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 Evan
McIntire's Quan Loi Images 1968-69
Most of us stationed in Vietnam took some things for
granted - Mail Call, for instance. Come rain, sleet etc....How
did that letter from your wife, sweetheart or whomever get to you in
Quan Loi or wherever you were located! With the help of your
diligent APO (Army Post Office) staff members, naturally.
Another fellow G.I. just doing his job. Evan McIntire shares a
few photos from his Quan Loi days forty years ago, including shots
of the 1st Infantry Division APO and the Quan Loi PX.
Find them here.
 Ralph
Porter Joined the Army to Fly
Well, things don't always work out as you plan but
Ralph got to fly while he was in the Army
anyway. In "Finally
Flying" Ralph remembers how going Artillery got him up in the
sky. It's an interesting story by a dedicated volunteer
soldier.
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Phuoc
Vinh - Charlie Battery -
 1969 Photos
William "Bill" Sponseller who served at Phuoc
Vinh has provided us with images of his time with Charlie Battery
and some photos of "going home". Bill joins others from
Charlie in our attempt to document the 6/27th Artillery time in
Vietnam.
Click Here to check them out - I think you will enjoy seeing
them, especially and vintage shot of Norm Wolfinger (See below) in
khakis at Ft. Sill.
Maurice
McRoberts Remembers Ft. Bliss 1965-1966
When th 6/27th Artillery shipped out from Ft. Bliss,
Texas to Vietnam Maurice McRoberts was the only one in his gun
section to go as he had four months left of his service obligation
and back then the Army needed troops in VN. Maurice did not
have a camera for his short Vietnam tour but he did send us some
nice shots of Ft. Bliss, Texas where the 6/27th Artillery trained
before shipping out.
Click Here to see.
Unique
Aerial Quan Loi Photo Surfaces
Many thanks to resent visitor to the site who passed on a link to
a site of personal photos which contained what seems to be a "one of a kind"
aerial photo of the Quan Loi "Frenchman's" Pool Area from around 1965. I
was able to track down the owners of the photo as received permission to include
it on the site. The owner wishes to remain
"Anonymous". Anyone who served at Quan Loi will find it interesting
because it was taken before anyone from the U.S. Army arrived to make any
changes.
Click Here to view.
New Book
Published on Quan Loi
I was
very pleased to recently receive a promotional copy of David
Bedard's memoir
of his Vietnam service in the Artillery Ballistic
Meteorology Unit of the 1st Air Cavalry Division from February 1969
to February 1970. I don't receive many promotional book
copies so I was tickled to get this one, but I was even more pleased
to see the title, "I Remember Quan Loi - Annus Horribilis - The
Horrible Year". David had served his entire Vietnam service
tour in one of our "favorite" places - Quan Loi. His
unit was located right next to Alpha Btry 6/27th Arty.....(Continued).
Were you
in Quan Loi on August 12-13, 1969?
If your answer is yes, you don't have to be reminded
of the ground attack that was repulsed that night. Many thanks
to former SSGT Robert W. Smith for providing us with a copy of the
August 14, 1969 Stars and Stripes. If you would like to learn
about that night or refresh your memory
click here to read it.
If you have a memory, photos or
video of the August 12-13, 1969 Quan Loi ground attack you would
like to share with the site, please drop me an
email. (JWavra)
Ken Wright's A Meeting With A Mine
We all know what IUDs have done to our soldiers in
Iraq. Regular mines posed a danger when traveling the roads in
Vietnam. Ken Wright relates a short story with photos of the
day his 175mm gun hit a mine in the road while moving from a Fire
Support Base in May 1970.
Iraq Three Years Later: The Path to War
Can you believe it has been three years since the United
States invaded Iraq, with over
3966
soldiers killed
(as of the date shown above) and
$502 billion later. If you
would like to go back to the beginning and refresh your memory just how we got
there visit npr.org for a fine short historical refresher course. Visit
this link and listen to a concise report titled "Iraq
Three Years Later: The Path to War", by NPR Morning Edition's Mike
Shuster which aired March 20, 2006, the third anniversary of the war.
Discover if what you originally thought at the beginning still holds true today.
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