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";s:4:"text";s:21069:"Many nights of sweltering heat, monsoon rains, and all that went with it..Thanks for the memory. Cuba In 1966 the 15th Engineer Battalion of the 9th Infantry Division, who arrived in Vietnam aboard the USNS Sultan with the 720th MP Battalion, expanded and constructed new facilities at the Bearcat base. My dad arrived at Bearcat during the Tet Offensive. When the name changed back to Bearcat is unknown, but probably after it became the new home of the 3rd Brigade of the 9th Infantry Division Old Reliable's in December 1966. Thank you for visiting my website/weblog and commenting. Commanding General. The Mama & Papasans were letting us know that there was someone in the water caught in the truck. We were then replaced by a full platoon of Korean infantry. AAORLL's 1970. Bearcat was the base camp. How Many Vietnam Veterans are Alive Today? Most of the division's repair parts were Thank you for great info I was on the lookout for this info for my mission. Long Binh is now a small Vietnamese army installation and a large Industrial Park, including a High Tech Park. The Water Point was overrun the night before what was to be my fourth night there. 68--69 5th 42nd hauled ammo and supplies to 155 gun units. I secured the area, called for backup and a Dust-off from Long Binh Post for help. 25) I did tons of guard duty, as a few of my friends were quite afraid of it, and I was quite comfortable with it. 1973 for 3/5th Cavalry in Boxes 169-193 Five of our men were wounded and ten sappers died. The chopper arrived and Gene was still caring for him. Bearcat was originally a French airfield, later used by the Japanese during World War II. Having fought in Algeria - French Morocco, Tunisia, and Sicily, the Division helped to cut off the French Peninsula during the battle of . Hq & A Co. and the 709th Bn. Mainly did guard duty & convoys during my tour. According to Signalman Quigley it was almost a forgone conclusion that the alert status at any time was always yellow or red. Got The 9th Infantry Division arrived in Vietnam on 16 December 1966 from Ft Riley, KS and departed Vietnam for Ft Lewis, WA on 27 August 1969. In Vietnam . The company streets, HQ & A Co. 31 is looking. Two shifts a night. I lived it. We were required to have 2 awake and one sleeping in 6 2 hour shifts. (having health issues on my end) thanks! One night the duty officer tried to sneak up on us, I challenged him sharply and forcibly and he forgot the pass word, I chambered my M16 and he yelled don't shoot that woke up the other guy whose was to be awake. Its elements provided heavy artillery support to the Battalions Tactical Area Of Responsibility during Operation STABILIZE from September 1967 through September 1970, when the base became home to the 25th Infantry Division who moved from Tay Ninh & Cu Chi and took over the civic action & security in the Battalion's former Tactical Area Of Responsibility until they stood down and returned stateside on. Inactivated 13 October 1970 at Fort Lewis, Washington. Advanced party departed Bearcat Mar 10, 1968, with the remainder of the company to follow, for Hue Phu Bi to support the just arrived in country 101st Airborne/Airmobile Division. The division would be critical in reshaping the U.S. Army in the 1970s and 1980s as it was transformed into a voluntary force and reshaped to fight a new type of war. To review your tour in the Battalion Timeline, use the To Vietnam Main Index link above. I separated from the Thai military nurses and my current wife. Bearcat was originally a French airfield, later used by the Japanese during World War II. When I arrived I was due to leave country mid Feb. but they held me up I believe for about 1 or 2 weeks not happy. Two combined patrols during daylight hours and one during the evening hours. We were heading to the blown bridge to check and guard. the 709th, 72) Other U.S. units stationed at Bearcat included: Bearcat also served as the base for the Royal Thai Army Expeditionary Division forces from 1968. Rather, he captured the off times, with soldiers relaxing, playing ball, hanging out. He started to talk about his experiences and began to get more involved in the VFW and the American Legion. I stood guard on those bunkers in 1968. I felt pretty useless at times doing busy work and wondering what was the point of me being there. Bearcat Base (also known as Bearcat, Camp Martin, Camp Cox or Long Thanh North) is a former U.S. Army base near the city of Bin Ha in ng Nai Province in southern Vietnam. Then it was still known as Bearcat. We spelt on the ground always concerned about the stories of your buddies falling asleep on their watch and having your throat slashed by charlie sneaking past the wire. One night halfway through my tour, I pulled guard duty with a FNG. 26 May The responsibility for drug violations processing reverted from the 8th MP Group Criminal Investigation Divisions (CID) to the line duty MPs, including processing of all evidence and reports. The C Company casualties were PFC Howard E. Doran, punctured eardrum; SP/4 Thomas E. Walker, shrapnel wound to the jaw; PFC John R. Hollander, shrapnel wound in both knees; PFC Daniel J. Flynn, serious shrapnel wounds requiring an emergency tracheotomy. In this case she was supervising sandbag dollies, younger Vietnamese women who were working at the base camp in Dau Tieng., Floating Poker Game, 1967: My buddy and fellow Team Chief, Sgt. 4th Bn. This is a continuing project to attempt to identify and honor those members of the United States Army who sacrificed their lives while serving with the 2nd Battalion 60th Infantry 9th US Infantry Division. As a second lieutenant, I was generally second in command of a sector and had the privilege of walking the perimeter to check on the guards while my superior slept. Trail, Sihanoukville, Bearcat, Tay Ninh, Tiger Division, AN/PVS-2 Starlight