We started flying this morning at 1 am, put back on standby at noon, I Got soaked working after 5 pm, Wednesday, June 30, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) Another fisheye photo I took that day of a B-52 landing over our heads. Avionics, Tuesday, May 18, 1971 Long Thanh North Took banks out of 000 mission OFF Saw 'the Undefeated' at M AFC, Wednesday, May 5, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) (Letter As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Off today on Satellite 061 (Letter Home) De-rigged 038, Wednesday, October 20, 1971 Long Thanh North As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Satellite 000 No fly, standby Quit 7 pm, Friday, October 22, 1971 Long Thanh North 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. Supply detail till 11:30 am At the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial in Washington in 2007, my son P.J. Rocket attack, Monday, April 26, 1971 Da Nang Slept all day, Sunday, June 20, 1971 Nha Trang mailed package home, Sunday, December 5, 1971 Long Thanh North 1 mission, 5 hours, up at 10 am, put on standby, Thursday, February 4, 1971 Da Nang Fred was one week away from his 19th birthday when his plane went down on November 27, 1970. Worked morning, off afternoon, worked night. 1 mission, 5 hours 15 min, up at 11 pm yesterday till 4 am today on Test flight 009 for pictures associated electronics that functioned as a relay unit. Wednesday, February 10, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) Korean floor show at RPI, Wednesday, September 1, 1971 Da Nang Gunfighter Village = Air force compound in Da Nang Headcount, Wednesday, December 8, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) He now lives in Fort Collins and is active in state and local veterans affairs. Standby at 7:30 pm. (Letter Home) The SP feeding ammo is unknown. Wasted time Capt. News stories from Monday July 5, 1971 . 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. (Letter Home) Package due today, didn't come 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. Cheney = crew chief home. never took off, Friday, March 12, 1971 Da Nang Beginning in May 1972, the forces of the USAF were drawn down at Da Nang. Between fifty and eighty-three heavy rockets hit the base. (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Went to Long Binh and put in for TDY to Nha Trang, Vung Tau and Da Nang, Sunday, September 5, 1971 Long Thanh North Saw 'Paint your wagon' at MAFC Pete's Site - Vietnam Portfolio, 1970-1971 Da Nang July 5 1971 Took flight physical, Tuesday, March 2, 1971 Long Than North the last 3 digits on the tail fin #. Photo was given to me. 3 G.I.'s Are Reported Killed By Enemy Shells at Danang Night shift Avionics, Tuesday, October 19, 1971 Long Thanh North China Beach (Letter Home) Thursday, October 7, 1971 Long Thanh North Half day off SoundCloud Rocket Attack In Danang, Vietnam - 8 April 1970 by shampoocell published on 2011-07-20T19:49 . Brought back two banks So wing maintainers and aircrews modified the mounting of an external 20-millimeter Gatling gun pod on the F-4Cs used for ground attack for use in air-to-air combat, and in less than a month, starting on May 14, 1967, the wings pilots had scored four MiG kills. Left 0800 this morning page (Letter Home) 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. Rigged 000, 013, 061 for Relay standby to Da Nang Avionics, Thursday, August 12, 1971 Long Thanh North, Vung Tau Send any friend a story. (Letter Home) These photos were taken from the back seat of another F-4. Arriflexes. Fixed Wing Losses Due to Air Base Attacks - Vietnam Air Losses didn't fly as I was scheduled for 1 pm, Friday, February 5, 1971 Da Nang (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. The gun pod innovation and the MiG kills that followed earned the wing the nickname it carries today, the Gunfighters. During this period, the wing earned a. Rocket Attack On DaNang - YouTube Got 220 line, also got rectifier from Long Thanh (Letter Home) 073 sprung a fuel leak. (Letter Home) ), Monday, December 20, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) 1 mission 4 hrs. Date: 1967, July 15. (Letter Home) Night Shift Avionics SP4 = rank of Specialist 4th Class (Letter Home) Pleiku = airfield Noon to 6 pm guard duty Berry and Schenning left Me on the M60. Saw 'Bob Whites' at RPI, Saturday, March 20, 1971 Da Nang This was a 5-second time exposure with a remote flash from the side so as to not affect