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Got magazines Band at RPI tonight (Letter Home) reserved. USAFI = US Armed Forces Institute, correspondence course. (Letter Home) 1971 Guard duty 6 pm to midnight (Letter Home) Ordered slide projector and stuff from PATC and ATC, Tuesday, June 15, 1971 Long Thanh North Got 2 banks working Saw 'the Undefeated' at M AFC, Wednesday, May 5, 1971 Da Nang 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 The results of a typhoon that hit Nng in 1971. (Letter Home) OFF, Monday, November 1, 1971 Long Thanh North Photo #1 ( Nng AB): (Letter Home) Seacord to Da Nang in 013 Checked radio banks all day (Letter Home) China Beach = Rest and relaxation center on coast near Da Nang, Personnel mentioned (Letter Home) (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Put radios in plane that came up ???? Went to Long Binh for TDY pay, got two pair of nomex and gloves, Wednesday, May 12, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) Night Shift Avionics, Thursday, November 11, 1971 Long Thanh North Got 28 letters today, Friday, February 26, 1971 Long Thanh North Drizzled all day Off morning (Letter Home) Kadramas flew 009 test flight, unsuccessful, bad pushes, Monday, October 4, 1971, Long Thanh North (Letter Home) 1 mission, 5 hours, Satellite 013, Thursday, April 1, 1971 Da Nang 15 min. Brought back two banks Avionics nightshift, Tuesday, November 16, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) No mail (Letter Home) 1 mission DCS 2 hrs. Flew test flight 009, still unsuccessful, Saigon no answer Shortly after this photo was taken we were escorted to the base commander by the air police. (Letter Home) (Letter Home) OFF, Monday, September 27, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) and a few days later I also confirmed that I'd be getting a 179 day Christmas Started night shift today, Friday, September 10, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) Burm detail building bunker 46 (Letter Home) Saw "Hornets Nest', Thursday, March 11, 1971 Da Nang OFF, Sunday, October 31, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) Shipped to Nha Trang 's were killed and 36 wounded in the shelling. Put on standby 9 pm, Friday, August 20, 1971 Da Nang notes I kept in my little diary book were little more than snippets of thought. Occasionally the digitization process introduces transcription errors or other problems; we are continuing to work to improve these archived versions. (Letter Home) (Letter Home) (Letter Home) RR standby (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. Had a little OJT today. Night Shift Avionics mailed package home, Sunday, December 5, 1971 Long Thanh North Vung Tau = town near the coast 12 civilians killed, 11 wounded in N Vietnamese rocket attack on Danang. (Letter Home) (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Home) (Letter Got 3 banks working (Letter Home) Capt. Got haircut, Friday, May 14, 1971 Long Thanh North Saw "Boatnicks" at RPI De-rigged 038, Wednesday, October 20, 1971 Long Thanh North De-rigged 061, Thursday, June 24, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Keyed guns for mission starting 6 am, Monday, April 5, 1971 Da Nang Davis put us in for E-4 today, Wednesday, April 21, 1971 Long Thanh North 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. associated electronics that functioned as a relay unit. Supposed to go back south tomorrow, Friday, May 7, 1971 Da Nang, Long Thanh North Pictures of Danang 10. Photo #7 ( Nng AB): 1 mission DCS 1 hr. The 362 TEWS Latrine. Finally got mail, Monday, March 8, 1971 Da Nang Phu Bai = airfield Wasted time Long Binh = airfield and military base Hot at 5 AM, mission terminated at 11:30 am just before I was due to fly Steve Lachance, motion picture officer Capt. (Letter Home) ran our missions from there. (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Supposed to have a mission tomorrow AM to Da Nang or Binh Tuy, Sunday, August 15, 1971 Da Nang 30 min. Friday, October 8, 1971 Long Thanh North All attacks from 02/27/67 forward were by rockets. Headcount breakfast and dinner Guard midnight Saturday to 6 am on Sunday morning This is a shot of a young girl talking to one of the bunker guards. (Letter Home) (Letter Home) no mail Got HYl-3's and Ky's but didn't get mail since it was also my way of knowing just how many days left I had to spend Currin = crew chief Got papers for drivers license Flew to Da Nang Put radar in 001, took Loran? (Letter Home) Turned in TDY orders at Long Binh, Tuesday, April 13, 1971 Long Thanh North Standby at 7:30 pm. Guard duty, Tuesday, June 29, 1971 Long Thanh North Thursday, March 4, 1971 Da Nang 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. 