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[WAKO/VN-65-66]

Anyone on this board know or have beed on board the USNS Gordon, first big buildup at the start of the NAM war. Left Frisco about Sept. 1965, those on board were the 25th Div. Speical Forces teams(5th), and many small setup units. Anchored in Okinowa for a beer blast after about 24 days on the very rough Pasific ocean, anchored off the coast of Nam, Quin Nohn. Looking for any of the brothers that were on board.

Wako

[Berta]

Anything here could help?:

http://www.25thida.com/links.html

they have a unit page for the 25th-Reunion info can always help too-

maybe something here could help:

http://www.quanloi.org/ABattery12OneandOne...try%2065-66.htm

Lots here too-

http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22117.htm

As frustrating as this searching can be, it is amazing how it can lead to contact with buddies.

My husband left Kadena Okinawa on Nov 16, 1965 (USMC) headed for Danang.

His SRB is odd - it says Govt A/c to Danang but he said they were on board ship from Okinawa- and had to walk into the surf from amtracks-he was with the amphibious tracker battalion-

maybe the A/C doesnt mean aircraft.

He said they all thought of the movies of Normandy-being amphibious the Marines usually hit land from water and they were all apprehensive as they all expected heavy VC incoming as soon as they hit the beach.

But that didnt occur for a while.

Maybe I am reading the Sea and Air record all wrong-

Do you have anything in your military records like a Sea and Air record?

I have many names here of Captains and first Lts who had to sign the orders he got-

You might find a name of someone on this type of travel orders who could help you find others.

Wako- did you mean Qui Nhon? below Bong Son and next to Mui Yen?

American Maps are different than mine- Vietnamese spelling on my War Map-

even just a place and date can help sometimes-

if I find anything at all that might help- will let you know-

Did you read my prior suggest as to how the VA can often help find buddies?

[Philip Rogers]

Anyone on this board know or have beed on board the USNS Gordon, first big buildup at the start of the NAM war. Left Frisco about Sept. 1965, those on board were the 25th Div. Speical Forces teams(5th), and many small setup units. Anchored in Okinowa for a beer blast after about 24 days on the very rough Pasific ocean, anchored off the coast of Nam, Quin Nohn. Looking for any of the brothers that were on board.

Wako

Those very rough seas were a typhoon - I think it was Shirley. Top winds of 150 mph. I arrived in Qui Nhon, on or about 9/18/65, on the USNS Geiger, w/the 1st Cav.

pr

[WAKO/VN-65-66]

Yes, thanks for the reply and the help, yes it was the city of Quin Nhon. And the site you sent were very helpful. The other reply with the 1st Cav., you might have run into part of my unit that was with the !st Cav. at Ane Kea, the 20th Med. Det. Just trying to find the men that I ran into my tour.

I can't recall any names even the guys in my unit.

Wako

[WAKO/VN-65-66]

B:lol: www.25rh8da.com

Anything here could help?:

http://www.25thida.com/links.html

they have a unit page for the 25th-Reunion info can always help too-

maybe something here could help:

http://www.quanloi.org/ABattery12OneandOne...try%2065-66.htm

Lots here too-

http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22117.htm

As frustrating as this searching can be, it is amazing how it can lead to contact with buddies.

My husband left Kadena Okinawa on Nov 16, 1965 (USMC) headed for Danang.

His SRB is odd - it says Govt A/c to Danang but he said they were on board ship from Okinawa- and had to walk into the surf from amtracks-he was with the amphibious tracker battalion-

maybe the A/C doesnt mean aircraft.

He said they all thought of the movies of Normandy-being amphibious the Marines usually hit land from water and they were all apprehensive as they all expected heavy VC incoming as soon as they hit the beach.

But that didnt occur for a while.

Maybe I am reading the Sea and Air record all wrong-

Do you have anything in your military records like a Sea and Air record?

I have many names here of Captains and first Lts who had to sign the orders he got-

You might find a name of someone on this type of travel orders who could help you find others.

Wako- did you mean Qui Nhon? below Bong Son and next to Mui Yen?

American Maps are different than mine- Vietnamese spelling on my War Map-

even just a place and date can help sometimes-

if I find anything at all that might help- will let you know-

Did you read my prior suggest as to how the VA can often help find buddies?

Berta.

Went to this site and found someone that was on the ship at the same time, even had photos on the

ship. got his r-mail and am going to drop him a line.

Thanks again

Wako