Not as severe as the 68 Tet attack. My father, CWO Albert Waters spent 13 months across 67-68 in Long Bnh. Took a bus to 90th replacement bn. He says, are You expecting to shoot someone? Was anyone with the 233rd or 446th transportation companies in 71-72? I remember we interviewed at night in the hootch before senior non-coms and the CSM of the HQ> Here I got lucky and the award was 5 days in Bangkok. It was insane. My brother Patrick Malloy was at Long Binh June 69/June 70. During that time approximately 21 days in Long Binh one evening very late trip flares were initiated and two VC were located in the wire surrounding the area gun fire was initiated and it was a pretty active time as none of the recent arrivals had weapons talk about a cluster ####. Both COs are now dead, Kemmer 2 years ago. Remember about the Bob Hope Xmas show which i still regret about not attending but i had a hangover. These collected recollections bring back lots of lost memories. He had gotten drafted and decided he migjht as well be an officer and went threw officer training school. A 3/4 Ton truck driver and pal gave me a ride toward Tom Son Nuit where I was to get in a Pan Am jet to return stateside. He has no idea who his father is and his father doesnt know he has a son. My late father, retired Lt. Col. Frederick van Nus served in Long Binh in 1971-1972 as head of the Optometric Division and drove a jeep that was labelled, Mr. When checking in I was assigned barracks, work location, messhall etc. Kept generator(s) running, I was supposed to go to ft hood but Don Porter and I heard a rumor that you could get your orders changed at the Pentagon. Worked USADLB security 1969-1971 looking for anyone who did same, I need info about my father Ronald h Thompson was in Vietnam 1968 and 69 was in army. Worked com center in the vans by the main gate. the Library of Congress may monitor any user-generated content as it chooses and reserves the right to Been there 68-70. BTW, we called Long Binh LBJ because we all felt like we were locked up. It was my summer Vacation I gues but a wasted year of my life n..saw alot of shit that I never would have seen in the states, got to witness what we did to each other and worst of all to ourselves.Take Care All WELCOME HOME. I remember some great people and some not so great times. My name is David Catania. Wont forget the wailing sound it made flying high over us then the big explosion. Agent Orange is a tactical herbicide the United States used to eliminate forrest cover and crops for Vietnam troops in the war. My dad was Lt Colonel Frank Lawrence he was attached to the 32nd medical Depot as well. Wayne , I did not know anymore from your unit.But I do remember going through the yard for guard and there was a stack of canned viena sausage on the way to my post and it had been cut open , got some snacks for guard duty.We were the first unit in the rubber plantation.The 93rd hospital was set up already.Lived in tents with dirt floors and tubes to urinate in and outhouses.The first night there was monsoon season , slept on 2 duffle bags with my poncho over me, was not nice Thanks for responding, I would like to find some of the 506th guy I came over with or were there at the same time. Filipino bands and their dancer/strippers were weekly entertainment. Such an Irony: from a combat zone to a city forever untouched by war! Just take DD 214 with you. Hope you are doing well, Anthony My name is Dick DeHo I worked at Long Binh Depot from December 69 to February 71 I remember all of those duties Hope you are doing well. I was a SP4 and was stationed at Long Binh from June 72 until November 72 at which time it was turned over to the Vietnamese. During the Vietnam War, the U.S. Army used the base as a logistics and command center. Arrived in country with an Infantry MOS but 75 of us were sent to the 79th Engineer Battalion for OJT as engineers. handeled 14 1/2 tons of mail a day. The jail, appropriately enough, was called the Long Binh Jail or LBJ., Walter D. Rodgers wrote in Army Green on page 138 that:the huge Army post at Long Binh Junction, inevitably shortened to Camp LBJ, in honor of our Commander-in-Chief., Anyone who is interested in a scan of the map may contact me directly at [emailprotected]. The well drilling detachments were sent all over the southern part of the country. I got them to make grilled ham, egg and cheese and cheeseburgers wit an egg on top. LBJ was the term for Long Binh Jail. The other half of the 150, or so, were an Army Air Corps unit (designation escapes me). I was motor sergeant. Do anyone remember SGM Brown? Ive read through all 455 comments, above. Seay until much later. We set up camp across the road from Long Binh Jail. Upon arrival, we poured pads for APTs This was one night of many during and after TET Offensive. I was company commander of the 512th QM company (petroleum supply) from 1966 to 1967.