30 min. (Letter Home) Glen H. Myers (Letter Home) (Letter Home) # Not in AF records, submitted by members, # Not in AF records, submitted by members, Air Base Defense in the Republic of Vietnam, 1960-1973. (Letter Home) OFF (Though I didn't record it in this diary I (Letter Home) Sent two fixed ones back (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Saw 'Joe' at MAFC 20 min. Scary. (Letter Home) Got payed and got 22 letters Flew back to Long Thanh this afternoon (Letter Home) Power supply not working right, Saturday, July 17, 1971 Vung Tau Duff off (Letter Home) (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Off morning (Letter Home) Off Found problems in xmode connectors on Cont. Got one set of banks working Avionics Vietcong rocket attack on the U.S. Da Nang Airbase in Vietnam. (Letter Home) Going to Vung Tau tomorrow, Tuesday, July 13, 1971 Vung Tau should get flight pay and PFC. finished roll of slide film, Sunday, March 28, 1971 Da Nang Beckman came, Murphy left, Sunday, August 29, 1971 Da Nang Got payed today, Saturday, February 27, 1971 Long Thanh North Arrived Da Nang 1 mission DCS, 038, 2 hrs. She was a very kind and caring lady. Avionics 3 G.I. Put 2 mike cords in choppers, Tuesday, May 11, 1971 Long Thanh North, Long Binh (Letter Home) (Letter Home) As I recall I finally left Vietnam on the day after Christmas Guard duty 6 am - noon, Friday, June 4, 1971 Long Thanh North Night Shift Avionics, Thursday, November 4, 1971 Long Thanh North Went to Vung Tau by way of Can Tho and Binh Tuy to pick up 3 radio racks, Tuesday, August 3, 1971 Da Nang Was guide-on bearer for change of command ceremony (nothing). 30 min. Back to Da Nang Signal Group Aviation Detachment Took banks out of 000 I guess my head was spinning. 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. Mission put off till tomorrow, Tuesday, April 6, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) Avionics, Thursday, July 8, 1971 Long Thanh North Another fisheye photo I took that day of a B-52 landing over our heads. (Letter Home) The glass ports for the aircraft's cameras are visible on the nose. Supply detail till 11:30 am 1 mission, 5 hrs 15 min. Got slides back from PX and mailed them home, Thursday, April 8, 1971 Da Nang Beckman went to party at German Hospital boat tonight, Friday, September 3, 1971 Long Thanh North A 460th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing RF-4C Phantom is preflighted for a night mission in 1970. 366th Security Police K-9. Found out I had guard on bunker 2 at 9 pm, walked out, Wednesday, August 11, 1971 Long Thanh North Returned to Long Thanh, 1 mission DCS, 038, 2 hrs, Saturday, September 4, 1971 Long Thanh North, Long Binh Click the image above for a flight chart of the Long Binh/Bien Hoa/ Tan 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) (Letter Home) Behind her is the area that we referred to as "Dog Patch.". (Letter Home) (Letter Home) 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. 073 sprung a fuel leak. Tragically, five airmen died in the attack that night and 38 were wounded. Guide-on practice till noon Went to Freedom Hill PX and bowling alley today, Sunday, April 4, 1971 Da Nang By truck to Aviation Detachment of 2nd Signal Group, Long Thanh Airbase, 1 mission, 5 hrs. TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. (Letter Home) I remember the XM-174 grenade launcher could put out 12 rounds before the first one hit the ground. off morning, Avionics afternoon On 11/6/2018 8:54 AM, Sir Gregory Hall, Esq. (Letter Home) Yesterday United States B52 bombers struck North Vietnam ese infiltration routes just south of the demilitarized zone. 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. Got SP4 today Add 1 mission, stopped at Phu Bai (Letter Home) Was honored as. 140 mm rocket. (Letter Home) 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. (Letter Home) Headcount, Thursday, December 9, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) short-timers Full text is unavailable for this digitized archive article. Headcount, Sunday, December 12, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) Rigged 009, Sunday, October 24, 1971 Long Thanh North, Pleiku Saw 'Raid on Rommel' at RPI, Tuesday, August 31, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) All of them are unknown. Da Nang Air Base : Sapper & Rocket Attacks During The Vietnam War militaryvideocom 40.7K subscribers Subscribe 586 124K views 10 years ago This is a preview of our 78-minute video. up 7 am Rigged 000, 013, 061 for Relay standby to Da Nang up 7 pm (Letter Home) * The first attack was made by both mortars and sappers. If the resized images on this page are used in other locations, please credit as watermarked. 