Never did cook. I was the OIC of the recovery operations. That was one of my first assignments with the company and one I remember well. Also I have a faint memory of stopping at a Special Forces Club between Long Binh and Saigon and they had a flushing toilet. Watched it burn down during the riot. Please join to all Nam Vets who need someone to relate to. At New Years 1970 at midnight red tracer rounds were fired along the Long Binh perimeter to celebrate the New Year and the hope that it might bring. The best SLJO assignment was the Communications Officer for the Bob Hope Show and Cardinal Cooks Midnight Mass on Christmas 1970. What a sight! Quite an adventure. Our unit was pretty self-contained with an EM, NCO, & Officers Clubs. from 69-72 and We built LBJ among the many other projects. I also never saw a swimming pool or bowling ally there. it might have been Marvin Gaye, Temptations, Impressions, Smokey Robinson, Im still not sure. I was stationed at Plantation, II Field Force. Now reside in St. Jo, TX. Finally the Pentagon released a detailed report. Oh yeh, heres one for you guys that were there, the out houses blowing up when you through a lit cigarette butt in the hole, ha ha. Yes I am a southerner. I was with the 66th Engineer Company, Topographic from Jan. 1969 to Mar. I was very good at my job but not at souldering. We know their are several thousand buried near Bien Hoa, Long Binh and Hoi Nai. I was stationed at Long Binh from the fall of 67 to the fall of 68. on board the USN Upshur. I was his driver and I also drove around the sergeant major, so I saw a lot of the base. I was at the 32nd med depot from 70 to November 71, I ran the narcotics vault. Possible the best job in Vietnam. Where are the comments I posted yesterday??? I have a map of Long Binh And Bien Hoa (aerial) To this day nobody talks about Mini-Tet. I was stationed at Long Binh from February 1970- February 1971. Nothing but respect for those who were stationed on them. I arrived in April 1971. I think it was a well kept secret because I only found out about it shortly before I left VN. Had guard duty every friday night. Lots of heroin abuse. Went back to Nam in 1994 while living and working in Singapore. Fifty gallon drums of water heated by the sun during the day, your buddy used his helmet to pour water from the drum down a trough for you to wear your body and then to rinse of the soap, sorry no privacy. I was with an ASA unit in Long Binh from 1/67 & 1/68. The nights with Tim Howle, OJ, Bob Lazuka andDanny and Angel slowed to a halt and having failed to write the great Viet Nam novel: A Thousand Basketball Courts i I took the Freedom Bird home . During the Easter Offensive, airbase at Bien Hoa was rocketed several times. I passed through Long Binh in July of 1966. I thi k leaving the armt after over 6 years was a mistake. More than likely I explained we didnt need to tear down any bags we just needed to improve the looks of the company hoochs, I asked for access to the rolls of rusting fence wire (not concertina) sitting in the supply yard a bag of cement and one worker who knew how to work with it. May Nature also bless you, those who are alive and those especially who are no longer with us. We did work over at the air base, all so kept the road open out to Bear Cat to the East. Always wondered why they had black teeth. For anyone trying to find buddies may I recommend https://www.facebook.com/groups/398400204322163/permalink/662800181215496/ They have a page called BUDDIE FINDERS. Any of you still alive it would be nice to hear from you. I have photos of the base and dump. How do we connect off this website? Hello Patrick: I read your comments with interest and realized that we were in Viet Nam about the same time. God bless us all. Still live in New York. I wish the map were larger so that I could locate several of the base facilities on it, April 1967 to November 1968 Mail address 19 months Thank you for your service and God bless you all. Ration driver every morning and every evening 33 miles throughout picking up girls that worked in the mess hall, Ammo dump ambush sites, reaction team, Radio shop Evac run to Saigon. Before he passed I got an opportunity to interview him about his time in Vietnam. These included Nancy Sinatra, James Garner, Henry Fonda, Martha Raye, Robert Mitchum, Chuck Connors and Mike Wallace, among others. I was a Spec 5 with the 9th Inf Div HQ G-2 Intel down the road about 20 miles from Long Binh at base camp Bearcat. after sunset you could see tracers pouring from helicopters. a connection. 