I was with C1/12 at Cam Lo, C2, Camp Carrol, The Rockpile/Stud, Quaviet (sp?), KheSanh, Ashau Valley, LZ Torch, and many other LZs. I am proud to be a Marine.
My father was a sgt in the 1st Cav. 69-71 iron horse! To all the veterans watching this…thank you for your service and god bless you and your families!🙏🏻
My brother was there until 6/15/68 , When He was K.I.A. ,fighting for his country , by an N.V.A. Sniper, I was 9 YRS old ,it took 10 yrs . before I could start to beleave he was gone . I Graduated, USMC SCOUT Sniper School on 2/24/79 , my 20th birthday 🎂 🥳 🎉 One Shot , one KILL, unless your staff sgt.Steave Richcert , then it 3 😁 from 2000 yards with the Barrett , " I LOVE THE CORPS " Cpl Jack Murphy Norwood Mass
I loved your video! I lived at Camp Eagle and Evans for a year as a med-evac pilot with the 326 Med Bn, 101st Airbourn Div. (Eagle Dustoff) from the summer of '69 to the summer of '70 when I was finally wounded. The best, most productive year of my life! Dustoff 94 and 999.
@Von Musklaus What "had" to be done was what ever these brave men were ordered to do, some jumped at the chance to go to war but many were drafted, they did what "had" to be done to survive and return home to their loved ones.
My uncle Bill Edmister served at FSB Ripcord with the 506th and was wounded there on July 22, 1970 and was awarded a silver star for pushing into enemy fire to rescue three soldiers after he had been shot. Would love to hear from anyone who knew him and served with him there. He passed away from cancer before I was old enough to ever ask him about it. In fact i never even knew he was there or wounded until I saw his commendation at his funeral.
As a USMC, I served on Gio Linh for 20 months. When I first arrived, (March of 1967, I was the seventh Marine on the hill known as Alpha II or Hill 46. We ate C-Rations for over one full year - some of them as old as I was! Our group were anti-artillery radar. AN/MPQ-10. There were to small Army units - one another anti-artillery radar - AN/MPQ -4 and another army group - Sound Rangers, Maybe 30 USA fighting men on the whole hill. It was an essentially an ARVN base. We had two or three observation towers but rarely used them. Hobbies included rat hunting in the early evening with any pistol we could dig up. I had an old pilots 38 special, most had 45 cal. US Navy Corpsman Victor Bravo and I had to help some wounded board the med-evac chopper one day. I never realized that they took him away as well. He survives today!
I enjoyed your video very much. My son and I traveled some of the same ground during our trip in 2008. I have very few photos from when I was at Khe Sanh and Camp Carroll in 1967-68 and appreciate being able to see some of yours. Thanks for sharing not only the photos and video, but also the informative narratives.
Major props to all the Veterans of this war, including those on both sides of the conflict. I feel that the Vietnam Vets have always been my favorites, though I respect them all, but something about these soldiers and those that fought for North Vietnam as well...all faced the most horrific battlefield consequences and situations and when the old enemies meet today there is a grudging and mutual respect, much like two old boxers long-retired who had a great trilogy, these soldiers fought the real war, not the so-called "war" they always try to call sporting events. Thanks to all those Vietnam Veterans for their service and the absolute hell that they experience. Much love to all of you brave souls out there!
Was at Dong Ha with 8th of the 4th artillery (and at Khe Sanh) until they stood down in October 1971, then moved to Quang Tri with 1/39th and finally to 2/94 when it moved to Da Nang. Always in battalion fire direction center in the Headquarters Battery. Derosed in March 1972 - just in time to miss the Spring 1972 offensive. Saw most of it on Walter Cronkite where I saw the quonset hut we had at Quang Tri beside the Quang Tri airfield get blown up. Whew! Thanks for the video.
Karxprt. Welcome home and thank you for your service. This friend of mine I worked with at Johnson city medical center hospital Named Bill was a Marine combat veteran at Khe Sahn, he was there during the battle. I can't remember his last name.
I can believe all the memories posted here from your guys Generation. I don't know of anything else like it is written down any place else. Well yes I do, a VA Dr office waiting room is just as full of the stories. Just not written. Im a OEF/OIF lite vet and always like talking to and listening to the older guys.
Heading to that Area next week or two on a motorbike trip. Last month we went to airbase phoenix and Charlie Hill north of Kon Tum. We rode our motorbike down the old runway.
Don S,,,,,your correct, I was there, when the bunker was hit, and hit again in November when 7 wounded marines from 3/4 were killed with a 20mm rocket, but we got about 600 NVA during the 3 day fight, thanks to 3/4 marines
I imagine it is surreal to walk freely around an area where once one wrong move could have resulted in death. Also, in a place where you wanted to leave so bad, but couldn’t now you can come and go as you please.
