Thank you for posting this. It brings back good memories. I was Commo, 144th Aviation June 1969 to JUNE 1970. It was a good time to be there with a lot of good people.
I was in Nha Trang for Tet 1968, a NVA regiment overran the town and 500 people were killed. I was a LT with 459th Sig. Bn., we ran the long distance switchboard next to the billboard antennas run by the Air Force. Air America was next to us, at first we thought it was some kind of aid outfit until we discovered it was a front for the CIA. Nha Trang is a beautiful place but the beach is polluted and it's full of tourists and the town has basically been torn down and rebuilt in the intervening half-century. So much grief and anguish for nothing, hard to believe WW@ vets put us in that fix. Peace of Christ to all my fellow Vietnam veterans. Thank you for this.
Thank you for the update , I am operation Phoenix 🦅 , the Truth always never will be told my brother veterans 3/3/3 1st Radio Battlion , 31 st MAU , Seal team 6 , Delta Force, and Lancer tactical command , call sign " The kid " ♦️♦️♦️‼️
That's funny about air America.they had a hamburger and ice cream stand in Danang.good burgers and lots of strange people coming and going.also after 2 tours in Danang I landed at nha trang and a soldier who I played little League baseball in Levittown pa.was driving the suitcase cart machine.he went on to be a supervisor of shipping at a chemical co.in Bristol pa.good guy.we may be alive but we are getting short.lol.
1:24, Were those two rectangular walls radar? I remember seeing something similar in Thailand too. I was at the 330th briefly in 1970 and again for 3 months in 1971 and don't remember seeing those. 3:04, more radar seen through the windshield? 6:00 , Working casual status for 330th RR Co. supply I drove equipment to Cam Rahn Bay for about 3 months June - August 1971. Equipment was transferred out of country. 6:13, I don't remember that pontoon bridge. There may have been a concrete one when I drove there. That video, I think, is the best quality home video that I have seen from Vietnam. Good job.
Hey Radio Chaser, Thanks for the comments. Those "wall antennas” were for communications as far as I have gathered. Some relayed to the Philippines as I was told. There was a group of them right next to our flight line. Scroll down through the comments you’ll find comments about the 21st signal battalion and others about said antennas. Thanks for the kind comments on the video.
@55 I did scroll down, but don't remember seeing any comments. I will have to go back and look again. Unless, those are the "billboard" antennas? Thanks.
Yea, 1967 - 50 some years ago today. Back then in 1967, "50 years ago" would have been 1917. MY grandpa was in the Army in France. 100 some odd years ago. Deja vu all over again.
As I was viewing this I cringed and laughed and was amazed at my reaction to certain sequences. I was a mechanic (E-2/E-3/E-2) with the 144th. The RU-8D's were still there when I arrived in June of 1970, supplemented by RU-21's. In December 1970 the 144th assets moved to Long Thanh North Army Airfield (I was among the assets) to join the 146th Aviation Company (RR), which was not nearly as tidy and safe as Nha Trang Air Base. Nicely done, and thanks for letting me view your films.
I love all things Vietnam era ! And this has been one of the most entertaining videos I’ve ever seen someone is a great photographer and I love the humor WELL DONE SIR!!!!!!
I had a neighbor who flew a Sandie and some of his stories were very scary. I was just a little kid when that conflict happened. Much respect for anyone who was there. Welcome home. I eventually joined the army and was 2/508 (pir) 82nd Airborne Division starting in 1981. I worked with several 173rd veterans who stayed in and retired. They taught us so much and I am forever thankful for that. Thank you for sharing this wonderful experience.
@@alpaslanbak Yes, the Skyrader. I had to Google it." Sandy Bottoms" because they flew low alot. "Sandy" for short. Also called the" Flying Dumptruck". Learn something new every day.
I was a SkyCop at Tan Son Nhut 3/69-4/70! Lived across the street from Hotel One! Never ending helicopter operations! Army 69th Signal compound was next door near the Radar towers. We were young and I'd do it all over, only better! Thank all of you for your service.
Ah the memories!! I served with the 498th Air Ambulance Company in Nha Trang late in 1966. This was a time of transition for a lot of Army equipment. The piston era was still going strong, but the turbines were rising! I left the Nam before the Tet offensive. I was wondering how all of the guys from my old unit felt about standing in line to draw their weapons from locked conex containers while the battle raged around them. I don't mean to be funny, but that's the way it was. I imagine the policy changed after the Tet.
