We further widened the perimeter out some 1,000 meters for fields of Its a difficult emotional stress [to revisit that time] but I had to do it, he says. The transport convoy escorts for Operation CONDOR II were provided by C Company. 1st infantry division (2nd brigade) turned Bear Cat over to 9th infantry in Nov. '66 & relocated to DiAn. soldiers. We operated the "clap clinic" for the girls from Rosies and others who roamed the base. I was at Bearcat with the 1st Cav. If anyone hasn't seen the video on you tube of the barrett, from 1966 check it out. The Division left Vietnam in the summer of 1969 and was inactive for 3 years. This article was originally written byLily Rothman @lilyrothmanand published on the TIME History website on April 27, 2015. 2023 CherriesWriter - Vietnam War website, When Christopher Gaynor returned home from the Vietnam War, on Feb. 6, 1968, he didnt leave with memories alone. ARMY 1969 1-9th Cav Ops Report Aug . All comments welcomed. Sea Scouts I was with the 1011th S/S Co. 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. More information. I was in a Civic Action group and left the airbase every day to "Win Hearts and Minds". Long Binh was the home of the largest supply and administrative post in the (May '70 -Dec'71 ext). flechette round was particularly effective. It would be the first division formed entirely under the all . Shot a full belt in my M-60. Looking for any others. I hope that you are enjoying your time in Vietnam. the 709th, 72) SP/4 William H. Antila, A Company, 720th MP Battalion, August 1968-November 1969. 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. Other U.S. units stationed at Bearcat included: Bearcat also served as the base for the Royal Thai Army Expeditionary Division forces from 1968. Early in the Vietnam War, the 1st Special Forces established a base there. 59) camp, 62) Oh Dark Thirty During the period of consolidation 9,600,000 square feet of jungle was cleared from around the base and 10,000 feet of roads, and 360,00 square feet of vertical [building] construction were completed in anticipation of the arrival of the Thai Regiment that would assume security operations bordering the area south of Long Binh Post. whom everyone respected. Oh yes, we learned to not wear our MP covers on QL-15 patrol, we found out they were pretty big targets. These guys would live off of the black market and often had Vietnamese women living with them." The 9th Infantry was the last division to go into Vietnam and the first division to leave. III Corps, Republic of Vietnam, 1967. . The Viet Cong may only have three or four men out there, but fighting from the shadows, they could exact a terrible toll. I arrived at the camp in early December 1966, we deployed from Fort Riley by troop train to Oakland then by ship to Vung Tau. What a joke. Coverage includes . Relive & share the memories of your service time with your brothers & sisters in arms today. We would wait till about 2:00 AM to make our raids. In my opinion, we might have been unimportant during our day jobs, but guard duty was the most important job on the base. First I thank Jack for this wonderful web site. 660723-660806:Operation KOKO HEAD, 2nd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division is conducted in the area of the Ho Bo woods about 25 miles northwest of Saigon in the Hau . Someone fell into hole in the middle of the airfield which is how they discovered it. IMPORTANT NOTES TO THE BELOW KIA CASUALTY LIST. On 20 April 1967 she suffered a gun mount explosion, injuring six and killing one crew. Sounds like you're struggling with the same issues that I am. 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. HQ were also located there. Bearcat Vietnam 1967 - Bing Images. Thanks "Mate". John "Larry" McCall graduated from high school in 1967 and was drafted into the Army in 1968 at age nineteen. Thanks for stopping by and commenting. See more ideas about infantry, vietnam war, vietnam war photos. 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. 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 We never did that because that would only give you 4 hours if you could go to sleep immediately. Have been thinking of that time and my experiences over there often these days. 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. For the purpose of continuity throughout this Website I have used the term Bearcat. 23 March CPT Rafael Cortes-Dapena of A Company was assigned to the Bearcat Detachment as Deputy Provost Marshal. CARR-ORLL. I was a sniper in 1967 with B Co. 5th of the 60th Infantry, 9th Div. 12 August The third increment of the Royal Thai Volunteer Force Black Panther Regiment completed its deployment to Bearcat to replace the first increment, which returned to Thailand. I guess we just missed each other. Hope to hear from some folks via my e-mail: flbowers@hotmail.com Enjoy the day and hope for tomorrow as we would always say :-). A monkey got hung up in the wire and started screaming. Entrepreneurs 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. 