the pilot's night vision. Saw 'Joe' at MAFC Kelm came back up, Saturday, April 3, 1971 Da Nang book as a brief note and each day I counted down the days to till I was headed Found out I had guard on bunker 2 at 9 pm, walked out, Wednesday, August 11, 1971 Long Thanh North It was used as an aerial firetruck by using an underslung pod. * The first attack was made by both mortars and sappers. plumbing[ Rod Carbone photo ], A Gunfighter Phantom landing on the runway at Danang 1972 (Letter Home) (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Went to USO show, Wednesday, June 16, 1971 Long Thanh North Quit 7:30 pm, Wednesday, November 18, 1971 to Saturday, November 27, 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. (Letter Home) 1 mission DCS 1 hr 000 Sunday, June 6, 1971 Da Nang My hearing was permanently impaired by excessive noise exposure to loud jet engines during the war (without adequate ear protection). China Beach today (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Supposed to go to Vung Tau tomorrow, Wednesday, September 8, 1971 Long Thanh North, Vung Tau (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Supposed to ship to Da Nang (Letter Home) (Letter Home) This photo was taken of a Vietnamese Air Force pilot flying an A-37 on a ground support mission. Off (Letter Home) OFF, Monday, November 15, 1971 Long Thanh North Sent $100 money order home Burm detail laying concertina wire Bowling at Freedom Hill No good banks yet, Thursday, July 15, 1971 Vung Tau 30 min. (Letter Home) Avionics A summary of these attacks can be found on the Web site of the 366th Tactical. (Letter Home) Supposed to go back south tomorrow, Friday, May 7, 1971 Da Nang, Long Thanh North (Letter Home) China Beach, Saturday, May 1, 1971 Da Nang Saturday, October 30, 1971 Long Thanh North Band at club, Sunday, May 30, 1971 Long Thanh North On the night of July 14, the new 122mm launchers were set up in six batteries, each with six launchers. (Letter Home) China Beach today, got a whole stack of mail today, Monday, February 15, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) Guard duty, Sunday, July 11, 1971 Long Thanh North Standby till Monday 1 mission 061 returned to Long Thanh 2 hrs. Paulson and Duff flew to Quangtri for briefing (Letter Home) Guard duty midnight to 6 am, Monday, May 31, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) 1 mission - 5 hours, up at 6 pm, Tuesday, February 2, 1971 Da Nang As I recall I finally left Vietnam on the day after Christmas Supposed to go to NaTrang but turned back, Monday, May 3, 1971 Da Nang 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. 20 min. The three #'s (000, 013, 038, etc.) This mundane little book has an entry for just about every day I was in-country Supposed to ship to Da Nang tomorrow. DANANG AIRBASE, REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM - william-liddell.com OFF, rode shotgun on truck to Long Binh OFF, Monday, August 9, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) (Letter Home) OFF, read a couple books, Monday, July 19, 1971 Vung Tau DA NANG A.B. Vietnam Rocket City 1971-1972 The glass ports for the aircraft's cameras are visible on the nose. Paul's Danang Photos Homepage Da Nang Vietnam 1967 stock footage and images - CriticalPast (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) (Letter Home) Put radar antenna in 061, Saturday, June 26, 1971 Long Thanh North I was getting a 30 day drop and would be leaving Vietnam around Christmas Day, (no diary entries) (It was on the 18th I found out Started night shift today, Friday, September 10, 1971 Long Thanh North (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. (Letter Home) ran our missions from there. up 7 pm, Thursday, October 14, 1971 Long Thanh North, Bien Hoa Avionics nightshift, Tuesday, November 16, 1971 Long Thanh North By using this site, you agree to its use of cookies. 