69. Not sure what we really did. Was there for the grand opening of a new huge PX, Generals had to wait in line behind Spec 4s and PFCs. WebAgent Orange was a tactical herbicide the U.S. military used to clear leaves and vegetation for military operations mainly during the Vietnam War. Stay covid free, many Veteran dead because the staff in Nursing homes werent tested until 7/3/20 shame on leadership. At LB 1/66{after 5 months in Quin Nhon, 41st Sig. We must know each other. I was stationed at Long Bihn from 12/22/1969 to 11/22/1970, early ETS date. All but three of the occupants were burned beyond recognition. I enjoy communicating with other VN Vets. We were stopped at a guardhouse within sight of the old HQ building, but were not allowed in. we danced in soulful abandonment that took us to a place known as Back in the World. men sharing their lives through movement and music. Acting Motorpool Sargent for 550th signal company detachment. It was a great bargaining chip as, mostly working the 7 PM tp 7AM shift I could give out phone calls back home. USARV, HHC 15th S&S Bn 1st Cav He was stationed at Long Binh. When I got there in July 1970, Long Binh was a bustling enterprise, but by the time I left in early 1972, it was much reduced. LONG BINH JUNE- NOV 1970, LOOKING FOR ANYONE WHO REMEMBERS SERVING WITH HIM. CW-2 Pilot with 117th AHC. PLease post . I was in long bin in 70 and 71 with 66 engineers. It wasnt being used daily when I was there. I flew into Long Binh in January 1967. After a six month stint with the 523rd MP Company in Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, I arrived in Long Binh on January 29th, 1970. Any help in this matter would be greatly appreciated. It IS imporant and can be cathartic for you also to no longer be held captive by thoughts and memories pushed down but which DID happen. Mr Charlie to you (the VC). Long Binh Post was huge (maybe 1 mile x 4 miles or more?) I asked by the same guy as before, Why? I still have pictures of it. Restaurants, PX, basketball courts, live bands at the EM club and outdoor pools and movies. We could walk to work up on the hill. We were all Spec 4 73C. Was in A Company , 92nd Engr Bn from Dec 1968 to Dec 1969 . That was the first and last of a real breakfast while I was there. 580 Telephone Operations Group. (I later rode Muhammad Alis coattails out of the army when the Supreme Court overturned his conviction and granted him C.O. Well, anyways, Saw the Bob Hope xmas show with the Lola Falana and the Golden Girls. The engineer platoon were combat engineers. Those rok dudes did not like viets north or south. there till Jan 73. Art Hathery. The man seated across fom me through the table up as he stood to run. My dad probably return home to USA 1972. Never saw a golf driving range or woodworking shop, but they did have a very nice skeet range out by the airport (off the map to the right, long enough runway to facilitate C126s and C130s). I still have a copy. Pappy was littered with cancers, the last thing he said to me was that he hoped I never got cancer. Many open slots in the 74th Reserve Hospital were filled with RA and US personal. Capt. Was there from Sept 67 to Dec 67. I guess I could check on Google satellite images. Thank you for sending any information you have about them or what kind of service they did. We took the fallout of the ammo dump Find an abandoned hat on the road with RAEF written on it. I went there and signed out my rifle. I was the Supply Sergeant for 71st & 576th Ord Company. It wasnt much of a gate but there was a bunker close by. My commander at the time was Col. John Hemphill (later Maj. General, Ft. Lewis, WA), followed by Col.Day. I arrived in Long Binh January of 67. Freedom Bird out! I was at Long Binh from September 1967 util November 1968. TET Ofensive 68, I was driver for 212TH MP Commander. Sent to Long Bing after basic/AIT at Ft Leonard Wood. Also spent time at Camp Gerry at Tan Son Nhut airbase, named after Gerry Gaylor who was killed at a off base villa. I departed 3 march 1968, I was always glad to see you fellows with us. We drove in convoys together all over the country and had rooms next to each other at our hooch. Trying to retire or semi retire soon. The Board of Pardons sent him back. There was a riot there in the summer of 1968, so you either renovated it or rebuilt it in 69. Came over with an Infantry MOS but 75 of us were sent to the 79th Engineer Battalion for OJT. I was assigned to cover tge perimeter with an M-60. We were right across the street form LBJ we seen the guys walking around the yard. Next in line before Saigon : Nixon got pissed and bombed the hell out of their tanks and artillery . I was stationed at Long Binh, from 11/28/1966 to 4/7/1967 with D/87TH Infantry ,providing security to the RMK Quarry etc .I liked the assignment ,got to visit Bien Hoa occasionally .I was on watch early one morning at the RMK Quarry when VC Sappers detonated ordinance at the ammo dump in Long Binh, the explosion turned darkness into daylight ,with a mushroom cloud of smoke ,shock waves and a loud explosion . We were one of the first support units to occupy LBJ triangle. was December 24, 1967-Christmas Eve. I was was at the Bien Hoa Air Base 4/67-4/68, 3rd Security Police Sqd. [MOS 05B20, Radio-Telegraph Operator]. We were a detachment from Vung Tau providing helicopter maintenance for Medevacs serving the Evac Hospitals. To Byron T. Yes, I was there at the same time. Im glad I didnt. After service went to the University of Cincinnati and got his BSEET. Tay Ninh province, 100 feet inside of Cambodia. He eventually assigned us users to mind the trash bin, went to Saigon regularly and started a heroin selling business. I do have several pictures of my buddys there I am sure they would enjoy, but do not know where to send