Reply to Ross Smry: I remember the Loon Foon Restaurant. The truth is a saw a lot of things I had never seen before and havent seen since. At Binh Thuy, my husband witnessed the prevalence of heavy drug abuse among the enlisted ranks and was relieved to return stateside in 1972 after 7 months in country. We were about a half mile up the hill from the 90th Replacement Battalion. I was 72B20, assigned to the Communications Platoon. I did some cable work there but also some carpentry. Was in Nam from January 10, 67 till January 5, 68. I was the OIC of the recovery operations. By commenting on our blogs, you are fully responsible for everything that you post. Still think of all the good men who had their lives cut short in a war that didnt make much sense then and still doesnt 50 years later. It was TC hill . Vietnam was a crazy place and most of the time there I was just bored. Was a heavy equipment mechanic and operated equipment. Does this help you? The battalion was being prepared for its operational commitment in Vietnam. That was us, until replacements came in to fill the short-timers. One of the officers in our office was assigned to do the investigation of some theft involving a fellow who was locked up in the LBJ. They were all painted silver in an attempt to reduce the amount of sunlight they absorbed. We even saw the uprising until we felt it might be better to take it indoors because there was some shooting from the guard towers. Special thanks for Medical evacuation that took car of me and the nurses and Surgeons! Had my 25th BD over there. I was there at the 219th MI detachment 02/68 to 09/68. Turns out this guy was a ground air controller on his second tour!! There are shots of many wooden structures, men even erecting a building together, a Huey landing, a dog handler making his rounds, a terrible night fight with flares and tracer bullets, my father with men he served with, a nosed downed Cessna, a downed Loach, Huey in formation, tiny Vietnamese women carrying tremendous loads of sticks on yokes on their shoulders, the showers of L&B Section TF Moroz 26 GP 1st Log, cement bunkers, possible a temple, an anti aircraft truck wrecked in a ditch, Vietnamese working the rice fields including a pedal powered irrigation bike, an unknown little town, China Beach itself and China Beach shower and USO. To Byron T. Yes, I was there at the same time. I was assigned to cover tge perimeter with an M-60. I never heard it referred to as Long Binh Post or LBJ. He served in Long Binh 65-66, he was in 1st S&T detachment, 1st. comment # 399, by Mike Albano. When he finished his tour of duty I transferred to a Helicopter Company and finished my tour as a Helicopter Door Gunner with the 147th ASHelicopter Company mostly out of the Delta until the TET offensive of 1968 and spent the rest of my tour in flight operations in VungTau. I reported to a LTC Sage who was a great guy. floor. Spent most of the time at Long Binh. I worked inside the LBJ (Long Binh Jail) every day from mid-September, 1969 through mid-September, 1970. It was a little scary sitting in a guard shack with some of that ammo going off. Hq company 40th signal. I asked by the same guy as before, Why? over there, and what were you doing? The above ground pool was wrecked. The jail was indeed referred to as LBJ. A cheer would go up if there was a secondary explosion. We 319th Trans Co of 6th BN 48th Group drove to all bases around Long Binh up to about 80 miles away. Never fired, or even came close to firing, a weapon all year. To me Long binh was a place for house cats.