I served with HQ 2-12 in 1967 we set up this fire base in Gio Ling it was a very nasty place and the horrors of it are still real in my mind today after 50 years... just traveling to this base was unhealthy and the poor dudes that drove those red dirt roads hauling artillery ammo took a beating there flat bed trailers could be seen along the sides of the road going into the fire base there at Gio Linh they were burned and blasted from ambushes by the NVA Army etc this base along with Con Thien on up Route 9 from Dong Ha and C-2 above Cam Lo... we as a unit 12th Marines moved from Hill 55 South of Da Nang in the Spring of 1967 up the coast North as far as we could go to the river mouth at Cua Vet where the ramp was dropped on the ship so we could drive off our equipment and ride Mike Boats to the Ramp at Dong Ha city then we carved our way with D-Cat bull dozer's driven by brave Sea Bees as they were known... they were engineers and built our bunkers and trenches along with what we as single force Marine would build too for ourselves etc up the DMZ and literally dug in artillery on the back side of this soft brown Hill of Angels these villages and towns of course did not look like the video shows in 1967... I happened to be awake on guard as corporal of the guard and while making my rounds early one morning saw what I thought was Navel Gun fire coming from the coast beyond Dong Ha Air Strip which was the Headquarters of Delta Med ... Graves Registration... or Fuel dump... Ammo Dump and Logistics Base for the Leatherneck Square area... anyway the flashes i saw were really rockets that were coming into the base and landing strip the ammo dump and fuel dump was hit and cooked off for nearly 24 hours as we were kept on what was called RED ALERT... we were in a bad spot at that time after losing all the equipment and ammo artillery shells etc and fuel... the base at Dong Ha continued to blow up all day with moments of HUGE explosions going on... it's a wonder anyone of the Marines in those places there in the ammo dump and fuel dump survived... so many stories and so little time... I was there again in 2007 being filmed for a documentary about PTSD a short clip of it can be found at You Tube under the title mike birthday broadband... it shows me in the city of Hanoi where I am being escorted up to see the remains of Ho Chi Minh under glass as long trails of people who honor him were interupted so I could view him laying there... he looks just like his pictures with his long whiskers still there he is known as Uncle Ho to the people... My nick name was SNURF and my name was Mike Hendershot I was there at Leatherneck Square for 20 months in 66-67-68 etc if you know me lets communicate I'm getting old and 100 % service connected for PTSD and Agent Orange as it was sprayed on us that summer of 1967 although we were never given any information about it I just looked up as the silver prop job planes flew over wing tip to wing tip and sprayed etc it cleared all the vegetation out and every thing was rolling brown dirt hills with little safe cover for the NVA any longer... I have live all my life on the West Coast in Southern California... I'm on my way out these days with so much to share about my recovery which is on going etc... I'm thinking about my Marine brothers those lost for this waste of life and those who may still be alive like myself for some reason... Semper Fi
mike hendershot wow, it was an inspiring read mr mike ; in 1967 i was a college kid , in India , and we used to follow your war with great intrest, from precious little which came our way; make no mistake - your sacrifices in Vietnam stopped communism from really spreading ; thank you vietnam veterans
+mike hendershot . Wow, we must have been close. I was assigned to Hdqr Battery, 12th Marines. Our bases camp was Dong Ha but I was assign to Gio Linh as a Radar Operator - stayed there 16 months until Dec 1969 when the 12th Marines packed up for good.
@mike hendershot Semoer Fi! Wish I would have found this sooner. I was a radio operator for 7th Mt Bn When that ammo dump went up we stocked that dump along with the rest From Khe Sanh, Camp Carrol all the way back to Hue/Phu baiAnd as far east as Cửa Việt. There was a lot of chatter on 75.95 Mhz stateing that it was visible as far back as Quảng Trị
I was at the 70 Bob Hope Show. i was stationed at camp eagle with the 101st Headquarters 1st Bdg worked at a communications centers army and air force located across the dirt path near the MARS station.
@dbanik Day 1 was in Hanoi, then we flew to Phu Bai on the evening of day 2 and spent the next 5 full days in Hue, Quang Tri, Dong Ha, Khe Sanh, DaNang and Hoi An and left for Pleiku on day 8. There was not enough time to go to as many of the old firebases as we wanted to, so we'll have to go back again in a couple of years. We set up the tour ourselves. The guide's name is Pham Thanh Hung, nickname Tano and I think we used Huong Viet Travel but Trails of Indochina does a good job also
Been to Con Tien, A-4, Cam Lo, Market Place, Mutters Ridge, etc., was Medivac'd off FSB Fuller (Dong Ha Mtn.) Nov.20, 1969 (shrapnel left lung). Also involved in the 43 day seige of FSB Fuller in May 1970. Welcome Home Brothers!
Served in Alpha Co. 1-11 Inf. Was in a task force out of A-4. Choppered in to DMZ to secure an LZ to pick up a Ranger team that had hit the shit. Went on a night ambush patrol to the bridge on Route 1 between C-2 and A-4. Pulled security on Dong Ha Mountain (Fuller) 3 times. Spent Christmas & New Years '69 on Dong Ha Mtn. (Fuller) Was in a platoon reinforcing Capt. Blunt's Co. when Fuller came under siege in May '70 (Jesus Christ).
In 1970, I was stationed at Dong Ha Combat Base as a Specialist Four, E-4, Field Radio Relay and Carrier Equipment Repairman (MOS 31L20), assigned to the 178th Maintenance Company of the 1st Logistical Command. Our bunkers were located on the Northern perimeter of Dong Ha, to the right of the gate, and when standing guard duty, each night we could watch the tracers and explosions as Firebases Charlie One, Charlie Two, and/or Alpha Four were attacked. One time, sappers blew up the POL dump (i.e., "Petroleum, Oil, Lubricant" storage) at Dong Ha, and a photograph of it appeared on the front page of the "PACIFIC STARS & STRIPES" newspaper. We frequently received H&I (i.e., "Harassment and Interdiction") fire from North Vietnamese 122mm rockets. Each Sunday, I would hitch-hike to and from Quang Tri to attend Mormon church services. Later, I volunteered to go to the 101st Airborne Division (Airmobile), where I was assigned to the 501st Signal Battalion (Airmobile) at Camp Eagle.
Interesting video, I spent a lot of time in those areas, in 1969 and the first couple months of '70. I'd like to point out an improperly located position on your map, atabout the 6:48 mark. You have Vandergrift Combat Base improperly located to the east of where it really was. It was actually located west of your position and rt 9 ran right through it. You have it located south of Camp Carroll, but it is actually WSW of Carroll and due south of the Rockpile. Semper Fi and God Bless! Gunny T
I was really hoping you'd head west along route 9 to Lang vei, the Special Forces camp. My uncle was a Green Beret there and was MIA for almost 50 years. Thankfully he was recovered in 2011 James "Les" Moreland
Love this video. Stationed with 1st Bde, 5 Inf division in 70 and 71. Been to all these places when the brigade lead the Vietnamese incursion into Laos. Little strange becuase the areas look built-up and populated now. The brigade lost 30 men in May 1971 when a rocket went into the mess hall at Charlie-2.
Interesting to see areas north of QL9. I was at Camp Carroll in 1970 with A Btry 1st/39th FA. We had two 8" howitzers and two 175mm. I was also at LZ Nancy, FSB Barbara, Camp Evans and FSB Rakkassan, where we were general support artillery for the 101st during the Battle of FSB Ripcord. Dong Ha was our 108th Group Headquarters XXIV Corp.