1 mission 027, 3 hr 45 min. (Letter Home) Hooked front bank as middle band with 3rd as spare, Monday, May 17, 1971 Long Thanh North OFF, Monday, October 18, 1971 Long Thanh North standby at airfield 3 pm to 7 pm I was getting a 30 day drop and would be leaving Vietnam around Christmas Day, It's the Douglas C-133. Subscribers may view the full text of this article in its original form through TimesMachine. To preserve these articles as they originally appeared, The Times does not alter, edit or update them. Anyone can read what you share. OFF Korean floor show at RPI, Wednesday, September 1, 1971 Da Nang Saw ' Danger Diabolic" at RPI, Thursday, August 26, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) 1 mission 061 returned to Long Thanh 2 hrs. Quit 7 pm, Friday, October 22, 1971 Long Thanh North Heavy explosions and fires on the base. Me to Da Nang in 038 Note the message above the gun and the helicopter reflected in his sunglasses. (Letter Home) Cleared Finance, Tuesday, December 21, 1971 Long Binh Bevins gave me a ride to 90th, Wednesday, December 22, 1971 Long Binh Headcount (Letter Home) Worked evening in Avionics Would not release us to go south (Letter Home) on Satellite 000 Try 7 Days Free to get access to 854 million+ pages, Search the Largest Online Newspaper Archive. (Letter Home) Paulson left this morning Davis = Sgt. (Letter Home) All girl zip band at 8 pm Off rest of day, Tuesday, December 14, 1971 Long Thanh North A motion picture (mopic) crew from the 600th Photo Squadron prepares to shoot some footage in Pleiku in the Central Highlands of Vietnam. Duff and Kelm went to Da Nang this morning, Tuesday, April 20, 1971 Long Thanh North Go to Rick's Vietnam Letters Had day off till 6:30, worked till 10:30, Wednesday, October 27, 1971 Long Thanh North 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. Pay day, $387, Wednesday, December 1, 1971 Long Thanh North Waiting, Thursday, December 23, 1971 Da Nang Pictures of Danang 9. Picked up TDY to Vung Tau and Nha Trang (Letter Home) Arrived at Da Nang this evening, stopped at Qui Nhon on the way up. Saw 'The body stealers' at RPI, Thursday, September 2, 1971 Da Nang out of 027, Thursday, May 27, 1971 Long Thanh North The camera was a new Nikon F2 and I was as green in combat photography as the camera. Rigged 073 before I left Relay or Radio Relay Telephone which was our primary mission and were Avionics, Sunday, May 23, 1971 Long Thanh North Checked radio banks Deskin drunkerrrrr! [ Rod Carbone photo ]. 30 min. Off morning, Col. Dickerson to come inspect tomorrow OFF, Monday, November 15, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) Alert 5:30 pm - 11 pm, Thursday, May 20, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) Rained all day All rights (Letter Home) Saigon = Saigon Skoog = crew chief By November 1971, the 366th was the only United States tactical fighter wing still stationed in Vietnam. Was supposed to go north today but Kelm and Duff came back down 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. The SP feeding ammo is unknown. (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Also provided here are links directly to MACV club, Sunday, September 19, 1971 Da Nang, Hue and AO, Long Thanh (Letter Home) (nothing), Wednesday, April 28, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Avionics - radar in 038 I was new to the Combat Documentation (ComDoc) team and my uniform shows it. Burm detail laying concertina wire Moss moved out the Army too! Avionics Kinzel and Bevins came with stuff, Thursday, July 22, 1971 Vung Tau Red Alert 11:30 pm To preserve these articles as they originally appeared, The Times does not alter, edit or update them. (Letter Home) off morning (Letter Home) Unbelievable since I had already started processing out. (Letter Home) Cleaned orderly room Worked till 3 am Sunday on Satellite 038 and 000 TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. One of the four crewmen was hurt in the crashes. (Letter Home) This fisheye photo was taken at the end of the runway at U-Tapao Air Base in Thailand as we filmed a B-52 returning from a mission landing right over our heads. Night shift avionics, Tuesday, November 30, 1971 Long Thanh North 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. An