Served there from '70-'71 with the 55th M.I Detachment to IFFV Headquarters, Bunked at McDermont compound and worked at IFFV compound located on beach road. Loved the parties at the beach and snorkeling around Hon Tre Island.
I was TDY to Nha Trang first six months of 68’ lived in the old contonement hooch area hootch in front of latrine. Lots of parachute flairs and red & green tracers during TET. Spent the night in the bunker. 2862nd GEEIA working on telephone cables for new telephone switch.
I was ASA 05C RTTY out of Ft. Gordon and had orders to report for duty in Vietnam in Jan, '71. At Oakland transfer station they offered me the option of going to Ft. Bliss, El Paso and I took it. I was a draftee, so I think that was the reason. Ended up with the ASA Aviation Electronic Warfare Co which was a true research company. We had nine aircraft - Queen Airs with King Air wings. I wonder if I would have ended up in one of the RRU like the one you were at. If I did, hoped they would have had great mechanics like you guys. Thanks for your overseas service.
Thanks for the response. Have you read: Unlikely Warriors: The Army Security Agency's Secret War in Vietnam 1961-1973? If not check it out. Another book that is more to the mission and with much less side story try - "Unlikely Warriors: the Army security agency's secret war in Vietnam 1961-1973".
Sounds like you were with Cefirm Leader! We Saved one of the RU-21A aircraft on display at Valiant Air Command Museum Titusville Florida. Would love to talk you!
The U.S. Army Green Beret were stationed at Camp McDermott in Nha Trang in November, 1966, right? That's when I arrived in Nha Trang with the 459th Signal Battalion via the USS Upshur from Oakland, a three-week-long voyage. I remember watching a line of Green Beret helicopters taking off one at a time and then making a sharp left turn over the perimeter fencing and then heading out over the rice paddies near sunset. That was an awesome sight for a newbie, one I'll always remember.
I was with the 144 van rr co. As a c/c on a ru 8d . I spent 1/2 my time in Na Trang and the other tdy up north with the 1st cab . March 67 / 68 Mike De Gloria
It was often said that Nha Trang was an R&R center for the VC. I never heard of a POW camp. I Left Nha Trang Dec. ‘67 about 6 weeks before Tet. POW camp seems likely after Tet. Never have heard the whole story about Tet in Nha Trang. Maybe someday.
Did he have a chance to see the UFO that supposedly hovered over the Air Force outdoor movie theater in 1966 and shut down all the power in the vicinity? Who would really want to admit it if it actually happened anyhow? www.ufocasebook.com/1966vietnam.html
I was with the strategic communication next to the two microwave with Nha Trang signal battalion. 67/68 I also remember Tet,. Puff the magic dragon, enough flares it was daylight, 2 C130s blown up and 6 nights of small arms fire. Please take care of yourself
I was with the 21st Signal Group from Jan69 to Aug69. The 21st was next door to the Nha Trang Signal Battalion. The HHD and Aviation Detachment had our Hooches within about 200 yards of those two Tropo Towers that the NT Signal Bn operated. I was with the 21st Signal Group's Aviation Detachment and I worked as their Aviation Parts & Tech Supply guy (E5). We were working at the Airbase, right next to the 144th Aviation and the STRATCOM Long Lines Signal at the Airbase. The Long Lines signal guys worked at the base of those six 60 foot tall tropo towers. The Long Lines guys and the Nha Trang Signal guys worked in different service fields and they were not associated with each other, other than they reported up to the same Command Unit, the 1st Signal Brigade, down new Saigon. Thanks for sharing the video above. Stephen, you're welcomed to join the Nha Trang "Gang" Facebook page. It's designed for all military branches that worked at or near the City of Nha Trang, from 1959 to 1973. We call ourselves "the gang" but officially the Page is called Nha Trang Vietnam War Veterans Facebook Page. Go to: facebook.com/groups/205452536597475
Isn’t Nha Trang where the US abandoned thousands of Montagnards? Special forces got thousands of their mountaineer brethren to Nha Trang, safely getting them out of harms way from the North but, ‘their’ transportation never arrived for them (1975). Seems really familiar after the disastrous, early exact abandonment of Afghan brethren were abandoned by the US. 🤔🤨
What were those twin engine liaison aircraft you were working on? They resemble Cessna 320's. Also were they De Havilland Beavers? Love the Douglas A1D Skyraiders, long live the radial.