Heading back next year. he was headed home for Brooklyn, NY. The ammo dump was hit. VC pinned us down but bunch of Heros freed us to continue firing. Missed her. Many VC were Killed trying to get thru the barbed wire perimeter near the MPs area of defense. Had guard duty every friday night. I served at Long Binh with the 580 Telephone Operations Company. it wasnt uncommon for an ice cream truck to take the road around the base and stop in front of each building. His name was Dennis Williams. (I later rode Muhammad Alis coattails out of the army when the Supreme Court overturned his conviction and granted him C.O. Little known army history for Long Binh:

It was closed most of the time when I was there. 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. After a couple of minutes. 185th Maintenance. Later we heard that the VC hit the first truck in the convoy and it stopped and the convoy was wiped out. The area was referred to as T.C.Hill by the men that hauled ammo to the field in the 261st Transportation Co. I do not know when 261st name changed to roadrunners. I was in the motor pool and then went to the sign shop. Bill was a black guy, who was detachment EM. Since it was a little windy that particular night, I reminded the guard position to allow for windage so as not to drop any flares near the fuel tankers in the engineers staging area directly across the RR tracks, and as luck would have it, flares were dropped within 50-feet of a loaded tanker truck. Ctr. July 72 read in Stars&Stripes that my old outfit at Heidelberg had been hit by terrorist bomb. Pappy said, A couple of my Privates got in a little bit of trouble, and I got em out! Nam was the adventure of a lifetime, though I never stopped being a peacenik! I was at Long Binh from Feb 67 to mar.68. I was in the Signal Office reporting to Col. Paul Simon. Up on the hill. I was with the 615th MP based at Long Binh October 66 thru September 67. I was in the opposite end of the building, near the command section. Our company area was directly across the road from the main gate of The LBJ. Feet Fred Paul and I are looking to find any one we served with. I arrived at Long Binh in Oct. 1966. Some of that ammo kept exploding for a week. The Nam had it share of everyone. I worked at USARV HQTRS in the Office of the Secretary of the General Staff from Nov 67 till Feb 69. 580 Telephone Operations Group. Not sure what we really did. Then I looked at the gate to the road it was still chained and saw people running at me. If they threatened me for writing them up, I would remind them that I held their ticket back to the world. Also served periodic perimeter guard sometimes had to call in gunships when there was action in the wires usually monkeys or dogs when we saw what had happened in the morning. I have a treasure trove of his slides from the 64-65 timeframe also. Ate sharkfin soup and peking duck at the Loon Foon restaurant. I remember, because it was funny, in a letter that there was fighting on the golf course but they were fought off. Does anyone rememder part of Long Binh called Long Binh Plantation. In wanting to know more about my father and his life experiences I on many occasions through my life tried to ask him questions about his service in Vietnam.

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ARVN wins , im Alive and a good 71 years . Told it meant Phoenix in Vietnamese. was 94B20 a cook. And first had participant in two Hurricanes AKA as Typhoons. Daryl Grimmett was the fuel testing depot that you are referring to also the fuel lab? 212TH MP Sentry Dogs Long Bein 1967/1968 Arrived Long Binh in 12/67. Not a good MOS for a HS dropout. I lost all communications with her after I came home. 219th was the first unit East North East of Long Binh. I was transferred to Long Bay four months before TET, I guess someone was up there was watching over me, either that or somebody didnt like my We also drove several times to MACV at which time, while we had to wait for the mail bag to be opened and refilled, we usually had some 30-45 minutes or more to kill. I hope they are doing well I miss them we had some good times. We all hit the floor and a couple of seconds later the shock wave came through blowing liquor bottles all over the place, blowing the screen out of the windows and scaring the hell out of everyone. I remember nothing seemed to grow on the bare dirt there. We were in the convoy to re leave Khe Sanh in 4/68. I lost several close friends in the Vietnam War. I thank God I did, as I caught the attention of an apache and when they saw what was going on they called another apache and 2 smokies, they are 1 man choppers with 2 30 Caleb gatlin guns and 6 rocketes on each side they were 25 yrs in front of me. I was in the 43rd Engineers DT.We had a civilian company that our whole battalion worked with which was RMW&LBJ out of San Francisco. Whenever we choppered to Saigon I was supposed to draw a weapon, but I felt it would violate the spirit of my c.o. I lived in a tent my first three months. I was 1st Lt at Long Bien Depot from Nov 1969-nov 1970 in charge of perishable food distribution to 225,00o US troops plus the Aussies, Kiwis, Koreans and Thais. I pulled guard duty there for several nights afterwards, it was