I served with the 1st 83rd on 175s and 8" mainly in the Ashau Valley...also at Barbara..Evans..Sally..Blaze..Bastogne..Slim Chance..hardcore..Veghel..69-70 went home in June after my 20th Bday..always look forward to our Unit Reunions
Well, guess I won't be sleeping tonight. Because many of us experienced the 122's in other areas a lot of the incoming into Dong Ha in 69 were 140's. When we thought they were 122's. Tower duty next to Delta Med.
It Looks a lot different now. In 1968 I was all over this area with MCB5. Building roads and gun pads for the 175's. I wonder if it still stinks as bad as it did in 68. I would like to go back there someday just to see if Camp Barns is being used.
Con Thien & C2 Fire Bases, 1970 PH, BS, lots of memories... Around June or July a C2 bunker full of brave men perished (about 30 or more) from a rocket launched from Rocket Ridge. An article was published around 2010 about the terrible occurrence saying it happened in 1971. I contacted the publisher, said "sorry you have the wrong year". So many stories of these stories need more confirmation before publishing. They denied it happened in 1970, so I said well then it must have happened twice... so sad.
Noah Ksiazkiewicz you're a douchebag, hate the war all you want but respect the servicemen who was serving their country as ordered. You should be ashamed!
@@pirsensor1186 No country is innocent in doing those things. Sad it happens at all but man is still man. It's nonsense to automatically put that blame on all troops involved. There is lots of them that would never do such a thing.
Sgt Long - I was there in Gio Linh in 1967. We counted rockets every day. The least number was 26. The VA said I never was in a combat situation. That’s only one of many.
@YawmZajlaug We certainly were not there for what we were paid back then. Most of us were volunteers and manyof us are still trying to help the Vietnamese 43 years later.
John - My Scout Dog Kazan (40A6) & I rotated out of Charlie-II back to Quang Tri that morning (5-21-71) and the NVA hit the bunker next to the Mess Hall later that day around 6:00 PM w/ a 122 mm rocket. I think about those guys in that bunker at least a hundred times a year, every year.... Bob Thompson 43rd Scout Dogs
Geoffrey. Thanks for sending the photos that were taken when you met President Reagan to our VVA290 mailbox. We did the best we could with the information available when we posted this video and there are a lot of guys who have watched it many times. We were in an artillery unit spread over Quang Tri and Thua Tien provinces.
Very cool video! Thanks! 0:30 & 1:25 tank is M41 Walker Bulldog, US made, given to and used by ARVN. 4:51 PAVN (NVA) pith helmet, I think it is wartime, although they continue to be produced and used but with slightly different details. Surprised this one survived, I would have thought it would rot away. Respect.
Thanks for ID on the tank. Never saw one on Alpha-2 (Gio Linh) during my 20 months on the hill, 68-69. No doubt it was lost after the US pulled it’s few troops off the ‘bump on the road’ (officially Hill 46).
Something Hollywood and a lot of public perception is our troops blasted CCWR all the time. My Dads CO liked country and gospel. When noise discipline was not a issue Hank Williams Senior and bluegrass gospel was played. Dad was in during the mid 60s so his 50ish year old CO banned rock, blues, jazz and what he called the worst offenders" bubble gum tennie bopper songs and hippy music" He was born in the 1920s so you can imagine his musical taste differed from the 18 year old grunts. Good video. I have heard stories about a couple of these places from Family. Now I know what it looks like. I tip my hat to you Sir! Thank you !
Thanks so much for the effort in putting this all together, boy does it bring back memories , you need much more CCR playing, and the " young lady" at the end of the video, would have been very young when I was there, at stated before was at C2 , Con Tien, and built some or the new airstrip just south of Dong Hoi. Next I'll have to find Thien Phuoc south west of Danang
Great video! My father was with the 1st BDE,5th Inf 69/70 and was the base defense coordinator at FSB ALPHA 4 in summer of 70. Was also at FSB Charlie 2. They had a great dane as a mascot named PFC Zero. Have a picture of PFC Zero and Alpha 4. Lots of pictures my father sent to me.Chopper pad at Alpha 4. mess hall and observation tower. Picture of the mortor pit, Mortar Platoon Co. D, 1st Bn, 61st Inf.
Former fiance was stationed at FSB C-2. 1st / 61st Army inf. He told me about Zero.! Doesn't have any pic's though. There in '69 - '70. Dusted off in '70. If U R on Facebook friend me?
Served with 5th Inf 1/61 Mechanized in July 68 when the Brigade arrived in country. A4 (Con Thien) and C2, Dong Ha and Cam Lo, Camp Carroll, Camp Sharon, LZ Tombstone. Memories I try to forget.
Spent a number of months at C-2 or Charlie 2, and in November of 67 their was a big operation all around us, UPI with cameras and all were there, I can't find anything about it anywhere, we were just a mile south of Con Tien, anyone know anything about, I built much of the trenching and bunkers there, was from MCB 1 and the only Sea Bee at the base. The north used to send us breakfast and diner every day by way of 155's
Terrace. I was with A Trp. 3/5 Cav Jun70 - May71. With a brief duty as General Hill's aide de camp. I too has been to many all these places. Feel free to drop a line
@jalimager A friend recently sent photos of FSB Fuller and the old Mai Loc camp & a Marine Colonel presented the history of the 75mm gun that had been firing on the US positions at Carroll. It might be available on the 2/94th website
Come on people, it's a tourist destination. I was at Khe Sanh in 1997. To this day, I suppose all that old ordnance is worth more as a tourist attraction than it would be for scrap and most of the other surplus has already been sold on eBay. Bob Hope on the other hand is reportedly still doing tours of duty.
Nice video.It must be a bizarre and emotional experience re-tracing your footsteps in that former warzone.I'de like to know what music is played at the start of the video.cheers.