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. Regards. Cuba I also pulled a lot of guard duty facing the rubber plantation. He started to talk about his experiences and began to get more involved in the VFW and the American Legion. (I think B company). money from John Allison's unit. Thats was my dad. Never got paid for that year because the 590th lost those of us who didn't return after our 90 day assignments. arrived. contact team sites in bad guy country, 38) He started to talk about his experiences and began to get more involved in the VFW and the American Legion. Have a look! We were heading to the blown bridge to check and guard. some, switches to run the TOC electrics during attacks. Along road near Black Horse; RFPF observation Thanks for stopping by and commenting. The bunkers belongs to the rats. sappers snuck into the Ammunition Supply Point and blew most of it It's on the endangered species list. (He is the only openly gay officer of the American Legion of whom he knows, he said.) It was one of 3 in country on its trial run. 9) Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. I too was with the 5/42 Field Artillery. The only times it stopped were when the generator quit. The company streets, HQ & A Co. 31 is looking. I was in a sapper attack while on guard duty and wrote an article for Vietnam Magazine: https://www.historynet.com/vietnam-sappers.htm Guard duty was quite dangerous, we just didn't realize how dangerous it was. Assigned to 9th Sig Btn, 9th Infantry Div. Jan 22, 2016 - Explore Jacky Parker's board "9TH infantry division" on Pinterest. If you think the bunkers were bad when you were there they were really bad for us, never went down stayed on top. I was in country from 67 to 68. We where relived by our backup and returned to Bearcat to report it to the post commander and our MP desk. . Agency, Mac Gordon, the House of Representative's Public Information Director All the guys in the detachment spent a bit of time on QL-15. I was also in that transfer. Vietnam War Photos. I could print 100's of these of Army's issues. I basically was a one man aerial port supporting the 9th's airlift requirements of men and supplies at the Long Thanh airfield. Best time to draw was 8-10 and 2-4. Left ft Riley in dec of 66 and shipped out from Oakland on the uss rose. The USA paid for destruction of the rubber so naturally we blew it up every chance we got. Hq & A Co. and the 709th Bn. A word of warning upfront, if you have a wallpaper removal task ahead of you're your in for a bit of work. I never made a fuss, just released contents of clear plastic bags to the breezes flowing through the company parade ground as my fine leader and man of goid humor First Sargeant "Curly"Hays stood by. Hey. 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. We watched it move the tree line back with no problem. Our daily run was round robin Bearcat, Tan An, Dong Tam with an occasional special mission. My unit: E. Co. 15th Engineers. Veterans Thanks for the tremendous support from Bearcat. Opinion The company had portable generators but they were seldom used because the base had a central generator by that time. Bat. Roseville, Michigan. From what I could tell, Gene revived him. I think I preferred Bear Cat. Went TDY with 86th Engr. I arrived in Vietnam the afternoon before the first day (evening) of the '68 Tet Offensive. Good to see others from the same experience. had a name change after i got out of the army when i was in Viet Nam i was Robert L Hanson, it brings back memories.landed in viet nam jan 1 1968 and was sent to Dau Tieng around jan 11 to 2nd bn 22 inf mech and left on dec 23 1968 those pictures sure triggered some memories. I was used mostly in daytime deployment. Today, Bear Cat is an Army Officer's School for the Vietnamese Army, a The Water Point was overrun the night before what was to be my fourth night there. 248 brave 4th/47th Soldiers heeded our nation's call to fight the spread of communism and they gave the . God bless us all. monsoon hits - wind and rain, A company street, Bearcat. Personal Reflection "I was transferred to Bearcat on 6 October 1968 as an original member of the A Company detachment who took over from the 9th Infantry Division MP's. . seconds. one side of the perimeter berm. Stirred a few barrels, built a few canvas/ wood sleeping quarters. It could have been. Thanks for stopping by and commenting. In my opinion, there was no job in Vietnam more dangerous than guarding the Water Point. The best part of being there was leaving :). Sitting on deck in the late evening I could watch airliners approaching LAX and their landing lights reminded me of those flares and the memory took me back to Vietnam. The worst thing beside the snakes was the rats. Command of these bunkers was divided into four sectors, each with a Command Post (CP) manned by sergeants and company grade officers, also REMF. 