61) Bearcat from the air. Do you remember how horrible our food (?) One night halfway through my tour, I pulled guard duty with a FNG. contact team sites in bad guy country, 44) What Was It Like To Hump The Boonies in Vietnam? 4th Infantry Division. There are 10's of thousands of such When I was finished, they all clapped. On 23 June 1968 the 3rd Brigade moved their operations south of Saigon into the newly constructed Dong Tam Camp in the Mekong Delta region CTZ/MR IV. 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. We rode slowly entering the shade of the tall rubber trees. ARMY 1969 1-9th Cav Ops Report Apr . Le Vietnam. It was a post with one tower 5 miles out in the jungle. and kids from the 709ths civic action village. His former wife found the film and had it developed and gave it to his Son who I found 3 years ago and he sent me the photos which with his permission, were posted on the Vietnam Security Police Association Website. I hope that you are enjoying your time in Vietnam. and am making dioramas of 9th Infantry Division Units in Vietnam as military miniatures are my hobby. Convoys leaving or entering at the berm entrance. I was FDC worked in the TOC. Election 2016 Today's Chuckle Message is: Mike, If you get this drop me a line or an email. I am not positive the place you are getting your information, but good topic. * Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1967-1968 The US had stayed out of this area until 1967 when they had to sent in a division. He became a consultant on the Vietnam-reenactor documentary. Podcast: Mother Nature and the Infantry Soldier. Hello John, I was assigned to the 36th Signal in June 69. Gaynor notes that most of his photos, some of which can be seen above, arent of the dramatic scenes familiar from war photography. Next assignment was STRATCOM, Okinawa where I determined a long marriage was not to be. 4/39th Inf. competing was beyond me. Sea Scouts Not long after because of the rotational hump I was transferred to Long Binh. But I had a job and had to decline. 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 . If caught the two who should have been awake were in trouble. All wood of buildinfpgs was gone. AAORLL's 1970. I also arrived on the (grin and) Barrett with 9th Signal Btn. S/Sgt Humes. Again, enjoy and please stay in touch. chopper nose art The Jayhawk on a map of Kansas People from Kansas have been I was in a Civic Action group and left the airbase every day to "Win Hearts and Minds". 69) They couldn't get the chain of command to approve firing on it. I got elected to go to the next bunker (south I think) to tell the Queen's Cobra Thai soldiers that the alert was off. I remember sleeping on the ground for 2 weeks while waiting for our equipment to catch up to us. streets were, improved with crushed laderite gravel and I was on the perimeter the night the Thais opened up with tracers. We did have an incident of one of our daily sand bag fillers trying to sneak in one night. 20 August An engineer company of the Royal Thai Army Voluntary Forces (RTAVF) Regiment of the Queens Cobras arrived at Bearcat from the U.S. Army Newport Terminal, and it began work on at the base camp preparing facilities for the arrival of the main party. Making it first major contact wit the Viet Cong since arrival in Vietnam, The 9th Infantry Division killed 14 VC and netted almost 10 tons of rice during the weeklong Operation Colby which ended Saturday. 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 Division went through eight battles and was already a "veteran Division" by the time that D-Day started. More like this. handling communications for the 9th Inf Div. I was there for TET. It was so hot that I couldn't touch it, so I left it for the next person Jack, There were only empty bags when we I was with the 590th. When I arrived I was due to leave country mid Feb. but they held me up I believe for about 1 or 2 weeks not happy. 25 August 1998. Scenes Last Commanding General. (having health issues on my end) thanks! kinds of pictures. In 20 August 1967 the Royal Thailand Army Volunteer Forces Queens Cobra Regiment arrived in Vietnam and moved their headquarters into the Bearcat base camp. While that was going on, Gene got the soldier out of the water up on the bank and was trying with every breath to save him. Trying to find anything about my unit. By Frank Danley Page 1. 40 years ago. The 104th was attached to the 1st Australian Task Force Head Quarters in Nui Dat, III Corps Tactical Zone and its primary roll was to provide reliable communications, radio, cipher, operation drafting and telephony services to the complete task force at Nui Dat and communications to other services in Vietnam. Thanks to Jack for this site. I know that's where he spent most of his time. Infusion, 1967: "Soldiers of the 9th Infantry Division (red, white and blue unit patches) based at Bearcat (Camp Martin Cox) are trucked to a waiting Caribou aircraft for the flight to their new . I spent my time on the bunker pulling guard duty at night. Didn't get issued a weapon until the following day. In my opinion, we might have been unimportant during our day jobs, but guard duty was the most important job on the base. Also check out RallyPoint.com. about 1,000 meters to give us a clear line of sight and fire. I read that you took food