them. Some as we all know the military does what they want.Somehow I ended up 64B Long hall 5Ton Driver and Also assigned to a jeep as the M60 marching gunner! I have a few years left before I retire. I got into trouble command sgtmajor zeeks and I had a few run ins. Geography and Map Division My unit was responsible for inspecting LBJs sanitary practices. He retired from the U.S. Army back in 1970, went back to college, and started a new and successful career. It was situated between Bien Hoa, the location of a large American airbase, and Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam. I was stationed in Long Binh in the 7th Battalion 10th Transportation Company. Most of the unit & aircraft came by ship from Sharpe Army Depot. Im not sure this will be read but Im hoping to connect with any former military members that were @ LBP and new my Dad, Kenneth G Martin, Army. I placed groups of 5 guys spaced some 100 yds apart in large trenches. At Bien Hoa AB alone there are 3 mass graves to date totaling 923 remains. are a part of me. I was with the 92nd Engineer Bn. I have been trying to find others with whom I served. I was in long Bing oct-66 to sept-67 with 584th med ambulance co worked out of 93rd Evac and ran convoy to 11th armored cav. We had nice 2 story wooden barracks and the Army helo base was right behind us as well as the altillary. . I was a utility player, Jack of all duties, master of none. I was lucky to see Martha Rae and Nancy Sinatra perform for the troops, but did not see Bob Hope. A few days before he died, the Chaplain from the hospice asked him if he had that medal, and Pappy said, Yeah, I got one. Then the Chaplain asked me how he got the medal? Feet Fred Paul and I are looking to find any one we served with. Reported as an accident until this year when fellow pilots pushed their reports several times. Like We Gotta Get Out of This Place, my favorite. Thanks Jim, I arrived Long Bing VA April 1969,Just after Tet attack of LB post. Liz Pierce, I knew and worked with a Sergeant Buchanan at Fort Gordon Georgia in the late 1960s. Rte 1 drive into Tan Son Nhut, blood on the road I will always remember those who gave their lives, needlessly, while serving. I was a medic with the 93rd, and we spent most of our early time building wooden sidewalks, hooches and putting band aids on guys wanting a break from the boredom of camp life. Meaning long bihn jail! I was in HQ Special Troops USARV message center in 1968-69. Our shop would take a Duce and a half to LBJ to pickup pallets of coke (the kind you drink). He lived in a tent and had just finished guard duty at the ammunition dump and returned to his tent when the dump was hit. I would sit in the back of the truck with my M16 and make sure no one tossed a grenade or a Molotov cocktail in as we rode up and down US 1. Sent most of detox guys back to front , addicts ( few) sent home for tx Im 76 years old now, and still screwed up. HHC 1st Log. The head stones were 4 to 5 ft high. Makes me proud.I have alot of pictures from the TET OFFENSIVE. My brother(James Burton Kroesen) was in Vietnam I know on Aug. 10 ,1968 because I was married that day and thinking about my brother in Vietnam not able to attend. in the 483rd field service company, 52b20, generators. A few months later the three survey guys were called back to the Infantry and on to the A Shau Valley. We were in a fire fight all night. I departed at the end of 1968 & was back for a 2nd tour (F/W) about 18 months later. ew. Childress was trained to be a paratrooper and was assigned to the I was stationed in Long Binh from July 1968 until September 1969.I was with Area Company 44th signal Bn. The toxic legacy of the Vietnam War The US has launched a multi-million dollar clean-up operation at an air base in Vietnam it used to store the notorious chemical Agent Many purple hearts awarded for that action for skinned knees (diving for cover) and so on. These government people are criminals. Hey Sam, I was also sitting in the EM club when that ammo dump blew in Oct 1966. He recalled spending a few weeks in the area Only the jail. Worked directly for Col Wilkerson, Major James Larkins, and SFC Homer Sellars. Sgt Novak was in charge there at the time. Remember Tet 1968 like it was yesterday. Generals. My Dad was SFC Allen Davis, 76W POL, stationed at LB, Tan Son Nhut and Bien Hoi x4 tours of Vietnam. Spent a lot of time at the Pacesetter Service Club shooting pool and playing ping pong. I was a tactical controller and worked at the radio site with the big towers by gate 2. that unit deactivated and I was sent to the HHC 3rd Bn (AMBL) 187th Inf attached to a recon unit, and I did guard duty and Drove whatever was needed. Michael Alsup, I worked at, on , out of Plantation from Aug 70 to Aug 71. When he got there, he walked straight past our office and never stepped foot inside. We all had nick names mine was buzzard, we had feet, super mex, migurier, shorty,PR, and the professor. I was shocked to see what that little hill of highway one turned into. The unit stood down towards the end of 1971 and I was transferred to the 1st Aviation Group 213th Black Cats in Phu Loi, attaining Flight Engineer status on the Shit