I was Company Commander of the Signal company in Bearcat belonging to Sig Bn hqs in Vung tau for six months from July 1969 to January 1970. More than 10,000 soldiers were located here at one time. If willing.
When the Tet cease-fire period began on January 28, the battalion was called back to the vicinity of Bear Cat, a base camp near Long Thanh. Long Binh and Bear Cat
John "Larry" McCall graduated from high school in 1967 and was drafted into the Army in 1968 at age nineteen. Thanks for the blog. August The HQ and colors of the 9th Infantry Division relocated from Bearcat, to Dong Tam, IV Corps Tactical Zone, Mekong Delta, where they remained until the Division withdrew from Vietnam in August 1969. Army Life Next assignment was STRATCOM, Okinawa where I determined a long marriage was not to be. The five, SSG Marion Lord, SGT Keith Allen, SP/4's Benny Edmondson, David Bryant, and PFC Scott Wilson were transported from their company compound on Long Binh Post by V100 to Bearcat on Highway QL-15. I left Two Bits @ Bong Son back to Nha Trang then on to Bearcat. After the first week and after receiving too many shots to count and all of our clothes, we boarded a bus and were taken to Fort Riley, Kansas for Basic Training and Advanced Infantry Training. The camp was located on Route 15, 16km southeast of Bin Ha. Glad you are still around to share the memory. InThe 9th Infantry Division in Vietnam: Unparalleled and Unequaled,Ira A. 15 July With the constant incoming enemy harassment fire, overhead protection during the frequent attacks was paramount. Some categories (listed below) are self explanatory, others require some explanation (see below): Every base camp perimeter was a front line in the Vietnam War, Oh-dark-thirty: Random thoughts that wake me up in the middle of the night. I came over on the Barrett with the 9th Signal Bn. (Camp Bearcat) Base of the 9th Infantry Division in March 1967. At the time, the VFW post on Vashon Island, Wash.where Gaynor still lives with his husbandwas sponsoring a Boy Scout troop; one of the troop members wanted to scan Gaynors photos as part of his Eagle Scout project. 64) A visitor in the billets area Bearcat -- the 709th area was in the upper left,
The Division left Vietnam in the summer of 1969 and was inactive for 3 years. This was my
But harkening back to Bearcat, my Company Clerk and command driver wrote me that the garden my wife had planted in front lawn of Company HQ was being well taken care of by the Company members. Well, God bless you and remember that life is for the living. I'm not very good with the lingo, so forgive me in advance. HQ & A Co
trees growing on it. The country is quite safe on personal security and poverty is greatly decreased. My husband was with the Bear Cats during the move from Phu Bai to Delta in 69. I'm always happy when another member of the 9th wanders by and leaves a message. Hello Jack, excellent blog. about 1,000 meters to give us a clear line of sight and fire. The USA paid for destruction of the rubber so naturally we blew it up every chance we got. Vietnam seconds. Bearcat was originally a French airfield, later used by the Japanese during World War II. These are examples of battle-damaged vehicles, 57)
I would love to see the photo and, with your permission, add it to the blog. Do not remember any fan but in the short time I was there I noticed some weird stuff.
We watched it move the tree line back with no problem. Martha Raye show Bearcat Sept. 67 . I was at Bear Cat from March-November 1966 with the 1st M.P. The photos on your site are going to be helpful in recreating Bearcat in . Though he does not want to make any money from the images, he tried to get his exposure for his photos in order to help other veterans connect with their memories, self-publishing a book of his photos and letters from the war. A Special Thanks to a Friend of all Vietnam Veterans WASSI, Inc . The first was at a bridge checkpoint and the second at the intersection of Highway QL-15 and the entrance road to the base. I arrived in Nov 68 and stayed until Nov 69. Mac Huddleston flew helicopters out of here for a while. Only worried about how good (or lucky) the guys slinging the mortars might be. seconds.). After 2/3 months we all went our separate ways. The Australian enlisted personnel in the detachment shared the same billets with the A Company MP Detachment. All comments welcomed. was for the first month? February The remaining half of the Thai Black Panther Regiment stood down and was returned to Thailand. Also, check out the 9th Inf Div website as well as the 9th Inf Div group on LinkedIn, Hi Phil
More information. US Navy supply and maintenance ship, Da Nang
9th Medical Battalion (Divisional, 9th Infantry Division) 4 January 1967 - 18 August 1969 15th Medical Battalion (Airmobile Division, 1st Cavalry Division) 28 July 1965 - 15 April 1971 I remember sleeping on the ground for 2 weeks while waiting for our equipment to catch up to us. Colby Nets 10 Tons of Rice, 14 VC Killed Colby Takes Place 40 Km From Saigon. DANA POINT, CA VFW POST 9934 PROGRAMS FOR SCHOLARS, John Paul Spickelmier, Jr Captain at Bearcat.