pretty hairy. We went into the place during the August 68 riot. Did many jobs. [1972?] It turned out to be an uneventful night and I lived to see the longest 12 months of my life. I was stationed at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, serving as a Labtech/medic when a call went out for volunteers to go to Vietnam (TDY for 90 days) on a Medical Mission. sadly he passed away in 2013. There was three bunker on that hill. Our hootch was called the barn I got the ok if I could find the wood we could build rooms.My buddy drove truck so we went to an engineer company that pulled out and gutted the barricks.GOt enough to build rooms for the barn.284th MPcompany. Garcia of the Radio shop, Battalion mail man etc. A veteran and a POW of the Korean War. Toilet facilities were outhouses for the solids that fell into a cut-down steel drum that Papa-San (barefoot) would drag out and burn with diesel fuel. Our hooches were right next to the 1st Aviation Brigade helipad so we got our share of rockets and mortars. Hope you read my book VIETNAM CONVOY TRUCKER and/or watch our units DVD TROXLERS TRUCKERS, MEMORIES OF VIETNAM. I was in Long Binh From January 1970 to August 1971. I arrived in viet nam may 15 1969 was assigned to the. Sloshed through agent orange, especially on our perimeter side which fronted an infantry brigade. I have had kidney cancer, prostate problems etc. When i first arrived i had the pleasure of guarding that ammo dump thst has been mentioned above. examening a bridge construction.havent seen the I was born there in 1973. One rocket attack on 69th(89th?) We came from Fort Bliss Texas. I watched those helicopters come and go all the time during the year that I was there. We were a repair parts company. Actually, someone posted on this site a while back that all the trees were gone. he would love to connect to following men he served with during this time. I served in Long Binh from Mar 67 to Mar 68 with 3rd Ord Bn, 60th Ord Co in the ammo dump. Upon promotion to SSG I was transferred to the Document Control with the AG Section. Served with 5/2 ADA at Long Binh 1969. If you worked the night shift at Amry Hqts. Long work days, we worked 6-1/2 days a week when I got there, later only 6 days. When it did I was in the Ki Mein Hotel downtown and we were escorted back to the base.

During the Vietnam War, Long Binh Post was the U.S. Armys largest base located in the former South Vietnam. He looked back up to me. We went on many missions from Tay Ninh to the Mekong Delta. It was my job to transcribe TS Vietnamization docs, catalogue and file those docs in the G3/USARV library. explosion. Post 104 I probably wrote you up when you got the Article 15 or trained the guy who did. Graves Registration was obviously very busy during Tet. A couple of my medical regulating bosses were Major Ribotto, Major Michael Weiner and Cmd Sgt Major Kato. Later my brothers. He has Parkinsons desease and dementia, we filled out paperwork that came back yesterday as denied because they couldnt find proof that he was there in Vietnam. He asked who was shooting off their weapons, but nobody admitted to it, so he began sniffing the gun barrels and caught a few guys. Welcome home to all. Robert lived life to the fullest until the end and Ive lived in Booneville, KY since 1976. War did not come to LB for the year while I was there except for the occasional rocket; but at night wed set up lawn chairs on the sandbag bunkers and watch the Cobra gunships and fast-movers (jets) work the VC at Black Widow Mountain, which stood up on the southeastern horizon like a huge pile of sugar. I watched it zoom in and near the bottom of its arc it released the 2 high explosive bombs. They ended up making me a 71G, medical records specialist. But not to worry, I went on to complete a 30 year career in Intelligence and the Army saw to it that I got other interesting assignments. trasnferred fm Nam. Would love to hear from some of my brothers. and who were the suppliers during the Vietnam War? In various positions. We worked only 2 shifts 7am to 7pm or 7pm to 7am 6 days a week with only the one day off between shift change. Looking forward to hearing from fellow hootch mates (yeah the one we wanted to rent out). I was a Sentry dog handler and psyroled the ammunition dump at night. Now disabled due to agent orange. The 93rd entered country in 1967 to build an airstrip next to a bamboo plantation. He now has a 100% total and permanent disability rating. (All Purpose tents) Hooches and pulled guard. He has just shown me his discharge papers and this is the first time he has ever told me anything about his time in Vietnam. Yes, there was a Special Services swimming pool, hours based on rank. After extishing fire I was ordered by thr Colonal to get my captain a d follow him to another powder pad to check for satchel charges. Also got to see/meet many celebrities who visited the 24th Evac after the hospital became operational. I was at Long Binh from Oct 1966-Oct 1967. Usually a day or so after payday they would let us go over to the main PX in Long Binh to buy what ever we could afford, and we would go by LBJ Long Binh Jail It always gave me the creeps with it high perimeter walls and constantina wire on top. I was fortunate as