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Photo Gallery - Quan Loi, Song Be & Nui Ba Rah 1969-70
Many thanks to Ralph Constantine who recently sent
his photos. He wrote, "I arrived in Vietnam on the 4th of July
1969. Shortly after I was sent to HHB 6/27th Arty at Quan Loi.
I was part of the Commo platoon and worked directly for E-7 Garrett
and mostly with E-5 Caldwell. I pulled guard duty and worked
as a switchboard operator (Hay Maker). When E-4 Tucker went
home I got his job on the water truck an did that for quite awhile -
maybe six months. I worked for a short time in the "TALK"
which led me to the job as a radioman at the relay station on Nui Ba
Rah. I remember very little of our move to Phu Loi and shortly
after I went home." I think you will enjoy his photos.
Click Here to view
Historic Quan Loi Vietnam Videos
Added to Website
In
1966 Michael Chalifoux, assigned to the 1st Infantry Division, was
only in Quan Loi for a month when his aunt in Pennsylvania
sent him a Super-8 movie camera. Over the next 7+ months Mike
shot film in and around Quan Loi, including the Frenchmen's Swimming
Pool, the airstrip with all types of aircraft, the nearby Montangard
Village, and An Loc to list just a few. His film shows Quan
Loi (L Z Andy) in its early days as an airstrip.
The 40+ minutes of film was copied to DVD. For ease of viewing
on the website the video was edited into six smaller videos.
Mike was interviewed during a Skype call and his comments were added
to the videos. All six videos were uploaded to youtube.com and
then embedded on pages on the website. You can view them all
by
clicking here. Thank you Mike for sharing your film with
us.
Vietnam in the News
New Vietnam Documents & History Now Online
As the years go by more and more previously
"secret" or "restricted" documents are being made available.
As we become aware of them we will make them available to you.
Records
Show Doubts on ’64 Vietnam Crisis
By ELISABETH BUMILLER
NYTimes.com
WASHINGTON — In an echo of the debates over the
discredited intelligence that helped make the case for the war in
Iraq, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday released
more than 1,100 pages of previously classified Vietnam-era
transcripts that show senators of the time sharply questioning
whether they had been deceived by the White House and the Pentagon
over the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin incident.
Read Article
Click Here to download Copies in PDF File
The
Vietnam Collection
Vietnam: A Television History
was a landmark documentary series
produced by WGBH. This collection
contains most of the materials
gathered and created for the 1983
series, as well as additional
Vietnam-related materials from the
WGBH archive. Vietnam: A Television
History was one of the last WGBH
series produced entirely on film.
Starting in 2008, materials were
reconstructed, transferred, and
digitized for preservation and
access.
Visit the WGBH Open Vault
OTHER VIETNAM NEWS
AFTER
ACTION REPORT - General Barry R. McCaffrey USA )Ret)
VISIT TO VIETNAM 9 - 17 January 2010
Click Here to View as PDF Thanks to Don
Albers for passing this link along. I think anyone who served
in Vietnam will be interested in the report.
VA Extends 'Agent Orange' Benefits to More
Veterans
Parkinson's Disease, Two Other Illnesses
Recognized
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Relying on an
independent study
by the Institute of Medicine (IOM), Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Eric K.
Shinseki decided to establish a service-connection for Vietnam
Veterans with
three specific illnesses based on the latest evidence of an
association with
the herbicides referred to as Agent Orange.
Read Complete Press Release at Reuters
AND THEN THERE'S THIS:
Vietnam Vets Take Notice -
Here Are Some Interesting Statistics...
In case you haven't been paying attention these past
few decades after you returned from Vietnam, the clock has been
ticking. The following are some statistics that are at once
depressing yet, in a larger sense, should give one a sense of pride.
Many Thanks to Don Albers, former Battery Commander, Alpha Battery,
6/27th Artillery Vietnam - 1969 for sending these statistics to us.
Don received them from friends at West Point Academy. We are not
sure who to attribute this original compilation of statistics to (It
can be found at other sites on the web), but whoever you are -
thanks for doing it. Even if they are a little mind-blowing.
"Of the 2,709,918 Americans who served in Vietnam; less than 850,000
are estimated to be alive today, with the youngest American Vietnam
veteran's age approximated to be 54 years old."
So, if you're alive and reading this, how does it feel to be among
the last 1/3rd of all the U.S. Vets who served in Vietnam? We Don't
know about you, but kinda gives me the chills, considering this is
the kind of information we are used to reading about WWII and Korean
War vets.