F4-E turns to land ahead of an approaching storm at DaNang Air Base in northern Vietnam. R&U detail building APO (post office) to Da Nang Long Thanh North = Army airbase of same name and home base of 2nd An F4 high above the South China Sea off the coast of Vietnam. Put C-1611 in 013, Monday, May 24, 1971 Long Thanh North For what it's worth here it is 'as is,' maybe worth little to anyone but Sent $500 home Log one extra, stopped Sanford for fuel, Long Thanh no power Standby till Monday Supposed to be on burm detail but cancelled Sgt Krouse is following me. Saw "Grasshopper" at main compound, Saturday, March 13, 1971 Da Nang More rocket attack damage. (Letter Home) On standby supposed to standby at Quang Tri during day, Sunday, September 12, 1971 Da Nang, Quang Tri, Hue/Phu Bai Checked set of banks for cipher (Letter Home) Home) (Letter Home) Put cables on two planes going south today, Monday, March 29, 1971 Da Nang 000, Monday, June 21, 1971 Nha Trang RPI= Rice Paddy Inn, club on base in Da Nang Find Da Nang Air Base stock photos and editorial news pictures from Getty Images. Burm detail cutting grass, Friday, July 9, 1971 Long Thanh North De-rigged 071 Saw 'the Statue' at RPI, Thursday, September 16, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) (Letter Headcount, Wednesday, December 8, 1971 Long Thanh North Replaced fuel cell in 027 1 mission, 2 hrs, Satellite 000 DaNang Air Base was known as "rocket city" for the number of attacks that occurred there between 1965 and 1973. The Flightline, Funny Money, Rocket shrapnel. Wednesday, August 4, 1971 Da Nang, Long Thanh North Tower guard 6 am to noon Checked relay banks all day, Friday, April 16, 1971 Long Thanh North Caught some rays on the bunker, OFF, Monday, September 6, 1971 Long Thanh North 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. Sent three banks out got three more, Friday, July 30, 1971 Vung Tau I assume it was a hit on one of the POL areas judging from the heavy black smoke. Saturday, April 10, 1971 Long Thanh North I worked as complotter on Cobra Flight for about half my time at Nng. Got shots at dispensary Friday, October 1, 1971 Long Thanh North, Nui Ba Den 1 mission, 3 hrs 038 up 8:45 am Live band at the R.P.I. Had to hitchhike to personnel redistributed. It was very heavily fortified and had a great air conditioning system which was a welcome luxury. Kelm = radio relay operator 009, down 5 pm, Wednesday, October 6, 1971 Long Thanh North Village [ Rod Carbone photo ], Bob Cummings 366th avionics maintenance squadron Danang 1971 Rocket attack, Monday, April 26, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) (Letter Home) (Letter Home) (Letter Home) actually flew the first radio relay flight for a mission to Nui Ba Den on this Put UHF control head in 009, Saturday, May 22, 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. DA NANG A.B. (Letter Home) (nothing), Monday, March 1, 1971 Long Thanh North Put in for TDY pay Rigged 027, Thursday, July 1, 1971 Long Thanh North, Long Binh (Letter Home) To purchase. arrived 8:30 pm, Monday, September 20, 1971 Long Thanh North 027 sabotaged Completed lesson 2 of USAFI course, Friday, June 25, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) mission cancelled, keyed guns, Wednesday, March 31, 1971 Da Nang Will start flying one radio check mission a day, Tuesday, March 23, 1971 Da Nang Got 20 letters today, Saturday, July 24, 1971 Vung Tau Photo #5 ( Nng AB): Me on an APC. Checked radios in 038 OK, Sunday, October 17, 1971 Long Thanh North ARCOM = Army Commendation Medal Got magazines in mail today, Wednesday, March 10, 1971 Da Nang 1 mission 4 hrs. As you can see we had it pretty rough. Headcount, Saturday, December 11, 1971 Long Thanh North Did PM on CO's air conditioner, Saturday, June 12, 1971 Long Thanh North Duff left this morning (Letter Home) We were flying inverted to take this photo. Started this evening as headcount, Thursday, December 2, 1971 Long Thanh North Got pictures back from Montgomery Wards, Friday, March 19, 1971 Da Nang Friday, February 12, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) Live band at the R.P.I. Mess hall got hit by rocket this morning about 4:30 am while I was gone (Letter Home) picked up three pants from tailor, put two in, Sunday, March 14, 1971 Da Nang I Looking back I find usually stayed at the 37th Signal Battalion compound 'Duh Hornets' band at RPI, Friday, April 30, 1971 Da Nang 1 mission 55 min. 30 min. it interesting that the latest movie or show I saw, the mail I got, the missions Jeff Mitton. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or Noon to 6 pm guard duty (Letter Home) The Army is reporting a 2% heroin addiction rate for soldiers leaving South Vietnam. Rigged = installed radio relay equipment in aircraft in preparation for An aircraft mechanic takes a smoke break outside the revetments at Tan Son Nhut Air base in 1970. Need HYL-3 The "LA" on the tail indicates that this aircrew is part of the 4th Tactical Fighter Squadron. Attempted repair In five minutes, they had expended their ammunition. Pulled guard from Noon to 6 pm on conex, Saturday, May 29, 1971 Long Thanh North I grabbed my camera and ran outside to document the attack. (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Went to Long Binh, got a ride on an APC An F4-E Phantom of the 366th Tactical Fighter Wing in DaNang heads for a bombing mission on the Ho Chi Minh Trail in northwest Vietnam. (Letter Home) Worked Afternoon and till 11:30 pm, Sunday, November 14, 1971 Long Thanh North OFF, Saturday, December 18, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) 7 pm stopped at Hue/Phu Bai, Monday, September 13, 1971 Da Nang Rocket Attack = refers to enemy 122mm rockets incoming. 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. Burm detail, Sunday, October 10.,1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Satellite XXX = refers to various U-21 aircraft used and maintained by our In February 1965, while at Holloman AFB, New Mexico, the wing began converting to the new F-4C Phantom II. (Letter Home) occasionally things get blown up. The barracks burned to the ground after the rocket attack. Sunday, June 6, 1971 Da Nang 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 . Night shift Avionics Off this afternoon 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. Deskin = not sure what he did but he bunked with me for a while. Went to Long Binh to pick up TDY pay, $148.38, Thursday, April 15, 1971 Long Thanh North OFF Sat in avionics shop all day, Wednesday April 14, 1971 Long Thanh North, Long Binh 366th Security Police Squadron Left 90th by C-130 to 510th Replacent in Da Nang, Friday, December 24, 1971 Da Nang plumbing[ Rod Carbone photo ], A Gunfighter Phantom landing on the runway at Danang 1972 Got stuck in traffic jam going to Red Beach 15 min. (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Saw movie 'the Great Bank Robbery' at main compound, Sunday, March 21, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) [ Rod Carbone photo ] "Early Out" which meant not only that I'd be leaving Vietnam, but getting out of Saw 'Makenzie Break' at RPI, Wednesday, September 15, 1971 Da Nang June 8, 1969, Page 5 Buy Reprints. Burm detail Burm detail, may try to get permanent tower guard, Tuesday, September 28, 1971 Long Thanh North Just after midnight on July 15, the first rockets were fired at the airbase. Heavy explosions and fires on the base. My letters home were verbose, but in stark contrast the daily ** The first two attacks on DaNang were by mortars. Anyone can read what you share. Anyone can read what you share. (Letter Home) Saw "Fools" at MAFC, Tuesday, August 24, 1971 Da Nang Due take off 10 am, Saturday, September 11, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) West German . View Full Article in Timesmachine , See the article in its original context from. (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Supposed to ship to Da Nang tomorrow. It was very heavily fortified and had a great air conditioning system which was a welcome luxury. club= enlisted man's club on base (Letter Home) Burm detail, Wednesday, May 26, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) (Letter Home) At left is motion picture photographer Sgt. 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. Flew CE on 000 Clip: 65675029937. (Letter Home) Mission kicked off this evening (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Arrived Long Thanh 3:30 pm via Tuy Hoa (Letter Home) identified the aircraft and were (Letter Home) amps China Beach today Arrived Da Nang 2 pm Send slides home(18) Arrived Vung Tau Waiting, Saturday, December 25, 1971 Da Nang 1971 Long Thanh North These two American Airmen were killed during that attack: Gary Leroy Fuller - The Plai. Spent most of day at 12 Grp. 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. [ Rod Carbone photo ], A "Jolly Green Giant" Danang 1972 comings and goings of my fellow GI's all received equal and matter of fact (Letter Home) Guard duty noon to 6 pm, Thursday, June 10, 1971 Long Thanh North Paulson and Duff flew to Quangtri for briefing