Welcome to all new members. Glad to have you join us. We've had our club site for six months as of May 3. We've got 27 member and have had 8000 pages viewed....
Please allow me to introduce myself. My name is Bill Jent, I was in country from late April 69 to late march 70. My first duty station was in Chu Lai untill ...
Welcome to the Club. Randy, Thanks for the great pictures. The processing center that you worked, was that the gate house for processing the workers or the ...
Hi Bill, I think I remember you, it's been along time and alot of things are fuzzy, but are coming back more and more.If you get a chance to post a picture, ...
Thanks for the welcome. The processing center which was just to the north of the main gate. We searched the workers as they came through. Can't say I enjoyed...
I've posted another pic in the photo section. That is Vic Kornaski sitting in a vehicle used by the strike force. For the life of us we can't recall the ...
You got it, V-100's, made in Warren, MI. Rear mounted 361 Mopar gas V-8 w/5 speed trans, ran over 70 mph, body of 1/4" steel plate, weighted 17 tons. Ours had...
HI Rich,,,<br>Yes I remember a lot of things that heppened now. Especially the race riot in the stand down area where they said there were about 300 men ...
Yes, the V 100's were great, but I thought they were 8 tons(not sure),I do know that we ran over a chicken once and never felt a bump. they were also suppose...
Hey paul, looks like this club is coming along and growing all the time, thanks for starting it, maybe sometime in the future we should pick a time and date...
Hi Rich...sounds good to me. Although I would probably have to sit back and listen to everyone else speak, as there seems to be no one around that worked that...
When I was at Chu Lai 1/68-12/68 the processing center NCOIC was Sgt Hugh Calhoun he was a 95C corrections specialist who had served at Ft Levenworth D.B and...
You hit the nail on the head...."it was a dirty job. I was with the 23rd Jan-June of '71. I can't imagine an award being given to anyone from the civilians ...
Randy, If I remember right, Anton was just north of the main gate, across the Anton river bridge and down the road came TamKy, a little past that came Hawk ...
Man Oh Man......I surrender. Maybe I had the second dirtest job!!! Where exactly was the dump? I recall being there a couple of times drinking beer and ...
Randy,don't worry more guys will show up, we only have 29 members right now but it is growing every month. So far I have only found one guy who was in Duc Pho...
I arrived in country sometime around the last of July, '71. I was first assigned to the 1st Platoon 2/1 Cav. (BlackHawks)in Song Mao. We worked out of Firebase...
The dump was in the south end of the base, down by gate 3. I remember going there hunting for a tiger that was spotted. The next day, someone shot it, I don't...
In 68 we called the unfortunate MP who was on Gate 3 "The Lord of the Flies". We sometimes went there with shotguns and shot the wild and rabid dogs that were...
Randy, I've got a map on file of the Chu Lai area. If I had your e-mail address, I could sent it to you. It's not on your profile, so if you don't want to post...
Hello Al, Just to let know, in the late months of 69, gate 4 was totally rebuild. Gene Wagoner and other MPs, with alot of help from Navy CBs, build a first...
Hope you all don't mind a former medic joining the club. I was at the 91Evac Hospital from March 1970 to April,1971. I served most of my time there on the...