to the guys on perimeter. Welcome Home Brothers! So too in Bearcat I was really adept at finding and confiscating the Mary Janes in the company area in Bearcat. The photos on your site are going to be helpful in recreating Bearcat in miniature. Election 2012 65 series for the 9th Infantry Division ; Cavalry Unit Records, ca. We were supposed to guard a block building that contained the well and pump that supplied our base's water. The transport convoy escorts for Operation CONDOR II were provided by C Company. I remember pulling guard duty many a night on those rat infested bunkers at Camp Eagle. Shop area Bearcat -- M88 unloads damaged M113 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.. Thanks for stopping by and commenting. This brings back a lot of memories. here, up north. Many thanks Us Armor. The manicurists were invariably Vietnamese and they invariably asked me the same question: "Did you leave any Vietnamese children behind?" Man, this is something to read. The back end of a 3/4-ton was sticking out the shallow part of the river by the bridge. Better thee than me Bill I was a surveyor at Bearcat May 68 to July 68. (The Polar Bears) was activated 1 Nov 1967 at Ft. Lewis and joined the 9th Infantry Division in Vietnam as it's last maneuver element. [1] The camp took its name from its Special Forces radio call sign.[2][3]. The 9th Infantry Division arrived in Vietnam on 16 December 1966 from Ft Riley, KS and departed Vietnam for Ft Lewis, WA on 27 August 1969. Served with the 590th from Oct 67 to Oct 68. The 104th was not a combatant unit such as the Infantry, but provided clearing patrols and was heavily involved in big fire-fights like the Battle of Coral, Balmoral, TET (1968) and many more. Carrying a camera when you never came in was a difficult think to do. One additional clerk had to be added to the A Company Bearcat PMO to handle the additional workload. He came home and passed away a little over 10 years later never developing the film. 3) A visitor in the outdoor showers, 51) Get short straw meant you got the first sleep 6-8 PM, then 12-2 AM, real bad. The only times it stopped were when the generator quit. Early in the Vietnam War, the 1st Special Forces established a base there. Thank you so much for stopping by and sharing your memories. I looked at them and they all came alive again, he said. We stayed on the ship out in the bay at Vung Tau while the Aussies cleared the road for us up to Bearcat. This was before the company I didnt want to deal with it.. If you think the bunkers were bad when you were there they were really bad for us, never went down stayed on top. Jeep art -- Snoopy was popular back then. 58) The primary allied units stationed at Bearcat in 1969 were elements of the Royal Thailand Army Vietnam Forces, 173rd Airborne Division, and a varied collection of assorted helicopter transport and assault units, artillery, armor, transportation, logistics and communications elements. Does anyone have info regarding Agent Orange exposure to us at Bearcat/Long Thanh location? Capt. Of all the military assignments in Vietnam, perhaps none was more challenging than the defense of the Mekong River Delta region. He was assigned to the 2/47 Infantry at Binh Phuoc in South Vietnam's Long An Province in IV Corps. 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. Looking for any others. water. Long Binh is now a small Vietnamese army installation and a large Industrial Park, including a High Tech Park. Have been trying hard to locate/connect with others that I served with. I was at Bearcat with the 1st Cav. I plugged it in shortly after I arrived and left it running when I left. The armored vehicles within the battalion were divided between A and C Company. The Thai Black Panther Regiment also contained a Military Police Company of one-hundred and twenty men, thirty of them who are to be assigned to the combined MP patrol operations with A Company. They also initiated air-drops of 1,540,000 leaflets, and hand disseminated 15,347 miscellaneous pamphlets and magazines by the 246th PSYOP Company at Long Binh Post. Only the three of us for 12 long hours. After 2/3 months we all went our separate ways. Thank you brother Chris great photos WELCOME HOME BROTHER. 9th Inf Division. It's great when another Vietnam Vet shows up here, especially one who was assigned to the 9th Inf Div. The photos on your site are going to be helpful in recreating Bearcat in . Fun times. DANA POINT, CA VFW POST 9934 PROGRAMS FOR SCHOLARS, John Paul Spickelmier, Jr Captain at Bearcat. The 9th Infantry Division, the only U.S. Army division activated and trained in the United States for active duty in South Vietnam, was specifically designated to operate from a base deep within the Communist-controlled Delta with the mission to improve the security of the area so that the Government of South Vietnam's (GVN) pacification . There were ladies to be seen in the area I was told. They guard roster would get shorter and shorter whit people being exempted and then they would have to correct it. Before that I was at Ben Tre, Tay Ninh and My Tho. Although the rear echelons (behind the lines) were considered safe in conventional wars, there were no safe places in Vietnam and standing guard was vitally important duty. The base camp was located three miles southeast of Long Binh Post in Long Than District of Bien Hoa Province and twenty miles northeast of Saigon on the eastern side of Highway QL-15 in Corps Tactical Zone-Military Region III was part of the Saigon defensive ring. 