1 mission 4 hrs. Headcount = Checking in GI's at meals at the mess hall, a gravy job for (Letter Home) Avionics, Saturday, October 9, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) De-rigged 013, rigged 027 Thursday, March 4, 1971 Da Nang Carlson and Krieder came See a recent photo of Richard here. Live show at the club tonight, Monday, February 1, 1971 Da Nang Sound: Yes. Reparied mike cord on 420 Night Shift Avionics, Saturday, November 13, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) DA NANG A.B. Took Urin test at Long Binh, Friday, December 17, 1971 Long Thanh North Replaced fuel cell in 027 (Letter Home) (Letter Home) At least we had indoor (Letter Home) Photo #5 ( Nng AB): Me on an APC. (Letter Home) Went to Freedom Hill PX and bowling alley today, Sunday, April 4, 1971 Da Nang Mission = flight on U-21 or chopper, may be DCA(I think this stood for Try 7 Days Free to get access to 854 million+ pages, Search the Largest Online Newspaper Archive. Burm detail, Wednesday, May 26, 1971 Long Thanh North All units at Da Nang went on full alert, but the damage had been done. 1 mission, RR 027 4 hr. 1 mission, 2 hrs, Satellite 000 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. (Letter Home) Nng AB (Letter Home) 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. Quit 7:30 pm, Wednesday, November 3, 1971 Long Thanh North Seacord to Da Nang in 013 (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Terms Coming back from chow. (Letter Home) (Letter Home) The names, logos, and other source identifying features of newspapers depicted in our database are the trademarks of their respective owners, and our use of newspaper content in the public domain or by private agreement does not imply any affiliation with, or endorsement from, the publishers of the newspaper titles that appear on our site. Got payed $348 (Letter Home) May have practice mission tomorrow, Sunday, October 3, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) nightshift avionics 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. I also made life long friends. (Letter Home) Civilians didn't show today (Letter Home) Danang Images Page 11 out of 027, Thursday, May 27, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) It's the Douglas C-133. To preserve these articles as they originally appeared, The Times does not alter, edit or update them. Stopped Bien Hoa for fuel (Letter Home) up 7 pm (Letter Home) OFF, Monday, September 27, 1971 Long Thanh North Note the message above the gun and the helicopter reflected in his sunglasses. Hot, Pool closed, game of Monopoly this evening June 8, 1969. Sgt. 000, Wednesday, June 23, 1971 Long Thanh North Got magazines (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Obrient = radio relay operator 1 ship to leave tomorrow with Kadramas and Claybough, Sunday, August 22, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) At left is motion picture photographer Sgt. Put C-1611 in 013, Monday, May 24, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Cleaned orderly room (Letter Home) Status still questionable (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Guard duty, Tuesday, June 29, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) danang rocket attack july 5, 1971 I assume it was a hit on one of the POL areas judging from the heavy black smoke. Avionics nightshift, Wednesday, November 17, 1971 Long Thanh North Put FM control head in chopper and FM in another (Letter Home) Rigged 027,038,061 for radio relay to Da Nang unit. (Letter Home) Photo #7 ( Nng AB): Got stuck in traffic jam going to Red Beach Friday, October 8, 1971 Long Thanh North China Beach Burm detail 1 mission 009, 4 hr. Installed FM controller head, transponder and Headcount breakfast and dinner by (Letter Home) Flew back to Long Thanh this afternoon (Letter Home) Friday, February 12, 1971 Da Nang Burm detail laying concertina wire, Saturday, July 10, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) still didn't have power supply, Sunday, July 18, 1971 Vung Tau (Letter Home) Copyright 2003 Rick Holt. Stayed overnight at the 21st Signal Transient barracks, Tuesday, June 22, 1971 Long Thanh North The Sequence number refers to the sequence number assigned to all attacks on ten primary US Air Force operating bases in Vietnam. Mission put off till tomorrow, Tuesday, April 6, 1971 Da Nang (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. Burm detail cutting grass, Friday, July 9, 1971 Long Thanh North Guard duty bunker 6, Saturday, October 16, 1971 Long Thanh North For what it's worth here it is 'as is,' maybe worth little to anyone but Not feeling well, Friday, June 11, 1971 Long Thanh North OFF Practice alert this evening, Thursday, April 22, 1971 Long Thanh North Got haircut, Friday, May 14, 1971 Long Thanh North 10 min. 1 mission, 5 hrs. (Letter Home) stopped at Tuy Hoa, Sunday, February 7, 1971 Long Thanh North Davis = Sgt. (Letter Home) 30 min. Fixed 3 banks myself (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 tracing through nearby buildings, mili tary sources said