@ljarton No, it doesn't smell as bad as it did in '68. Did you happen to know Jim Edmonds, Mike Bauerly, or y brother Bob Lewandowski? All were in the SeaBees.
the bunker that was hit on c2 was mess hall bunker,if I remember it was 32 rave men Kia,we were there topping off our zippos,left as first rockets landed, we could see the rockets impact from our orderly room at HHT Dong Ha,they were under seine for days.
Was there topping off flame tracks when the attack started,a lt tried to get us to take shelter in mess tent but we were loaded and ready so we pulled out just as the gate was Weingarten closed,never forget,watched from our orderly room as the fight went on,we went out on several S&D mission during that time.
WRONG THAT IS NOT DONG HA MOUNTAIN NEXT TO ROCK PILE THATS THE RAZOR BACK D H MYN IS MILES TO LEFT THIS VIDIO BELOW CARROLL ACROS SONG CAM LO RIVER,GTS
I was on c-2 the day the bunker was hit,my unit left under rocket fire,a lt had hollered for us to go in the bunker but tow of our tracks were headed out so we went to,I think it was the mess hall bunker that was hit 30 plus killed,most by a single rocket.3/5 cav.70/71
Sempre curti a guerra do Vietnã e a guerra da minha época rebeldia. Tenho vontade de conhecer o palco da guerra e sentir o sofrimento da turma que lutou e morreu a quele a braço a turma que lutou o brigado
@clew4 fed 2012 i wil visit vietnam 3rd time..hope can meet veteran to show me former fire support base..i also would like to contact some veterans from usa..i am from the netherlands
YOU DON'T GET IT .POINT IS ALL WE DID TO HELP SOUTH VIETS WOULD NOT STEP UP TO TAKE OVER THE FIGHT LIKE APHGANISTAN WILL HAPPEN NEXT WE LEAVE. I AM THANK FULL VIETS ECONOMY IS GETTING BETTER, I HELPED MANY POOR TRIBES MY TRIPS AND AT HOME .
Trong dịp tiến tới kỷ niệm 25 năm Cuộc chiến Việt Nam kết thúc, ông McCain nói “những kẻ không xứng đáng” đã thắng cuộc. “Tôi xưa kia tôi cũng đã lên án VNCH và bây giờ tôi cũng phải phản tỉnh là sai - đó là một chế độ tiến bộ hơn miền Bắc.
All this was my AO in 69 and 70. Saw some of it in 2014. But, tour would only stop a few places. Thanks,
I was with C1/12 at Cam Lo, C2, Camp Carrol, The Rockpile/Stud, Quaviet (sp?), KheSanh, Ashau Valley, LZ Torch, and many other LZs. I am proud to be a Marine.
My father was a sgt in the 1st Cav. 69-71 iron horse! To all the veterans watching this…thank you for your service and god bless you and your families!🙏🏻
From vietnam hello you❤❤❤
My brother was there until 6/15/68 , When He was K.I.A. ,fighting for his country , by an N.V.A. Sniper, I was 9 YRS old ,it took 10 yrs . before I could start to beleave he was gone . I Graduated, USMC SCOUT Sniper School on 2/24/79 , my 20th birthday 🎂 🥳 🎉
One Shot , one KILL, unless your staff sgt.Steave Richcert , then it 3 😁 from 2000 yards with the Barrett ,
" I LOVE THE CORPS "
Cpl Jack Murphy
Norwood Mass
I loved your video! I lived at Camp Eagle and Evans for a year as a med-evac pilot with the 326 Med Bn, 101st Airbourn Div. (Eagle Dustoff) from the summer of '69 to the summer of '70 when I was finally wounded. The best, most productive year of my life! Dustoff 94 and 999.
Welcome home and thank you for your service. Respect
@Kaptain Kid Quit being a butt hurt bitch. Her comment wasn't directed at you to begin with. So stand down, and get your poop in a group....
Tks for the memories from 1969 camp eagle headquarters 2nd of the 320 Field Artillery 105 to1970 Juarez
I spent most of my time in country working around grid BT4401. Enjoyed your video.
The utmost respect for all the allied vets, you all did what had to be done and I salute you! Thank you for uploading :)
@Von Musklaus What "had" to be done was what ever these brave men were ordered to do, some jumped at the chance to go to war but many were drafted, they did what "had" to be done to survive and return home to their loved ones.
My uncle Bill Edmister served at FSB Ripcord with the 506th and was wounded there on July 22, 1970 and was awarded a silver star for pushing into enemy fire to rescue three soldiers after he had been shot. Would love to hear from anyone who knew him and served with him there. He passed away from cancer before I was old enough to ever ask him about it. In fact i never even knew he was there or wounded until I saw his commendation at his funeral.
As a USMC, I served on Gio Linh for 20 months. When I first arrived, (March of 1967, I was the seventh Marine on the hill known as Alpha II or Hill 46. We ate C-Rations for over one full year - some of them as old as I was! Our group were anti-artillery radar. AN/MPQ-10. There were to small Army units - one another anti-artillery radar - AN/MPQ -4 and another army group - Sound Rangers, Maybe 30 USA fighting men on the whole hill. It was an essentially an ARVN base. We had two or three observation towers but rarely used them. Hobbies included rat hunting in the early evening with any pistol we could dig up. I had an old pilots 38 special, most had 45 cal. US Navy Corpsman Victor Bravo and I had to help some wounded board the med-evac chopper one day. I never realized that they took him away as well. He survives today!
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a year of c-rats im surprised your still alive haha thanks for your service Marine . my dad was a marine also !
Army 63 59 engineer loved c rations eggs and ham and speggitt also vanilla cookies army🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🪖
Better than nothing to insect repellent smell like ahit
So many people killed in Vietnam
I enjoyed your video very much. My son and I traveled some of the same ground during our trip in 2008. I have very few photos from when I was at Khe Sanh and Camp Carroll in 1967-68 and appreciate being able to see some of yours. Thanks for sharing not only the photos and video, but also the informative narratives.