From what I have read it takes 6 to 10 people to support one person in the field (riffle carrying grunt). We "line" personal mostly changed the oil, emptied the ash trays, kept the log book, and saw the planes off and home again. Much of the heavy lifting went to field maintenance. Of course our unit had a few guys that liked to do the heavy lifting and tech inspecting.
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Thank you for posting this. It brings back good memories. I was Commo, 144th Aviation June 1969 to JUNE 1970. It was a good time to be there with a lot of good people.
I was in Nha Trang for Tet 1968, a NVA regiment overran the town and 500 people were killed. I was a LT with 459th Sig. Bn., we ran the long distance switchboard next to the billboard antennas run by the Air Force. Air America was next to us, at first we thought it was some kind of aid outfit until we discovered it was a front for the CIA. Nha Trang is a beautiful place but the beach is polluted and it's full of tourists and the town has basically been torn down and rebuilt in the intervening half-century. So much grief and anguish for nothing, hard to believe WW@ vets put us in that fix. Peace of Christ to all my fellow Vietnam veterans. Thank you for this.
Thank you for the update , I am operation Phoenix 🦅 , the Truth always never will be told my brother veterans 3/3/3 1st Radio Battlion , 31 st MAU , Seal team 6 , Delta Force, and Lancer tactical command , call sign " The kid " ♦️♦️♦️‼️
That's funny about air America.they had a hamburger and ice cream stand in Danang.good burgers and lots of strange people coming and going.also after 2 tours in Danang I landed at nha trang and a soldier who I played little League baseball in Levittown pa.was driving the suitcase cart machine.he went on to be a supervisor of shipping at a chemical co.in Bristol pa.good guy.we may be alive but we are getting short.lol.
@@mikehogan1466 Hey! I live in Levittown, PA now!
1:24, Were those two rectangular walls radar? I remember seeing something similar in Thailand too. I was at the 330th briefly in 1970 and again for 3 months in 1971 and don't remember seeing those.
3:04, more radar seen through the windshield?
6:00 , Working casual status for 330th RR Co. supply I drove equipment to Cam Rahn Bay for about 3 months June - August 1971. Equipment was transferred out of country.
6:13, I don't remember that pontoon bridge. There may have been a concrete one when I drove there.
That video, I think, is the best quality home video that I have seen from Vietnam. Good job.
Hey Radio Chaser, Thanks for the comments. Those "wall antennas” were for communications as far as I have gathered. Some relayed to the Philippines as I was told. There was a group of them right next to our flight line. Scroll down through the comments you’ll find comments about the 21st signal battalion and others about said antennas. Thanks for the kind comments on the video.
@55 I did scroll down, but don't remember seeing any comments. I will have to go back and look again.
Unless, those are the "billboard" antennas?
Thanks.
was with you with the 17th. hooch was about 100yds from runway still have to have noise to sleep at night. Be well my brother.
My grandpa was stationed in Nha Trang in 1967, Tan Son Nhut and Da Nang in 1970 on his 2nd tour USAF, was a mechanic
Yea, 1967 - 50 some years ago today. Back then in 1967, "50 years ago" would have been 1917. MY grandpa was in the Army in France. 100 some odd years ago. Deja vu all over again.
As I was viewing this I cringed and laughed and was amazed at my reaction to certain sequences. I was a mechanic (E-2/E-3/E-2) with the 144th. The RU-8D's were still there when I arrived in June of 1970, supplemented by RU-21's. In December 1970 the 144th assets moved to Long Thanh North Army Airfield (I was among the assets) to join the 146th Aviation Company (RR), which was not nearly as tidy and safe as Nha Trang Air Base.
Nicely done, and thanks for letting me view your films.
Hey Ron there is a 144th closed group on Facebook facebook.com/groups/319166271569473/
Judging from your comments you could get in if you like.
I love all things Vietnam era ! And this has been one of the most entertaining videos I’ve ever seen someone is a great photographer and I love the humor WELL DONE SIR!!!!!!
Thanks!
I had a neighbor who flew a Sandie and some of his stories were very scary. I was just a little kid when that conflict happened. Much respect for anyone who was there. Welcome home. I eventually joined the army and was 2/508 (pir) 82nd Airborne Division starting in 1981. I worked with several 173rd veterans who stayed in and retired. They taught us so much and I am forever thankful for that. Thank you for sharing this wonderful experience.