Click Here See them All:
Charlie
Battery Medic Remembers His Vietnam Service
David Hastings was an accountant with a Master's Degree when he
was drafted in June,1965. Naturally, the Army took his
extensive education into account when they decided to send him to
the
Medic Training Center, at Fort Sam Houston, Texas to
train be be a medic. David recalls in this new addition to
the website his days with Charlie Battery 6/27th Artillery in
Vietnam and includes a number of photos of Charlie Battery at Phouc
Vinh.
Click here to read "Doc Hastings Remembers."
Alpha
Battery - Lai Khe to Quan Loi - 1966 - 1967
In this fine addition to the website Leonard
Mulholland provides us with his memories and photos of Alpha Battery
while located at Lai Khe in late 1966; the move to Quan Loi in
January 1967, as well as photos of life at Quan Loi . In all
there are 109 excellent photos to view. Leonard would have had
many more photos to include except a fire in his home destroyed them
in 1983. With the help of a good friend he was able to save
these photos included here. Many thanks for sharing them with
us, Leonard!
Click here to view.
"Jan
Maclaga's Vietnam Photos 1969 - 1970"
If you served in Alpha Battery at Quan Loi you should enjoy
seeing Jan's photos from October 1969 of the Battery at Quan Loi.
In four galleries, Jan provides us with 97 photos including a
special section on one of the USO shows at 1st Cav Hqtrs Quan Loi.
Also included are 37 photos taken at FSB Burkett in 1970 and a
gallery of "Friends and Comrades" - a few of which we could
use your help in identifying.
Click here to see them.
The
Saga of the Quan Loi Queen
Chances are, if you were at Quan Loi on November
17-18, 1969, and you had a camera, you took photos of a C-130 that
was hit by a rocket on the Quan Loi Airstrip. I
took several photos as did Jan Maclaga, Dennis Camp, Glen Russell
and Jim McLain of that damaged aircraft. I'm sure there are
many more squirreled away in closets and attics of Quan Loi
Veterans. That battered C-130 was a "curiosity" of the
war. All of us knew that the plane was severely damaged from that
rocket and it would remain on the side of the airstrip for several
months until a crew was finally sent in with a new wing and other
parts to repair her. I doubt that any of us knew that the
twenty-one year old USAF Loadmaster of the Queen, Norm Thomas, was
killed that day from rocket shrapnel. It is time we honor his
memory.
All of us at Quan Loi relied on the crews of the C-130s, C-7A
Caribous and choppers who flew in mail, supplies and provided us
safe transportation. Quan Loi would have been a whole lot
worse without them. Thanks to the pilot of the Quan Loi Queen
that November day, Lou Hari, we can now learn the complete story of
that sad incident and what eventually happened to the Quan Loi
Queen. I think you will find it one of the most interesting
stories to be added to the site.
Click Here to read it.
Present at the End - Photos of Bravo & Charlie Btrys and the Stand
Down
Roger Garner had the "pleasure" to serve in two 6/27th Batteries
- Bravo and Charlie - in 1971. His photo collection brings us
snaps of FSB Wade, Snuffy, Haymaker and a number of FSBs whose names
he does not recall. Roger was present at the end of the 6/27th
Battalion's time in Vietnam when they stood down at Phu Loi in late
October 1971.
Click here to view his photo collection and read his memory of
his tour.
Who We Are
This website was
started in October 2002 by John Wavra with much assistance from
Jim Hynes and Reed McDonald. It has since grown to what you
see on your screen today. It would be but a few pages if not
for all of the comrades who helped. I thank each and every one
of them for their contributions of photos and/or stories, etc.,
which have helped to began to tell the story of the 6/27th Artillery
in Vietnam. It is long past time that credit is given to all
those who helped. See them all at
Who We Are. There is still much to tell. Come, join us!
Add your photo or name to those listed on the Who We Are Page by
sending your memories and stories to me.
Email Conjuncti Stamus
John Wavra
Quan Loi - August 12, 1969 Ground Attack - A Grunt's Perspective
Thomas Mathis was with the A Troop 1/4 Cav on the night of August
12, 1969. His memory of that night brings a new perspective to
what took place when the NVA attacked Quan Loi that night. It
is worth your time.
Click Here to read his account from the new August 12 Start
Page.
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)
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).
Iraq: The Path to War
Can you believe it has been six years since the United States invaded
Iraq, with over
4247
soldiers killed
(as of the date shown above) and
$613 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 from 2006 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. |