Major props to all the Veterans of this war, including those on both sides of the conflict. I feel that the Vietnam Vets have always been my favorites, though I respect them all, but something about these soldiers and those that fought for North Vietnam as well...all faced the most horrific battlefield consequences and situations and when the old enemies meet today there is a grudging and mutual respect, much like two old boxers long-retired who had a great trilogy, these soldiers fought the real war, not the so-called "war" they always try to call sporting events. Thanks to all those Vietnam Veterans for their service and the absolute hell that they experience. Much love to all of you brave souls out there!
Been there on return trips backs since 1987. Lot of those places on video I visited, bring back memories of going back with other vets too.
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In 1968-69 I was at Vandergrift Combat Base. Attached to Task Force Hotel. Thank you for sharing this.
Just finished reading “Matterhorn” today. Very cool to see people talking about VCB who were really there
Was at Dong Ha with 8th of the 4th artillery (and at Khe Sanh) until they stood down in October 1971, then moved to Quang Tri with 1/39th and finally to 2/94 when it moved to Da Nang. Always in battalion fire direction center in the Headquarters Battery. Derosed in March 1972 - just in time to miss the Spring 1972 offensive. Saw most of it on Walter Cronkite where I saw the quonset hut we had at Quang Tri beside the Quang Tri airfield get blown up. Whew! Thanks for the video.
Karxprt. Welcome home and thank you for your service. This friend of mine I worked with at Johnson city medical center hospital Named Bill was a Marine combat veteran at Khe Sahn, he was there during the battle. I can't remember his last name.
My neighbor was a Corpsman attached to Marines at Quang Tri in '72
I can believe all the memories posted here from your guys Generation. I don't know of anything else like it is written down any place else. Well yes I do, a VA Dr office waiting room is just as full of the stories. Just not written. Im a OEF/OIF lite vet and always like talking to and listening to the older guys.
Heading to that Area next week or two on a motorbike trip. Last month we went to airbase phoenix and Charlie Hill north of Kon Tum. We rode our motorbike down the old runway.
Had a good friend of mine who was stationed there,Dave Silvie. 101 St airborne div. Rest in peace brother.
Don S,,,,,your correct, I was there, when the bunker was hit, and hit again in November when 7 wounded marines from 3/4 were killed with a 20mm rocket, but we got about 600 NVA during the 3 day fight, thanks to 3/4 marines
I imagine it is surreal to walk freely around an area where once one wrong move could have resulted in death. Also, in a place where you wanted to leave so bad, but couldn’t now you can come and go as you please.
I served with HQ 2-12 in 1967 we set up this fire base in Gio Ling it was a very nasty place and the horrors of it are still real in my mind today after 50 years... just traveling to this base was unhealthy and the poor dudes that drove those red dirt roads hauling artillery ammo took a beating there flat bed trailers could be seen along the sides of the road going into the fire base there at Gio Linh they were burned and blasted from ambushes by the NVA Army etc this base along with Con Thien on up Route 9 from Dong Ha and C-2 above Cam Lo... we as a unit 12th Marines moved from Hill 55 South of Da Nang in the Spring of 1967 up the coast North as far as we could go to the river mouth at Cua Vet where the ramp was dropped on the ship so we could drive off our equipment and ride Mike Boats to the Ramp at Dong Ha city then we carved our way with D-Cat bull dozer's driven by brave Sea Bees as they were known... they were engineers and built our bunkers and trenches along with what we as single force Marine would build too for ourselves etc up the DMZ and literally dug in artillery on the back side of this soft brown Hill of Angels these villages and towns of course did not look like the video shows in 1967... I happened to be awake on guard as corporal of the guard and while making my rounds early one morning saw what I thought was Navel Gun fire coming from the coast beyond Dong Ha Air Strip which was the Headquarters of Delta Med ... Graves Registration... or Fuel dump... Ammo Dump and Logistics Base for the Leatherneck Square area... anyway the flashes i saw were really rockets that were coming into the base and landing strip the ammo dump and fuel dump was hit and cooked off for nearly 24 hours as we were kept on what was called RED ALERT... we were in a bad spot at that time after losing all the equipment and ammo artillery shells etc and fuel... the base at Dong Ha continued to blow up all day with moments of HUGE explosions going on... it's a wonder anyone of the Marines in those places there in the ammo dump and fuel dump survived... so many stories and so little time... I was there again in 2007 being filmed for a documentary about PTSD a short clip of it can be found at You Tube under the title mike birthday broadband... it shows me in the city of Hanoi where I am being escorted up to see the remains of Ho Chi Minh under glass as long trails of people who honor him were interupted so I could view him laying there... he looks just like his pictures with his long whiskers still there he is known as Uncle Ho to the people... My nick name was SNURF and my name was Mike Hendershot I was there at Leatherneck Square for 20 months in 66-67-68 etc if you know me lets communicate I'm getting old and 100 % service connected for PTSD and Agent Orange as it was sprayed on us that summer of 1967 although we were never given any information about it I just looked up as the silver prop job planes flew over wing tip to wing tip and sprayed etc it cleared all the vegetation out and every thing was rolling brown dirt hills with little safe cover for the NVA any longer... I have live all my life on the West Coast in Southern California... I'm on my way out these days with so much to share about my recovery which is on going etc... I'm thinking about my Marine brothers those lost for this waste of life and those who may still be alive like myself for some reason... Semper Fi
mike hendershot wow, it was an inspiring read mr mike ; in 1967 i was a college kid , in India , and we used to follow your war with great intrest, from precious little which came our way; make no mistake - your sacrifices in Vietnam stopped communism from really spreading ; thank you vietnam veterans
+mike hendershot . Wow, we must have been close. I was assigned to Hdqr Battery, 12th Marines. Our bases camp was Dong Ha but I was assign to Gio Linh as a Radar Operator - stayed there 16 months until Dec 1969 when the 12th Marines packed up for good.
+mike hendershot One story will be published on the TWS (Togetherweserved) on line magazine in Dec. 2015.
mike hendershot Semper Fi Marines
@mike hendershot Semoer Fi! Wish I would have found this sooner. I was a radio operator for 7th Mt Bn When that ammo dump went up we stocked that dump along with the rest From Khe Sanh, Camp Carrol all the way back to Hue/Phu baiAnd as far east as Cửa Việt. There was a lot of chatter on 75.95 Mhz stateing that it was visible as far back as Quảng Trị
Visited Camp Eagle probably twice in 1970. I think that's where i saw Bob Hope. Was with the 3/506 in An Khe, Ban Me Thuot, and Phu Bai.