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. Early in the Vietnam War, the 1st Special Forces established a base there. The next picture are the tents we lived in. Also, did you earn your dragon pin for eating with the Thai Regiment? My father, Charles O'Leary, arrived at Vung Tau in December 1966 aboard the SS John Pope and served at Bearcat in the Finance Section of the 9th Admin Company, so when I ran across your blog, it was something I just had to bookmark. Ray Swan (Torch!) Maybe I found it. Had to record whose time it was to sleep. History. The picture with the Vietnamese flag is actually a plant for a foreign corporation. I didnt want to deal with 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. The U.S. MPs were praised by their Thai counterpart, LT Prasit, from Bangkok, Thailand, the MP Duty Officer. On a scrounging mission, found a US unit living I believe this was a SF camp in an old French . Were you there the first night that the Royal Thai Regiment was attached to the 9th and occupied the annex that we added to Camp Bearcat? You were there about a year after I left. in the corner of the perimiter berm. A visitor in the outdoor showers, 51) chopper nose art The Jayhawk on a map of Kansas People from Kansas have been We searched the National Archives Catalog and located series and file units in the Records of the U.S. If you stared at the tree line long enough you'd think it moved. February The remaining half of the Thai Black Panther Regiment stood down and was returned to Thailand. I still fell the pain for all those who never made it home. and kids from the 709ths civic action village. The final phase of their training program involved a practical exercise in which the Thais joined the A Company escorts during the Operation OVERTAKE Night convoy escorts. Mainly did guard duty & convoys during my tour. A great big warm Welcome Home to all my brothers who were in-country. GENERAL 1964-73 MAC-V Tour 365 . HelloMy brother served with Dco, 2/60, 9th. April Under the Intensified Vietnamization Program the bulk of the Royal Thai Volunteer Forces Headquarters detachment returned to Thailand with their Navy, that staffed two ships, and the Sea Horse Landing Ship Tank (LST) component deployed to Vietnam in 1967, and all that remained at Bearcat was a token force of 204 personnel. 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. Podcast: What was it like to hump the boonies in Vietnam? called Jayhawkers since the American civil war. The 3/60th was one of the three battalions (2/60, 3/60 . Armored Personnel Carrier, 30) Bearcat was originally a French airfield, later used by the Japanese during World War II. 2/47th Mech Inf. and thank you for it. Our unit had a swimming pool between the officers club and the EM club. Army Vehicles. I arrived with the 9th Div in early Jan 67.I was assigned to the 9th Admin Co and of in Finance. We landed by ship in Vietnam in October of 1968. seconds.). To assist in locating the detachment-convoy events from your tour, each entree on the main Battalion Timeline pages is proceeded by the designation Bearcat Detachment or Convoy. It would have been two or three feet The top picture is what we determined to be what was left of Good to contact other people from Bearcat. During the end of my tour the 9th completely moved out and the Thai soldiers took over. My buddie took many photos of Bien Hoa AB in 1972. I was at Bear Cat from March-November 1966 with the 1st M.P. I well remember that corner of Bearcat. I know of many folks at the Capital who Many thanks Two shifts a night. Members for the 104th were drawn from the 139th Signal Squadron at Enoggera Brisbane, Australia. Coming through Long Thanh going toward Vung Thau, just outside the town, the Rubber Plantation in which our company compound in Bearcat was located appeared on the left in the distance. Chinook CH-47 chopper drops long boxes of 105mm Howitzer rounds at a fire support base. 5) US base camp from air, possibly Long Binh. Bearcat -- the 709th area was in the upper left, I plugged it in shortly after I arrived and left it running when I left. 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 units. All quotes in this caption and the ones that follow come from photographer Christopher Gaynor. A combined U.S. and Thai MP Desk was formed and motorized patrols were assigned. Thanks for your service and thanks for writing about your experiences. Most were hiding in abandoned hooch's and bunkers on post left vacant when the Thai Queen's Cobra Regiment moved out. Nobody brought me coffee while on guard duty. I also served with their Artillery TOC and visited their Batterys. You can probably name many US top 500 and find many I never saw anything or fired but it was nerve racking. Since then we have travelled 6 times by bus and car to Vung Thau on that same Long Thanh hiway. US Engineer units cleared the area and constructed the roads. I arrived at Vung Tau by ship Oct. 1966 with the 15th combat engineers. Combat activity slackened the first month of 1968. I remember pulling guard duty way to often in those bunkers.,usually near the drainage ditch at the end of the helipad and near the fuel blisters. Served with the 590th from Oct 67 to Oct 68. I served in bearcat July 69 through July 70. great info. We felt this was the berm because there were some fairly old I pulled guard on the South Eastern corner by the 5/42. I was at Bearcat 1968-69. I got there a couple of months later and already the termites had eaten away a lot of the structure and the sandbags were rotting. 