, 1971 Tuy Hoa, Long Thanh North (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Repaired two amps (pin pulling out - blue wire), Wednesday, July 28, 1971 Vung Tau DaNang Air Base was known as "rocket city" for the number of attacks that occurred there between 1965 and 1973. Duration: 1 min 20 sec. Keyed guns Occasionally the digitization process introduces transcription errors or other problems; we are continuing to work to improve these archived versions. Checked banks, Friday, June 18, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) Missed USO show at 5 pm (Letter Home) (Letter Home) 10 min. (Letter Home) (Letter Home) China Beach today, got a whole stack of mail today, Monday, February 15, 1971 Da Nang Mission put off till tomorrow, Tuesday, April 6, 1971 Da Nang 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. TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. The Sequence number refers to the sequence number assigned to all attacks on ten primary US Air Force operating bases in Vietnam. Rocket attack, Monday, April 26, 1971 Da Nang De-rigged 013, rigged 027 Saturday, February 13, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) Went to China Beach, used roll of film coming back through the villages Sunday, February 14, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) China Beach today, got a whole stack of mail today Monday, February 15, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) 1 mission 009, 4 hr. Went to Long Binh took rack to have pictures taken (Letter Home) (Letter Home) * The first attack was made by both mortars and sappers. (Letter Home) Rocket attack, Tuesday, April 27, 1971 Da Nang 9 missions, 009, 1 hr. Note the message above the gun and the helicopter reflected in his sunglasses. The Army is reporting a 2% heroin addiction rate for soldiers leaving South Vietnam. Arrived at Da Nang this evening, stopped at Qui Nhon on the way up. (Letter Home) Guard duty midnight to 6 am, Thursday, June 3, 1971 Long Thanh North Col. Dickinson came for inspection We had contact with various army units several rocket spotter locations and other agencies that I do not recall. As the number of U.S. combat troops in Vietnam was reduced in 1971, efforts were made to shift more of the fighting to the Vietnamese army. Took flight physical, Tuesday, March 2, 1971 Long Than North Got 2 banks working since it was also my way of knowing just how many days left I had to spend Company party Son Nhut Airspace. DA NANG A.B. (Letter Home) 000 Sent $500 home 30 min. OFF, Monday, July 5. (Letter Home) All but middle ok, no xmit, Tuesday, July 6, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) To say the least, the war was a tragic time for most Vietnamese -- south and north -- and this photo of an elderly woman selling cigarettes in downtown Saigon in 1970 captures that sadness. (Letter Home) (Letter Home) These two American Airmen were killed during that attack: Gary Leroy Fuller - The Plai. Got batteries and mail, Thursday, July 29, 1971 Vung Tau by 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. Wasted day Saw ' Danger Diabolic" at RPI, Thursday, August 26, 1971 Da Nang Just after midnight on July 15, the first rockets were fired at the airbase. (Letter Home) Each day if there was something worth recording it made into the little (Letter Home) 2 rocket attacks early this morning (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Back on standby at noon, Thursday, Februaryb 11, 1971 Da Nang Nui Ba Den, Tay Ninh, Wednesday, October 13, 1971 Long Thanh North Worked Afternoon and till 11:30 pm, Sunday, November 14, 1971 Long Thanh North 1 mission, 5 hours, up 3:30 am in Satellite 038 live band at the Rice Paddy in at 6 PM, Saturday, February 6, 1971 Long Thanh North, Tuy Hoa SP4 = rank of Specialist 4th Class Open to all Vietnam Veterans that served at DA NANG Air Base of ROCKET CITY from 1971-1972. On March 27, 1967, DaNang came under another 120mm rocket attack. Wednesday, March 3, 1971 Qui Nhon, Da Nang Pleiku = airfield finished roll of slide film, Sunday, March 28, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) Supposed to have a mission tomorrow AM to Da Nang or Binh Tuy, Sunday, August 15, 1971 Da Nang Saturday, April 10, 1971 Long Thanh North 1 mission, 2 hrs, Satellite 000 MAFC = Main air force compound at Da Nang Special services show twice at club, Monday, November 8, 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. No fly, standby (Letter Home) 1 mission, 009, 4 hr 45 min. Headcount, Friday, December 10, 1971 Long Thanh North Back on standby just before I was to take off, Saturday, August 21, 1971 Da Nang Got a package of 'goodies', Sunday, February 28, 1971 Long Thanh North Sent three banks out got three more, Friday, July 30, 1971 Vung Tau A shot of me in our hut. Found voltage dropped with 2 banks (KY 28 trouble) June 8, 1969, Page 5 Buy Reprints. Saturday, June 5, 1971 Da Nang The temple is a key tourist attraction in the area today.

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