I was at that Bob Hope show. Johnny Bench was with him. I later ran into Johnny and told him thanks for coming.
I was at the 70 Bob Hope Show. i was stationed at camp eagle with the 101st Headquarters 1st Bdg worked at a communications centers army and air force located across the dirt path near the MARS station.
@dbanik Day 1 was in Hanoi, then we flew to Phu Bai on the evening of day 2 and spent the next 5 full days in Hue, Quang Tri, Dong Ha, Khe Sanh, DaNang and Hoi An and left for Pleiku on day 8. There was not enough time to go to as many of the old firebases as we wanted to, so we'll have to go back again in a couple of years. We set up the tour ourselves. The guide's name is Pham Thanh Hung, nickname Tano and I think we used Huong Viet Travel but Trails of Indochina does a good job also
Brother spent time at DMZ 69 or 70 with USMC he was also at KHE SAHN and Hue,laos.
Wow, almost 40 years later and some of those villes haven't changed one damn bit. I guess that's by choice. Nice video, though.
Been to Con Tien, A-4, Cam Lo, Market Place, Mutters Ridge, etc., was Medivac'd off FSB Fuller (Dong Ha Mtn.) Nov.20, 1969 (shrapnel left lung). Also involved in the 43 day seige of FSB Fuller in May 1970. Welcome Home Brothers!
Welcome Home, brother
finally read your dmz post very interesting
RESPECT...
Served in Alpha Co. 1-11 Inf. Was in a task force out of A-4. Choppered in to DMZ to secure an LZ to pick up a Ranger team that had hit the shit. Went on a night ambush patrol to the bridge on Route 1 between C-2 and A-4. Pulled security on Dong Ha Mountain (Fuller) 3 times. Spent Christmas & New Years '69 on Dong Ha Mtn. (Fuller) Was in a platoon reinforcing Capt. Blunt's Co. when Fuller came under siege in May '70 (Jesus Christ).
In 1970, I was stationed at Dong Ha Combat Base as a Specialist Four, E-4, Field Radio Relay and Carrier Equipment Repairman (MOS 31L20), assigned to the 178th Maintenance Company of the 1st Logistical Command. Our bunkers were located on the Northern perimeter of Dong Ha, to the right of the gate, and when standing guard duty, each night we could watch the tracers and explosions as Firebases Charlie One, Charlie Two, and/or Alpha Four were attacked. One time, sappers blew up the POL dump (i.e., "Petroleum, Oil, Lubricant" storage) at Dong Ha, and a photograph of it appeared on the front page of the "PACIFIC STARS & STRIPES" newspaper. We frequently received H&I (i.e., "Harassment and Interdiction") fire from North Vietnamese 122mm rockets. Each Sunday, I would hitch-hike to and from Quang Tri to attend Mormon church services. Later, I volunteered to go to the 101st Airborne Division (Airmobile), where I was assigned to the 501st Signal Battalion (Airmobile) at Camp Eagle.
I was at Dong Ha when the ammo and fuel dumps got blown.3/ 5th cavalry HHT zippos
Interesting video, I spent a lot of time in those areas, in 1969 and the first couple months of '70. I'd like to point out an improperly located position on your map, atabout the 6:48 mark. You have Vandergrift Combat Base improperly located to the east of where it really was. It was actually located west of your position and rt 9 ran right through it. You have it located south of Camp Carroll, but it is actually WSW of Carroll and due south of the Rockpile.
Semper Fi and God Bless! Gunny T
I was really hoping you'd head west along route 9 to Lang vei, the Special Forces camp. My uncle was a Green Beret there and was MIA for almost 50 years. Thankfully he was recovered in 2011
James "Les" Moreland
Doug W6BFV where did you find him mate
Heading that way next week on motorbike trip
@Von Musklaus I live in Saigon :)
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Love this video. Stationed with 1st Bde, 5 Inf division in 70 and 71. Been to all these places when the brigade lead the Vietnamese incursion into Laos. Little strange becuase the areas look built-up and populated now. The brigade lost 30 men in May 1971 when a rocket went into the mess hall at Charlie-2.
Interesting to see areas north of QL9. I was at Camp Carroll in 1970 with A Btry 1st/39th FA. We had two 8" howitzers and two 175mm. I was also at LZ Nancy, FSB Barbara, Camp Evans and FSB Rakkassan, where we were general support artillery for the 101st during the Battle of FSB Ripcord. Dong Ha was our 108th Group Headquarters XXIV Corp.
Was at Camp Carroll in July 68 with Charlie Co, 1/61 (Mech) waiting to move North to Cam Lo, Dong Ha, C2 and finally A4
I served with the 1st 83rd on 175s and 8" mainly in the Ashau Valley...also at Barbara..Evans..Sally..Blaze..Bastogne..Slim Chance..hardcore..Veghel..69-70 went home in June after my 20th Bday..always look forward to our Unit Reunions
Ooh words from the invaders. Bet you feel real special 😂😂
Well, guess I won't be sleeping tonight. Because many of us experienced the 122's in other areas a lot of the incoming into Dong Ha in 69 were 140's. When we thought they were 122's. Tower duty next to Delta Med.
It Looks a lot different now. In 1968 I was all over this area with MCB5. Building roads and gun pads for the 175's. I wonder if it still stinks as bad as it did in 68. I would like to go back there someday just to see if Camp Barns is being used.
Former 101 2/501 1967-68. Great video. A lot going on there in 1968
Con Thien & C2 Fire Bases, 1970 PH, BS, lots of memories... Around June or July a C2 bunker full of brave men perished (about 30 or more) from a rocket launched from Rocket Ridge. An article was published around 2010 about the terrible occurrence saying it happened in 1971. I contacted the publisher, said "sorry you have the wrong year". So many stories of these stories need more confirmation before publishing. They denied it happened in 1970, so I said well then it must have happened twice... so sad.