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Company C was responsible for operating provost marshal offices at Lai Khe, Xuan Loc, Tay Ninh and Di An, and for convoy escort operations from Long Binh to Bao Loc, Phan Thiet, Song Be, Ham Tam, Bu Dop, and Bu Gia Mop. We spent the first couple weeks digging trenches, filling them in and moving the tents to other areas and digging more trenches. He is not doing well and having contact with anyone who served with him would be the best medicine he could receive. We were considered the soldiers with the least important day time jobs. Pulled Guard duty 1 night only. On the second night someone thought they say something and opened up and the light show began. You can see a pic of that transfer order with your name. I served the next year with the 111th Engineers working water supply points throughout the area just south of the DMZ to just south of Da Nang from July 69 to July 70. Navy opens up and blows it out of the water. Hopefully you'll meet up with some other 9th Inf Div MPs. arrived. Its elements provided heavy artillery support to the Battalions Tactical Area Of Responsibility during Operation STABILIZE from September 1967 through September 1970, when the base became home to the 25th Infantry Division who moved from Tay Ninh & Cu Chi and took over the civic action & security in the Battalion's former Tactical Area Of Responsibility until they stood down and returned stateside on. VC did attack small villages and hamlets all around Bearcat. Ya all know how far out the tree line was With it's laser sighting system they could start at the top of the tree and chop it down to it's base. A fourth one one went out the back door and was caught by my partner. Most LO Radio Operators worked 12 hour shifts and were ready at all times to move to another operating station. But keep watching this blog. This is a continuing project to attempt to identify and honor those members of the United States Army who sacrificed their lives while serving with the 2nd Battalion 60th Infantry 9th US Infantry Division. I was OIC of that sector several times. The first was at a bridge checkpoint and the second at the intersection of Highway QL-15 and the entrance road to the base. Attacks 1967-68 by Fire 4th Infantry Division . I wonder if you might be able to tell me anything you may know about him and/or the Bear Cat base. Besides the base itself, Calling artillery, Dust-offs, Locsats (location status), Sit-reps (Situation Reports) and in many cases operating in a Liaison situation between the ARVN, U.S. Military, Thai's, Kiwis (New Zealand) and Australian's in the battlefield. Long Binh is now a small Vietnamese army installation and a large Industrial 4 - 8 December During convoy Operations CANARY, DUCK & IOLA the 720th MP Battalion was tasked with traffic control and security in support of elements of the 173rd Airborne Brigade, 5th & 6th Battalions of the Royal Australian Regiment, in support of elements of the 199th Light Infantry Brigade (LIB) and 9th Infantry Divisions move from debarkation at the Port of Vung Tau to their new base camps at Long Binh and Bearcat, respectively. I didnt know about the agent orange spraying of Bear Cat, I lived there for eight months. I am not able to get much information on my unit because we all came and left at different times and came in alone. Brought back some memories. 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. 9th Infantry Division, Viet Nam, 1967. See more ideas about infantry, vietnam war, vietnam war photos. For the purpose of continuity throughout this Website I have used the term Bearcat. The path of the tracer rounds make us think they were under air attack. Tech Center before being drafted. If willing. 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. Felt much more secure when the 9th were in charge. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Theyve continued to reward me and live on.. We turned onto the dirt road from the hiway and headed for the edge of the rubber plantation and the area our Signal Company had existed 30 years before. The First Home of the 9th Inf. I was with the 229 self service supply company. Just happened to see your site and it brings back alot of memories. Thank you for sharing the photos and the documentation which says so much emotionally in its factual presentation. sappers snuck into the Ammunition Supply Point and blew most of it 22 August Discipline, law and order patrol and convoy escort activities were curtailed at the detachment due to the assignment of forty Battalion enlisted men and one officer in support of the Drug Abuse Treatment/Holding Center (DAHC) on Long Binh Post. working the outside yard on a humongous forklift with giant tires 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. Thank you for stopping by and taking the trouble to comment. If you haven't already, check out the MP site http://9thmpcompany.webs.com/ I was on guard duty 65 times. InThe 9th Infantry Division in Vietnam: Unparalleled and Unequaled,Ira A. Between 8 [] 660429: The main body of the 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry, Manchus, arrive in Vung Tau, Vietnam. In late April 1967, 4/31 Infantry was reassigned to the newly activated 23d Infantry Division (Americal), operating in Quang Ngai, Chu Lai, and the Que Son Valley for the rest of the war. Have a look! Overall base camp was pretty quiet few rockets and morters made us jump into bunkers every now and then. flechette round was particularly effective. A total different experience. He loaded our M-60. from sapper attack on Long Binh ammo dump about 12 miles away. 228th Company A from January 1970 to December 1970. 