Hooks. In July they sent us back to Vung Tau and someone else took over our mission.Looking for anyone from our detachment. Loved Tam Hiep and Bien Hoa. During this same time By the time I graduated, I was typing 70 WPM on a manual typewriter. Great base had everything. I was station at Long Bihn in the 556th Trans Co. (Petro Main) We were in what we called Tanker Valley because fuel was all we hauled. I think I remeber Wilson who worked at S 2-3. Went to Clerk School for 2 weeks. Thanks listening Dennis Rathjens, Kerry Israel, committing on your post. I spent my rime in Vietnam working in Officer And the brawl me had new years eve with the 24th evac because If there is sufficient interest, I will create a Facebook page for Long Binh, where I will make these maps available, and veterans/family members can share contact information. Lots of fond memories. Big red and black clouds erupted. Had Long Bihn as base camp from 1971 to 1972. He died recently. I do remember responding to a large racial fight in a Maintenance Support Gp MPs deployed a V100 along with several dozen MPs. The Soldiers just wanted to have fun . Hope you read my book VIETNAM CONVOY TRUCKER and/or watch our units DVD TROXLERS TRUCKERS, MEMORIES OF VIETNAM. I had the pleasure to work with SFC Bud Lord, Major Leo Roppo, LTC Hammaker(Bn CO) and LTC Moody. To make a long story short we spent the next 18 months stationed in Bangkok living in a air conditioned hotel, Bob Toner, my Reserve Unit was there for about half your tour. I was with Company C, 535th Signal Corp. at Firebase Plantation June 1971 to April 1972. When we drove, we either drove down Highway One A( main road) or the back road which was Highway ONE. Ended up in Dong Ha at the Marine fire base. Replacement Unit-a few IBM keypunch Hauled a lot of stuff from Newport to Chu Chi and a bunch of other places. I what a disappointment. then to home Ft Lewis Washington. As I remember a lot of the vegetation was dead, Agent Orange probably. I remember the C123s would fly over spraying something. We werent limited to Long Bihn, we worked in Dihn Quan (rock city) Tay Nihn, Phu Loi well you get it we got around I do remember showers and clubs. I quickly put a couple drops of our ole smelly insect repelant in the barrel and got away with it. For that time period, I would have to say that Long Binh was modeled after most large military bases, containing recreational opportunities to distract you from the fact that you were counting the days until you could return home. Memories were of serving with some of the finest officers and enlisted men. I still have photos! There must have been a drastic change in Long Binh 6 years after I left. I still have malaria like symptoms every few years and was researching that when I came across this blog. Anybody know E.J.?? Thank you for your service. I got the flu, stayed in bed instead of going to class, and got the boot from the Chaplains Assistant program at Hamilton. Never heard post called LBJ. Could see the flashes on the night skys & hear the rumble. Specs. 11 of the 12 months I was there we lived in tents while we built barracks for other units. I was there 1967 to 1968. Textual Records: Correspondence, daily journal, command reports, issuances, and operations planning files, 1966-70. Delivered ammo to firebases all over the country. Again thanks for your service there. I later found the tail fin assembly from one of those on my thankfully unoccupied bunk and a large hole in the corrugated tin roof. 1969-70. So the term LBJ had two different origins one referring to the junction of two highways and the other referring to the prisoner stockade. He was awarded the ACM for his part in defending the base during the TET offensive. The post, back then, was very rugged, with wood and tent structures. In response he sent me a whole case of 1971 calendars, which I use as wallpaper for my hooch. One end of the air field had been over run. The dump was 15 miles from our barracks & the concussion lifted me from my bunk and put me on the floor. I am inspired by everything that I have read to I would love to hear from anyone who served with the 218th CC&S in 1968. I appreciate hearing fron a neighbor I didnt know. Outside the wire it was jungle and rice paddies. They would dump 117 500 pounders in a salvo. Curious if you remember anyone by the name of Larry, AC of S Supply, HQ 1st Log Comm. I arrived at Long Binh in mid Jan. 1968, about 12 days before Tet 1968 started. We used to call the post Camp LBJ (Long Binh Jail) because there were that the stockade was located. We then saw several bullet holes in the trucks side. Two cars had one red star on the There i was deployed to Cu Chi 25th ID. June, 68-June 69. My Uncle , Warrant Officer Charles Franklin Smith MedaVac pilot, was shot down near a hot LZ on his third trip near a hill forward base. Breakfast was powdered eggs and powered milk,no bacon. The Geography and Map Division holds a map from the war that was printed and created by the 66th Engineer Company (known as the Topo Corps). I was near the blast in 66 and now I have tinnitus and cant hear out of my left ear. 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