Hello Mr Heckman, It was a long tour and many of those girls were very beautiful. God bless us all. Sge also became a test platform for the new Phalanx CIWS hyperfast minigun in 1977, installed aft of the aft radar gun director. First I thank Jack for this wonderful web site. 90% were exempt. All the guys in the detachment spent a bit of time on QL-15. "Royal Australian Signals, 104 Signal Squadron replaced 103rd Signal Squadron in Vietnam in 1966. Nike has 38 plants in Vietnamand you thought they were made in
To develop each roll of film, he took it to the Post Exchange on the base camp, they mailed it to Kodak for processing, Kodak mailed it back to Vietnam and, finally, Gaynor mailed the pictures home. I well remember that corner of Bearcat. In keeping with the large U.S. Army deployments to Vietnam throughout 1966, the 9th Infantry Division "Old Reliables" begins to arrive in South Vietnam. Worse was when it rained. In 1966 the 15th Engineer Battalion of the 9th Infantry Division, who arrived in Vietnam aboard the USNS Sultan with the 720th MP Battalion, expanded and constructed new facilities at the Bearcat base. 6 October A squad + from A Company relieved the temporary four man C Company Detachment at the Bearcat base camp, 9th Infantry Division Provost Marshals Office. Approximately 3,000 U.S. troops of various support units were still operating at the base. 1)
WelcomeHome Brother! Thank you so much for stopping by and sharing your memories. Additionally, includes a substantial number from the French War as well. I am forever in their debt. IMPORTANT NOTES TO THE BELOW KIA CASUALTY LIST. We were the ones who built Camp Bearcat. He is not doing well and having contact with anyone who served with him would be the best medicine he could receive. to expand this small encampment into a base large enough for 10,000
What Was It Like To Hump The Boonies inVietnam? Camp Bearcat outside the berm (click to enlarge). Working on my memoir-as-epic, Spenserian poem over at WordPress. that tell a specific units role in the overall picture. During the rescue Gene never thought of himself or the danger he put himself in. I was there Oct 66 to Oct 67. Thanks for the tremendous support from Bearcat. http://www.honorstates.org/index.php?id=309661 The unit was primarily made up of Radio Operators and it was their task to operate with an attached unit providing a link to base. Coordinates: 105006N 1065736E / 10.835N 106.96E / 10.835; 106.96, http://720mpreunion.org/history/project_vietnam/212th/detachments/Long_Thanh/long-thanh-north.html, "United States Military Assistance Command, Vietnam 1972-1973 Command History Annex C", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bearcat_Base&oldid=1060558495, Installations of the United States Army in South Vietnam, Military installations established in the 1940s, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 16 December 2021, at 07:23. of the Army recognizing my time with the 86th and VA because of Dept. 13 October, Personal Reflection One of the first details we where assigned at the Bearcat Detachment was Highway QL-15 patrol. AAORLL's 1971.
If it came to Vietnam, chances are it either arrived here
Reactivation of the 9th Infantry Division, nicknamed the "Old Reliables," took place at Fort Lewis on May 20, 1972. We were visiting the Royal Thai Military Nurses Academy. I recall the ground attacks and the cobra firing red lines with the tracers. We could discern still the lowered rain gutted outline of burms fron long ago. The best part of being there was leaving :). 65 series for the 9th Infantry Division ; Cavalry Unit Records, ca. Members for the 104th were drawn from the 139th Signal Squadron at Enoggera Brisbane, Australia. Man, this is something to read.
This was my initial and final home. Documents By AD Number. for the 9th Inf Division during 1967. 9th Infantry "Manchu" Vietnam. Some fellow buddies were william curry, jose lopez (cook), jody laws. Sounds like you're struggling with the same issues that I am. (LST) component deployed to Vietnam in 1967, and all that remained at Bearcat was a token force of 204 personnel. Dick Jackson (with glasses and camera) checks out the crush of villagers as our convoy slows to a crawl. Have been thinking of that time and my experiences over there often these days. tent going up in HQ&A shop area, 33)
WE were often hit with rocker and morter attacks as we all know. This was before the company
I basically was a one man aerial port supporting the 9th's airlift requirements of men and supplies at the Long Thanh airfield. A visitor in the outdoor showers, 51)
We just wanted to bring our hearts and minds back in one piece. Got
We had to check units going out and those coming in. http://www.vvmf.org/Wall-of-Faces/25371/RICHARD-T-JACKSON. Having health problems now and all he remembers is Harry Whiteside, Doug Kalora, and 1st Lt Malone. Ive also created a poll to help identify my website audience before leaving, can you please click HERE and choose the one item best describing you. (He is the only openly gay officer of the American Legion of whom he knows, he said.) Thank you for your service! They would attack the civilian defense forces. air.