Thanks for your post and for your service. BTW a Sandie? Give me a hint. I haven't heard that one yet.
@@rjrock55 Probably he means Sandy - A1 Skyraider
@@alpaslanbak Yes, the Skyrader. I had to Google it." Sandy Bottoms" because they flew low alot. "Sandy" for short. Also called the" Flying Dumptruck". Learn something new every day.
Happy Veterans Day! You brought back some memories of my time in Nha Trang (70-71). Welcome back home!
Glad to see you made it.
who were you with? I was with 330th RR Co in Nha Trang and Det 3 of the the 330th at Phu Cat, Vietnam 9/70 to 9/71.
I was a SkyCop at Tan Son Nhut 3/69-4/70! Lived across the street from Hotel One! Never ending helicopter operations! Army 69th Signal compound was next door near the Radar towers. We were young and I'd do it all over, only better! Thank all of you for your service.
Do it all over again but beter. Now that is good service, Thanks for it.
Ah the memories!! I served with the 498th Air Ambulance Company in Nha Trang late in 1966. This was a time of transition for a lot of Army equipment. The piston era was still going strong, but the turbines were rising! I left the Nam before the Tet offensive. I was wondering how all of the guys from my old unit felt about standing in line to draw their weapons from locked conex containers while the battle raged around them. I don't mean to be funny, but that's the way it was. I imagine the policy changed after the Tet.
Outstanding camera work and editing. A rare view of a first person visual account of arrival, duty, and departure.
Thanks, Glad you likedd it.
Served there from '70-'71 with the 55th M.I Detachment to IFFV Headquarters, Bunked at McDermont compound and worked at IFFV compound located on beach road. Loved the parties at the beach and snorkeling around Hon Tre Island.
Thanks for the info. Not so bad duty for Nam eh.
HHC 17th CAG Nha Trang 67-68 Lots of memories here. Thanks for posting
Glad you enjoyed it
I was at the 138th Avn (RR) as a 05H
First Field Force Nha Trang Nov 1969 To Dec 1971. G3 Tactical Operations Command. Another Life Time and Yet Yesterday.
No kidding.
I was TDY to Nha Trang first six months of 68’ lived in the old contonement hooch area hootch in front of latrine. Lots of parachute flairs and red & green tracers during TET. Spent the night in the bunker. 2862nd GEEIA working on telephone cables for new telephone switch.
Thanks for cheaking in.
Joe gioia stationed here1967/68 597th trans co
I was ASA 05C RTTY out of Ft. Gordon and had orders to report for duty in Vietnam in Jan, '71. At Oakland transfer station they offered me the option of going to Ft. Bliss, El Paso and I took it. I was a draftee, so I think that was the reason. Ended up with the ASA Aviation Electronic Warfare Co which was a true research company. We had nine aircraft - Queen Airs with King Air wings. I wonder if I would have ended up in one of the RRU like the one you were at. If I did, hoped they would have had great mechanics like you guys. Thanks for your overseas service.
Thanks for the response. Have you read: Unlikely Warriors: The Army Security Agency's Secret War in Vietnam 1961-1973? If not check it out.
Another book that is more to the mission and with much less side story try - "Unlikely Warriors: the Army security agency's secret war in Vietnam 1961-1973".
@@rjrock55 Thanks for the book info. I found it on Amazon. I'll check it out.
Sounds like you were with Cefirm Leader! We Saved one of the RU-21A aircraft on display at Valiant Air Command Museum Titusville Florida. Would love to talk you!
@@arod138 Hey Andrew, I'm on your FB page so I see and post quite often.
You left your mark gentlemen!!!!
Good seeing Nha Trang RR. Thanks for your service. Viet Vet I Corp. 8RRFS, Phu Bai/Hue/Khe Sanh 1967-1969
Thank you too buddy
The U.S. Army Green Beret were stationed at Camp McDermott in Nha Trang in November, 1966, right? That's when I arrived in Nha Trang with the 459th Signal Battalion via the USS Upshur from Oakland, a three-week-long voyage. I remember watching a line of Green Beret helicopters taking off one at a time and then making a sharp left turn over the perimeter fencing and then heading out over the rice paddies near sunset. That was an awesome sight for a newbie, one I'll always remember.