36) When Christopher Gaynor returned home from the Vietnam War, on Feb. 6, 1968, he didnt leave with memories alone. Monsoon season. I was a pilot (Major) with the 200th Assault Support Helicopter (ASH) Company Jan. 15 to Mar 10, 1968, at Bearcat. Oh, yeah, almost forgot. (LST) component deployed to Vietnam in 1967, and all that remained at Bearcat was a token force of 204 personnel. He loaded our M-60. He became a consultant on the Vietnam-reenactor documentary. The camp was located on Route 15, 16km southeast of Bin Ha. Message is: Mike, If you get this drop me a line or an email. The Mama & Papasans were letting us know that there was someone in the water caught in the truck. Commanding General. The division operated primarily in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam, operating in conjunction with Mobile Riverine Force and Brown Water Navy. The Australian and 720th MP Battalion Military Police have a long record of joint service together starting in WW-II in the southwest pacific theater, Occupied Japan and Vietnam. It was so hot that I couldn't touch it, so I left it for the next person Jack, The meat (?) * Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1967-1968 Bearcat was the base I lost nearly 30 lbs. This Face Book Page is dedicated to the men who served and died with the 4th/47th Infantry Regiment of the 9th Infantry Division. 25) S/Sgt Humes. This was a Special Forces outpost northeast of Saigon. were stationed here. [1] The camp took its name from its Special Forces radio call sign.[2][3]. We disembarked at the port of Vung Tau and convoyed to Bear Cat Fire Base. Spent at least 1 night a week on guard duty in/on those great bunkers described. At 2028 Hours, the escort unit finally made it to the safety of the base and its hospital. We flew mission for 9th Div, plus entire Corps area. "Royal Australian Signals, 104 Signal Squadron replaced 103rd Signal Squadron in Vietnam in 1966. It was a post with one tower 5 miles out in the jungle. When I was finished, they all clapped. We called him "The Magnificent" Colonel Murray. 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. 4th Bn. 29 July The Headquarters and colors of the 9th Infantry Division, minus a rear headquarters detachment including military police to orient the Thai Division with area operations until 15 August, relocated from Bearcat to Dong Tam, IV Corps Tactical Zone, Mekong Delta until the division withdrew from Vietnam in August 1969. The personnel assigned to A Company for convoy escort purposes were reassigned to C Company, and personnel from C Company that were assigned to provost marshal offices at Di An, Lai Khe, Tay Ninh and Xuan Loc were reassigned to A Company. Co. Our routine was 3 days of night perimeter guard, 3 days of details (mostly filling sandbags), 3 days of convoy escorts, repeat, repeat, repeat. material. berm from outside 709th's area.Note bunker. It was incredible what the 709th troopers, 55) Dry dirt to standing water in 30 He reached out to younger veterans who had been in Iraq and Afghanistan. I would love to see the photo and, with your permission, add it to the blog. No chain of command issues there. shot along highways just showing, 18) Next assignment was STRATCOM, Okinawa where I determined a long marriage was not to be. Three nights I guarded the Water Point. Jeep art -- Snoopy was popular back then. A fourth one one went out the back door and was caught by my partner. I assume it was at Bearcat but I could be mistaken. 9th Infantry Division Casualties List - 1967 . News Clipping . in for repair at the HQ & A Co shops at Bearcat. Local kids Having fought in Algeria - French Morocco, Tunisia, and Sicily, the Division helped to cut off the French Peninsula during the battle of . Glad you survived it. I am not able to get much information on my unit because we all came and left at different times and came in alone. Microsoft Bing. A picture of my office is on your web page. from 1969-70Sgt. The name Bear Cat is found spelled two ways, Bearcat or Bear Cat. We spent the first couple weeks digging trenches, filling them in and moving the tents to other areas and digging more trenches. 9th Infantry "Manchu" Vietnam. Primary aircraft were the C7A Caribou with an occasional C-130, as when we airlifted units of the 3/5 Cav up north. In the foreground is the cantonment of the Thai Volunteer Regiment which occupied the area during September. or was certainly processed here. (LogOut/ Your comment will be posted after it is approved. Parachute flares dropping from illumination artillery rounds (click to enlarge). I'd love to post photos and commentary of someone like yourself to allow others to see what has happened since we fought there. Brennan.I am in Vietnam right now retracing his stepsAny pointers? AAORLL's 1969. Also an REMF, taking my turn on the perimeter and was thankful I wasn't out in the bushes. 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. Left country in December of 67. My father, a veteran of USA undeclared anti Japan war in China (1932), World War 2, and Korea was not inclined to share his terrors in mortal combat, though his photos do tell the story sufficiently for my education and expectations. For additional information on Nick Quigley's service Click Here. Many nights of sweltering heat, monsoon rains, and all that went with it..Thanks for the memory. Another time it was a cobra, 39) I got there Jan. 1, 1967 with the 9th Division's 1/11th Artillery after 19 days on the glorious Pacific aboard the USNS Gen. Maurice Rose. Just stumbled on your site (again?) 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