working in the office in redeployment/ID cards and typing manually R & R orders that I got 2 R & Rs. Not much there. Best regards to all the vets and welcome home, Bob, 50th Medical Clearing Station .i arrived in Viet Nam by boat ( U S N S Gorden in June 1966 .we built the 50 th Med. We repaired radios for a lot of different Units. I arrived in VietNam in January 1970 MOS 11B Grunt! Resupplied fire base camps all the way up to the Marine artillery base at the Rock pile. Ron Kidder Joined by college roommate assigned to 89th Infantry Mech, we pull him out and hes reassigned to special service to tend to Bob Hopes upcoming Christmas Show, happily a theatre major in college. Was in LB in 1965-1966 Sailed out of Oakland ca October 13 1965 and had a fuel stop in Guam ,served in the 506th Quartermaster Was in the GR platoon and the maintence platoon Was promoted the day I shipped out to E-5 , went to Germany until 1968 -Finished up in the national guard, Retired as a E-8 battalion maintenance NCOIC -Have not been in contact with any fellow soldiers from Vietnam. I was so glad it was our jet instead of the enemys. If you havent shared your personal story with your families I urge you to do so, especially your sons. long and bore all of you with memories-that WebLand Transfer Agreements. I remember saying that we were hit by rockets and mortars 180 nights during that time peroid, probably a slight exaggeration! So many memories to talk about, I will finish here. 572nd Trans Co. 10 ton tractor trailer unit. He was from WV and still is. We land at Hilo, Hawaii. Christmas show , singing oh holy night general westmoreland visited called solders in detox. Pup tents soon turned into squad tents and C-rations became K-rations. I went swimming in it several times. During the Vietnam War, Long Binh Post was the U.S. Armys largest base located in the former South Vietnam. Had a few rocket attacks and one wild night in a guard tower when we got a call saying 150 VC were coming up the railroad tracks right next to our tower. Couldnt you house cats handle it? Yes, a number of soldiers were killed and a lot suffered hearing loss like me. This is strictly a humanitarian project for the sole benefactor, their Families. David Hess, you and your father may enjoy my book VIETNAM CONVOY TRUCKER. Vinnell Corp turned over 10 40 ton Kenworth trucks to us. I also rescued a Kodak instapic or Polaroid if you will of when he was serving at LZ Sharon in Quang Tri. My partner and I took the M60 from its stand in our jeep and took cover next to the jeep. Meaning long bihn jail! Was in the bunker the night they burnt Long Binh Jail down. Coming in from Hwy 1,(closed gate ?) We were on our way to assist putting out another fire when passing the pad we previously extingished, it explosded. I was then put into service as a jeep driver and flight crew member to take/accompany them wherever they wanted to go. No sir, we never had that helicopter here in Vietnam. Despite never having to fire a rifle once at any enemy, it took thirty four years of prayer for me to overcome the realization that I had committed to kill whomever they would have asked me to kill. We were assigned to the 26th GS group. Many of the day guys didnt like us. And we had a tough time back in Colon in Feb and again in May of 68. When we moved to LB, things changed-the women He never spoke about any amenities at the base. Seems like it was an easy target. Camp Enari,Pleiku,KONTUM, AN KHE, VINH LONG.May 1969-May 1970 Anyone know Lance Jack Lanny Kohanke? We further reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to I located one of my original hootchmates, Steve Hickman in Eugene, Oregon, a year or two ago, using Zabasearch to find his number. I got out at the RANK OF Sgt E5 and to thi day I wished I had extended in Viet Nam then Re UPED And made a career of the Army. Now all of that being said I found and digitized several 8mm reels of home movies most from before I was born. What years was you there? We got hit a few times but we had rok marines one hill over so charles stayed away most days. I was caught in the drawdown of US Forces. I was stationed at long Binh with The last application of Agent Orange in Vietnam was over for at least five decades, yet more than 4 million people, particularly local people and veterans have suffered and died from various types of cancers and congenital disabilities (see also the references in Supporting Information (SI) S1). He would not watch any movies or documentaries about Vietnam. 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. At that point it didnt matter how well I did on the range, I was going to be typing full time, because there was a shortage of typists in the Army. There want much there when I got there. I was in the 66th Engineer Company, Topographic at Plantation on the north end of Long Binh from Jan. 69 to Mar, 16 1970. I was assigned to Headquarters USARV and I worked in the AG building in the Officer Replacement Division. My only wish in life is I could go back in time and make right that horrible wrong. I now wish all combat Veterans a very Happy Christmas season and Peace On Earth. Ross Srmy, I remember the Long Binh Plantation well.

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