There are a million stories out there( accurate stories) that will never be told,especially the " friendly fire "stories.
A7E♦69-70 minesweeper A-4,C-2
Thank you all for your service.
Thank them for invading Vietnam for no reason..?
NOAH KSIAZKIEWICZ...YOU NEED TO GO TROLL SOMEWHERE ELSE.
Noah Ksiazkiewicz you're a douchebag, hate the war all you want but respect the servicemen who was serving their country as ordered. You should be ashamed!
@@pirsensor1186 No country is innocent in doing those things. Sad it happens at all but man is still man. It's nonsense to automatically put that blame on all troops involved. There is lots of them that would never do such a thing.
Thanks for the vid! Those places are my old stomping grounds. Mike co 3/9 68-69
Sgt Long - I was there in Gio Linh in 1967. We counted rockets every day. The least number was 26. The VA said I never was in a combat situation. That’s only one of many.
@YawmZajlaug We certainly were not there for what we were paid back then. Most of us were volunteers and manyof us are still trying to help the Vietnamese 43 years later.
Thanks so much for this. My father served with the Army at Camp Eagle.
This is a really amazing video!!! Thank you for sharing!!! THANK ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE!!!🎖
Amazing to be able to go to the dmz .We should've sent the boys north and finished the war like we know how
John -
My Scout Dog Kazan (40A6) & I rotated out of Charlie-II back to Quang Tri that morning (5-21-71) and the NVA hit the bunker next to the Mess Hall later that day around 6:00 PM w/ a 122 mm rocket. I think about those guys in that bunker at least a hundred times a year, every year....
Bob Thompson
43rd Scout Dogs
You were there in 71, what did it look like, I built most of the trenches and bunkers in Oct, Nov of 67 ,,,what a mess of a place, mud to your *&#
Geoffrey. Thanks for sending the photos that were taken when you met President Reagan to our VVA290 mailbox. We did the best we could with the information available when we posted this video and there are a lot of guys who have watched it many times. We were in an artillery unit spread over Quang Tri and Thua Tien provinces.
Very cool video! Thanks!
0:30 & 1:25 tank is M41 Walker Bulldog, US made, given to and used by ARVN.
4:51 PAVN (NVA) pith helmet, I think it is wartime, although they continue to be produced and used but with slightly different details. Surprised this one survived, I would have thought it would rot away.
Respect.
Thanks for ID on the tank. Never saw one on Alpha-2 (Gio Linh) during my 20 months on the hill, 68-69. No doubt it was lost after the US pulled it’s few troops off the ‘bump on the road’ (officially Hill 46).
My Dad was
1st cav
1st/30th artillery "hard chargers"
1969-1972. I think he said he was in bac lin. I think...thank you for sharing.
Something Hollywood and a lot of public perception is our troops blasted CCWR all the time. My Dads CO liked country and gospel. When noise discipline was not a issue Hank Williams Senior and bluegrass gospel was played. Dad was in during the mid 60s so his 50ish year old CO banned rock, blues, jazz and what he called the worst offenders" bubble gum tennie bopper songs and hippy music" He was born in the 1920s so you can imagine his musical taste differed from the 18 year old grunts. Good video. I have heard stories about a couple of these places from Family. Now I know what it looks like. I tip my hat to you Sir! Thank you !
Thanks so much for the effort in putting this all together, boy does it bring back memories , you need much more CCR playing, and the " young lady" at the end of the video, would have been very young when I was there, at stated before was at C2 , Con Tien, and built some or the new airstrip just south of Dong Hoi. Next I'll have to find Thien Phuoc south west of Danang
I wouldn’t consider Camp Eagle as being on the DMZ. C-2, Camp Carroll, Dong Ha. I saw Bob Hope at Camp Eagle 1970.
Great video! My father was with the 1st BDE,5th Inf 69/70 and was the base defense coordinator at FSB ALPHA 4 in summer of 70. Was also at FSB Charlie 2. They had a great dane as a mascot named PFC Zero. Have a picture of PFC Zero and Alpha 4. Lots of pictures my father sent to me.Chopper pad at Alpha 4. mess hall and observation tower. Picture of the mortor pit, Mortar Platoon Co. D, 1st Bn, 61st Inf.
Former fiance was stationed at FSB C-2. 1st / 61st Army inf. He told me about Zero.! Doesn't have any pic's though. There in '69 - '70. Dusted off in '70. If U R on Facebook friend me?
Served with 5th Inf 1/61 Mechanized in July 68 when the Brigade arrived in country. A4 (Con Thien) and C2, Dong Ha and Cam Lo, Camp Carroll, Camp Sharon, LZ Tombstone. Memories I try to forget.
Jeanette, I do have some pictures of the place in 67
Douglas...thanks for the reply. If your on Facebook please friend me so I can see them! He was there in '69 & '70. Medivaced (sp) out in '70.
I was with the 5th at con thien 69-70. what a hell hole. when I was dropped of I still remember the sign at the wire. " Welcome To Hell"
The people, united, will never be defeated.
@terrace65
Glad that you enjoyed the video. We have been back twice since then and are already planning a 2012 trip. Welcome home, brother
Chúc mừng bạn đã tới việt nam người trước kia đã từng đối đầu
Spent a number of months at C-2 or Charlie 2, and in November of 67 their was a big operation all around us, UPI with cameras and all were there, I can't find anything about it anywhere, we were just a mile south of Con Tien, anyone know anything about, I built much of the trenching and bunkers there, was from MCB 1 and the only Sea Bee at the base. The north used to send us breakfast and diner every day by way of 155's
I spent time 69-70 tdy at c-2 w/D7 dozer. FSB. Nancy, camp carroll, evans. Combat engineer.
@@rogerklein7095 Very cool Roger, may have been equipment I used also. We need to chat sometime in a email
@@douglasbattjes3991 rogeraklein1950@gmail.com my brain is going away and don't remember much anymore.
I also stomped around up there with 3/9 in 68-69.I was with Mike in Oct.68 beginning with the midnight Helo assault at Gio-Linh.
Thank you for posting.