64) A visitor in the billets area Thanks for the blog. southwest of Saigon. Along road near Black Horse; RFPF observation Commanding General. shops. A combined U.S. and Thai MP Desk was formed and motorized patrols were assigned. After ceremonies, we moved to the military mess hall, There were a dozen Thai Army Officers sitting at a lunch table. Thank you all. 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. I departed. WE were often hit with rocker and morter attacks as we all know. Additionally, includes a substantial number from the French War as well. Oh yes, we learned to not wear our MP covers on QL-15 patrol, we found out they were pretty big targets. The Unit conducted combat operations around Bearcat (9th Division Base Camp) through late 1967. Approximately 3,000 U.S. troops of various support units were still operating at the base. How they can make money with so many The Old Reliable February 2, 1967 Page 1. On one night we had a red alert that was later called off. Change). mangrove plantation, and a rubber plantation. At time it was unbelievably loud.One night the side of our bunker just fell way! The 9th Infantry Division was also known as "The Old Reliables" or "Notorious Ninth". . By early February 1968, at the first sign of the Tet Offensive, the unit was on the move with A Troop . 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. Thanks for the tremendous support from Bearcat. 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 Two shifts a night. We had to take this picture from the van. He established relationship with the families of his friends who had died in Vietnam. This 13 part series covers the history of Vietnam from France's colonial control, through the 1945 revolution, to the 1975 U.S. evacuation from Saigon and the years beyond. There are no words to describe how it affected me. Spent at least 1 night a week on guard duty in/on those great bunkers described. The division stayed in German as an occupational force until 1947 when it was returned to the United States. Nicknamed "The Old Reliables" during WWII, the 9th Infantry Division served with the Mobile Riverine Force in Vietnam's fertile Mekong Delta, a vast maze of rice paddies broken up by rivers, swamps . 49) Other U.S. units stationed at Bearcat included: Bearcat also served as the base for the Royal Thai Army Expeditionary Division forces from 1968. The 9th Infantry Division shifted its headquarters and battalion deployments a couple months after I departed in May, 1968. I was at Bearcat May 68 till June of 69 with the 39th/36th Signal, we were generator mechanics. Company A was responsible for operating provost marshal offices at Phu Loi, Bearcat and Vung Tau, and for convoy escort from Long Binh to Cu Chi-Tay Ninh, Vung Tau, Quan Loi and Phuoc Vinh. Infantry School 47) 46) I was in the Air Force seven months having "retreaded" out of the Army (1st 34th Inf, 24th Inf Div). I was there Oct 66 to Oct 67. My husband was with the Bear Cats during the move from Phu Bai to Delta in 69. I was the battalion machinist after the officiers found out I was a journeyman toolmaker working at the G.M. It sounded like the whole place was under attack. (He is the only openly gay officer of the American Legion of whom he knows, he said.) More Huey Based on Hunt's experience as colonel and division chief of staff, the volume documents how the 9th Division's combat effectiveness peaked in 1969. As I review these photos, I cannot express adequately my feelings of gratitude for these brave and courageous soldiers. find yourself in my pics in the 3 albums I have posted there. Dick Jackson (holding beer can) separates the troops from their pay., Convoy, 1967: My buddy Sgt. Thanks "Mate". The enemy was watching all this, but could not attack us., The Odd Couple, 1967: My buddies Lynch and Cork share a morning ritual at Camp Bearcat (Camp Martin Cox)., LZ, 1967: Bell UH-1 Iroquois (Huey Slick) helicopter makes a quick troop drop at a Fire Support Base near the Cambodian border without touching down., Operation, 1967: 2nd Battalion, 77th Field Artillery, 25th Infantry Division assembles at the Dau Tieng airfield in preparation for a major combat operation near the Cambodian border., The Wasteland, 1967: 9th Infantry Division soldier burns the remaining twigs after our Bearcat Base Camp was sprayed heavily with Agent Orange to kill the jungle vegetation and then bulldozed into a desert wasteland., Triple Deuce, 1967: Troops of the 2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment (mechanized) get squared away to move on a Search and Destroy mission into The Rubber (the Michelin Plantation)., Richard Thomas Jackson, 1967: My brother, my buddy, my friend. 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