If you want to share more, please contact me on namwartravel@gmail.com. I am sorry for his passing. Today, if you visit any Navy medical command you will find Rays portrait proudly exhibited among the 28 pictures of hospital corpsmen, physicians and dentists who have each been awarded the Medal of Honor. Liberty Bridge on the Thu Bon river near An Hoa, Vietnam 1968 - spent many a day in and around here in the Arizona Territory Comments More like this Vietnam History Vietnam War Photos American War American Heroes American Patriot Military Photos Military History Airborne Army Non Commissioned Officer Poinsett Bridge is the oldest bridge in South Carolina and perhaps in the entire southeastern United States. Done. Also included is a map from J.C. Bowers which shows Mike Company's base camp's location from October '67 to March of '68. Ha! https://youtube.com/watch?v=PIm5nVFFcwU&feature=share, I was on the south end of the runway. Over the years Ray would be memorialized as the namesake of a missile destroyer (DD-971), medical clinics in Camp Pendleton, Calif., Quantico, Va., and Everett, Wash., a Bachelor Enlisted Quarters in Camp Pendleton, and an elementary school in his hometown of McMinnville, Tenn. Victory Bridge A few kilometers south of the base, across the mountain ridges is the Que Son Valley with plenty of old firebases including LZ Baldy and LZ Ross that are also very interesting to visit. Other than boot camp at MCRD San Diego I spent my entire 4 year tour at Camp Horno with the 1st Marines. Ray was awarded a scholarship to the University of Tennessee in 1963, but this same sense of service weighed heavily on him. Dont remember much about that year my mind must off blocked it off. I know he was stationed at An Hoa in 1967. For those of us in the Navy Medical Department these individuals are symbols of service and sacrifice in the most trying moments of our history and standard-bearers for what one Medal of Honor recipient later described as acts of true spirit [and] determination. Thanks for your service Don and Welcome Home Brother !!! Good talking to you,take care and Semper Fi. Forever in my mind, I as with you Dr. Faust that day with Dr. Donald Turner DDS. Wed pull bunker duty and convoy runs to/from Da Nang over Liberty Bridge. It was an honor to be taken in by grunts like you ,dont regret one minute of our time together. I was great working for the Marines, both in and around Da Nang, An Hoa and at FSB C-1 a few miles south of the DMZ just off Hwy 1. I read years later in a book about Robert Garwood that some nurses and doctors from a German hospital were brought in to the camp where he was being held, just west of the An Hoa base. Operation Allen Brook - Wikipedia We were bulk fuel, ammo, radio relay, etc. Thanx. I didnt start learning english until 6th grade. Vietnam 1968. I was at An Hoa for much of 1967. We landed at the bottom and walked up a path to the top where we caught another chopper and headed back to An Hoa. Mort Hurt here. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Discovering the hidden places from the Vietnam War, Copyright 2023 Vietnam War Travel Activation WordPress theme by. I was there March69 when Phu -loc 6 was over run. Thomas Murry Frew Jr. I was with the 5th Marines in An Hoa area 11/68 4/69. to enable the Marines to move men and material across the Song Thu Bon south to An Hoa or to a jump off point for Operations I was lucky to be inside the COC bunker on the night shifts when most of the incoming was happening. Liberty Bridge Today, Quang Nam, Vietnam - YouTube A man sent to take her and her family to resettlement, again. We were young, dumb and lived on borrowed time. I enjoy hanging-out with Hill-Tribe people) but people say you can NOT because the Lao Government wont allow it because it is still a sensitive area because of the Hmong fighters even today, 2021. I was with Echo also 67-68 Oct to March when evaced out of country. The 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines handed over the base to the ARVN 1st Battalion, 51st Regiment on 15 October 1970.[5]. He told him that the NVA we in the horshoe hedgerow that surrounded the paddy. Motor scooters and pedestrians still cross on ferries. Semper Fi. There are links to other sites there. 'He'll never be forgotten': Marine killed 50 years ago in Vietnam is On March 19, 1969, a battalion-size enemy force stormed the Marine outpost . My name is Richard Vesper I was in AN Hoa 69 and 70 untill we turned it over to the ARVNS I believe in Sept. of 70. Harvey Wade. I have pictures before and after.