scope, RF/PF, Regional Force and Popular Force militias, Armed Forces Network Radio, Kent State, National Guard, Di An Base Camp, 9th Infantry Division Association . Although the rear echelons (behind the lines) were considered safe in conventional wars, there were no safe places in Vietnam and standing guard was vitally important duty. Maintenance We always slept 2 with one awake, risking getting caught. Our post on the burn was a couple spots from the Vulcans.The one by us was called The Duster Busters. Other bunkers at each corner and evenly spaced along each side of the base camp were manned by junior enlisted personnel among the REMF (Rear Echelon Mother F***rs). Have been searching for an active Vietnam Veterans website/forum/blog. Blogging We have so man memories and we have forgotten much. Thank you brother Chris great photos WELCOME HOME BROTHER. seconds.). We always look to the left to view that same corner of the Bearcat location from years ago. But life on eagle was easy compared to the grunts out in the bush. John Allison with the Banking and Consumer Finance Thus we were probably there at same time. I am not able to get much information on my unit because we all came and left at different times and came in alone. Rod - I thank you for preparing the base for the rest of us guys that arrive on the 19th of Dec.. My buddy Norm Faught with the 9th Signal Bn arrived with you guys to set up early commo. I was with 1st Aviation Brigade at LTN which was more or less next door to Bearcat. Everyone sort of came and went with little fanfare. Whats the Significance of the Missing ManTable?, Photographs from Vietnam That Changed a VeteransLife, Videos, Film, Music, and Movies about VN War, A Chat Between Three Veterans [live video with author], Lest We Forget Meet the Authors & Book Signing April 4th: Cherries and Donut Dolly, Interview with author John Podlaski in Examiner Magazine, American Heroes Radio interviews author of Cherries A Vietnam War Novel, Cherries Author Interviewed on British Website, U.K. Blogspot posts interviews author, John Podlaski, More Book Reviews and author interviews about Cherries, http://www.honorstates.org/index.php?id=309661, http://www.vvmf.org/Wall-of-Faces/25371/RICHARD-T-JACKSON, Podcast: Mother Nature and the InfantrySoldier. Trucks were named 'Pittsburgh Pimps' thanks to a hulking black Sgt. The 104th was still operational right to the last days of the war and Australia's withdrawn. Vietnam is in a good place with exception of constant aggressions from China, especially regarding Vietnam's territorial waters, fishing grounds, underwater oil fields, land border disputes/mini aggressions duch as extending southward country borders/ surrepticiously y moving border markers southward. We called him "The Magnificent" Colonel Murray. The personnel assigned to A Company for convoy escort purposes were reassigned to C Company, and personnel from C Company that were assigned to provost marshal offices at Di An, Lai Khe, Tay Ninh and Xuan Loc were reassigned to A Company. From there we were of to Bear Cat. I was a sniper in 1967 with B Co. 5th of the 60th Infantry, 9th Div. . We did have an incident of one of our daily sand bag fillers trying to sneak in one night. US Navy supply and maintenance ship, Da Nang Thank you all. SP/4 William H. Antila, A Company, 720th MP Battalion, August 1968-November 1969. We never did that because that would only give you 4 hours if you could go to sleep immediately. The Liaison Officer/Operator (LO) had to be capable of working alone, of using the Cat Code (converting plain language into 5x5 figures and letters to code up secure messages), precise map reading, impeccable procedures and capable of operating multiple radio and phone systems at any one time. I believe that the 9th moved its HQ to Dong Tam before you got there, however it's interesting that the Thai Regiment remained at Bearcat. Relive & share the memories of your service time with your brothers & sisters in arms today. Just stumbled on your site (again?) Gen. Reese M. Howell (Acting) Assistant Division Commander. Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. * Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1967-1968 On deployment the division was assigned to the III Corps Tactical Zone of Vietnam where it commenced operations in the Dinh Tuong and Long An provinces (6 January-31 May 1967) in Operation Palm Beach. Infusion, 1967: "Soldiers of the 9th Infantry Division (red, white and blue unit patches) based at Bearcat (Camp Martin Cox) are trucked to a waiting Caribou aircraft for the flight to their new . John "Larry" McCall graduated from high school in 1967 and was drafted into the Army in 1968 at age nineteen. Three nights I guarded the Water Point. Location : . At time it was unbelievably loud.One night the side of our bunker just fell way! Good to contact other people from Bearcat. You can probably name many US top 500 and find many On a visit to USA I promised his mother I would one day visit Vietnam and try to go to the place he served (he was in Vietnam for only 20 days) and to the place he was killed (Ben Cat). I was the battalion machinist after the officiers found out I was a journeyman toolmaker working at the G.M. Election 2014 I was an in country transfer from the 272 MP company to the 9th MP. Of all the military assignments in Vietnam, perhaps none was more challenging than the defense of the Mekong River Delta region. But I had a job and had to decline. Early in the Vietnam War, the 1st Special Forces established a base there. How did it feel to be aCherry inVietnam? Their flight in a C-7A Caribou of the Royal Thai Air Force (aircraft mission #21) was scheduled to depart Bearcat at 0700 hours and arrive in Can Tho at 0815 hours. If memory serves me correctly, the 2/60th was part of the 3rd Brigade, commanded by Col Murray while I was there. 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