Thanks for stopping by and commenting. Good luck. Also an REMF, taking my turn on the perimeter and was thankful I wasn't out in the bushes. Bob Stapley southwest of Saigon. I can't wait to show my dad this site. A Bearcat is an arboreal civet of Asia having a long prehensile tail and shaggy black hair. I was a replacement guy so didn't know a soul but was welcomed by everyone. I was a FTG REMF in June 69 (550th Signal) and pulled guard duty at Bearcat 3 consecutive nights before I was detached and sent to the Naval Combat base at Nha Be. from 1969-70Sgt. It has been 51 years but so many memories. US Embassy, University instructor, primary staff of newly opening International hospital near Saigon in Binh Duong Province. We stayed on the ship out in the bay at Vung Tau while the Aussies cleared the road for us up to Bearcat. shot along highways just showing, 20) Scenes
We spelt on the ground always concerned about the stories of your buddies falling asleep on their watch and having your throat slashed by charlie sneaking past the wire. For some reason I heard this, 71)
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Bearcat was the base
On 26 July 1969, the 3rd Bde, 9ID was OPCON to the 25th . some, switches to run the TOC electrics during attacks. There wasa strip for. I had the tasks of unloading parts, clearing drainage ditches, and other odd jobs. 24 February As part of the USARV Intensified Vietnamization Program, the 25th Infantry Division's 2nd Brigade Task Force II was being redeployed from the Cu Chi area in Tay Ninh Province to be part of the defensive ring around Saigon Long Binh was the home of the largest supply and administrative post in the
We were good soldiers, but very, very lucky. The Viet Cong may only have three or four men out there, but fighting from the shadows, they could exact a terrible toll. 4th Bn. On the way downvthe steps leaving the building, she offered me a job as English Instructor at the military university. Operating deep within the Viet Cong-controlled Delta, the 9th Infantry Division of the U.S. Army was charged with protecting the area and its population against Communist insurgents and ensuring the success of the South Vietnamese government's pacification . Felt much more secure when the 9th were in charge. RECONNECTING = PRICELESS. Note how narrow they are. Worked with 4/47th and E-50th. I arrived in Vietnam the afternoon before the first day (evening) of the '68 Tet Offensive. We would wait till about 2:00 AM to make our raids. I wonder if you saw a GE fan in my old hooch and if it was still working. up. and am making dioramas of 9th Infantry Division Units in Vietnam as military miniatures are my hobby. News Clipping . The 3/5 Cav was organized as a Divisional reconnaissance unit for the 9th Infantry Division and arrived in Vietnam with the Division in late 1966. Live it well so that they didn't die in vain. Sense of humor there. Opinion 590th maintenance group Trying to find anything about my unit. Dick was killed in action January 6, 1968, he was just 20 years old., Ni B en, 1967: The Black Virgin Mountain looms in the background as our convoy of the 2nd Battalion, 77th Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Infantry Division crosses the Saigon River heading North West to Loc Ninh to support our infantry units from an artillery Fire Support Base., Caribou, 1967: Troops of the 9th Infantry Division prepare to board a C-7 Caribou at Camp Bearcat for the flight to Dau Tieng base camp in III Corps.. Later i volunteered for permanent berm nightly guard duty, got me out of working during the day. He spent the following years in England and Spain, and didnt return until the year the war ended, which happened 40 years ago this month on April 30, 1975.I put [the photos] in a box, a box from Lavoris mouthwash. Bearcat was originally a French airfield, later used by the Japanese during World War II. Do you have 9TH INFANTRY Reunion information you'd like to share. https://open.spotify.com/show/5Th7BCpIKDE1hVTqNL3u0Q. peenaprime. Your comment will be posted after it is approved. 9th Infantry Division. This Timeline has been reduced to a summary. It was an amazing operation, handling about
Just stumbled on your site (again?) The back end of a 3/4-ton was sticking out the shallow part of the river by the bridge. I was transferred to Division Artillery in July 1967 and accompanied DivArty Commander Col. Stewart C. Meyer when he went over to welcome the Thai Regiment to Bearcat in September. 7)
I was a sniper in 1967 with B Co. 5th of the 60th Infantry, 9th Div. Veterans All specific significant dated events and corresponding "dated or mission specific" photographs of this detachment-convoy Timeline have been incorporated into the main Battalion Timeline pages. There were ladies to be seen in the area I was told. When we were watching the bridge, the engineers also left a task. Though Gaynor admits that his expectations for the results were low, he went along with the idea. Assumed, command in Ft Riley about a month before