today. (Letter Home) (Letter Home) (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Rocket attack just before landing Results of a rocket attack 5 July, 1971 next to the Chow Hall. Went to Long Binh for TDY pay, got two pair of nomex and gloves, Wednesday, May 12, 1971 Long Thanh North Mailed film to Wards. to work in radio relay on planes, Sunday, Jan 31, 1971 Long Thanh North doing his duty for his country, serving his year in Vietnam. RR to Nui Ba Den, Thursday, September 30, 1971 Long Thanh North, Nui Ba Den Practice alert 9:30 pm, Monday, July 12, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) A 460th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing RF-4C Phantom is preflighted for a night mission in 1970. (Letter Home) Saw 'How to Frame a figg' at MAFC (Letter Home) Waiting. 'Duh Hornets' band at RPI, Friday, April 30, 1971 Da Nang Got 2 banks working Got all but one bank working A Vietnamese Air Force (VNAF) A-37 drops a bomb on a position near Bien Hoa in 1971. 7 missions, 7 hr. Just after midnight on July 5, 1971, I was literally knocked out of my bunk in DaNang by a huge explosion. Checked radios in 038 OK, Sunday, October 17, 1971 Long Thanh North Mission kicked off this evening Their film cameras were 16 mm. (Letter Home) Headcount, Monday, December 6, 1971 Long Thanh North Paulson went back to get payed Checked relay banks all day, Friday, April 16, 1971 Long Thanh North Burm detail building bunker 1, Thursday, September 23, 1971 Long Thanh North Arrived at Da Nang this evening, stopped at Qui Nhon on the way up. Banks = radio banks, a shelf like unit that contained a couple radios and Had to hitchhike to personnel Headcount, Saturday, December 11, 1971 Long Thanh North Up 9:15 am, 1 mission RR 4 hrs. 1 mission, 1 hr., Satellite 073 Guard duty on Tower 45, Tuesday, September 7, 1971 Long Thanh North [ Rod Carbone photo ] Had lunch and supper at the club, Monday, April 19, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) Saigon = Saigon June 8, 1969, Page 5 Buy Reprints. Tower guard 6 am to noon (Letter Home) Guard duty noon to 6 pm, Thursday, June 10, 1971 Long Thanh North Asked Skaggs about permanent tower guard, Wednesday, September 29, 1971 Long Thanh North, Nui Ba Den (Letter Home) This is a Kaman HH-43 Pedro. Signal Group Aviation Detachment Vung Tau Shipped to Nha Trang Shortly after this photo was taken we were escorted to the base commander by the air police. Saw "The Best House in London" at RPI, Monday, February 22, 1971 Da Nang Company party to celebrate new hot water heater, Sunday, November 7, 1971 Long Thanh North We gained a new appreciation for these airmen who spent months working under fire at Khe Sanh. Went to parade practice by chopper identified the aircraft and were One burning Phantom, loaded with eight M117 bombs, was rapidly unloaded by a courageous maintenance crew organised by Col F C Blesse and Col H O Brennan before the fire reached the bombs. Checked radio banks all day Burm detail, Sunday, October 10.,1971 Long Thanh North Beckman came, Murphy left, Sunday, August 29, 1971 Da Nang Quit 8 pm to club see Japanese Band, Tuesday, November 9, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) Band at RPI up 2 pm 7 pm stopped at Hue/Phu Bai, Monday, September 13, 1971 Da Nang up 1:30 PM 061 RPI= Rice Paddy Inn, club on base in Da Nang (Letter Home) and a few days later I also confirmed that I'd be getting a 179 day Christmas (Letter Home) (Letter Home) (Letter Home) marks the name of Airman First Class Frederick R. Neef, 600th Photo Squadron photographer killed in Vietnam. (Letter Home) (Letter Home) As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. 2 hr. (Letter Home) (Letter Home) OFF (Though I didn't record it in this diary I Burm detail (Letter Home) (Letter Home) A very important place. Pictures of Danang 9. Da Nang Air Base : Sapper & Rocket Attacks During The Vietnam War . PATC and ATC = info on the Appalachian trail Slept till 11 am, Sunday, June 13, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) 013, Wednesday, August 18, 1971 Da Nang Went to China Beach this afternoon, Friday, April 9, 1971 Da Nang, Long Thanh North Three of these Spent whole day at China Beach, Saturday, February 20, 1971 Da Nang The New York Times Archives. We spent two days at U-Tapao photographing operations there, but did not have the opportunity to fly in one of these enormous planes. Phu Bai = airfield
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