Terrace. I was with A Trp. 3/5 Cav Jun70 - May71. With a brief duty as General Hill's aide de camp. I too has been to many all these places. Feel free to drop a line
Pit Bob
HHT 3/5 cav.70-71 zoppos,and recon
Great video thanks for sharing
THERE WERE 2 TYPES SAND BAGS UP TO 67 DEC CLOTH THEN THE PLASTIC TYPE SHOWED UP. USMC GEOF
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@jalimager A friend recently sent photos of FSB Fuller and the old Mai Loc camp & a Marine Colonel presented the history of the 75mm gun that had been firing on the US positions at Carroll. It might be available on the 2/94th website
Come on people, it's a tourist destination. I was at Khe Sanh in 1997. To this day, I suppose all that old ordnance is worth more as a tourist attraction than it would be for scrap and most of the other surplus has already been sold on eBay. Bob Hope on the other hand is reportedly still doing tours of duty.
I was a minesweeper both from A-4(Con Thien) to C-2, and C-2 to Cam Lo- A Co 7th 'enjuniers'♦Sep 69-70.
Am not a pink cloud, so I guess I 'won'.
Nice video.It must be a bizarre and emotional experience re-tracing your footsteps in that former warzone.I'de like to know what music is played at the start of the video.cheers.
@ljarton No, it doesn't smell as bad as it did in '68. Did you happen to know Jim Edmonds, Mike Bauerly, or y brother Bob Lewandowski? All were in the SeaBees.
the bunker that was hit on c2 was mess hall bunker,if I remember it was 32 rave men Kia,we were there topping off our zippos,left as first rockets landed, we could see the rockets impact from our orderly room at HHT Dong Ha,they were under seine for days.
Was there topping off flame tracks when the attack started,a lt tried to get us to take shelter in mess tent but we were loaded and ready so we pulled out just as the gate was Weingarten closed,never forget,watched from our orderly room as the fight went on,we went out on several S&D mission during that time.
"Fortunate Son" Credence Clearwater Revival
I was at everyone of these F.B.at some point 70/71,5t cavalry, 9th infantry div.
I was with the 3/5 Cav 68-69. Alpha 4 at the DMZ ended my tour in the Ashau Valley.
I would love to metal detect and recover history there. Don’t have a metal detector or money though.
My father said his M60 tank is probably still sitting in same spot. Close to Boarder with N.Vietnam. It burned for 13 hours. Diesel fuel. 1966
If it was 66 it would have been an M48 since the M60 was never sent to Vietnam
I due recall my father mentioning the M48. The M60 was probably after when we lived in Germany. Hiedlburg & Frankfurt
I had a friend Ed Henry that used to take veterans on tours of Vietnam and the DMZ area, did any of you guys know/meet him?
I saw Bob Hope at camp Eagle Christmas of 70, me and a friend d grabbed a jeep from DONG Ha,3/5 calvary and drove down saw Jonny Beanch miss world.
My dad was in the 3/5 cav in 1970
WRONG THAT IS NOT DONG HA MOUNTAIN NEXT TO ROCK PILE THATS THE RAZOR BACK D H MYN IS MILES TO LEFT THIS VIDIO BELOW CARROLL ACROS SONG CAM LO RIVER,GTS
Exactly right. Golf 2/3 3rd MarDiv 1969
You didn't go as far as Lang Vei special forces camp?
Song at 6:13
God bless our nam vets
I was at Gio Linh 1967 with 11 mar1st Mar Div.
I was on c-2 the day the bunker was hit,my unit left under rocket fire,a lt had hollered for us to go in the bunker but tow of our tracks were headed out so we went to,I think it was the mess hall bunker that was hit 30 plus killed,most by a single rocket.3/5 cav.70/71
Thank you for serving
A LOT OF MISSING P.O.W. THERE SOME WHERE AMERICAN P.O.W YOU ARE NOT FOR GOT ABOUT .
Spent a week at Gio Linh in March 1971
Grammer my man! I spent a week!!!!
Sempre curti a guerra do Vietnã e a guerra da minha época rebeldia. Tenho vontade de conhecer o palco da guerra e sentir o sofrimento da turma que lutou e morreu a quele a braço a turma que lutou o brigado
I was in these places in 69, 3/5 cav.
@clew4 fed 2012 i wil visit vietnam 3rd time..hope can meet veteran to show me former fire support base..i also would like to contact some veterans from usa..i am from the netherlands
effects of agent orange still visible. crazy.
2:16, well that took some balls to put that flag up during that time. LMAO!
you know this because you were there right ?
YOU DON'T GET IT .POINT IS ALL WE DID TO HELP SOUTH VIETS WOULD NOT STEP UP TO TAKE OVER THE FIGHT LIKE APHGANISTAN WILL HAPPEN NEXT WE LEAVE. I AM THANK FULL VIETS ECONOMY IS GETTING BETTER, I HELPED MANY POOR TRIBES MY TRIPS AND AT HOME .
You called it dude lmaoooo look at afghan now controlled by the taliban
Trong dịp tiến tới kỷ niệm 25 năm Cuộc chiến Việt Nam kết thúc, ông McCain nói “những kẻ không xứng đáng” đã thắng cuộc.
“Tôi xưa kia tôi cũng đã lên án VNCH và bây giờ tôi cũng phải phản tỉnh là sai - đó là một chế độ tiến bộ hơn miền Bắc.
Many nights on the bunker line ... Eagle 68-69
Anyone out there ever on a FB called Nuts in 69
Resurrection is coming on both sides
Good lucky.🥰🥰🗽
“IT AINT MEEE!”🇺🇸🚁
You did not get to FSB Mary Ann... lol.
Muito interessante! 🌟
Does anyone know the name of the priest saying Mass at the 6:30 mark? Thank You
I was camp Eagle also
thx thx thx :)
Truman Hengesteg cpl grandpa C2 gun 3
camp Evans 68 - 70
Can someone please tell me what is that music at 2:10 pleae
CCR Magic
Lol, everyone uses CCR fortunate son, Hendricks are you experienced or the Stones are you experienced/paint it black. 😂