I arrived at Bear Cat in Nov. of 1967. I arrived with the 9th Div in early Jan 67.I was assigned to the 9th Admin Co and of in Finance. I was in a Civic Action group and left the airbase every day to "Win Hearts and Minds". Each bunker was connected to its CP by a field phone and the CP had lines connecting it to the other command posts and other division assets such as artillery. Thank you for visiting my website/weblog and commenting. The POW's were captured during Operation PADDINGTON. I can only say that it took a while, but it felt like a lifetime. Location : . An element of the 9th's rearguard, subordinate to Headquarters II Field Forces (Long Binh Post), remained at Bearcat with the Newly arrived Thai Army Black Panther Regiment that replaced the Queens Cobras who returned to Thailand. Even after his return to the United States, decades passed before he decided that he should do something with that box. We disembarked at the port of Vung Tau and convoyed to Bear Cat Fire Base. The memories and images that had been buried for decades became the opposite of hidden, motivating Gaynor to reorganize his life around a new mission. 31 OctoberThe A Company Bearcat Detachment was still active. 1 October CPT Arthur L. Huckabay of A Company was assigned as Provost Marshal at Bearcat. 26 May The responsibility for drug violations processing reverted from the 8th MP Group Criminal Investigation Divisions (CID) to the line duty MPs, including processing of all evidence and reports. I remember when B52 would drop miles from us it still shook the hell out of the barracks. Make sure you set aside a considerable amount of time for this project as you may run into tough spots and problem areas that will eat up a lot of time. Gypsy Bandits. Monsoon season. Have been searching for an active Vietnam Veterans website/forum/blog. Good to contact other people from Bearcat. Also arrived thru Vung Tau from the (Grin and) Barrett. They sometimes landed on it while I was there and some (especially the Chinooks) blew pot holes in the surface which made your take offs and landings uncomfortable/dangerous. How did it feel to be aCherry inVietnam? Bearcat Base (also known as Bearcat, Camp Martin, Camp Cox or Long Thanh North) is a former U.S. Army base near the city of Bin Ha in ng Nai Province in southern Vietnam. Wondering if anyone remembers him. I was FDC worked in the TOC. in Dec 1966. Bearcat was originally a French airfield, later used by the Japanese during World War II. Tech Center before being drafted. If you got that patrol, you were out all day. Our barracks were not to far from the PX. 42)
To develop each roll of film, he took it to the Post Exchange on the base camp, they, it to Kodak for processing, Kodak mailed it back to Vietnam and, finally, Gaynor, And it wasnt just a matter of remembering moments long buried. . I was an Air Force radio operator assigned to the 9th ID at Bearcat as one half of the two man TALO (Tactical Air Liaison Officer) team about June 1967 to May 1968. It was completely overwhelming. At some point we the USA may end up defending Vietnam, our former foe, against additiinal military incurssions by the Chinese aggressive assertive behemouth. November Due to the increasing problem of North Vietnamese communist insurgencies in Thailand, including attacks against U.S. Military Assistance Command bases, and the deterioration of security in the bordering countries of Laos and Cambodia, the Thai Government announced it would start withdrawing its Volunteer Forces from Vietnam, the majority based at Bearcat. I lived it. Sometimes on the 50's as I was qualified on the gun. One bag I located in a hollowed out hard cover book by the name "Ordeal by Fire" ho ho ho! The Beginnings of the Association The Ninth Infantry Division Association was begun immediately after World War II by some far thinking officers and enlisted men. The explosions and fires lasted for days. The replacement brigade assumed the designation of 1st Brigade. The enemy was everywhere. The other half of that TALO team wouldnt have happened to be Charlie Head, would it? 9th Infantry Division, Viet Nam, 1967. The Division incurred 2,624 causalities and was inactivated in 1969, then reactivated in 1972 and served as an equipment testing Division at Ft. Lewis, Washington . I also remember the monkey incident. The Vietnamese make very low wages, Nike sells
It was so hot that I couldn't touch it, so I left it for the next person Jack, The remaining pictures are original buildings to the base from more than
How they can make money with so many
Bat. Before that I was at Ben Tre, Tay Ninh and My Tho. Thanks for stopping by and commenting. Oregon or wherever. I worked for LTC Foley in hq hotch. Our unit had unofficial hookers. Finding the pictures completely changed my life. Then they racked a 60 and scared the S out of me. This site has been very informative, great reading! 52)
Besides the base itself,
The division was under the operational control of the Commanding General, Headquarters U.S. Army II Field Force (Long Binh Post). Agency, Mac Gordon, the House of Representative's Public Information Director
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