They were still there in 1971.
I was with the 144 van rr co. As a c/c on a ru 8d . I spent 1/2 my time in Na Trang and the other tdy up north with the 1st cab . March 67 / 68 Mike De Gloria
The name seems familiar somehow. We must have crossed paths at some point.
At least someone was following you, constantly playing some good beats everywhere you went! 🤪😜
I could tell they were enjoying themselves. Thanks, I'll let them know.
much respect Sir
1 year term in VN was short. Imagine 4 year war in WW2.
Took my first of two in country R&Rs at Nha Trang July of ‘68 and there were machine gun nests on every corner. Also a POW camp next to the runway.
It was often said that Nha Trang was an R&R center for the VC. I never heard of a POW camp. I Left Nha Trang Dec. ‘67 about 6 weeks before Tet. POW camp seems likely after Tet. Never have heard the whole story about Tet in Nha Trang. Maybe someday.
Beautiful
Fiml famous in Nha Trang .My xay dung bay Cam Ranh dep tuyet voi!
My father was there in 1965 thru 1966 USAF
Did he have a chance to see the UFO that supposedly hovered over the Air Force outdoor movie theater in 1966 and shut down all the power in the vicinity? Who would really want to admit it if it actually happened anyhow? www.ufocasebook.com/1966vietnam.html
I was with the strategic communication next to the two microwave with Nha Trang signal battalion. 67/68 I also remember Tet,. Puff the magic dragon, enough flares it was daylight, 2 C130s blown up and 6 nights of small arms fire. Please take care of yourself
I was with the 21st Signal Group from Jan69 to Aug69. The 21st was next door to the Nha Trang Signal Battalion. The HHD and Aviation Detachment had our Hooches within about 200 yards of those two Tropo Towers that the NT Signal Bn operated. I was with the 21st Signal Group's Aviation Detachment and I worked as their Aviation Parts & Tech Supply guy (E5). We were working at the Airbase, right next to the 144th Aviation and the STRATCOM Long Lines Signal at the Airbase. The Long Lines signal guys worked at the base of those six 60 foot tall tropo towers. The Long Lines guys and the Nha Trang Signal guys worked in different service fields and they were not associated with each other, other than they reported up to the same Command Unit, the 1st Signal Brigade, down new Saigon. Thanks for sharing the video above. Stephen, you're welcomed to join the Nha Trang "Gang" Facebook page. It's designed for all military branches that worked at or near the City of Nha Trang, from 1959 to 1973. We call ourselves "the gang" but officially the Page is called Nha Trang Vietnam War Veterans Facebook Page. Go to: facebook.com/groups/205452536597475
Isn’t Nha Trang where the US abandoned thousands of Montagnards? Special forces got thousands of their mountaineer brethren to Nha Trang, safely getting them out of harms way from the North but, ‘their’ transportation never arrived for them (1975). Seems really familiar after the disastrous, early exact abandonment of Afghan brethren were abandoned by the US. 🤔🤨
Sad.
I was born 1999 in Nha Trang,wow sir. 🙂
What were those twin engine liaison aircraft you were working on? They resemble Cessna 320's. Also were they De Havilland Beavers? Love the Douglas A1D Skyraiders, long live the radial.
www.combatairmuseum.org/aircraft/beechbonanza.html
67th Engineer Det. Cam Ranh Bay, RSVN '67-'68
Welcome Home
Is my dad ,Green, in here? Daddy I want to know you🥰
I visited in 2017 just same time as us navy came back to cam ran bay to deal with it conscience hurry up before history is gone guys
Tôi muốn được như vậy .
Rear area guys.
Genius
Hav 54 signal battalion 67 -68 yet 4 days left when try hit
So what was Tet like for you in Nha Trang? Never heard much about how it all came down.
SP/5 AN LOC 1967 68 74 th RECON PLANE CO. O-1 BIRDDOG 1th PLAT. TDY TO MACV 5th VN IF DIV
8/6/2022sl
Looks like u guys had way too much time on your hands 😂
From what I have read it takes 6 to 10 people to support one person in the field (riffle carrying grunt). We "line" personal mostly changed the oil, emptied the ash trays, kept the log book, and saw the planes off and home again. Much of the heavy lifting went to field maintenance. Of course our unit had a few guys that liked to do the heavy lifting and tech inspecting.